Florida hired Austin Armstrong to take control of their defense after Patrick Toney’s departure to the NFL.
“I think Austin is well respected out there,” head coach Billy Napier said after the Gators’ first Spring practice. “I think the opportunities he had this offseason is a reflection of that. Austin was with us in the past as a graduate assistant, came back as a position coach and then certainly for him to get an opportunity to coordinate defense for two years and really do a good job, I think his reputation is good so that one was a little simpler than the others.