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Coaching Career of Duncan Frazier (Year 1)

Posted on August 9, 2011 at 02:21 PM.

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Name: Duncan Frazier
Job: Offensive Coordinator
Age: 22
Alma Mater: Miami
Difficulty: Heisman (SECElite Sliders)
Recruiting Difficulty: Heisman
Offensive Playbook: Pro Style (Generic)

Year 1 (2011-2012)
FIU Golden Panthers - OC
Record: 12-1 (8-0) (Win against UCF in New Orleans Bowl 24-0)
Pre-Season Ranking: -
End Year Ranking: 19th
Beginning Season Prestige: 1*
End Year Prestige: 2**
Key Wins: UCF, Duke, Troy, @ Middle Tennessee St., UCF
Key Losses: @ Louisville
Offensive National AA: 0 First Team, 0 Second Team, 0 freshmen
Offensive Conference AA: 0 First Team, 3 Second Team
Heisman Winner: Rex Burkhead (Jr.) (Nebraska HB)
National Champions: Oklahoma State over TCU 42-17
Offensive Team Leaders

Passing
W. Carroll: 94-151, 1343 Yards, 14 TD, 2 INT

Rushing
D. Perry: 253 Rushes, 1151 Yards, 7 TD, 88.5 Yards Per Game

Receiving
T. Hilton: 32 Receptions, 718 Yards, 10 TD

No Award Winners

Contract: Year 1 of 1
Preseason Job Security: 43%
End Year Job Security: 100%
Preseason Coach Prestige: D
End Year Coach Prestige: C
Contract Goals
0 Failed
0 Pending
8 Passed

Offseason Happenings

Coaching Carousel
Joe Paterno (Penn St. HC) Retires, Mike Gundy (Okla. St. HC) Replaces
Mike Gundy (Okla. St. HC) Promotion, Bill Young (Okla. St. DC) Replaces
Bill Snyder (Kansas St. HC) Retires, Todd Monken (Okla. St. OC) Replaces
George O�Leary (UCF HC) Fired, Duncan Joseph (FIU OC) Replaces

Conference Changes
TCU to Big East
Hawaii to MWC
Fresno State to MWC
Nevada to MWC

With an opportunity for 3rd string quarterback Duncan Frazier to accept a coaching job straight out of college, he jumped at the opportunity. Frazier played his college ball for the Miami Hurricanes, but he never got an opportunity to see the field. But because he was the son of a previous head coach, his knowledge of the game was very adept for his age, and he often helped call plays on the sidelines. When FIU called him to be their offensive coordinator, he packed up all his things from his dorm room and found an apartment in the heart of Miami. �I feel like this job opportunity will really be helpful for me in the future. Even though it is just a 1-year contract in order to see whether I can contend on this level, I will try to win as many games as possible and gain national recognition.� Said Frazier. His task would not be as challenging as he believed because he took over a senior laden FIU team that was fresh off a bowl victory the previous season. With a decent line, a agile and accurate quarterback and a steady hands receiver, the opportunity for immediate success seemed very feasible. The schedule even shaped into their favor, with only two teams within the preseason top 50 rankings on their schedule, the team still had an opportunity to finish the season 10-2 and in a premier bowl game. The season began with conference opponent North Texas and coordinator Frazier showed the media that his age was just a number. At 22, and fresh out of college, many believed him to be inexperienced at calling plays on the D-1 level. He subtly quieted those doubters with a 432-yard performance of total offense. The word was out, and FIU could be a team to fear in the Sun Belt. Their next opponent was a Louisville team that appeared to be headed in the right direction by winning their first game. After a constant back and forth effort from both teams, the game came down to the wire, with the score 23-21 and the ball in the hands of the offense, all they had to do was get into field goal range and have a chance to win the game. The offense moved the ball and got to the 23-yard line with 5 seconds to go. The offense called one last play to line up directly in the middle of the field. It was all up to the kicker to win the game, and as he ran to the ball, he kicked it and watched the ball sail straight, and at the last second veer to the left and hit the ground. The game was over and Louisville escaped with a victory. Now as 1-1, Frazier didn�t let that deter him and he still had faith in his kicker. With a matchup against UCF the next week, and the game knotted at 7 a piece. The offense drove down the field again and lined up in the middle of the field. This time, the kicker came through and helped promote the Panthers to 2-1. The Panthers then hit the meat of their conference play and simply managed each of them. The panthers averaged a time of possession at 22 minutes a game. On 7-minute quarters, which meant for 3 full quarters, the ball was in the hands of the FIU offense. FIU finished their regular season 11-1 and had their sites on a bowl game. At the time, they were predicted to go to the New Orleans Bowl, the bowl game for the top team in the Sun Belt conference. At that time, their opponent was to be Tulsa, but after the final week of the season passed by, Tulsa won their last game, while UCF lost, which bumped UCF into the New Orleans Bowl. FIU would be playing a UCF Team that wanted revenge against them. The game began and after the first kickoff, the game simply went FIU�s way with a kickoff return. Then after the defense forced a 3 and out, FIU offense drove the ball down the field on a 13 play 6: 04 minute drive. The game never turned around and FIU embarrassed UCF on national TV. The Loss for UCF immediately forced them to fire George O�Leary, their head coach. That was just the beginning of offseason firings and retirees over the offseason. What Frazier didn�t expect was a phone call from a team willing to take an immediate risk. Frazier expected to get calls to be a coordinator for an upper-echelon program, but he didn�t expect to get a phone call to be the head coach of the team he beat two times a year ago, the UCF Golden Knights. �I jumped at the opportunity. I felt the cupboard was bear in FIU and the recruiting didn�t go as well to replace the talent. So I took my talents to UCF in an attempt to build up my head-coaching resume. Staying in Florida will be a big benefit to me as a I already have a report with some recruits after pursuing them for FIU. Now I will try to use those advantages to help turn UCF into a power program.� Said Frazier. After taking over a team that returns 8 offensive starters and 10 defensive starters, Frazier can expect a season better that 7-6 for the UCF Golden Knights.