The team was coached by Paul Pasqualoni and played its home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut.

The day after the Fiesta Bowl Head Coach Randy Edsall left the University to accept the same position at Maryland.

In addition to the graduation losses All-American RB Jordan Todman entered the NFL Draft a year early.

[6] On February 2, 2011, Paul Pasqualoni announced that 16 student-athletes had signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Connecticut.

[7] Four; Kenton Adeyemi, Dalton Gifford, Michael Nebrich and Sean McQuillan; entered school in January to participate in spring practice.