Nearly a month after being fired in the midst of his fourth season in Gainesville, former Florida head coach Billy Napier was ...

In 2017, Florida Gators head coach Billy Napier lost his father, Bill, to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. He passed away at the age of 60. On Friday, Billy's ...

If Florida athletics director Scott Stricklin needs inspiration to fire Billy Napier, he need only listen to the coach himself. In the aftermath of Florida’s most embarrassing loss in years, the ...

Not every head coach at the college football level participated in the gridiron grind before donning the clipboard and headphones on the sidelines, but a strong majority rose through the ranks the ...

The 2024 football season is something not a lot of Florida State fans want to remember, but that football season also taught Mike Norvell a lot. It taught him how to deal with the adversity of his ...

As a former quarterback, Florida head coach Billy Napier's résumé speaks for itself. Napier played quarterback for the Furman Paladins from 1999-2002, and he would ultimately be named the team's ...

DALTON, Ga. — Trapped by his body through the horrible paralysis of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), longtime football coach, teacher and mentor Bill Napier is walking on the streets of heaven today, said ...

Within a matter of minutes, it was announced that UCLA was parting ways with DeShaun Foster and Virginia Tech was parting ways with Brent Pry after each coach was winless to start the 2025 season and ...

Billy Napier is on thin ice at Florida amid the Gators' worst start to a season since 1989. Given that he entered the year with as much to prove as any coach in college football, the 1-3 record was ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla.-- With two coaching firings already in college football with UCLA's DeShaun Foster and Virginia Tech's Brent Pry, Florida Gators head coach Billy Napier could be next. The ...

Bill Napier, a clarinetist who rose to renown with the premier San Francisco jazz bands of the 1940s and ‘ 50s, has died. He was 76. Mr. Napier ‘ s sister, Diane Ghostley, said he died April 30 at her ...