Pete Alamar

Biography

Pete Alamar, who has more than 40 years of experience as an assistant coach and 20 years working with special teams units, was named UCF’s special teams coordinator and senior analyst by head coach Scott Frost in January 2025. “I’m incredibly grateful to Coach Scott Frost for this opportunity to join his coaching staff as special teams coordinator,” said Alamar. “My goal is to develop and lead the best special teams units in the Big 12 and nationally and I cannot wait to get to work with our players and coaches.” Alamar made a big impact in year one with the Black and Gold. Multiple areas of his special teams unit performed at a high level throughout the campaign. Kicker Noe Ruelas was named All-Big 12 Third Team and made history in his lone season in Orlando becoming the first Knight in UCF’s FBS history to make three field goals from beyond 50 yards, hitting from 54 to tie his career long as well as from 53 and 51. He finished the regular season with the best field goal percentage in the Big 12 and the 15th best in the nation at 88.2%, making 15-of-17 field goals. Ruelas earned a nod as a Lou Groza semifinalist. The return game was also a bright spot in 2025 for Alamar's unit, as Jaden Nixon housed the opening kickoff return against North Carolina A&T on Sept. 6, the first UCF kickoff return for a touchdown since 2017. Antione Jackson finished 17th in yards per punt return, averaging a clip of 11.8, the best mark for a Knight since 2019. Alamar was most recently the associa