Florida is one of the top jobs open in college football after the university fired head coach Billy Napier on Sunday.
Napier’s firing came a day after Florida beat Mississippi State 23-21, but it was already too late for him. The Gators got off to another slow start this season, which doomed Napier. He finished his tenure with a 22-23 record.
The Gators are now in the market for a new coach and are expected to go after some of the top Power Four coaches in college football. With that in mind, former Gators head coach Steve Spurrier recently spoke with On3’s Chris Low about the search and confirmed that he’s staying more neutral, but he also thinks Ole Miss Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin is being mentioned a lot.
“They’re throwing Lane’s name out there a lot, and he’d be good here,” Spurrier told Low. “Look at what he’s done at Ole Miss… There are several others, but Lane is being mentioned more than other guys it seems like.”…