Menu

Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football coach Billy Napier hired as Florida Gators' new coach


The Florida Gators have hired Louisiana's Billy Napier as the Gators' next football coach, the University announced on Sunday. Napier, 42, has been at Louisiana for the past four seasons and has led the Ragin' Cajuns to 10 or more victories in each of the past three seasons. Before his arrival, Louisiana had never won 10 games in a season in program history. (ESPN.com)

Related:

SEC football preview: Can the conference reclaim supremacy?
Can the SEC conquer college football again?When the preseason AP poll came out this week, Big Ten teams (Ohio State, Oregon) occupied the two top...

Vic Molodet, who led NC State basketball to its first ACC title, dies at age 93
Seventy years separate N.C. State’s first ACC men’s basketball championship and its most recent. One player responsible for the program’s first title died earlier this...

Wetzel: Mad about college football eligibility chaos? The NCAA should have seen it coming
College athletics is always about self-dealing and self-interests. They talk a good game about "student-athletes" and paint slogans like "family" and "team" on the weight...

Candid Coaches: Who will be the best college hoops team in 2026-27?
We're coming off one of the five best seasons of the 21st century as far as I'm concerned. The sport's offseason has been a predictable...

Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football coach Billy Napier hired as Florida Gators' new coach