David Wunderlich

Author’s note: this is an opinion piece and not reporting. It does not necessarily reflect the view of Gator Country or GC’s other writers.

Like many writers both focused on the team and with a national view, I wrote after the Texas A&M loss that Napier’s tenure was effectively over, that it was then a question of when, not if. Napier is still coaching the team for now, though, maybe because a final decision hasn’t been made or maybe because there aren’t many good interim options. Maybe it’s a bit of both. Regardless of the reasons, there are still more games to play, and dwelling exclusively on the head coach’s future shortchanges the players who are still working to win on the field.

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I am not sure whether Billy Napier will be Florida’s head coach next year.

It’s no secret that the 2024 season hasn’t gone the way Billy Napier wanted it to for a number of reasons.

There is a certain myopia that comes from following your one team very closely, where everything is about them. Events are seen through the lens of what it means for your team, and the difference between winning and losing comes down to what that team does or doesn’t do.

It’s hard to believe that Billy Napier somehow just signed his fourth recruiting class at Florida. Or maybe, it’s hard to believe it’s only his fourth. Maybe I’m getting old or my brain has gone to Jell-O from having two young kids, but time stretches and bends like taffy for me these days.

Two things determine the kind of a start a head coach’s tenure gets off to: what he brings in, and what he inherited.

There have been some heated arguments about the way Billy Napier has run his program from the start. One of the biggest points of contention is the topic of offensive coordinator.