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Florida football coach Billy Napier has found his next co-defensive coordinator in a familiar face.
Reports on Saturday indicated that Napier hired Jacksonville State defensive coordinator Vinnie Sunseri as the team’s co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach. Sunseri will replace Austin Armstrong, who took the defensive coordinator position at Houston earlier in the offseason.
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Sunseri will work with executive head coach of the defense and inside linebackers coach Ron Roberts, who is entering his second season with the Gators.
Sunseri, who will have his first coordinator job with the Gators, was hired as the defensive coordinator by the Gamecocks on Jan. 2 by first-year coach Charles Kelly. He did not last long in Jacksonville, Alabama, heading to Florida, where his father, Sal Sunseri, served on the coaching staff.
The former Alabama Crimson Tide standout brings championship experience to Napier’s staff. Sunseri, 33, was on the 2011 and 2012 national championship teams for the Crimson Tide as a safety.
Here’s what you need to know about Sunseri’s coaching career, including his coaching stops and history as a player:
Who is Vinnie Sunseri?
Sunseri won two national championships as a safety for Saban and Alabama from 2011 to 2013. He crossed paths with Napier while he was with Alabama in 2011 and when he rejoined Saban’s staff in 2013. The Crimson Tide won the 2011 and 2012 national championships.
After his collegiate career, Sunseri was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL draft. He recorded stats in two NFL seasons before returning to Alabama as a graduate assistant. Despite never playing in an NFL game with the New England Patriots in 2016, Bill Belichick hired him as a…
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Author : The Gainesville Sun
Publish date : 2025-01-25 19:09:00
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