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Hires made, pressure off, Foley says

DESTIN - With Florida having new football and basketball coaches at the same time for the first time since 1990, many at the SEC spring meetings have been wondering just how much pressure athletic director Jeremy Foley is under for both to succeed.

Is he feeling it?

“You feel pressure to make (the hires),” Foley said. “First of all, the pool of coaches that we think are a fit at Florida, who can be successful, who can win, it's not like there's a million people.

“I think there's an impression out there that every time we have an opening here, everybody's standing in line to come to our place.