June 12, 2008
"Terry is one of the brightest coaches and top recruiters in the country. He is a tireless worker and he has been extremely loyal to me in our five seasons of working together. We are going to the College World Series in large part due to Terry's recruiting and his work with our pitching staff. UCF has made a tremendous hire - Terry is the perfect choice for an outstanding program. He will enhance the great tradition that has already been established at UCF by its players and coaches."
- LSU head coach Paul Mainieri
"I am very proud. I certainly believe Terry has earned an opportunity to have his own program. I know he will do a wonderful job. I truly believe that in the short time he was here, he moved our program up in the national circles through his recruiting efforts. We had one of the top-ranked recruiting classes in the nation under him. He did a wonderful job with our pitchers and he continued to do that at Notre Dame and LSU. I know that will be one of the strong points year in and year out at UCF. This is well deserved. I knew it would only be a matter of time before he had his own program. He is a tireless worker. No one will outwork him."
- Stetson head coach Pete Dunn
"Terry Rooney has been on the fast track to being a Division I head coach for some time now, and he's left his mark at every stop in his young coaching career. He's a climber in the best sense of the word - he achieves in every job he's taken and keeps getting noticed by larger schools and bigger programs. His ability to identify talent and bring it to campus has made him a key member of every staff he's worked on, and it's the main reason he's expected to be a successful head coach."
- Baseball America's John Manuel