Back to the Florida Gators Newsfeed

UF coach thankful for time at Miami— even if he called UM ‘that other school down south’ | Miami Herald

A little more than two years ago, Larry Scott was serving as the Miami Hurricanes’ interim head coach to close out the 2015 season following Al Golden’s midseason firing.

Fast forward to 2018, and Scott is now part of the Florida Gators’ football staff as Dan Mullen’s tight ends coach.

And while Scott has only been part of the Gators’ coaching staff for about a month, he seems to fully understand the semi-rivalry that is in place between Florida and Miami.

When Scott was asked during his first meeting with reporters in Gainesville about a player he recruited to Miami during his tenure in Coral Gables, he simply referred to UM as “that other school down south.