As is the case with most head coaches in new jobs, Dan Mullen‘s going with what he knows.
Florida announced Friday evening that Christian Robinson has been hired as one of the 10 assistants that will make up Mullen’s first UF coaching staff. Just as with the others already hired, Robinson’s duties and/or job titles weren’t detailed.
Last season, Robinson, who played linebacker at Georgia from 2009-12, served as a graduate assistant for Mullen at Mississippi State. It’s expected that Robinson’s job in The Swamp will involve the linebacking corps.
Prior to his time in Starkville, he was a defensive graduate assistant at Ole Miss from 2015-16.
Robinson is now the fifth member of Mullen’s MSU football staff to follow the coach to UF, joining Todd Grantham, Billy Gonzalez, John Hevesy and Greg Knox. Grantham was Robinson’s defensive coordinator for the latter’s last three years with the Bulldogs, and will serve as the Gators’ coordinator as well as likely helping out his former player with linebackers.