The Florida Gators have hired Wesley McGriff as a defensive assistant coach, the program announced in a release on Saturday.
McGriff’s hiring was first reported by Football Scoop on Thursday.
A three-decade veteran of the professional and collegiate coaching ranks, McGriff has a long history of teaching defensive backs and ties throughout the Southeast. He comes to Florida following a second stint at Auburn under Gus Malzahn, where his tutelage helped make converted wideout Noah Igbinoghene a first-round pick as a cornerback in the 2020 NFL Draft, and has previously coached at Baylor, Kentucky, Miami, Ole Miss, and Vanderbilt, making Florida his fifth stop in the SEC and seventh in the Football Bowl Subdivision.