College football hot seat: 4 coaches that could be fired after Week 9

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GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA – OCTOBER 09: head coach Dan Mullen of the Florida Gators looks on during the third quarter of a game against the Vanderbilt Commodores at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on October 09, 2021 in Gainesville, Florida. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images) /

2. Dan Mullen – Florida

While he was at Mississippi State, Dan Mullen proved he was a great offensive innovator and could develop a team to be turned into a winning program. It can be difficult to succeed as a football coach in Starkville, but that’s what Mullen did.

Unfortunately for him and for Florida Gators fans, it seems as if Mullen has turned Florida into the program he had Mississippi State.

Now, there was nothing really wrong with the team he’d built in Starkville. Mullen was winning eight to nine games a year, typically beat his rival, occasionally would upset a better team, and beat the teams he was expected to. Mississippi State fans had certain complaints, but generally they were thrilled with the way he was winning.

That sort of success isn’t what Florida fans wanted. They certainly didn’t want a year like this one, where the Gators are at 4-4 eight games into the season.

This program demands championships. Or at least years that are better than what they’ve got right now.

Florida couldn’t really do anything remotely successful consistently against the Georgia Bulldogs and it seems as if the Gators are underachieving at this point. It might be time for Florida AD Scott Stricklin to start looking at possible candidates to replace Mullen with.

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