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Why Florida Gators fans are already concerned about Billy Napier.
William Hall Napier born July 21, [2] is an American football coach currently serving as head coach at the University of Florida. Prior to Louisiana, he served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Arizona State University in Born in Cookeville, Tennessee , Napier was a standout quarterback for Murray County High School in his hometown of Chatsworth, Georgia , where he played for his father who was his head coach.
The Paladins won two conference championships during Napier's time there, and he was selected to two All- Southern Conference teams at quarterback. After graduating from Furman, Napier headed to Clemson as a graduate assistant. After only one year with SC State, Napier chose to return to Clemson when he accepted a job with dual roles as tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator on Tommy Bowden 's staff.
In his third year as TE coach and recruiting coordinator, Tommy Bowden resigned midseason after early season struggles that failed to meet high expectations, and Napier gave up his roles as RC and TE coach when he was named QB coach by newly appointed interim head coach Dabo Swinney.
His new role also included assisting Swinney with the playcalling duties for the remainder of the year.
When Swinney was promoted from interim head coach to full-time head coach after the season, Napier was promoted to offensive coordinator while retaining his duties as QB coach. As a result of his experience under Saban during the season as well as the time spent working closely with fellow Alabama assistant Jim McElwain , Napier was able to get back into hands-on coaching by following McElwain to Colorado State to become the QB coach and assistant head coach.
Napier did not stay in Colorado for long—he was hired in January by Jimbo Fisher , then head coach at Florida State , to be the team's tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator, but departed less than a month later as Saban brought him back to Tuscaloosa to take over from Mike Groh as WR coach going into the season. After a four-year stint as Alabama's WR coach including a second national championship in January , he was hired by Todd Graham to become offensive coordinator at Arizona State.
Arizona State fired head coach Todd Graham after the season and brought in former NFL coach Herm Edwards , who stated publicly that Napier would be able to continue in his role as OC if he would like. However, Napier declined the opportunity to remain at ASU as the offensive coordinator. On December 15, , Napier was named the 26th football head coach at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette replacing Mark Hudspeth. Prior to the season , Napier's Cajuns were picked to finish first in the West Division [ citation needed ] and picked to finish second in the conference [ citation needed ] , one vote behind Appalachian State.
In addition, eight of his Cajuns were selected to the preseason all-conference team, a feat not accomplished since the early Hudspeth years. The following season, the Cajuns won the First Responder Bowl in In his career with the Cajuns, Napier's teams broke several school records, including the first double-digit winning season, first to receive votes in major national polls, first divisional conference championship, first win against a ranked team on the road, second win against a ranked opponent [ citation needed ] , the first-ever regular-season game to air on ESPN , and the highest-ranked team that the Cajuns have ever defeated at No.
In his final season with the Cajuns, Napier finished 12—1 with a twelve-game win streak at the time of his departure. He also led the Cajuns to their first outright conference championship in more than 50 years and their first outright Sun Belt Conference championship. The team finished the season ranked 17th in the Coaches poll and 16th in the Associated Press poll. On November 28, , Napier was named the 28th head football coach at the University of Florida , replacing Dan Mullen.
He was officially announced by Florida via a press conference on December 5, Napier resides in Gainesville, Florida , with his wife, Ali, and three children.
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