According to a source with knowledge of the situation, Greg Schiano passed on the chance to take the job at UCF because he felt good about his interview with Miami.

According to the source, Schiano had a job offer from Central Florida following an interview for that job. Schiano had 24 hours to respond on the UCF offer and let it pass and the UCF program then hired Scott Frost this morning.

Schiano let the UCF offer expire because he felt good about his interview with the University of Miami decision makers for their head coach vacancy. Schiano has made it clear he is very interested in the UM job as he looks to get back into coaching.

Reports have indicated that Schiano did impress the UM decision makers during his meeting with them on Sunday. Schiano was the defensive coordinator under Butch Davis from 1999-2000. He has taken the last two years off from coaching after being fired from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Schiano became the head coach of Rutgers in 2001, turning an awful program into a perennial bowl team. Miami is impressed by Schiano’s discipline, his attention to academics, and his ability to recruit Florida.

Other reports have surfaced that Schiano was a finalist for the Southern California job as well. If USC had lost to UCLA this past weekend, there is a feeling that the Trojans would have offered the job to Schiano.

Schiano is one of four candidates that Miami is currently considering for the job. Former Georgia coach Mark Richt, Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen, and former UM coach Butch Davis are the other candidates that the Hurricanes are evaluating. Miami is believed to be looking at making a hire by the end of Wednesday.

