Scott Frost named AP Coach of the Year
Scott Frost is The Associated Press Coach of the Year after leading Central Florida to an unbeaten season and a spot in the Peach Bowl.
Frost has already accepted the Nebraska head coaching job, but plans to complete the season with UCF and coach the 10th-ranked Knights against No. 7 Auburn.
Frost received 21 firstplace votes and 100 points from 57 Top 25 poll voters who submitted ballots. Kirby Smart of Georgia finished second with seven first-place votes and 55 points. Clemson's Dabo Swinney finished third with seven votes and 38 points.
Oklahoma's Lincoln Riley (four, 36) was fourth.
Frost took over at UCF two years ago with the Knights coming off an 0-12 season. He got them to a bowl game last season, going 6-7. This season, the Knights exceeded all expectations. UCF won the American Athletic Conference and were the highest-scoring team in the country at 49 points per game.
West Virginia's Sills to return
West Virginia wide receiver David Sills is returning for his senior season in 2018.
The Mountaineers announced in a statement Monday that Sills is coming back, keeping West Virginia's dynamic pass-and-catch combination intact for another year. Quarterback Will Grier announced last week that he'll return as well.
Sills had 60 catches for 980 yards and a nationleading 18 touchdowns in the regular season. He was a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award and was named an Associated Press honorable mention All-American.
South Alabama hires Edenfield
South Alabama has hired Kenny Edenfield from rival Troy as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
Jaguars coach Steve Campbell announced the hiring on Monday. Edenfield had spent the past 10 years at Troy, serving as offensive coordinator since 2010. Campbell and Edenfield were teammates on Troy's 1987 team that won the Division II national title.
Edenfield helped Troy to bowl wins in each to the past two years and the Trojans won at least a share of four Sun Belt Conference titles during his tenure.
Troy offenses finished among the top 20 nationally four times. Edenfield was Division II North Alabama's offensive coordinator from 2002-07, with previous stops as an assistant at Tulsa and Nicholls State.