When the Florida Gators lost Brian Johnson to the NFL, panic ensued among the fanbase. Johnson quickly rose as one of the most talented young coaches in the country, and the Gators would be hard-pressed to find an upgrade to coach quarterbacks.
Out of the dark basement and into the light stepped Garrick McGee. That’s how he described it, anyway.
McGee joined Florida’s staff in 2020 as a defensive analyst, but he made a career of coaching up quarterbacks, including Heisman Trophy winner and NFL MVP Lamar Jackson.
He also had a brief head coaching stint at UAB, but he found that solely focusing on quarterbacks instead of running an entire program was more his calling.