Florida sticks with Billy Napier: Inside Gators' gamble on eventual growth over market uncertainty
Florida's decision to have Billy Napier continue as head coach is the top-line takeaway from the open letter athletic director Scott Stricklin penned to fans Thursday. For all intents and purposes, Napier is expected to be the Gators' coach next fall ...
Florida says coach Billy Napier on solid ground despite 15-18 record after promising signs
The Gators (4-4, 2-3 Southeastern Conference) have made significant strides since lopsided losses to Miami and Texas A&M during the first month of the season. Napier shored up the team’s shaky defense, found a potential star in freshman quarterback DJ Lagway and developed young talent on both sides of the ball.
Florida awards Billy Napier a flimsy vote of confidence, as Gators crumble under his watch
With Billly Napier remaining atop the organization, the Florida Gators project an image of a program in decline. Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin says Billy Napier "will continue" as Gators' coach. Into 2025 season? Stricklin's annoucnement doesn ...
As Billy Napier brings 4-4 Florida team to Texas, Gators athletic director has coach's back
Among the sellout crowd that will be on hand for the Florida-Texas football game Saturday morning will be Gators royalty in the Ol’ Ball Coach and the current regime represented by what some Florida fans might have hoped would be,
Billy Napier staying at Florida: College football reactions to Gators' coach announcement
Billy Napier's seat at Florida is no longer hot. On Thursday, Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin announced that the Gators' head coach will continue in his role through the season, putting an end to any remaining questions surrounding his job ...
Florida Gators athletic director: Billy Napier will remain coach
Evidently, Florida’s modest resurgence in the last month has proven substantial enough to save coach Billy Napier’s job — for now. In a message to fans posted late Thursday morning on the school‘s athletic website and the social media platform X,
John Romano: Keeping Billy Napier is unpopular everywhere except Florida's huddle
Instead, Billy Napier did something with an even greater degree of difficulty: He held on to his dignity. Faced with mounting ...
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Florida sticks with Billy Napier as coach despite tumultuous tenure
14 left many to wonder if Napier would survive the season’s first month. But the Gators (4-4, 2-3 SEC) have performed ...
Does Florida keeping Billy Napier signal how college football will handle coaching changes?
Florida’s decision Thursday to give football coach Billy Napier one more year to turn things around regardless of how ...
Florida Expected to Use Money Saved For Napier Buyout on NIL
Since Billy Napier is sticking around for another year, that money originally meant to send him packing will be used to ...
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It's not fair to judge Napier and Florida football without Lagway, but we might have to
The November results were supposed to decide Billy Napier’s future as Florida football coach. If it were a real court ...
Billy Napier remains Florida football's conundrum, better option was keeping him | Gene Frenette
Between quarterback attrition and Florida football showing improvement the past month, the Gators were better off giving ...
It sure sounds like Florida let a bunch of teenagers decide Billy Napier's future
It was no secret entering the 2024 college football season that Florida Gators head coach Billy Napier was on the hot seat.
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Takeaways from AD vote of confidence for Florida football coach Billy Napier
Florida football athletic director Scott Stricklin released a statement on Thursday that served as a vote of confidence for ...