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Florida Gators reportedly have Arizona’s Greg Byrne as their “first choice” for vacant athletic director position

Reports are coming in that Florida has its eyes set on Greg Byrne to be its new athletic director.

Last month, University of Florida Athletic Director Jeremy Foley stepped down after 25 years as the athletic director and more than 40 years with the school.

With that announcement came the understandable chatter that Arizona Athletic Director Greg Byrne would probably show up on Florida’s short list. I mean why wouldn’t he?

He’s young (both in age and in the sense that he fully embraces technology), he’s charismatic (when have you not seen him interacting with the Arizona faithful at sporting events?