Dr Frank Rohter, Founding Athletic Director of UCF Athletics & Russ Salerno First UCF Assistant Coach

Dr Frank Rohter, Founding Athletic Director of UCF Knights Athletics (then known as FTU) is the featured guest in this edition of the Old School Knights Series, a production of Talkin' Old School. Russ Salerno, UCF Athletics first paid Assistant Coach (assistant Basketball Coach under the legendary Torchy Clark) joins Dr Rohter to share firsthand experiences of the early days of UCF Athletics, such as basketball practices on outdoor concrete courts and an infamous road trip in New York where half the team (traveling in cars) got lost in a snowstorm on the way to the game. Dr Rohter gives the inside accounts of the hiring of the first UCF Head Coaches (Torchy Clark Basketball and Gerry Gergley, Wrestling), which included a game of one-on-one with Dr Rohter as part of Torchy Clark's interview process and an interview, that was supposed to be a rejection interview, where Coach Gerry Gergley refused to take no for an answer. This episode, which documents the rich history of the founding of UCF Athletics, was made possible with the support of Christner's Prime Steak & Lobster. Alexander Aviation Associates and the UCF SAE Chapter.