Luke Joseph Fickell is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at the University of Cincinnati. He started his career at Ohio State University, first as a player and then as an assistant coach. He was named Assistant Coach of the Year by the AFCA in 2010.
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Luke Joseph Fickell is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at the University of Cincinnati. He started his career at Ohio State University, first as a player and then as an assistant coach. He was interim head coach for the entire 2011 season and accepted the head coaching position at Cincinnati in 2016. In 2010, he was named Assistant Coach of the Year by the AFCA. He led the Bearcats to an 11-2 record and a victory in the Military Bowl in 2018. In 2020, he led Cincinnati to a 9-1 campaign, drawing national attention for being left out of the College Football Playoff. Cincinnati was selected for the 2021 College Football playoff, but lost to the #9 Georgia Bulldogs of the SEC in the Peach Bowl.
The team won the east division championship in the AAC for the first time, but fell two straight weeks to Memphis, in the final regular season game and in the conference championship. In 2012, Cincinnati won its bowl game over an Atlantic Coast Conference team, winning the Birmingham Bowl over Boston College by a score of 38-6. The Bearcats reeled off nine straight wins after falling to Ohio State in the second game of the year. In 2013, Cincinnati finished 8th in the national rankings.
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