Roof officially leaving Auburn for UCF

In a release, the Knights announced that head coach George O’Leary has officially hired Roof as his new coordinator. Roof will replace John Skladany, who it was announced “would not be retained for the 2012 season” along with two other assistants/football staff members late last month.

This is a reunion for O’Leary and Roof as the latter served as the former’s coordinator at Georgia Tech from 1999-2001.

“It’s a wonderful opportunity to come to a great place. It’s just as important to come work for a coach who I have tremendous respect for,” said Roof. “He gave me my first break as a coordinator in football, and I think it says a lot about how I feel about coach O’ Leary."

A smart move for Roof. Auburn it appears expected him to work miracles, and rebuild the defense after 2010, and the loss of a lot of the defense. Auburn is another, what have you done for me lately school. Georgia was doing the same thing with Coach Richt, but fortunately, he and the other coaches were able to get the young troops working faster. UGA didn’t have a schedule like Auburn did fortunately, and could get the team up for a run against the SEC East teams this year.