"The Florida Gators are turning to Steve Spurrier to help fix the team's floundering offense. Steve Spurrier Jr., anyway. Interim coach Billy Gonzales said Wednesday the younger Spurrier, who was hired as an offensive analyst earlier this year, will be more involved with quarterback DJ Lagway when the Gators (3-4, 2-2 SEC) play No. 5 Georgia (6-1, 4-1) in Jacksonville on Nov. 1."
""What we're trying to do right now is tweak a couple things so we can put our players in a better situation to go out and make plays and perform at a higher level," said Gonzales, named the interim after Billy Napier was fired Sunday. "We all understand that's what we need to do. So that's the No. 1 goal for us as a coaching staff right now.""
"Spurrier is a part of the plan. The 54-year-old son of a Hall of Fame player and coach who is a living legend in Gainesville, Spurrier spent the last two years at Tulsa. He also worked at Mississippi State (2020-22), Washington State (2018-19), Western Kentucky (2017) and Oklahoma (2016). Before that, he spent a decade working under his famous father at South Carolina (2005-15)."
Florida's offense has struggled, prompting a coaching shakeup with Billy Gonzales named interim coach after Billy Napier was fired. Gonzales assigned Russ Callaway to organize the offense while quarterbacks coach Ryan O'Hara will call plays from the booth. Steve Spurrier Jr., hired earlier as an offensive analyst, will work on the sideline directly with sophomore quarterback DJ Lagway. The Gators have scored a combined 50 points in losses to South Florida, LSU, Miami and Texas A&M and rank 15th in the league in scoring. The team plans to open the offense and attack downfield against No. 5 Georgia on Nov. 1.
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