Florida Announces Two Hires To Gators Football Front Office

by Staff Reporter

February 10, 20250 Comments

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On Monday, Florida announced the hiring of former Atlanta Falcons Director of Football Operations Nick Polk as Associate Athletic Director/Football General Manager and former Chief of Staff of The 33rd Team (football analysis platform) Benjamin Elsner as Director of Football Strategy.

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Polk will oversee the front office for the Gators and be responsible for revenue share and NIL allocation, student-athlete contract negotiations, football budgets, roster management and work with football personnel. Elsner will assist Polk with management of the salary cap and contracts, but will also lead the program's efforts in analytics and A.I. for all parts of the organization.

"We are excited about moving forward with building out the front office concept with the addition of Nick Polk," head coach Billy Napier said. "His leadership and experience will prove to be extremely valuable to the entire organization. Nick has a college football coaching background, as well as extensive NFL experience to go along with representing a number of clients that are in college football and the NFL. This is a huge step forward for the Gators."