UB Athletics has announced that assistant head coach Danny Barrett has been named the interim head coach for the Buffalo Bulls.
'Moving forward I have every confidence that Danny Barrett will provide great leadership for our program while we search for our next head coach,' said Athletic Director Warde Manuel. 'We will begin a national search immediately to find the best person and football coach to keep us competing for championships on an annual basis while focusing on the efforts of our student-athletes in the classroom. Coach Barrett is a candidate for the position and is the only internal staff member that will be considered.'
Barrett is replacing Turner Gill, who has been named the football head coach at Kansas.
Gill, who led Buffalo to their first Mid-American Conference Championship in 2008, spent four years with the program, earning a 20-30 overall record.
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