It’s a Friday night in late February and Dan Mullen finds himself at a hotel in Orlando.
In a few hours, Mullen will step into a cavernous ballroom and speak to a near-capacity crowd of high school football coaches each eager to hear what the new Florida Gators coach has to say.
It’s been a whirlwind couple of months for the 45-year-old Mullen, who has had little to no rest after being hired away from Mississippi State in late November. The flurry of ensuing activities following his jump to UF includes immediately hitting the road to recruit ahead of the early signing period and National Signing Day.