Florida AD Opens up About Lane Kiffin Pursuit: ‘It Was a Good Thing We’d Talked to Other People’

Florida AD opens up about Lane Kiffin pursuit: ‘It was a good thing we’d talked to other people’

There was a time when Scott Stricklin believed Lane Kiffin was going to be the next coach of the Florida Gators.

Florida AD suggests Lane Kiffin was 'erratic' during coaching search

Dec 1, 2025; Baton Rouge, LA, USA; LSU new head coach Lane Kiffin speaks at South Stadium Club at Tiger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin admitted that the Gators were very interested in hiring Lane Kiffin, but that interest was not necessarily reciprocated. Stricklin admitted the Gators reached out to Kiffin after deciding to fire Billy Napier on Oct. 19. Kiffin, he said, was initia…

Florida AD Scott Stricklin details pursuit of Lane Kiffin early in coaching carousel

Tulane’s Jon Sumrall is the next head coach at Florida. However, the Gators made a strong push for Lane Kiffin before he ended up leaving Ole Miss for LSU last month. During an interview with On3’s Andy Staples, Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin confirmed the program’s pursuit of Kiffin prior to landing on Sumrall. Stricklin was extremely impressed with the job Kiffin did in transforming Ole Miss into a College Football Playoff squad. N…

Inside the Florida coaching search that pursued Lane Kiffin and landed Jon Sumrall

Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin opens up about the coaching search that landed Jon Sumrall, including the pursuit of Lane Kiffin.