"I'm confident Johnny Dawkins will be a great leader for our men's basketball program here at UCF," Knights athletics director Danny White said. "There was a ton of interest in this position. We targeted Coach Dawkins early on in the process. After our conversations with him and after talking to many well-respected people in college basketball, it became clear to me that he's the right coach to take our program to the next level. We are very happy to welcome Johnny, Tracy and their family to Orlando.



"The members of our search committee, who were instrumental in helping us bring Coach Dawkins to UCF, deserve a great deal of credit for their role in this hire. I want to thank President Hitt, Alex Martins, George Kalogridis and David Albertson, along with the UCF Athletics executive team, for their assistance with the search."