After a couple of days of intense rumors, it appears Jim McElwain has come to the end of the road as Florida’s head coach. McElwain has been fired as head coach of the Florida Gators, as first reported by FootballScoop. Florida has since officially announced the decision to mutually part ways with McElwain.
According to the report from FootballScoop, the decision to part ways between the program and the head coach were made today. Rumors over the weekend speculated that discussions were on going to focus on potential negotiations revolving around removing McElwain with the two sides reportedly not being very close on any agreement. After those reports surfaced, Florida then proceeded to be run over by Georgia in Jacksonville, 42-7.
McElwain compiled a record of 22-12 in his two and a half years on the job at Florida. The Gators made back-to-back appearances in the SEC Championship Game but the Gators never seemed to develop offensively under McElwain’s run. Florida had gone 2-1 against Georgia, 1-1 in bowl games and 0-2 against Florida State with no real hope for a brighter future in sight. McElwain also got himself in some troubled water in the past week by mentioning alleged death threats he had received this season. That was later brought into question with little support.
Florida, at 3-4 and 3-3 in SEC play, must win three of their final four games to go to a postseason bowl game.
UPDATE: Florida has officially announced they have mutually agreed to part ways with McElwain. Assistant coach Randy Shannon will take over as interim head coach.