Buffalo hires South Carolina special teams coordinator, former MAC coach Pete Lembo to lead Bulls

BUFFALO — Buffalo on Sunday hired South Carolina special teams coordinator Pete Lembo, who has 15 years of experience as a college head coach, to lead the Bulls. Lembo replaces Maurice Linguist, who last week stepped down after three years leading the Bulls to become an assistant coach at Alabama under Kalen DeBoer. The Bulls went 14-23 under Linguist, who was hired to replace Lance Leipold after he left for Kansas in 2021. Lembo, 53, has experience in the Mid-American Conference, going 33-29 in five seasons as head coach at...