Even though Florida has retained a search firm to help land the school’s next football coach, athletic director Scott Stricklin said he will have final say in the hiring process. And he won’t be in a rush to get it done.

Florida's third coaching search under athletic director Scott Stricklin is underway, and the program can't afford to make another bad hire. Neither Dan Mullen nor Billy Napier led Florida to the same heights that Steve Spurrier and Urban Meyer once did.