Details emerge on car accident involving Gus Malzahn

UCF football coach Gus Malzahn was involved in a car accident on Monday night in Auburn, Alabama, as confirmed by WFTV’s Joe Kepner. The report adds that the head coach is okay following the wreck and contacted UCF athletic director Terry Mohajir with details about the incident.

A previous report by Auburn Sports’ Brian Stultz is also reported there was a man lifted away in a helicopter, although that man was not Malzahn. Stultz was not able to report whether the former Auburn head coach was driving, in a passenger seat, or if he was in a different car. More updates will follow as details become available.

According to UCF spokespeople, via Joe Kepner, Gus Malzahn was back in Auburn with family after the death of his father-in-law when the car accident occurred. The former SEC head coach worked there from 2013-2020 and accumulated a 68-35 record with a 39-27 record in the SEC. After making it to the BCS national championship game in his first season, Malzahn finished inside the top 25 four additional times.

Also a key part of the 2010 team that won the national championship under head coach Gene Chizik, Malzahn was hired as the head coach after a brief stint at Arkansas State. He won the Broyles Award as the nation’s best assistant in 2010, serving as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for eventual Heisman Trophy winner, Cam Newton.

Malzahn made the move to UCF shortly after his split with Auburn, taking over one of the most dominant Group of Five teams which is now set to join the Big 12 in the coming years. His first group finished 9-4 and looks to reclaim its American crown from Cincinnati after their rival made history as the first Group of Five school to appear in the College Football Playoff.