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Report: Jim McElwain To Florida Is A ‘Done Deal’

By Jack Crosby

Oct 11, 2014; Reno, NV, USA; Colorado State Rams head coach Jim McElwain leads his team onto the field to face the Nevada Wolf Pack in the third quarter at MacKay Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Lance Iversen-USA TODAY Sports. Colorado won 31-24.
Oct 11, 2014; Reno, NV, USA; Colorado State Rams head coach Jim McElwain leads his team onto the field to face the Nevada Wolf Pack in the third quarter at MacKay Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Lance Iversen-USA TODAY Sports. Colorado won 31-24. /
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It seems as if we’re getting closer and closer to Jim McElwain being introduced as the new head coach of the Florida Gators. 

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Throughout the course of the past 24 hours, the writing has pretty much been on the wall that Colorado State’s Jim McElwain will be the next head coach of the Florida Gators.

Well, we could be treated to an announcement very soon in regards to that.

According to a report from the Coloradoan and Matt Stephens, the two sides are very close to getting a deal in place, and they are also actively negotiating lowering his buyout from the Rams.

"A source told the Coloradoan Wednesday morning that Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley is “negotiating the buyout, but it’s a done deal,” adding that McElwain, the coach at CSU, will be heading to Florida, provided the buyout can be negotiated down.The source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Florida is trying to reduce the $7.5 million buyout in McElwain’s contract to $3 million. There is a clause in the contract that states the Colorado State University president can, but is not obligated to, renegotiate the buyout for an extenuating case or event."

Foley and other members of the Florida administration flew out to Fort Collins, Colorado last night to visit the home of McElwain, and it was expected that they were going out there to finish up the deal. The Gators wasted no time in getting their replacement for Will Muschamp in place.

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