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UF, assistant football coach Kirk Callahan part ways

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Last Modified: Friday, January 15, 2016 at 3:29 p.m.

Florida will be heading into the height of the recruiting season without a defensive backs coach.

Kirk Callahan is no longer part of the coaching staff, coach Jim McElwain announced Friday.

“We are making a change on our staff,” McElwain said in a statement from UF. "Moving forward, Kirk Callahan will be looking at some other opportunities and he has a long career ahead of him."

McElwain hired Callahan away from UCF a year ago. This past season, the Gators were considered to have one of the elite secondaries in college football, led by All-American Vernon Hargreaves III and fellow cornerbacks Jalen Tabor and Quincy Wilson.