As UCF players went through early drills during their first spring football practice Monday, they did so in relative silence. Gone — for the moment — was the energizing beats of music pulsating from loudspeakers located just a few feet from the field.
The past coaching regimes would blare music as players swayed from side-to-side waiting to take part in a drill or receive instructions from their coaches.
This time around, the silence was broken only by the occasional coaches’ voices, the shrill of a whistle or the single drone flying overhead.
It’s been a tumultuous time for the Knights program, which has undergone an extreme makeover following the departure of coach Josh Heupel, who left Jan.