USF HC Alex Golesh UNFILTERED: Choosing Family Over Football, Leaving Tennessee & Challenges of CFB

USF Football Head Coach Alex Golesh joins Adam Breneman on today's episode of Next Up. In this exclusive interview, Coach Golesh gives fans a look into the highs and lows of his college football journey. From his early days as a GA to leading Tennessee's offense alongside Josh Heupel to now leading USF Football into a new era. Coach Golesh also sheds some light on the challenges G5 programs face, the current landscape of college football, and much much more.
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Next Up is hosted by Adam Breneman and is presented by The College Sports Company. On Next Up, Adam Breneman sits down with the biggest names in sports and lets them tell their stories, unfiltered. Adam is a former All-American and Penn State alum, media personality, college football analyst for ESPN, and co-founder of The College Sports Company (@TheCollegeSportsCo).
CHAPTERS
00:00-Intro
01:35-Catching Up
06:35-Year One at USF
15:00-Getting Hired
20:20-Uprooting Family for Football
25:13-Finding Success
27:20-Climbing the Coaching Ranks
33:53-Why USF
40:10-First Changes Made at USF
42:46-Managing NIL & Roster Building
52:02-Offer Process & Evaluating Players
01:00:07-Overcoming Adversity
01:07:00-Traits of Best Players Coached
01:10:16-USF’s Future
01:14:14-Future of College Football
01:18:37-Best Piece of Advice
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[@talkingcfbwithJJKitchen]

Great to see USF have the right guy running the program. They have so much potential especially being in Florida. I would take them in the ACC on a heart beat. No questions asked.

[@brandonh5360]

I remember playing USF in the Big East conference. They have INSANE potential and it looks like they’re ready to take that next step. Looking forward to seeing how it all shakes out

[@NextUpWithAdam]

Would love to see USF vs WVU come back in the future!

[@brandonh5360]

@@NextUpWithAdam 100% those were always fun

[@larrymayberry7016]

Vols fan here wish him nothing but the best good man and family. USF made a great hire

[@NextUpWithAdam]

He delivered some epic moments in his short time in Knoxville!

[@drew7099]

New sub and Vol fan here. Tennessee fans loved this guy. We hated to see him go, but we were proud for him. He earned the opportunity. He is going to be a great success wherever he goes. Great football mind, exceptional communicator, strong recruiter. He has all the tools.

[@NextUpWithAdam]

Welcome! Golesh + Heupel was dangerous!

[@jeremiahunderwood2855]

Alex was super insightful, genuine, and honest. I’ll be rooting hard for him and I’m glad he’s in this business. We need more coaches like him. Great job, Adam. You did a great job as always being prepared and asking great questions. This has become my favorite podcast.

[@brooksallen1820]

I a lot of coaching wisdom in this interview. For a youth coach that I am I got a lot of nuggets. Thank you Coach Allen

[@justinburke9064]

So pumped to have both the football and basketball teams loading up. Horns up🤘🏻

[@NextUpWithAdam]

Future is bright in Tampa!

[@KodiakJedi]

Loved watching this. It's such a great insight into college football and the way Coach operates. USF definitely made the right hire. This has me pumped for 2024 and beyond. Go Bulls! Horns Up! Come To The Bay!

[@dorinaperry8171]

Although I hated to see him leave Tennessee, I was happy for him to get a hc job, he's a really good coach, good luck with Bama this year, I hope yall beat them.

[@NextUpWithAdam]

He had them on the ropes in the rain last year!

[@nuggz4424]

Always pulling for Coach Golesh! As long as they ain't playing Tennessee! GBO!

[@samsl3497]

I love this show.

[@curtisbritt908]

Man, golesh gets me jacked up. Is it fall yet????? #gobulls

[@NextUpWithAdam]

He had us fired up too!

[@TheoLombardi]

Go Bulls

[@alphaman0616]

Alex golsba beat Alabama for the first time in 15 years at Tennessee..good offensive mind go Vols!! Good luck coach miss ypu

[@josephmoran2006]

This guy just gets it. I hope he’s the coach for a long time but I don’t think he’s here for the long haul.

[@NextUpWithAdam]

He'll be running programs for a while!

[@josephmoran2006]

@@NextUpWithAdam my hope is that it’s South Florida for a long time.

[@HBGSUPREME1of1]

Proud of you my boy Cedar cliff coats forever

[@NextUpWithAdam]

Wow, long time fan!

[@joshgrothues7871]

Still need to level the playing field

[@robindodd1969]

I think coach has it all wrong with his recruiting strategy. There’re so many dogs that slip between the cracks in Florida because they don’t meet the measurables. Even USF’s best receiver is a short white boy who balled out at Viera but had to walk-on. If they had a roster full of undersized kids with grit like Sean Atkins they’d be much better off.

[@joshgrothues7871]

Doesn’t matter if it wasn’t leveled in the past ….