Knights’ season opener date moved
The UCF football team’s season opener against FIU has been moved from Saturday, Sept. 2, to Thursday, Aug. 31.
CBS Sports Network is scheduled to broadcast the game that will kick off at 6 p.m.
This marks the second time the Knights have opened the season against the Panthers on a Thursday night. The teams last met in 2015 when UCF fell 15-14 in Orlando.
A source told the Sentinel UCF reached out to the American Athletic Conference to work on an evening kickoff after it was determined the school would be facing a noon time slot on Saturday, which would leave fans to deal high heat and humidity. athletics director
said in a statement. “As much as both have won games and provided a lot of great memories for our fans and stability for the programs they lead, they have both had a huge impact on the development and personal growth of the athletes they coach.”
White is 48-24 during two seasons at UF. The 2016-17 Gators reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2014 and won three games before losing to South Carolina in the Elite Eight.
The Gators enter his third season with a top-15 recruiting class and will add former Virginia Tech guard
and Rice graduate transfer
White’s compensation increases $613,501 to $2.525 million next season.
White’s base salary will top out at $338,600, but his earnings from television, radio and public relations will go from $725,000 last season to $1.150 million next season. That income will reach $1.325 million by the end of the deal.
The 40-year-old’s annual retention bonus will increase from $375,000 to $700,000.
He will continue to receive $400,000 annually from the school’s equipment deal with Nike.
McElwain’s Nike income will increase $150,000 annually, to $350,000. His expense account will increase $35,000 — to $175,000 — and his base salary $10,000 to $275,700.
McElwain will continue to earn $2.65 million from from television, radio and public relations, while his annual retention bonus of $750,000 remains unchanged.
McElwain is now the fifth-highest paid coach in the SEC, trailing only Alabama’s Texas A&M’s Auburn’s Ole Miss’ and