GAINESVILLE, Fla.. (AP) — Florida fired coach Billy Napier on Sunday, dumping him a day after an error-filled win against Mississippi State that included more head-scratching calls and offensive lulls like those that marked much of his four-year run with the Gators..

Athletic director Scott Stricklin made the move following a 23-21 victory that looked like it was going تا تکل دفاعی میچای باخت سختی است Boireau picked off a pass with 21 seconds remaining and the Bulldogs near field-goal range..

The game-sealing takeaway energized the Swamp, but the home crowd quickly turned on Napier and booed him as he sprinted off the field.. Stricklin had seen enough and pulled the plug on a run that most of the Florida faithful thought lasted longer than it should have..

"در حالی که تأثیر او مثبت بود، اما در نهایت به این معنی نبود the level of success we expect on the field,” Stricklin said in a lengthy statement..

Napier went 22-23 in four seasons at Florida, including 12-16 in Southeastern Conference play.. He was 5-17 against ranked opponents, including 0-14 away from home, and declined to give up his play-calling role despite calls to do so..

Equally damning: his امتیاز 3-12 مقابل حریفان ایالت فلوریدا، جورجیا، LSU, Miami and Tennessee includes the fewest wins by a Florida coach in such games since the late 1930s..

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Receivers coach Billy Gonzales is the interim head coach for Florida’s remaining five games, beginning against rival Georgia (6-1, 4-1 Southeastern Conference) on Nov.. 1 in Jacksonville.. The Gators (3-4, 2-2) have an off week to regroup from the chaos that often comes with a تغییر مربی..

پرتاب Napier موقتاً a frustrated fanbase, but the group won’t truly be satisfied until the Gators hire someone with a proven track record at college football’s highest level..

Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin is expected to top the list, although Stricklin passed on him when he hired Napier from Louisiana-Lafayette in November 2021.. Louisville’s Jeff Brohm, Missouri’s Eli Drinkwitz and Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman also could be targets..

Florida owes Napier roughly $21 million, with half of that سررسید خرید ظرف 30 روز. مابقی پخش خواهد شد over three annual installments beginning next summer, meaning the Gators will be paying three head coaches for the second time in seven years once they hire Napier’s replacement; they did the same with Will Muschamp, Jim McElwain and Dan Mullen in 2018..

Napier sealed his fate against the Bulldogs.. He dialed up a QB rollout on a third-and-1 play in the waning minutes that led to a punt and gave Mississippi State a chance down the stretch.. He also called a QB keeper on a third-and-7 play earlier in the game, قبل از نیمه اول صاحب توپ نهایی شد و پرچمدار شد having 12 men on the field during a 2-point try..

It was a fitting end for a coach who often looked in over his head in the powerhouse SEC.. Between repeated penalties, game organization issues, clock management miscues and running an offensive scheme that was as predictable as it was pedestrian, Napier stuck around longer than many thought he deserved..

Stricklin gave the coach a public vote of اعتماد به نفس اندکی قبل از اینکه گیتورها در چهار بازی آخر خود در سال 2024 پیروز شوند. They hoped to carry that momentum into Napier’s fourth season, but quarterback DJ Lagway missed close to eight months recovering from injuries — and it showed..

Lagway looked mostly lost in the pocket as Florida struggled to move the ball.. Suddenly, the two-time Sun Belt Conference coach of the year, a guy who gained fame at his previous stop by saying “scared money don’t make money,” seemed می ترسم توپ را به زمین بیاورم، کاری که لاگوی به راحتی انجام داد دانشجوی سال اول..

بیشتر خارجی ها این پایان را دیدند. اگرچه ناپیر در حین کمک به برنامه در جهت‌یابی نام، تصویر و شباهت و به اشتراک گذاشتن درآمد، کارهای زیادی انجام داد، اما در هر دو طرف توپ نتوانست ثبات زیادی پیدا کند.

استدلالی وجود دارد که گیتورها در واقع از بازی 1 (قطع در دقیقه پایانی برای شکست دادن شماره 7 یوتا در باتلاق) به بازی 45 (قطع در دقیقه پایانی برای شکست ایالت می سی سی پی در باتلاق) زیر نظر ناپیر با وجود فهرستی به ظاهر قوی تر عقب نشینی کردند.

هرکسی که جایگزین ناپیر شود، یک غول خفته را به ارث خواهد برد، یک قهرمان سه دوره ملی فوتبال که اخیراً در مسابقه امکانات شرکت کرده است و از پشتیبانی تقویت کننده کافی برای حضور در SEC برخوردار است.

استریکلین گفت: "ما برای برنده شدن وجود داریم و به کمتر راضی نمی شویم." "UF هرگز به اندازه ما امروز برای موفقیت این برنامه فوتبال سرمایه گذاری نکرده است."