UCF Head Coach Opening

Yea something is up.She certainly had success.

Kinda like politics.......

Probably got caught with a live boy or a dead girl.

I don't know anything about what happened, but I was at that campus recently and it was very nice. Would be a good opportunity for a coach - hot as hell in the summer and most of the fall, though.

Yeah it's definitely an awesome campus. They have a bar in the middle of campus along w/ another English Pub(Firkins i think) opening near the "athletics village" where the new basketball arena and football stadium is located. There are some trails 15 minutes away but the heat and humidity does suck.

Any further news? Why did she leave?

Listen, I live in central Florida (leaving for college next year), and let me tell you, it sucks the big one. Don't get caught up in the hype. It is a nice place to visit (if you don't have to run or if it is the dead of winter--Febuary-ish), but it is just TOO HOT and there are almost NO TRAILS.

When I saw the pictures/video/weather staticts from Mombassa, I thought "Oh, so it was like almost every HS XC meet I have ever had..." And we don't start late morning or mid-day, the gun sounds by 8:30.

8:30! thats outrageous!

yeah I was just talking about the school more than actual running, anywhere in Florida except maybe Tallahassee sucks for running in the summer and fall. This school has over 45k students, hot girls, an awesome campus, good social scene, and pretty good academic programs. They probably have their practices in the morning during most of cross.

As a former athlete of her's at UCF I can tell you that it is about time she's gone. College athletes deserve better.

As a Floridian college runner and friend of many college runners who may or may not attend UCF or other schools, I would agree with the poster above. Hard to resign from a coaching position if you aren't really a coach in the first place.

And PS: UCF has no track program, so its not like this is timed that awkwardly. There is a club team for track and a collegiate team for cross.

Huh? They definitely have track for women. They have cross-country for both men and women. So actually, this is a funny time seeing as their conference meet starts this weekend.

Totally wouldn't be surprised if she did something that caused her resignation after running for her. Terrible coach/terrible person.

FYI...UCF has women's and men's cross country but only women's track.

my bad, was thinking guys

Bumb?

Could you explain why she is a terrible coach and person??? Since i coach myself, I don t want to reaper some mistakes

Bumb?

Could you explain why she is a terrible coach and person??? Since I coach too, I don t want to repeat the same mistakes

The men do not have a track program, but all of the men's cross country athletes run a track season for UCF (still go on trips paid for by UCF, and still wear UCF gear). The men performed very well this year with new PR's this season as follows...

14:48

14:59

15:12 (also ran 31:46)

15:12 (has run 3:56 for 1500)

15:17 (also ran 31:49)

The UCF program is/was in dire need of a change of coaching. Marcia Mansur-Wentworth was extremely resistant to change, such as always using the same workouts that have proven to NOT work. The only reason the guys ran so well this season is because they ran their own workouts using similar methods from a previous assistant coach.

Both the girls XC and track programs are notorious for getting great talent out of high school and the girls end up never improving (or never improving to their potential) as per Coach Wentworth.

I hope the UCF program gets an excellent coach for both XC and track. The athletes have put up with her for too long and they certainly deserve only the best. Most of those athletes are some of the hardest working I've ever seen.

Should the new head coach be a distance coach or other area??

Okay but why was she fired/forced to resign?I might be mistaken but a college track/xc especially a women does not lose her job for win/loss record etc.The exception to the rule would be major programs not UCF.What's the dirt?