Ad Disclosure
One day after Florida announced Will Muschamp won’t coach the Gators in 2015, Bovada released gambling odds on the team’s next head coach.
Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy is the betting favorite at 4/1.
Several reports in the last few years have mentioned that he may not have an ideal relationship with the administration in Stillwater, Okla., and his name has come up in SEC coaching searches, most recently Tennessee.
It seems likely Florida will search for someone with significant coaching experience and someone who can engineer a major offensive turnaround, and Gundy fits both of those criteria.
Here are the current Bovada odds.
| Coach | Current School | Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Gundy | Oklahoma State | 4/1 |
| Jim McElwain | Colorado State | 9/2 |
| Bob Stoops | Oklahoma | 11/2 |
| Dan Mullen | Mississippi State | 11/2 |
| Mike Shanahan | Unemployed | 7/1 |
| Rich Rodriguez | Arizona | 7/1 |
| Steve Spurrier | South Carolina | 8/1 |
| Hugh Freeze | Ole Miss | 9/1 |
| Gary Patterson | TCU | 12/1 |
| Gus Malzahn | Auburn | 12/1 |
*Odds as of 2 p.m. ET on Monday
The Gators would have to really want Jim McElwain, as he agreed to an extension with a multi-million dollar buyout prior to this season.
Dan Mullen and Bob Stoops are interesting names in that both have come out with strong statements pledging allegiance to their respective programs.
An itinerant journalist, Christopher has moved between states 11 times in seven years. Formally an injury-prone Division I 800-meter specialist, he now wanders the Rockies in search of high peaks.
