LAFAYETTE, La. -- Rickey Bustle, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Virginia Tech, was named the new head football coach at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette on Thursday.

Bustle replaces Jerry Baldwin, fired last month after a 3-8 season and a 6-27 record during his three years as head coach.

"I promised my wife that I wouldn't just take any job just to be a head coach," Bustle said. "This football probram has a lot of promise, especially being in the Sun Belt Conference and having a bowl tie-in."

The conference champion earns a spot in the New Orleans Bowl, a new bowl which will be played for the first time on Dec. 18.

Louisiana-Lafayette just completed its first season in the Sun Belt.

In Blacksburg, Va., Virginia Tech officials said Bustle would stay on with the university long enough to call plays against Florida State in the Gator Bowl on Jan. 1.

Bustle has been quarterbacks coat at Virginia Tech for 14 seasons. For eight seasons he has also been offensive coordinator.