{"id":444904,"date":"2026-02-02T16:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T16:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/444904\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T16:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T16:34:09","slug":"florida-state-oc-gus-malzahn-retiring-from-coaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/444904\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida State OC Gus Malzahn retiring from coaching"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gus Malzahn<\/a> is retiring from coaching, according to On3\u2019s Pete Nakos He most recently served as Florida State\u2019s<\/a> offensive coordinator and now Tim Harris will be promoted to OC.<\/p>\n

Malzahn\u2019s coaching career began in 1991 and culminated during his time as Auburn\u2019s<\/a> head coach from 2013-20. Now 60 years old, the long time offensive mind decided to step away.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter 35 years, it\u2019s time for me to step away from coaching,\u201d Malzahn said, via a release Monday.<\/a> \u201cI am excited to spend more time with my family and focus on the next chapter of my life. I want to thank Coach Norvell for giving me the opportunity to coach at such a prestigious program. I will continue to follow Florida State, and I believe great things are ahead for the program under Coach Norvell\u2019s leadership and for the offense under Tim Harris.\u201d<\/p>\n

In total, Malzahn went 105-62 as a head coach in college with Arkansas State<\/a>, Auburn and UCF<\/a>. In 2013, Malzahn led the Tigers to a 12-2 record, an SEC title and the BCS National Championship Game, a loss to Florida State.<\/p>\n

Despite that success, Auburn never returned to the title game, but did make the SEC Championship Game in 2017, losing to Georgia. Over the next three seasons, Malzahn went 23-13 but Auburn elected to fire him at the end of the 2020 regular season.<\/p>\n

UCF then hired Malzahn as their new head coach in 2021. He immediately had success, winning nine games in each of his first two seasons and led the Knights to three bowl games in four years. But, Malzahn went a combined 10-15 in his final two seasons and he eventually resigned.<\/p>\n

When he resigned, he decided to join Mike Norvell\u2019s<\/a> staff at Florida State, becoming their OC last season. But, after careful consideration, the long time coach decided to retire.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank Coach Malzahn for his effort and dedication to our program over the last 14 months,\u201d Norvell said. \u201cHe did a wonderful job coordinating our offense and calling plays in 2025, and he has set a strong foundation for us to continue building on in 2026 behind the coordination of Tim Harris and the multiple other assistant coaches who are returning. Coach Harris has a complete understanding of the offensive scheme, and his ability to effectively share that knowledge with his players will continue to be a benefit for our offense.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gus Malzahn is retiring from coaching, according to On3\u2019s Pete Nakos He most recently served as Florida State\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,11402,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-444904","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-gus-malzahn","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football","12":"tag-ncaafootball","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}