How Billy Napier built a successful career. Explore key moments that defined the journey.
Billy Napier is an American football coach, currently the head coach at the University of Florida. Before Florida, he coached at the University of Louisiana from 2017-2021, where he achieved a 40-12 record. His tenure at Louisiana included three consecutive 10+ win seasons and two seasons ranked in the AP Poll, both program firsts. Prior to Louisiana, Napier was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Arizona State University in 2017.
In 2004, Napier was hired as the QB coach at South Carolina State after a stint as a graduate assistant at Clemson.
In 2008, Swinney was promoted from interim head coach to full-time head coach after the 2008 season and Napier was promoted to offensive coordinator while retaining his duties as QB coach.
At the end of the 2010 season, Napier was terminated as offensive coordinator at Clemson due to a steep reduction in the team's offensive output.
Back in 2010, Napier was fired as Clemson's OC.
In 2011, Napier worked as an offensive analyst at Alabama under Nick Saban and earned a championship ring following Alabama's win over LSU in the BCS National Championship Game.
In January 2013, Napier was hired by Jimbo Fisher at Florida State to be the team's tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator, but he departed less than a month later.
On December 15, 2017, Billy Napier was named the 26th football head coach at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
In 2017, Billy Napier became the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Arizona State University.
On November 28, 2021, Billy Napier was named the 28th head football coach at the University of Florida, replacing Dan Mullen.
On December 5, 2021, Billy Napier was officially announced as the head football coach at the University of Florida during a press conference.
In 2021, Billy Napier became the head coach at the University of Florida after serving as head coach at the University of Louisiana since 2017.
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