UF to hire Buster Faulkner as Gators next offensive coordinator

Florida Gators logoGAINESVILLE — New UF coach Jon Sumrall will hire Buster Faulkner as offensive coordinator to return excitement and explosiveness to a Gators’ attack among the SEC’s least-productive under Billy Napier.

The Orlando Sentinel confirmed Faulkner will join Sumrall’s staff after he spent the past three seasons under Brent Key at Georgia Tech, where the 44-year-old oversaw the offense and developed Haynes King into a top dual-threat quarterback.

The Yellow Jackets averaged 33.1 points, or 28th nationally, 466.3 yards (12th) and 7.09 yards per play (eighth) while going 9-3, with consecutive losses (at Pitt, vs. Georgia) to end the regular season and miss out on a chance for CFB…