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Napier’s army taking shape

At his introductory press conference nearly two weeks ago, UF head coach Billy Napier said that he was going to build an “army” of coaches and support staffers as part of his big-picture plan to bring success and stability to the program.

He’s made good on that promise so far. You would’ve been hard-pressed to go on the internet and not see read something about a new hire or two over the last two weeks. Napier even finalized the hire of receivers coach Keary Colbert just minutes prior to five-star safety Kamari Wilson’s announcement on Wednesday.

In total, Napier has hired half of his on-field coaching staff, Director of Strength and Conditioning Mark Hocke as well as somewhere between 10 and 20 analysts and recruiting staffers.