1. William Hall Napier was born on July 21,1979 and is an American football coach currently serving as head coach at the University of Florida.
10 Facts About Billy Napier
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Billy Napier was named All-State in 1997 and accepted a scholarship to play football at Furman University.
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Billy Napier earned second-team All-Southern Conference honors in 2001 and 2002.
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When Swinney was promoted from interim head coach to full-time head coach after the 2008 season, Billy Napier was promoted to offensive coordinator while retaining his duties as QB coach.
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Arizona State fired head coach Todd Graham after the 2017 season and brought in former NFL coach Herm Edwards, who stated publicly that Billy Napier would be able to continue in his role as OC if he would like.
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However, Billy Napier declined the opportunity to remain at ASU as the offensive coordinator.
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On December 15,2017, Billy Napier was named the 26th football head coach at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette replacing Mark Hudspeth.
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On November 28,2021, Billy Napier was named the 28th head football coach at the University of Florida, replacing Dan Mullen.
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Billy Napier was officially announced by Florida via a press conference on December 5,2021.
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Billy Napier had more home losses in his first 28 games overall than Urban Meyer had in 80 total games and Steve Spurrier had in 150 overall games.