Randy Edsall steps down as UConn football coach Lou Spanos to serve in

Randy Edsall has stepped down as UConn football coach, effective immediately, just one day after announcing he would retire at the end of the season. Defensive coordinator Lou Spanos will serve as the Huskies’ interim coach for the remainder of the season.“Randy Edsall and director of athletics David Benedict have come to the mutual decision that it is in the best interest of the UConn football program for Edsall to step aside immediately as head football coach,” UConn said in an announcement released Monday at 5:40 p.m. Edsall will collect his full salary for this season — $1.256 million. Benedict met with the team Monday at about 5:30 p.m. to announce Edsall’s departure. Spanos also addressed the team. The Huskies are 0-2 with a 45-point loss at Fresno State and a 38-28 home loss Saturday to Holy Cross, of the lower level Football Championship Subdivision. On Sunday, Edsall shared with administration his decision to retire, leading to Sunday’s announcement that he would remain with the team through its final 10 games. Ultimately, though, with the benefit of more time to analyze the situation, UConn decided that made no sense. Edsall and Benedict spoke again Monday, resulting in Edsall’s immediate departure.“Upon further reflection by both Randy and I, and after having the opportunity to visit with Randy, we are both in agreement that it is in the best interest of our student-athletes to have a new voice leading UConn football,” Benedict said. Edsall, 63, finishes his second stint as UConn coach with a 6-32 record in three-plus seasons. He is 80-102 overall at the school, having led UConn’s transition into FBS football as coach in 1999-00, before leaving for Maryland after the Huskies’ Fiesta Bowl appearance on New Year’s Day 2011. The rest of the coaching staff will remain for now. It is unclear who will serve as defensive coordinator for the rest of the season, which resumes Saturday at home against Purdue. UConn will conduct a national search for its next head coach. Spanos is paid a salary of approximately $335,000 as a coordinator. He is likely to receive a raise for the job he is about to take on. UConn will work to develop a pool of candidates in the coming weeks and months. It is unlikely a coach will be named before the end of the season, as that coach would almost certainly be a member of a staff for a team currently in the midst of its own season. Spanos, 50, is in his second season, and third year, as UConn’s defensive coordinator. He has worked in the NFL and at the collegiate level for 26 years and most recently as an analyst at Alabama in 2018. Spanos was the Tennessee Titans linebackers coach in 2014-17. He played in college at Tulsa, is a native of suburban Pittsburgh and he was a defensive assistant with the Steelers for 15 years (1995—2009).“I have gotten to know Lou over the last two years and have great respect for him as a person and for his football acumen.


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