For first - year UCF head coach Johnny Dawkins this supposed consolation prize of going to the NIT is not a consolation prize at all .
UCF head coach Johnny Dawkins won the NIT in the 2011 - 12 and 2014 - 15 seasons .
For first - year UCF head coach Johnny Dawkins , who won the NIT in the 2011 - 12 and 2014 - 15 seasons , this supposed consolation prize of going to the NIT is not a consolation prize at all .