Florida’s coaching search is likely drawing somewhat close to an end. With the regular season-ending after Saturday’s game against Florida State, athletic director Scott Stricklin will likely look to have the new hire in place sooner rather than later to help with recruiting ahead of December’s early signing period.
It seems as though Louisiana coach Billy Napier is the top target, and according to some reports, that negotiation process is pretty far along. However, if for whatever reason hiring Napier doesn’t work out, the potential field of candidates could get quite a bit wider.
We’ve written ad nauseam about the potential candidates for this job, but one thing we haven’t discussed is how affordable (or not) each of them is. With that in mind, here are the contract and buyout situations for each possible Florida target.