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Florida Announces Louisiana’s Billy Napier as New Head Coach

What a ride it’s been for the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns.

After four seasons, a 39-12 record, and his fourth appearance in the Sun Belt Championship game coming up this Saturday, Billy Napier is moving on to the SEC.

Napier will become the new head football coach at Florida, replacing Dan Mullen. Napier will become the 28th head coach in the Florida Gators program.

Napier released the following statement, courtesy of floridagators.com

“We are humbled and honored to accept this incredible opportunity to be the head football coach at the University of Florida,” Napier said.