Napier’s status is also tied to his superiors. Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin was hired in 2016. He has made two UF football coaching hires: Dan Mullen and Billy Napier. It is rare for an athletic director to be allowed to make a third football hire in 8 years.

Tebow – who helped unveil the 2024 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team this week – knows the hot-seat questions are coming concerning Billy Napier — who fell to 12-16 in his third season with the Gators after a 33-20 loss to Texas A&M on Saturday. Tebow knows how that must feel as Florida (1-2) heads into a matchup at Mississippi State (1-2) on Saturday.

Florida football head coach Billy Napier will be hoping for a win in the SEC on Saturday, as rumblings about his future heat up.

Billy Napier is in jeopardy at Florida. But will athletic director Scott Stricklin be the one to fire and replace him?

The Florida Gators have had a rough start to the 2024 campaign, and it has resulted in their head coach Billy Napier being placed firmly on the hot seat. After their Week 3 loss to Texas A&M, rumors quickly began swirling that Napier was going to get fired by the Gators,

The Florida Gators stink. Let us not equivocate on that. And Billy Napier's seat boils. The question becomes: Where should Florida turn after Napier?

Napier, widely-presumed to be on the SEC's hottest seat this fall outside of Sam Pittman at Arkansas, is signed through the 2028 season on a deal he first inked in December 2021 worth $51.8 million

Florida announced Napier’s hiring on the Sunday after the regular season ended, but he didn’t leave Louisiana immediately. He prepared as usual for the Ragin’ Cajuns’ upcoming Sun Belt Conference championship while spending his standard recruiting time working on the Gators’ roster/staff.

Florida coach Billy Napier entered ’24 squarely on the hot seat, and uncompetitive losses to Miami and Texas A&M only increased the pressure on the third-year Gators coach. Arkansas coach Sam Pittman is 2-1 through three games and has an opportunity to lower the hot seat temperature with SEC play starting on Saturday against Auburn .

Florida football got a much-needed victory on the road at Mississippi State in Week 4. The offense was clicking on all cylinders as head coach Billy Napier made use of both Graham Mertz and DJ Lagway at the quarterback spot.

Florida may have vanquished lowly Mississippi State on Saturday afternoon. That might not be enough for head coach Billy Napier to stave off unemployment, however. Napier's tenure as Gators boss has been shrouded in volatility;