The University of Florida has fired football coach Dan Mullen midway through the coach's fourth season with the team.
Florida lost to Missouri on Saturday in a 23-24 overtime game, dropping the Gators to a 5-6 record overall and a brutal 2-6 record within the Southeastern Conference this season. Florida has lost four of its last five games, with the only win coming against the FCS-level squad Samford.Mullen finished his UF tenure with a 34-15 record since taking over in 2018, highlighted by last season's trip to the SEC title game -- a 52-46 loss to Alabama.
I just told him I felt like we needed to go in a different direction for the Gators and our football program," Stricklin said in a news conference.Greg Knox, the special teams coordinator and running backs coach, will take over as interim coach for the rivalry game against Florida State University on Saturday. The Gators must win that game to become eligible to play in a bowl game.
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