Scott Frost

Scott Andrew Frost (born January 4, 1975) is a former American football coach and player.

Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Frost attended Wood River High School in Wood River, Nebraska from 1989 to 1993.

In four years as the team's starting quarterback, he threw for 6,859 yards and 67 touchdowns and rushed for 4,278 yards and 72 touchdowns.

He led his team to the state playoffs in his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons.

In those three postseason appearances, Frost's teams won five games and twice made it to the state semi-finals.

Both of Frost's parents, Larry and Carol Frost, coached his high school football team.

In addition to football, Frost was a standout in track and field, winning a state championship in the shot put.

At the state championship meet his senior year, Frost won an all-class gold medal with a throw of, with his personal best from earlier that year reaching.

Frost began his collegiate career as a two-year letterman at Stanford in 1993 and 1994, playing for Bill Walsh, before transferring to Nebraska in 1995 to play for Tom Osborne.

In his two seasons starting for Nebraska, Frost quarterbacked his teams to a 24–2 record, completing 192 of 359 passes for 2,677 yards and 18 touchdowns, including a senior season in which he became the first Nebraska player and only the tenth player in college football history to both run (1,095) and pass (1,237) for 1,000 yards, also setting school records for rushing touchdowns (19) and yards.

He was the 1996 Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year and a 1997 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award finalist.

Frost's senior season featured a notable Flea Kicker play in a game against Missouri, where he threw a pass that was inadvertently kicked by Shevin Wiggins and caught by Matt Davison for a touchdown.

The touchdown sent the game into overtime where Frost sealed No. 1 Nebraska's victory with a rushing touchdown.

Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Frost played college football as a quarterback for the Stanford Cardinal and the Nebraska Cornhuskers, the latter of which he led to a shared national championship in 1997.

He played six years in the NFL, mostly on special teams.

Frost and Nebraska went on to defeat Peyton Manning's Tennessee Volunteers in the 1998 Orange Bowl and claim a share of the 1997 national championship.

Frost graduated from Nebraska with a B.A. in finance.

Following his collegiate career, Frost was selected in the third round (67th overall) of the 1998 NFL Draft by the New York Jets as a safety.

As a rookie in 1998, Frost played in 13 games mostly on special teams, making six tackles and two passes defended.

In 1999, Frost played in 14 games with seven tackles.

Playing in all 16 games in 2000, Frost made his first career start against the Buffalo Bills on October 29.

Frost also got his first career interception against Bills quarterback Rob Johnson on September 17 and first career sack against the Oakland Raiders' Rich Gannon on December 11.

The day after being waived by the Jets, Frost signed with the Cleveland Browns on August 28, 2001.

Frost played in 12 games mostly on special teams, making 14 total tackles and a fumble recovery.

The Browns waived Frost on December 10.

On December 19, 2001, Frost signed with the Green Bay Packers.

However, due to injuries, he never appeared in any games for the Packers, and he was waived on December 17, 2002.

In December 2002, while still on the Green Bay Packers' injured reserve list, Frost served as a temporary graduate assistant at his alma mater.

In his final NFL season, Frost played in four games for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2003.

He was later a graduate assistant at Kansas State in 2006.

After retiring as a player, Frost served as an assistant coach for a number of college football teams, most notably as the offensive coordinator for the Oregon Ducks from 2013 to 2015, where he helped coach Heisman trophy-winner Marcus Mariota and the 2014 Oregon Ducks to a berth in the first college football playoff, where they lost to Ohio State in the national championship game.

Frost was subsequently hired as the head coach at the University of Central Florida (UCF), where he coached for two seasons.

After an inaugural season of 6–7 in 2016, Frost's 2017 UCF Knights posted a 13–0 record, winning the American Athletic Conference championship and defeating the Auburn Tigers in the Peach Bowl.

The Colley Matrix recognized the 2017 UCF team as national champions, and the school claims a national title despite not receiving an invitation to participate in the college football playoff broadcast by ESPN.

The NCAA openly recognizes UCF as co-champs with Alabama in the official record book.

This remains Frost's only winning season as a head coach.

In December 2017, Frost accepted the head coaching position at his alma mater, the University of Nebraska.

Frost's coaching record at Nebraska was 16–31, with a 10–26 record in the Big Ten Conference, a 5–22 record in games decided by eight points or less, and an 0–14 record against ranked opponents.

Nebraska fired Frost three games into the 2022 season after an upset loss at home against Georgia Southern.

He was the head football coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from 2018 to 2022.