TAMPA — With one hashtag just a few hours after being announced as the new offensive coordinator at the University of South Florida, Kerwin Bell told the Bulls and USF fans what to expect.

#PlayFastScoreFaster. In a phone interview Wednesday after being introduced in Tampa, Bell said that motto was developed in the middle of last year’s national championship campaign at Valdosta State. When his son Kade Bell, the VSU offensive coordinator that will be joining his father at USF in a quality control position, came up with a phrase, it didn’t take long for it to catch on.

“It sort of fit our system last year, and a lot of years,” Bell said. “We’ve been able to score a lot of points and do it in a fast situation.

“We thought it was a good way to describe it.” Bell’s offensive system, which he has called a pro passing game meshed with spread elements, certainly can put up points. The Blazers averaged 52 points per game on the way to the Division II national championship. VSU set new school and Gulf South Conference records for points and scoring average.

Bell said he has no concerns about his offense being successful at USF as well. He said USF head coach Charlie Strong has put him in complete control of the offensive side of the ball and he plans to bring that successful system with him.

“I have no worries,” Bell said about it translating to Division I. “This system will carry all the way to the NFL because it’s an NFL system and I know what it takes.

“I’ve seen the highest level of football. I’ve played at it. I know what it takes to execute and be good at the highest level.”

Still, Bell admitted there would be some growing pains, “some tough days ahead,” implementing the complex, detailed nuances of the offense.

There were with VSU. In Bell’s first game at the helm of the Blazers in September 2016, VSU managed just 204 yards of offense in a 16-10 win against Albany State. Two games later, the Blazers set a school record for most punts in a game with 12.

After those early struggles, Bell’s system started to click. VSU made the playoffs that first season and then after a strong finish in 2017, the Blazers rolled offensively throughout the undefeated 2018 campaign.

Now Bell hopes to take advantage of the weapons at his disposal with the Bulls. Blake Barnett, a former top recruit at Alabama, will return at quarterback for his senior season. He will be surrounded by a lot of familiar faces as the Bulls bring back their entire offensive line, three of the top four receivers and a pair of talented running backs that combined for more than 1,800 yards rushing in Jordan Cronkrite and Johnny Ford.

“It’s a team that has a lot of good pieces and now we just have to make sure we put them in the right places and get them ready to go,” Bell said.

Helping him do that will be some familiar faces as well. Joining Bell in making the move from VSU to USF will be offensive line coach Jeremy Darveau as well as Andrew Robistelli and Kade Bell, who will be quality control coaches for the Bulls. Both Robistelli and Kade Bell played for Bell at JU before joining his staff as graduate assistants at VSU. Darveau served at the Blazers’ O-line coach throughout Bell’s tenure.

“It’s good to have all three of those guys here on board to sort of help get this thing up and running,” Bell said. “It’s a very detailed system. The way some systems are, they just go run plays. Just run to spots and it’s not a very detailed situation. Ours is very detailed, so to have as many coaches as we have to coach the coaches and teach them, that way we can get this thing off the ground.”

Whoever follows Bell at VSU, won’t have to worry about starting from ground zero. The Blazers are set to return Rogan Wells, the Harlon Hill Trophy runner-up, at quarterback and a wealth of talented playmakers at his disposal. VSU could bring back its top 10 rushers, who accounted for 101.22 percent of the Blazers’ 3,676 rushing yards in 2018, its top two passers (94.67 percent of the 3,658 passing yards) and its top four receivers and 16 of the 18 players that caught a pass during the title season, accounting for 88.76 percent of the receiving yardage.

For the next 2-3 years, that thing should be pretty good and I’m excited for the fans there,” Bell said. “We were able to build something pretty special.

“They’re going to be really good and it’s going to be fun to watch them.”