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UL-Lafayette hires former Alabama assistant Billy Napier as football coach

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Louisiana-Lafayette hired Billy Napier as head football coach, the school announced Friday.

Napier comes to UL-Lafayette after one season as offensive coordinator at Arizona State.

Napier before then was the receivers coach at Alabama from 2013-16, the assistant head coach/quarterbacks coach at Colorado State in 2012 and the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at Clemson from 2009-10.

"We are absolutely thrilled to identify a head football coach with the experience and success that Billy Napier brings to the University of Louisiana," athletic director Bryan Maggard said in a release. "Coach Napier is highly respected within the coaching profession and brings tremendous experience from nationally-ranked programs.