The coaching carousel has been spinning almost non-stop this season. It claimed its latest victim on Sunday with the firing of Dan Mullen as Florida head coach.

One of the names that has popped up as a potential candidate for a Power 5 job is Billy Napier, who has worked wonders with Louisiana ever since taking the reins of the Ragin’ Cajuns in 2018. Louisiana is 10-1 and 7-0 in the Sun Belt’s West division this year. Naturally, with Baton Rouge a quick drive from Lafayette, Napier is a prime target for the LSU job and is reportedly among its 3 finalists.

With the firing of Dan Mullen on Sunday, though, Florida could make a strong play for the services of Napier. According to FOX Sports and The Athletic college football insider Bruce Feldman, the Gators have “genuine interest”, along with Virginia Tech, who fired Justin Fuente on Nov. 16.

Senior Bowl director Jim Nagy feels that the Tigers should proceed with caution, or they’ll let a perfectly good candidate that already is in heavy contact with high school coaches within the state head off to Gainesville instead:

We’ll see how things shake out, but it’s set to be an extremely wild next few weeks.