Summary
Former Florida Gators coach Billy Napier is set to become the new head coach of James Madison University's football team. This comes after Napier was fired by Florida in his fourth season as head coach. Napier previously coached at Louisiana and has experience in national championship-winning teams.
Key Facts
- Billy Napier is moving from Florida to James Madison University (JMU) as the new head football coach.
- Napier was recently fired by Florida after starting this season with a 3-4 record.
- He had a previous coaching record of 11-14 at Florida over his first two seasons and 8-5 last season.
- Before Florida, Napier coached Louisiana’s team to a 40-12 record with three first-place finishes in the Sun Belt Conference.
- Napier has worked as an assistant coach at several schools, including Clemson, Colorado State, and Arizona State.
- While coaching, Napier was part of Alabama’s staff during two national championship wins led by Nick Saban.
- He will take over from Bob Chesney, who is expected to become UCLA's new football coach.
- JMU is ranked No. 25 in the College Football Playoff rankings and has an outside chance of making the playoff bracket.
