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In 2019, the Bulls earned their first bowl victory by defeating Charlotte, 31-9, in the Bahamas Bowl.ĪP College Football Writer Ralph D. The Bulls have also made three consecutive bowl appearances, including two straight wins.
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Under Leipold, the Bulls went a combined 29-25, including a 10-4 finish in 2018 in which the team set a single-season program record for victories.īuffalo is coming off three consecutive seasons with winning records, after doing so just twice in its first 16 seasons since joining the MAC in 1999. Linguist inherits a Buffalo program that is in much better shape - competitively and structurally - than when Leipold arrived in 2015. Patterson went undrafted before signing with the Washington Football Team earlier this month. The Bulls previously lost star running back Jaret Patterson, who left after his junior season to turn pro. Myers lost the starting job last year to Kyle Vantrease, who is returning for his senior season. As many as six players, including quarterback Matt Myers, have since entered the NCAA’s transfer portal. Leipold’s departure came shortly after Buffalo completed its spring practices, and provides Linguist little time to recruit and fill potential player losses. The Bulls made their first poll appearance in school history in early December when they were ranked 24th. 31, 2025, and will earn 675,000 a year at UB with an annual base salary of 475,000 and annual additional compensation of 200,000. and has 13 years of coaching experience with all but one at the college level.īuffalo is coming off a 6-1 season, which ended with a 17-10 win over Marshall in the Camellia Bowl, and finished with the team ranked 25th. Linguist agreed to a 4 1/2-year contract that runs through Dec. He spent the previous two years as an assistant at Texas A&M. Linguist is from Texas, and spent last season as a cornerbacks coach with the Dallas Cowboys. This salary is 15 percent higher than average and 33 percent higher than median salary in SUNY. Linguist will be formally introduced during a news conference Monday. Maurice Linguist M in 2012 was employed in SUNY and had annual salary of 58,795 according to public records. Linguist replaces Lance Leipold, who spent six seasons transforming the Bulls into a Mid-American Conference power before being hired by Kansas on April 30. Instead, the 37-year-old Linguist landed his first career head-coaching job in a return to Buffalo, where he spent 2012 and ’13 as an assistant under Jeff Quinn. Linguist joined Jim Harbaugh’s Michigan staff in January as part of an offseason overhaul following a losing season, and was to share the defensive duties with Mike McDonald. (AP) - Maurice Linguist was hired as the University at Buffalo’s football coach Friday night, just months after he became Michigan’s co-defensive coordinator.

The deal is being finalized and the school could introduce Linguist to the team as soon as Friday night.

Buffalo is on the cusp of hiring Michigan co-defensive coordinator Maurice Linguist to become the school’s next head coach, multiple sources told Yahoo Sports.
