Geoff Collins will take over the head coaching job at Temple. Photo Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Geoff Collins, who spent the last seven seasons as a defensive coordinator at Florida, Mississippi State and Florida International, will be hired as Temple’s new head football coach to replace Matt Rhule, ESPN reports.
Collins is the fourth consecutive coach hired by the Owls with no prior head coaching experience.
He served as the Gators’ defensive coordinator from 2015 to 2016 after spending four years in the same role with the Bulldogs from 2011-14. His lone season with the Panthers came in 2010.
Florida’s defense under Collins ranked sixth and seventh nationally in total defense over the past two years, respectively.
Collins also spent time as an assistant at Central Florida, Georgia Tech, Western Carolina, Albright College and Fordham. He was the director of player personnel for Alabama in 2007.
Rhule left to become the head coach at Baylor on Dec. 6. Temple (10-3) won the American Athletic Conference championship with a 34-10 win over Navy on Dec. 3. The Owls face Wake Forest in the Military Bowl on Dec. 27.
