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UCF expected to hire potential Syracuse football candidate Dino Babers as coach (report)

(Mark Humphrey)

UPDATE: Babers told John Wagner of The Toledo Blade that the report is "inaccurate."

#BGSU football: Just spoke w/ @CoachDinoBabers via text. He said rumors that he is taking UCF job are inaccurate.

— JWagnerBlade (@jwagnerblade) November 30, 2015

Syracuse, N.Y. — One head coach that has been linked to Syracuse's vacancy may be coming off the market.

247Sports.com is reporting that Central Florida is expected to hire Dino Babers, currently at Bowling Green. Babers was one of the first two potential candidates listed in Sports Illustrated's breakdown of the Orange's opening.