Florida Gators defensive line signees Kelby Collins and Will Norman have been impressing the coaches at the Under Armour All-America game this week. He spent the last 10 years with the Tigers as an assistant and also served as the recruiting coordinator the last two years. 4 Florida Gators head coach candidates to replace Dan Mullen Matt Johnson Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports The Florida Gators 2021 season will be remembered as an embarrassment. Before that, he spent two years as the director of recruiting and player personnel at Arkansas and was Napiers director of recruiting and football logistics at Louisiana in 2018. Florida received the fourth-most votes to win the SEC Championship Game. A native of Toronto, Canada, Castro-Walker graduated from Eastern Washington and got his Masters from ASU while working as a graduate assistant. Hiring an NFL coach with a scouting background makes a lot of sense for Napier, and per Floridas official release, Sherrill will focus on evaluating transfer portal and junior college prospects. 1998 - 2023 University Athletic Assoc., Inc., FOX Sports Sun & IMG College. Zachary Huber, https://t.co/RBpukhQvI9 pic.twitter.com/jakpO7XFZI, Florida Gators Football (@GatorsFB) April 6, 2022. Before joining the Ragin Cajuns staff, Couch spent five seasons at Tulane as a special teams analyst and recruiting coordinator. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Disaster has indeed struck for the Florida Gators. Thompson played defensive back for the Ragin Cajuns from 2014-16, beginning his career as a strength coach as an intern for his alma mater in 2017. Brown, a former Gators star cornerback from 2001-05, has been on staff at Florida since 2018 as the director of student-athlete development. Welcome to the family, @TyDarlingtonUF! Welcome back to the The Swamp @Jamar51Chaney! #GoGators pic.twitter.com/VqykB5C4r2. SCRIMMAGE TOUCHDOWNS He coached special teams and linebackers at Point University in 2015 following a stint as a defensive graduate assistant with Georgia Southern, working with defensive tackles in 2013 and linebackers in 2014. Though there are still some key roles that still need additions, Napier has already hired a number of on-field coaches and off-field supporting staff. Welcome to The Swamp, @briazjawade! Like Toney, Juluke follows Napier to Florida after spending the last four years on his Louisiana staff, where he coached two drafted running backs in Elijah Mitchell (now a budding star for the San Francisco 49ers) and Raymond Calais. The two had also worked together at Arizona State in 2017 when Napier was offensive coordinator and Sale was the offensive line coach and run game coordinator. Jakeem Jackson is a four-star prospect ranked No. Welcome to The Swamp @PeaglerWilliam! Roderick Kearney is a four-star prospect ranked No. "Were working very hard to win the SEC, and I think were moving in the right direction. Patrick Toney and Jabbar Juluke are the on-field coaches, while Mark Hocke comes in as the new strength and conditioning coordinator. So far, the culmination of the efforts exerted by the coaching staff have yielded some encouraging results in the 2023 cycle. The Gators have won 21 games in two years with pretty much the same staff as Mullen initially assembled, while recruiting is on a clear uptick at the moment. #GoGators, : https://t.co/B7ZTP83kDS pic.twitter.com/Sdoz1XSfOw, Florida Gators Football (@GatorsFB) January 28, 2022. That came following a stint with the strength and conditioning department at Texas A&M in 2017. : https://t.co/TAXtd777Xn pic.twitter.com/q2WiCLHp5O, Florida Gators Football (@GatorsFB) December 18, 2021. Continuing to fill in needs across its roster, the Florida Gators added their second offensive lineman from the transfer portal this offseason. After a 2020 season in which Florida spent most of year ranked among the top ten in the AP Poll, the Gators began the 2021 season with a No. 123 overall and No. He was promoted to senior director of digital strategy in 2020. Hes a Baton Rouge native and a 2012 graduate of LSU. When his playing career ended, he returned to Florida to finish his degree and work as an undergraduate assistant strength coach, earning a full-time position of strength and conditioning coordinator when he graduated. Prior to that, she was a social media specialist at Washington State from 2019-21. Bell returned to Florida, where he was the secondary coach in 2017, after a three-year stint in the same role at UCF. Alabama coach Nick Saban works with defensive coordinator Pete Golding in the final seconds of the team's NCAA college football game against Texas A&M, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, in Tuscaloosa, Ala . The Florida Gators football program is a college football team that represents the University of Florida in the sport of American football. He carries with him a lot of experience, as the Boca Raton native began his career as an athletic trainer with Florida Atlantic from 2003-05 before serving as an assistant athletic trainer at Kentucky from 2007-08. Hill is very experienced when it comes to athletics training. With the Mississippi State job now filled, it looks likely Dan Mullen won't have any of his assistants poached by other programs this offseason. Though there were a large number of players clamoring for Napier to keep previous strength coach Nick Savage, the new coach ultimately brought his strength coach from Louisiana with him. However, the running backs coach spot is already filled by Jabbar Juluke, and Peagler will coach tight ends, instead. However, a series of upset losses, historically poor defensive showings, and apparent discontent within the program resulted in a losing record and the dismissal . Welcome to The Swamp, @SpenceChaos! At Louisiana, he worked in football personnel and recruiting, per his LinkedIn page. New Gators coach Billy Napier has only been on the job for just over a week, but his coaching staff is already starting to come together. Head coach Billy Napier announced Griffin will join his off-the-field staff as an on-campus recruiting coordinator on Wednesday, April 6. He has college football experience, working as an assistant on Florida States strength staff from 2010-12. Pasqualoni is a veteran coach at both the collegiate and professional levels He brings FBS head coaching experience to the table, as the 72-year-old spent 14 seasons as the head coach at Syracuse from 1991-2004. He has prior experience in the state of Louisiana, coaching the offensive line at UL-Monroe in 2016, as well as the SEC, holding the same role at Georgia under Mark Richt in 2015. He most recently worked at Dartmouth from 2018-21 as the offensive tackles and tight ends coach. He spent four seasons in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers from 2007-10, starting 18 games and winning a Super Bowl. Florida football: Alabama OL Damieon George Jr. commits to Gators out of transfer portal, Florida football: Baylor OL Micah Mazzccua commits to Gators out of transfer portal, Florida vs. South Carolina score, takeaways: Gators destroy Gamecocks, clinch bowl eligibility, Florida football notebook: Billy Napier hopes established discipline, momentum carries over. 68: Slot Eugene Wilson IIITampa (Fla.) 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He played for five seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons, Denver Broncos and the then-Oakland Raiders. : https://t.co/vPCDcubCfR pic.twitter.com/8PhhBEST4F, Florida Gators Football (@GatorsFB) January 18, 2022. The official Football Coach List for the Florida Gators Gators. Peagler is a Clemson graduate, where he worked for the football team as a student assistant while in college. An Ocala native, Kazakevicius played football at Alabama as a wide receiver under Napier from 2013-15, where he won a national championship. University Athletic Association
Required fields are marked *. Before joining the Spartans staff, Peagler was the director of quality control for the offense at Colorado. Email. Twenty-nine men have served as the Gators' head coach since the university first fielded a team in 1906, including five who served as interim coach for a portion of a season. The Gators played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida, and competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Welcome to The Swamp @amburkett64! He came to prominence as the defensive coordinator of the Seattle Seahawks from 2013 to 2014, where he was the playcaller for the team's Legion of Boom secondary. 56 overall and No. Ogas has spent the last four seasons with Napier at Louisiana, where he began as the strength and conditioning quality control coordinator before becoming the director of player development. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. Before that, he spent two seasons as director of recruiting at Central Arkansas. 7 at his position nationally according to the 247Sports composite while the On3 consensus has him at Nos. Shes a graduate of South Carolina and got her masters of public health from UNC last year. When Florida fired defensive coordinator Todd Grantham after the loss to South Carolina in November, Pasqualoni moved into an on-field role coaching outside linebackers. #GoGators, : https://t.co/0sZE5mkRiz pic.twitter.com/xMYNMU6Myl, Florida Gators Football (@GatorsFB) December 28, 2021. Hes a Lafayette native and graduated from Louisiana in 2004. San Antonio College and Santa Monica College. For now, it looks like Florida will avoid any assistant coaches being poached by other programs this offseason. Tight end Danny Lewis (6-4, 235, New Iberia, LA.. He was a three-year starter for the Tigers in college and played six seasons in the NFL, starting 60 games in the process. Before that, he was the secondary coach and director of player personnel at Florida Atlantic from 2014-16 and was previously the director of football operations at Miami from 2007-10. Two Gators coaches have led the team to SEC championships: Steve Spurrier won six conference titles while Urban Meyer won two. He left Lexington before the 2008 season to take a head football training position at Utah, and he remained in Salt Lake City for five seasons before taking the same role at his alma mater in Gainesville. One of several on-field assistants to follow Napier to Florida, Toney is just 31 and is considered a rising name in the sport. McDonald is a graduate of Alabama, where he worked as football recruiting specialist from 2015-18 before rejoining Napier, who he worked with when the pair were on Sabans staff. Welcome to The Swamp, Brooks Gillerlain! Though there are still some key roles that still. Box 14485
Hes known as an excellent recruiter, and his list of all-time top recruits is a spectacle to behold. : https://t.co/DUpimemhc2 pic.twitter.com/HtL2m6iUhY, Florida Gators Football (@GatorsFB) December 15, 2021. Newly graded four-star defensive end Caleb Banks (Louisville), four-star defensive tackle CamRon Jackson (Memphis), there-star linebacker Teradja Mitchell (Ohio State) and three-star quarterback Graham Mertz (Wisconsin) are also in the fold as is LB Deuce Spurlock (Michigan), who along with Mazzccua and George have yet to be regraded by 247Sports. Bell joined Mullens staff last offseason as the director of player personnel, and he is being retained by Napier, albeit in a different role as a quality control coach for running backs. Before that, she was a football recruiting assistant at Mississippi State after working as a graduate assistant in the office of diversity and inclusion at MSU. Chaney returns to Florida, where he was an assistant director of player personnel under coach Dan Mullen during the 2019 season before leaving to become a senior defensive analyst at his alma mater, Mississippi State. 5 at his position nationally according to the 247Sports composite while the On3 consensus has him at Nos. Welcome @PToney to The Swamp! 2022 Football Roster. He held the same role in the four seasons he worked under Napier. GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- With the news that Mississippi State will hire former Washington State coach Mike Leach following the ouster of Joe Moorhead, Florida can rest a little easier. Bergeron is another analyst Napier has a lot of experience with. "X" indicates an interim year without play. Bailey comes from Clemson, where she spent the last five seasons as the director of life skills and community service, working directly with athletes for both personal and societal development. 7 at his position nationally according to the 247Sports composite while the On3 consensus has him at Nos. Clark is one of the several retentions, as he joined Floridas staff under Mullen in 2019, but hell be in a new role after spending the last three seasons as an assistant director of player personnel. HAWTHORNE On a dusty field three days before guiding Hawthorne High School to a state championship, former Florida football standout Cornelius Ingram conducted a spirited practice. Welcome to The Swamp, @katieturner0087! . He held the same role last season at Louisiana under Napier following a four-year stint as the head football athletic trainer at Colorado State. #GoGators, : https://t.co/Pyiik9JRKs pic.twitter.com/Sj1MNWfCYY, Florida Gators Football (@GatorsFB) December 24, 2021. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Domingue is another staffer who follows Napier from Louisiana, where he joined the staff in 2018 as the director of digital strategy, producing video content for all varsity Ragin Cajuns teams. On July 31, the Southeastern Conference announced that its teams would play a ten-game conference-only season beginning in late September. Sherrill comes from the NFL ranks, where he has worked for the Detroit Lions since 2016. He has since worked on the staffs at Houston, Georgia Tech, Austin Peay State, LSU and the New York Giants. With the most recent class of prep prospects wrapped up, Sports Illustrateds John Garcia Jr. ranked the top 99 recruits coming out of high school this year. We're excited to announce that @MCastroWalker will be joining the Gators family! ILB: Virginia Beach, VA The Ohio State University: 6'2'' Florida Committed 12/21/2022. Dan Mullen's . Jones will be under the strength department in this role as he comes from Arizona, where he spent the 2021 season as an assistant strength coach. : https://t.co/3wZCtTtRDe pic.twitter.com/lxWpGkhKko, Florida Gators Football (@GatorsFB) December 21, 2021. An experienced defensive playcaller, Bateman will take a position coach roll on Napiers staff after he was let go as North Carolinas defensive coordinator and safeties coach, a role he held for the last three seasons. He was the head coach at Westlake High School in Atlanta from 2016-19, winning three straight state titles, and he was also the head coach and assistant athletic director at Coconut Creek High School in Florida from 2013-16. UPDATE: Pasqualoni was hired as the defensive line coach for the Carolina Panthers on Feb. 8. 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