Even before Dan Mullen formally accepted the job as Florida Gators head coach, or sent an emphatic Gator chomp from a private jet on a Gainesville tarmac there was an elephant in the room waiting to be addressed.
Mullen had a great run in Gainesville for four years. He helped create and run one of the most prolific offenses in the country and in Florida history before getting his first opportunity to be a head coach at Mississippi State in 2009. Then, in 2014, Jim McElwain hired then Mississippi State defensive coordinator Geoff Collins to be the Gators’ defensive coordinator.