Billy Napier: Fans call for Florida head coach to be fired after trailing Texas A&M at halftime

Billy Napier is feeling the heat – again – with Florida trailing Texas A&M 20-0 at halftime in Gainvesville.

This isn’t really anything new for Napier, to be honest. The Gators have struggled under his watch, and those struggles have been magnified when comparing Napier’s tenure to that of his predecessor, Dan Mullen. There were calls for his ouster throughout the 2023 season, but administration ultimately gave him another year to turn things around.

Florida entered this one 1-1: it got manhandled by Miami to open the season before flying past Samford as expected. But it hasn’t been able to put the pieces together, with Saturday’s lightning-delayed game against the Aggies a prime example.

Napier has a high buyout. That said, if things don’t turn around for the Gators, it might be a buyout worth paying to once again reboot the program under a new head coach.

Here’s some of the halftime reaction with Napier and the Gators struggling against the Aggies at the Swamp:

It’s year 3.

Billy Napier is losing in the Swamp to a coach in his FIRST SEASON with a BACKUP QB. HE HAS HAD TWO LOSING SEASONS.

It does NOT take an eternity to turn around a program. You were sold LIES by propaganda artists.

FIRE HIM NOW.

— T (@tdgator9) September 14, 2024

The haters said Napier couldn’t do it. And they were correct. Honestly great call from the haters

— Dan Thompson (@DKThompson) September 14, 2024

https://twitter.com/gatorsszn/status/1835076533213384773?s=46

There is NO debate.

Billy Napier is by far the worst coach in the history of Florida Football.

— T (@tdgator9) September 14, 2024

Billy Napier is ruining my enjoyment of Mike Norvell’s incompetence at FSU…

— Beau “Squidbilly” Morgan (@squidbilly929) September 14, 2024

Billy Napier should apologize to the Florida Gators players at halftime, he should thank them for their loyalty, and he should say his goodbyes.

This man is done and he deserves to be done. Embarrassing excuse of a coach.

— Brandon Olsen (@WNS_Brandon) September 14, 2024

Put Napier’s entire staff/army on Interpol’s most wanted list for crimes against humanity.

This is the worst head football coach UF has ever had. This is the worst assistant coaching staff and support staff UF has ever had.

— Joe (@UFLORIDAJOE) September 14, 2024

Today is a great day to fire Scott Stricklin and Billy Napier.

— Busch Light Tyce Forever (@BrostaDelMar) September 14, 2024

I was fooled by Napier, too. I’ll admit it. I really thought he could slow-cook this thing and have us humming like a machine in year three.

Instead he’s reduced us to the biggest laughingstock in the SEC.

— InAllKindsOfWeather.com (@AllKindsWeather) September 14, 2024

Officially out on Billy Napier

Y’all were right

My bad

— Cameron Magruder (@ScooterMagruder) September 14, 2024

Napier is not a big-time
college football coach. He just isn’t. He seems like a nice guy but he doesn’t have what it takes, both schematically and from a psychological standpoint. He’s a group of 5 type coach.

— Derek (@_DTyson) September 14, 2024

Billy Napier is a disgrace to the University of Florida

— College Football Report (@CFBRep) September 14, 2024

Sydney Hunte

Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.