Prior to working at Louisiana, he was an assistant at UTSA, Sam Houston State and Southeast Louisiana. He initially joined Napier’s staff as a safeties coach before being promoted to DC (he also switched to coaching linebackers this season). He spent the last two seasons as the defensive coordinator in Lafayette, guiding the Sun Belt’s best defense in 2021. One of several on-field assistants to follow Napier to Florida, Toney is just 31 and is considered a rising name in the sport. Patrick Toney - Co-Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Hocke brings a lot of SEC and high-level experience to the table, and he’s very familiar with Napier. He served as the head strength coach at Georgia in 2015, followed by stints on the strength staff at Florida State and Texas A&M in 20, respectively. Hocke joined Napier’s initial staff at Louisiana, and the two had worked together at Alabama, where Hocke was on Nick Saban’s staff from 2009-15.
Though there were a large number of players clamoring for Napier to keep previous strength coach Nick Savage, the new coach ultimately brought his strength coach from Louisiana with him. Mark Hocke - Assistant Head Coach/Director of Football Strength and Conditioning Here are the coaches and staff Napier has already hired.
We’ll keep you updated on all the moves Florida makes as it completes its staff. One thing he mentioned was the fact that he will call plays and coach the quarterbacks with the help of an assistant, opening the door for the team to have two offensive line coaches. During his opening press conference last Sunday, we got a better idea of how he’s going to build his staff.
We knew that one of the factors that ultimately led to Napier accepting the job was an expanded salary pool for both assistant coaches and support staff. Though there are still some key roles that still need additions, Napier has already hired a number of on-field coaches and off-field supporting staff. New Gators coach Billy Napier has only been on the job for just over a week, but his coaching staff is already starting to come together.
0 kommentar(er)
