Kansas University football assistant Earnest Collins accepted a job as an assistant coach at Central Florida, UCF head coach George O'Leary announced Wednesday.

Collins has coached cornerbacks at KU since 2003. Prior to this season, he was promoted to special teams coordinator.

At UCF, Collins will be in charge of the entire secondary.

"We are very happy to include a coach of Earnest's quality in all phases of the game to our staff," O'Leary said in a statement. "He brings with him a lot of experience that is going to help our entire team."

Collins interviewed for the head-coach opening at Northern Colorado a year ago, but that job went to Scott Downing.

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