Scott Frost 'dying' to get back into coaching

At one point, Scott Frost was one of the biggest names in college coaching, taking over as the Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach in 2018. However, by early 2022, his time there had come to a frustrating end and he’s been out of coaching since.

Now, Frost says that he wants to get back into coaching. In fact, he told CBS Sports that he’s dying to get back into the industry.

“For the first time in my life, I don’t know what’s next,” Scott Frost said. “I’m dying to get back in.”

Frost went on to add that he doesn’t want to be a critic watching from the sidelines. He’s someone that has always “wanted to be in the arena.”

Shortly after his NFL career ended, Scott Frost got into coaching at the college level. He would go on to make a name for himself as the offensive coordinator at Oregon before becoming the head coach at UCF, where in two seasons he turned a winless program into an unbeaten team that claimed a national championship. That time at UCF has stuck with him, and he still thinks very highly of the program.

“In 10 years, UCF could be a [national] power,” Frost said. “It’s the best college town in Florida by far. Orlando? The campus is beautiful.”

After that, Frost left for his alma mater, Nebraska, looking to bring the Cornhuskers back to where they once were in the college football landscape.

“My whole life I was a little league player and a high school player and then a college player and then an NFL player and then a [graduate assistant], and then a position coach, then a coordinator and then a head coach,” Frost said. “It was on a trajectory, and I knew what was next.” 

In the end, Scott Frost went 16-31 during his time at Nebraska and failed to secure a winning season. It was a difficult tenure, but Frost still knows he’s a good coach and he shared that he’s interested in proving it at the right head coach or coordinator job.

“I know this, there’s some good coaches out there. I’m a good coach. I belong doing it,” Frost said. “I just don’t know for sure where that’s going to be right now. If the right head coach job comes along, I’d take it. If the right coordinator job comes, I’d take it.”

College sports have been rapidly changing and that’s something that all coaches need to adjust to. Scott Frost knows that and he pointed to those changes, like NIL and the Transfer Portal, that make it such a difficult job. Even with those changes, what he loves about coaching is still there.

“As a coach, Nick Saban said it,” Frost said. “It used to be a 45-week-a-year job. Now, it’s a 52-week-a-year job. You’re scouting other teams’ players, recruiting year-round, raising money for NIL year-round. The part I love about college football [is] taking an 18-year-old kid and watching him leave as a 22-year-old man who has life figured out. You played a part in that.” 

It remains to be seen if there is any program that wants to hire Scott Frost after his struggles at Nebraska. However, he’s clearly ready to get back into it.

“Coaching is what I do,” Frost said. “It’s what I’m good at. It’s what I love.”