Now that Jon Sumrall is the pick to be the next head coach of the Florida Gators, comparisons to Billy Napier are already ripe. When the national media tries to paint Sumrall as a "winner," just remember that Napier had that moniker, too, before coming to Gainesville.
But when one looks back at the Billy Napier Era, there is one key trap that he fell into that Jon Sumrall can't repeat if he intends to make it in Gainesville.
Jon Sumrall must hire better assistant coaches than Billy Napier
As we highlighted with our end-of-season coaching report cards for 2025, one of the chief flaws Napier had was that he hired assistant coaches who had no business being in the SEC.