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Will Grier's father in Sporting News: "I am still very proud of my son"

The father and high school coach of Florida's suspended star speaks his peace by writing a piece.

One of the most interesting things about the 2015 Florida football season has been Chad Grier — father and former high school coach of Will Grierdetailing his perspective of his son's breakout season to Sporting News. The elder Grier wrote about his son's role in Florida's epic comeback over Tennessee in September, and about spending a weekend in Gainesville prior to that.

Now, with Will Grier suspended for a year as a result of a failed NCAA drug test, his father is writing again — and saying "I am still very proud of my son.