Dino Babers on UCF job: 'I have not signed anything, I'm not going anywhere'
Bowling Green coach Dino Babers said Monday he has no intention of leaving Bowling Green despite rumors that linked him to the job opening at Central Florida.
Babers' full quote, "I have not signed anything. I am not going anywhere, OK. I have no secret deals, no above deals, no verbal deals."
— Thomas Schmeltz (@Thomas_Schmeltz) November 30, 2015
"I will not lie to my guys. And they know that when I tell them something it's gospel. So everybody else can speculate..."
— Thomas Schmeltz (@Thomas_Schmeltz) November 30, 2015
"But when I talked to senior leadership and when I talked to those young men last night and I told them why I told them, the story was done"
— Thomas Schmeltz (@Thomas_Schmeltz) November 30, 2015
247Sports.com reported Sunday night that Central Florida was expected to hire Babers. However, that report was quickly refuted by other outlets and Babers himself, who sent a text to the Toledo Blade claiming the rumors were false.
Monday, Grant Heston, UCF vice president for communications and marketing, tweeted that UCF had not yet secured a new coach to replace George O’Leary.
I know speculating about #UCF football coach is fun, but reports so far are inaccurate & regrettable for how others are affected #ChargeOn
— Grant J. Heston (@GrantJHeston) November 30, 2015
Babers was adamant during his press conference Monday that his only focus was on Bowling Green and the Mid-American Conference title game on Friday. He said he wanted to set the record straight because the rumors were inaccurate and he didn’t want it to affect his team.
"I've turned down jobs because I want to play in the MAC championship game. I've lost jobs because I want to play in the MAC championship."
— Thomas Schmeltz (@Thomas_Schmeltz) November 30, 2015
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