The Florida Gators have officially parted ways with defensive coordinator Todd Grantham, head coach Dan Mullen announced on Monday morning.
In addition to Grantham, Mullen also fired running game coordinator and offensive line coach John Hevesey, who has coached with Mullen since 2001.
Florida officially announces firings of DC Todd Grantham & running game coordinator/OL coach John Hevesy. LB coach Christian Robinson will assume defensive play-calling duties
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) November 8, 2021
The bigger news is the firing of Grantham, who previously held the same position at Georgia from 2010-13. While at UGA, he had a similar relationship with Bulldogs fans as he has had with the Gators fan base since he went to Gainesville in 2018.
Via GatorsWire:
The fanbase has long soured on the fourth-year DC stemming back to last season when the program wasted a historic offense due to defensive inadequacies that all boiled down to Grantham.
Florida announced in a statement that linebackers coach Christian Robinson will assume defensive play-calling duties for the Gators. Robinson is a former Georgia linebacker (2008-12) who played under Grantham at UGA and was a member of the Bulldogs’ team that came just short of beating Alabama in the 2012 SEC Championship Game.
Robinson then held graduate position coaching jobs at Georgia (2013-14), Ole Miss (2015-16) and Mississippi State (2017) before being appointed linebackers coach at Florida in 2018.
Robinson not only played for Grantham at Georgia, but coached with him at Mississippi State and then followed his former coach to Florida.
The Gators are 4-5 overall and 2-5 in SEC play this year. Georgia beat them 34-7 on October 30.