Matt Levine: Florida Gators Predicted to Hire Dabo Swinney

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Swinney could come in to help restore the program to its glory days, and he is already very comfortable recruiting in the South. Florida could use something like Swinney, and his take-no-nonsense attitude could fit in very well within Gainesville.

But the biggest thing would be that Swinney would need to get with the times, which means using the transfer portal to his advantage. Swinney has the ability to do this, and any team that would hire him would likely make this clear to him before signing the contract.

Florida is one of the bigger names in the sport, so Swinney wouldn’t need to do much to get players to want to come play there. Additionally, due to his own success, the Gators would likely land some players who just want to play under Swinney.

Swinney is still only 55 years old, so he would have a chance to build something special with the Gators. And being a head coach in the SEC has long been a rumored desire for the veteran head coach, making this even more of a possibility.

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