On today’s episode of *Locked On Gators*, host Brandon Olsen breaks down one of the most chaotic and potentially program-defining coaching carousels in recent Florida football history. With Billy Napier officially out, the Gators are deep into their head coaching search — and Brandon opens with the explosive reports that Florida has made a massive contract offer to Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin. He discusses how real this pursuit is, why Florida is clearly willing to go all-in on an established SEC offensive play-caller, and whether Kiffin is even realistically prying himself away from Oxford after back-to-back breakthrough seasons. But the show doesn’t stop there — Brandon also lays out Florida’s contingency path if Kiffin ultimately passes. He runs through the top alternative candidates and what makes each of them viable or risky, including the program fit, recruiting and NIL approach, and whether they’re capable of winning immediately in the SEC. And just when the coaching market seemed wild enough, Brian Kelly’s firing at LSU throws a grenade into the landscape — Brandon explains how LSU’s opening directly complicates or accelerates Florida’s process, the overlap in candidates, who might now get poached, and why timing could decide everything. It’s a high-stakes, brutally honest episode that cuts through the noise and lays out what’s next for the University of Florida — and why the decisions made this week will shape the program for the next decade.

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