{"id":13235,"date":"2025-10-21T01:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T01:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/13235\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T01:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T01:10:08","slug":"florida-should-hire-tim-tebow-as-head-coach-ex-nfl-star-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/13235\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida should hire Tim Tebow as head coach, ex-NFL star says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ncaa\/florida-gators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Florida Gators<\/a> football is in search of a new head coach after the school fired Billy Napier on Sunday following an error-filled victory over the Mississippi State Bulldogs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III floated a big name that the Gators might want to consider as their next head coach: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/tim-tebow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tim Tebow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/florida-tim-tebow-102025-2.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Tebow drops back to pass\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow (15) scrambles against the Tennessee Volunteers during the second quarter at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida on Sept 15, 2007. (Jason Parkhurst\/USA TODAY Sports\u00a0)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve said this for years now. I think they should hire Tim Tebow,&#8221; Griffin said Monday on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iLiBl7444k4&amp;pp=ygUQZGFuIHBhdHJpY2sgc2hvdw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;The Dan Patrick Show.&#8221;<\/a> &#8220;I think they should hire Tim Tebow. If Tim Tebow goes into any home in Florida, you\u2019re telling me that those parents aren\u2019t saying, \u2018Yep, sign me up. I\u2019m coming.\u2019 You gotta put a great staff around him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Patrick and Griffin debated the notion of hiring an iconic athlete like Tebow as their head coach as it didn\u2019t exactly turn out great in college basketball for Georgetown and Patrick Ewing and St. John\u2019s and Chris Mullin. However, it did work out for Florida when the team hired Steve Spurrier to be its head coach before the 1990 season.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/florida-tim-tebow-102025-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Tebow with a headset on\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow (15) during the first quarter against the Florida State Seminoles at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida on Nov. 24, 2007. (Jason Parkhurst\/USA TODAY Sports)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/texas-tech-scraps-tortilla-tradition-ahead-upcoming-home-football-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TEXAS TECH SCRAPS TORTILLA TRADITION AHEAD OF UPCOMING HOME FOOTBALL GAME<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tebow hasn\u2019t exactly expressed interest in coaching. He\u2019s been on the front lines of the effort to stop human trafficking when he\u2019s not analyzing the current state of college football during the season.<\/p>\n<p>Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin vowed to be thorough in his efforts to find the next head coach.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761009008_395_florida-billy-napier-101925-2.jpg\" alt=\"Billy Napier on the sidelines\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Florida head coach Billy Napier paces the sideline during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Mississippi State, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in Gainesville, Florida. (John Raoux\/AP Photo)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Gators have never appeared in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ncaa-fb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">College Football Playoff<\/a>. Tebow led the program to national championships under Urban Meyer in 2006 and 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u00a0sports coverage on X<\/a> and subscribe to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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