The burden is still on Florida Gators head coach Billy Napier to prove he deserves to stay wearing the headset in The Swamp. College football speculations continue to circulate around Napier’s impending firing.
To Napier’s credit, Florida has improved from its slow start. The Gators have won three of their past four games, but there are big expectations in Gainesville.
Florida still has games remaining against the Georgia Bulldogs, Texas Longhorns, LSU Tigers, and Ole Miss Rebels. This might give Napier with an opportunity to save his job, or the perilous timetable could be the tipping point that prompts Florida to change.
On3.com’s J.D. PicKell expects that Missouri Tigers head coach Eli Drinkwitz will eventually replace Napier at Florida. The college football commentator made this remark during his weekly picks segment ahead of Week 9.
I think Florida's 2025 head coach comes from this list. Put into tiers based on how I think Florida would view them.
Tier 1
Lane KiffinTier 2
Jedd Fisch
Jamey Chadwell
Alex Golesh
Eli DrinkwitzTier 3
Glenn Schumann
Blake BakerTier 4
Dan Enos
Jeff Lebby— Ryan McCrystal (@Ryan_McCrystal) September 17, 2024
“I don’t trust Missouri very much. “I love Eli Drinkwitz,” PicKell said on Wednesday’s episode of “The Hard Count” podcast. “If you’re asking me today, I think he’s probably the pick, for me at least, for the next head coach at Florida, assuming that what we all believe [Napier firing] will happen at some point happens.”
This is not the first time Drinkwitz has been linked to Florida. Drinkwitz inked a $46 million contract with Missouri last December, according to KRCG.
For context, Napier signed a $51.8 million contract with the Gators. CBS Sports reported that Napier’s buyout for the 2024 season was $26.7 million.
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