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TAMPA, JULY 18, 2023 – First-Year Head Coach Alex Golesh, senior quarterback Gerry Bohanon (Earle, Ark.) and junior defensive tackle Rashad Cheney (Atlanta) will represent the South Florida football program at the 2023 American Athletic Conference Football Media Days, July 24-25 at Live! By Loews in Arlington, Texas.
 
The American welcomes six new programs to the conference in 2023, including Charlotte, UAB, FAU, North Texas, Rice and UTSA. UTSA won Conference USA titles the last two seasons and is projected as a potential preseason top 25 team.
 
Golesh will be among seven new head coaches attending the AAC media events. The 2023 247Sports Offensive Coordinator of the Year will be joined by Trent Dilfer (UAB), Tom Herman (FAU), Eric Morris (North Texas), Brian Newberry (Navy), Biff Poggi (Charlotte) and Kevin Wilson (Tulsa) among new conference coaches. The 39-year-old was named to CBS Sports' "Top 15 Coaches Under 40" list in April, was a Broyles Award finalist and led Tennessee's offense to nation-leading marks of 538.1 yards and 47.33 points per game.
 
Bohanon started seven games in his first season for the Bulls before having his season curtailed by a shoulder injury suffered in Game 7 vs. Tulane. He passed for 1,070 yards and six touchdowns and ran for 386 yards and three touchdowns in 2022, including 100-yard rushing games at No. 18 Florida and No. 24 Cincinnati. The former All-Big 12 honorable mention honoree led Baylor to a 12-2 record and Sugar Bowl victory in 2021 before transferring to USF. The former Elite 11 quarterback and four-star recruit passed for 11,362 yards and 142 touchdowns in high school while running for 5,925 and 70 touchdowns.
 
Cheney, a transfer from Minnesota, appeared in six games in 2022 for the Bulls before an ankle injury suffered at Cincinnati ended his season. He had three stops in the season opener vs. BYU, a season-high six vs. Howard, and three tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss vs. ECU. The former four-star recruit led Cedar Grove High School to a 14-1 record and state title while posting 45 tackles for loss in his senior year.
 
AAC Media Days get underway Monday with photo and video sessions and interviews with ESPN+ and SiriusXM radio before a Texas style dinner. Tuesday will feature press conferences with each head coach and AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco with festivities kicking off at 9:30 a.m. (ET) with Aresco. ESPN+ will have live coverage of the day starting at 9:15 a.m. (ET). Two feeds will be available on ESPN+. One will feature a live feed of the coaches press conferences and the other will feature Kris Budden and Renee Ingoglia hosting a studio show that will show the coaches opening statements before welcoming that program's players to the studio throughout the day.
 
Head Coach Alex Golesh is set for a 12:10 p.m. (ET) appearance Tuesday at the podium for his press conference and Budden and Ingoglia will welcome Bohanon and Cheney to the ESPN+ broadcast at that time.
 
USF opens the 2023 season on Sept. 2 at Western Kentucky (3:30 p.m./CBSSN) before returning to Raymond James Stadium to face Florida A&M on Sept. 9 (7:00 p.m./ESPN+) and Alabama on Sept. 16 (3:30 p.m./ABC). The Bulls open American Athletic Conference play at home on Sept. 23 vs. Rice (TBD) and play their final non-conference game at UConn (Oct. 21/3:30 p.m./CBSSN).
 
USF had five players named to the Athlon Sports Preseason All-AAC team – tackle Donovan Jennings (Tampa) and running back Nay'Quan Wright (Opa-Locka) on offense and linebacker DJ Gordon (Plant City), defensive end Jason Vaughn (Miami) and defensive back Aamaris Brown (Tampa) on defense.
 
The Bulls return three primary starters on offense from the 2022 season, four including Jennings who started four games in 2023 before a season-ending injury but brings a team-high 35 career starts into his final campaign. The Bulls return nine primary starters on defense from 2022, led by safety Matthew Hill (Lawrenceville, Ga.) who brings 17 career starts into his senior campaign. USF returns 22 players with starting experience, including quarterbacks Gerry Bohanon Jr. (Earle, Ark./7 starts in 2022 before a season-ending injury) and Byrum Brown (Raleigh, N.C./started the last two games of 2022).
 
New season tickets for the 2023 USF football season at Raymond James Stadium are on sale now. Secure your seats for the 2023 season by calling or texting 1-800-GoBulls or by visiting USFBULLSTIX.com. All tickets are once again dynamically priced for each game based on demand and are subject to change. Tickets can be purchased online at USFBullsTix.com, by calling/texting 1-800-GoBulls or using the direct links below.
 
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ABOUT USF FOOTBALL
The USF football program first took the field in 1997 and completed its 26th season in 2022 while completing construction on a new $22 million Indoor Performance Facility. The Bulls have posted 15 winning seasons, earned 16 All-America selections, including 2021 consensus All-American kick returner Brian Battie, and had 32 first-team all-conference selections. USF has had 30 players selected in the NFL Draft and has made 10 bowl game appearances (going 6-4 in those games), posting a program-record six straight appearances from 2005-2010 and most recently making four straight bowl appearances from 2015-18. The Bulls posted back-to-back 10-win seasons in 2016 and 2017, logging a program-record 11-2 mark in 2016 while finishing both seasons ranked in the Top 25. USF spent a program-record 20 straight weeks ranked in the Top 25 during the 2016 and 2017 seasons and reached as high as No. 2 in the national rankings during the 2007 season.
 
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