Former Oklahoma Sooners defensive coordinator Alex Grinch has been hired to run the defense for the UCF Knights. Grinch will call the defense for head coach Scott Frost, who returns to Central Florida after seven seasons away.

Alex Grinch is a defensive coordinator again as he joins new UCF coach Scott Frost’s staff after spending this season coaching Wisconsin’s safeties.

After just one season in Madison, safeties coach Alex Grinch has been named Scott Frost’s new defensive coordinator at UCF, according to the Badgers Wire. Before joining Luke Fickell’s staff last off-season, he served as Lincoln Riley’s defensive coordinator at USC and Oklahoma.