Former quarterback-turned-ESPN analyst Robert Griffin III has a surprising pick for who should replace Dan Mullen as head coach at Florida.
Appearing on "The Paul Finebaum Show" on Friday, Griffin suggested Florida hire former Gators quarterback Tim Tebow to be its next coach.
"My outlier is this: I think the Gators should hire Tim Tebow," Griffin said. "I think they have to think outside the box for their next head coaching hire, and the word out there was that Dan Mullen wasn't in love with recruiting, he wasn't in love with the process of those things. But who's gonna really out-recruit Nick Saban, Kirby Smart, and Jimbo Fisher, right?
"So if you throw Tim Tebow in there, surround him with the structure, have about three or four previous head coaches on his staff to help him figure out the vision of his program, that's gonna bring excitement to the Florida Gators. It's gonna have players intrigued, excited about going into Gainesville and recreating that culture that they had oh so long ago."
Griffin added that while Tebow doesn't have coaching experience, he believes Tebow's ability to motivate and lead players could make up for it.
Florida fired Mullen on Sunday after four seasons. Running backs coach and special teams coordinator Greg Knox will serve as interim coach.
