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A year ago, Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports gave Florida head coach Billy Napier a four (out of five) hot seat rating and listed him second on the “now or never” section of his breakdown. The Gators rattled off four wins to cap off an 8-5 2024 campaign, and Dodd retired, leaving the door open for a fresh assessment ahead of the 2025 season.
With a new methodology in place, and multiple minds meeting to provide a more precise rating for all 136 FBS head coaches, the CBS Sports Staff gave Napier a 3.67 heading into his fourth year in Gainesville. Eight head coaches are on a hotter seat than Napier, according to this system, including Arkansas’s Sam Pittman, Auburn’s Hugh Freeze and Oklahoma’s Brent Venables. Wisconsin’s Luke Fickell is tied with Napier for the ninth hottest seat in the country.
“Our panel of nine experts rated every coach on a scale from 0 to 5,” reads the methodology. “The average score offers a clearer picture of the hot seat landscape heading into the 2025 season. Across the FBS, things appear relatively stable — at least for now — with 88 of 136 coaches receiving a composite rating between 0 and 1.99, indicating they’re “safe and secure.” But among the (seven) coaches with ratings higher than “4”, and even the (21) with scores above “3”, there are big-name programs that will demand attention after the slightest stumble.”
Matt Zenitz, Shehan Jeyarajah, Brandon Marcello, John Talty, Tom Fornelli, Bud Elliott, Chris Hummer, Chip Patterson and Richard Johnson make up the panel.
What Billy Napier needs to stay at Florida
Things looked bleak for Napier after a blowout loss to Texas last season. Graham Mertz had already gone down with his ACL injury and DJ Lagway got hurt in the Georgia game a week earlier. Now 4-5 on the season with LSU and Ole Miss coming up, Florida needed an upset to reach bowl…
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Publish date : 2025-07-17 11:02:00
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