The Florida Gators are greater than a month away from their 2024 season opener, however coach Billy Napier is already on the proverbial scorching seat.
The Gators’ third-year coach is being provided at +400 by SportsBetting.ag to be the primary NCAA soccer coach fired this season. Napier, who’s 11-14 in two seasons in Gainesville, failed to guide the Gators to a bowl sport for the primary time since 2017.
Napier leads an inventory of 18 names being provided by the sportsbook. The second shortest odds belong to Sam Pittman (+500), who’s 23-25 by means of his first 4 seasons at Arkansas. Trying deeper, the Razorbacks are 11-14 over the previous two years — equivalent to Napier.
Subsequent on the record is Miami’s Mario Cristobal at +600. These odds may shift considerably with Miami and Florida kicking off their seasons in opposition to one another in Gainesville on Aug. 31.
Cristobal, who’s coming off signing a 3rd consecutive robust recruiting class, is 12-13 coming into the fourth yr of the 10-year contract he signed to depart Oregon in 2022.
FIRST NCAA FOOTBALL COACH FIRED*
Billy Napier, Florida (4/1)
Sam Pittman, Arkansas (5/1)
Mario Cristobal, Miami (6/1)
Dave Aranda, Baylor (7/1)
Clark Lea, Vanderbilt (8/1)
Kalani Sitake, BYU (10/1)
Justin Wilcox, California (12/1)
Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh (12/1)
Ryan Day, Ohio State (12/1)
Neal Brown, West Virginia (14/1)
Scott Satterfield, Cincinnati (14/1)
Mike Locksley, Maryland (16/1)
Shane Beamer, South Carolina (16/1)
Tony Elliott, Virginia (16/1)
Dabo Swinney, Clemson (25/1)
Lincoln Riley, USC (25/1)
Brent Venables, Oklahoma (33/1)
Deion Sanders, Colorado (50/1)
*Odds by SportsBetting.ag supplied for leisure functions solely.
Following the primary three names on the record is Baylor’s Dave Aranda at +700 and Vanderbilt’s Clark Lea at +800.
Aranda is 23-25 in 4 seasons on the helm of the Bears. Since successful the Huge 12 in 2021, Baylor has solely 9 mixed victories, together with going 3-9 and shutting with 5 consecutive losses final season.
Lea is 9-27 in three seasons main the Commodores, together with a 2-22 file in opposition to SEC opponents.
Maybe probably the most intriguing identify on the record is Ohio State’s Ryan Day. Regardless of a 56-8 file with the Buckeyes, he enters this season going through a major quantity of stress with Ohio State using a three-game dropping streak in opposition to bitter rival Michigan.
–Subject Degree Media
