Florida Recruiting Case Study

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Alabama has had some of the best coaches in College football history like Bear Bryant (Hoes 7). Nick Saban is the head coach of Alabama. Maisel stated, “None of them achieved what Alabama is achieving under Saban” (1). Not only has Saban already brought a national title to ‘Bama, but he’s winning consistently, posting a 38-11 record so far (Heos 32). Considering that he’s compiled that record in a conference

Bobby has coached many star athletes during his tenure as head coach including Florida State’s first Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward, Warrick Dunn, arguably the most popular college football player of the 90s, and Chris Weinke, the

As a freshman, Berry replaced fifth year senior Jarod Parrish after a strong showing in his first collegiate game against California. Berry turned in several big plays during his freshman season en route to being named the SEC Defensive

The turmoil at Florida after Urban Myer left, the chaos that has been Tennessee, which has only recently been calmed by the inception of Butch Jones or the consistent underperformance of Mark Richt coached Georgia teams. However, although coaching is a factor, perhaps the true reason lies with recruiting. It stands to reason that the better players on the field will win. Yes, we all know of the team that overperforms. They play above their ability. In most cases though, when lined up across from each other on the line of scrimmage, the best player will win. This year, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida are all boasting top 10 recruiting classes, although Tennessee might be just outside. However, they have had two top 10 classes in recent years. Better players, an upgrade in coaches and a desire to regain dominance or at least relevance in their own conference is why this might be the SEC east’s

Coming off of back-to-back losses to Kentucky the Florida Gators didn’t have time to feel sorry for themselves. Less than 48 hours after landing in Orlando from Lexington, the team was back on a bus heading to Jacksonville and the Gators had to refocus.

Smith, who is familiar with the state of Illinois after coaching the Bears from 2004-2012 and leading Chicago to the Super Bowl in 2006, signed a six-year, $21 million contract to become the Illini’s head man. While Smith will be a head coach in college for the first time, he has previous collegiate coaching experience as a defensive assistant at Ohio State, while making stops at a few other schools. Although Illinois starting quarterback Wes Lunt is returning, the Illini need to reload on the defensive side of the ball before they can compete in the Big Ten West division.

With a new head coach comes a new offense to learn. That might be the one set back to a team with so many returning players. Offensive

During the of Steve Spurrior his record was 228-89-2. He coached at South Carolina university for 11 of his coaching years. Then he quit after his 11th season. They have also had one player that

In the past few years The Gators haven’t been doing so well, but this year they plan to turn things around. “ The fifth-ranked, No. 8 overall seed Gators (25-3) have not only won 20 straight matches heading into tonight's first-round contest with Alabama State (20-18) at 7 in the O'Connell Center, but are coming off a five-set win over the-No. 3 Texas in Austin last Saturday” says the article (“Florida volleyball rolling into NCAA play.”) Not only are they starting to turn things around, but they also are 8-2 just playing teams in the SEC! Hopefully The Gators can keep up this winning streak and maybe their spirit will rub off on The Gator football

Reed visited Florida to watch one of their practices and he liked the visit. Reed enjoyed the visit, Reed and the coaches checked out some of facilities. Reed also got an opportunity to meet new Florida offensive line coach Brad Davis.

With the sudden retirement of rival Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops last month, Gundy, in his 13th season and armed with a new five-year contract that pays him $4.2 million this year, is the third-longest tenured coach in the Big 12. And in building a consistent winner — Gundy is both Oklahoma State’s longest-tenured and winningest coach — the hair isn’t the only thing that’s grown.

Mann also likes Florida's coaching staff, he likes that Florida sends players to the NFL

The Gators most important need this recruiting cycle was the ability to find a quarterback for the future, and they did that by landing four-star Quarterback Felipe Franks. Along with Franks, Coach Jim McElwain brought in Kyle Trask, to help with the Gators quarterback issues.

After spending three seasons coaching at the Air Force Academy, Johnson accepted a position as an assistant track and field coach at the University of Kentucky where he coached one year before coming to coach at N.C. State.