TAMPA, FLA., FEB. 24, 2026 – South Florida Football Head Coach Brian Hartline has announced three new additions to his first Bulls staff as the Bulls near the start of spring practice in March.

Darren Hiller returns to South Florida as senior lead analyst. A veteran of more than 30-years in collegiate coaching, Hiller previously served at USF during the 2016 season as co-offensive coordinator/run gam coordinator/offensive line coach as he helped the Bulls to a program-best 11-2 record and No. 19 final Associated Press ranking. He has served as an offensive line coach for numerous programs, including long tenures at Indiana and Arkansas State.

Ciera White has been named director of football administration. White, who previously worked as a member of the South Florida football staff and is a longtime member of the USF Athletic department staff, moves from her position as director of travel operations.  

Lawrence Johnson will serve as assistant defensive line coach and comes to USF after a season serving as a graduate assistant working with the defensive line at Auburn. Johnson played defensive tackle for the Tigers after transferring from Purdue, where he was a three-year starter.

The Bulls will begin spring practice on March 11, the first of 15 spring practices that will culminate with the USF Spring Game at Corbett Stadium on the USF campus on Sunday, April 19.

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The USF football program first took the field in 1997 and completed its 29th season in 2025. In 2025, Bulls went 9-4, earned a third straight bowl appearance, made the program's first College Football Playoff ranking appearance, and were ranked four times in the weekly AP Top 25 poll. USF completed construction on a new $22-million Indoor Performance Facility in 2023 and a $349-million on-campus stadium and football operations center broke ground in the fall of 2024 and is slated for completion by 2027. The Bulls have posted 18 winning seasons, earned 16 All-America selections (including two consensus selections, the last coming in 2021), as well as 35 first-team all-conference honorees. USF has had 30 players selected in the NFL Draft while the Bulls have made 13 bowl game appearances (going 8-5), which is tied for the third-most in the first 25 seasons of a program's bowl eligibility. USF 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 campaigns and reached as high as No. 2 in the Associated Press rankings during the 2007 season.