A day after he polished off a top-10 recruiting class, UF coach Jim McElwain turned his attention toward filling two assistant coaching vacancies.
One opening remains following the hiring West Virginia running backs coach JaJuan Seider, as reported by multiple media outlets, including the Charleston Gazette-Mail.
A Mountaineers assistant since 2013, Seider is a native of Belle Glade who attended WVU and later transferred to Florida A&M.
Seider coached from 2001-08 at three high schools in Palm Beach County. He is considered a strong recruiter in South Florida, where UF signed 10 of its 23 members of the 2013 class.
The hiring likely facilitates current UF running backs coach Tim Skipper’s move to linebackers coach. Skipper coached the position under McElwain at Colorado State (2012-14).
Defensive coordinator Randy Shannon coached linebackers the past two seasons, but replaced Geoff Collins when he left to become the head coach at Temple University.
UF coach Jim McElwain said he never reads message boards, but he did hear what people were saying about him and his staff’s struggles on the recruiting trail. McElwain and Co. turned the tables on Signing Day and ended with a top-10 class.
UF coach Jim McElwain said he never reads message boards, but he did hear what people were saying about him and his staff’s struggles on the recruiting trail. McElwain and Co. turned the tables on Signing Day and ended with a top-10 class.
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