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Show Transcript uh, appreciate that introduction. Terry, I m extremely honored to be here. Very, uh, excited. I ve been coaching 30 years, and I truly believe this is one of the most excited moments I ve had my whole career. I m honored to be the head football coach here at UCF and be a part of the night nation. First of all, I d like toe, I think my wife Christi, we ve been married over 30 years. She s like, we do this thing together, and she deserves a lot of credit through the course of everything, even getting us to this moment. And, um, she s been the team, Mom. I got a chance toe visit with the with the team earlier. Introduced her, and we do this thing together. And so I really appreciate Christie and everything that she does. And I know she s looking forward toa to meeting our boosters and our fans. Also, I d like to thank President car. Right. I really look forward to working with you. Thank you for giving
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UCF announced on Tuesday the search was over and Terry Mohajir was the Knights‘ new vice president and director of athletics.
This hiring came just over two weeks after former UCF AD Danny White departed for the University of Tennessee, bringing former Knightsâ head football coach Josh Heupel along with him.
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1. Mohajir has a track record full of success at the AD position.
According to the programâs website, Arkansas Stateâs athletic teams combined for 25 different conference championships during Mohajirâs nine-year tenure as AD of the Red Wolves.
These include conference titles in football, volleyball, menâs and womenâs track and field, womenâs bowling, menâs and womenâs basketball, womenâs cross country, menâs golf, and womenâs soccer.