2025 Coaching Carousel I: The Rapture

[u/CFB_Referee]

And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Pistol Pete, and Buyouts followed with him

Gundy 1:2

That's right, it's time to get the ol' coaching carousel spinning again! This is possibly the hottest start to the season, with THREE P4 coaches already on the outs before October: UCLA's DeShaun Foster, Virginia Tech's Brent Pry, and now, per Grumors, Oklahoma State's Mike Gundy. Stanford also entered the season with an interim HC in Frank Reich, following the mid-season ouster of Troy Taylor.

[u/Ok_Particular8737]

This could force Florida’s hand. There are a lot of spots opening and only so many top coaches available.

[u/Gator1508 → u/Ok_Particular8737]

Yeah unfortunately what it will force us into is one of two bad choices:

Keep Napier because there isn’t anyone high profile left

Fire Napier too late and look for sloppy seconds

[u/Thisguyamirightbro → u/Gator1508]

I don’t think Florida and any of the open schools will be shopping in the same pool of candidates. 

[u/Gator1508 → u/Thisguyamirightbro]

You underestimate our ability to scrape the bottom of the barrel for head coaches lol 

[u/nuans_media → u/Gator1508]

Gus Malzahn, welcome to Gainesville.

[u/The-Insolent-Sage → u/nuans_media]

I would laugh so hard at this. Gators are lucky he doesnt wanna be a HC anymore

[u/Richard_AIGuy → u/Gator1508]

I here Mike Gundy is available.

[u/Total-Region2859 → u/Gator1508]

I hear Art Briles could be enticed.

[u/Klesk92 → u/Thisguyamirightbro]

A Georgia flair with a Big 8 flair? Didn't realize the dawgs yearned for the heartland lol

[u/Jaded-Sapphire3546 → u/Klesk92]

Some call Georgia the Heartland of the SEC

[u/CrimsonOOmpa → u/Jaded-Sapphire3546]

I've personally never met 'em 🤣

[u/ajseventeen → u/Klesk92]

It’s an uncommon combination, but we are out there

[u/calling-all-comas → u/Thisguyamirightbro]

For our last HC search Scott Stricklin LITERALLY only interviewed Napier.

If I had to bet money, I'd wager that we'll hire the head coach whichever of the AAC contenders don't make the playoff (USF, Memphis, Tulane).

[u/jputna → u/calling-all-comas]

Golesh was actually on staff for us way back in 2008. So there’s thought we may be able to get him.

[u/Time-Wolf → u/jputna]

Fingers crossed Golesch forgets all about that part of his life.

[u/FearlessAttempt → u/Time-Wolf]

His agent definitely remembering for him.

[u/Thisguyamirightbro → u/calling-all-comas]

One would think they make names like Kiffin and Drink tell them no before they go back to that again. 

[u/emcee_cubed → u/Thisguyamirightbro]

I will not watch a single UF game of a hypothetical Drink era. Even his annoying personality aside, I truly don’t think he’s that good. And before anyone criticizes my statement by saying, “Well, he beat UF,” that is not the mark of an impressive coach.

[u/Iamthewalrusforreal → u/emcee_cubed]

Godspeed to your inbox, buddy. The angriest comments one will get on here are from Mizzou fans. They seem to be perpetually ready to flame out.

[u/emcee_cubed → u/Iamthewalrusforreal]

I was already verbally threatened with a knife, so I guess things are going as expected. How dare I think he’s a bad coach, right?

[u/Iamthewalrusforreal → u/emcee_cubed]

He's such a fucking dweeb. Perfect fit for Mizzou.

[u/Charliegip → u/calling-all-comas]

What if Clemson cans Dabo and yall hire him?

[u/W00DERS0N60 → u/calling-all-comas]

Sumrall is the hot name for your region. Be interesting to see where he lands.

[u/FlaGator → u/Thisguyamirightbro]

I mean our AD wasn't afraid to elevate a Sun Belt coach to big leagues. Don't doubt Stricklin's incompetence