GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida football coach Dan Mullen was fired on Sunday, a day after the Gators lost for the sixth time in nine games, the school announced.

One day after the Florida Gators fell to 5-6, Dan Mullen was fired as head coach, prematurely ending his fourth season in Gainesville.

UNLV football head coach Dan Mullen avoided a potential letdown against Idaho State. But fired off this message after.

Mullen is actually the sixth highest-paid coach in the country, making $7,570,000 this season. Dan Mullen buyout If Florida were to fire him, the Gators would owe him a pretty big buyout.

Mullen had been Florida’s offensive coordinator from 2005 to 2008, helping the Gators to a pair of national championships, and was the head coach at Mississippi State from 2009 to 2017, where he ...

The University of Florida has fired football coach Dan Mullen on Sunday midway through the coach’s fourth season with the team, Athletics Director Scott Stricklin said on the team’s website.

Florida head coach Dan Mullen leaves the field after the Peach Bowl NCAA college football game against Michigan, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018, in Atlanta. Florida won 41-15.

Dan Mullen has been fired as the Florida Gators’ head football coach, completing a downfall that saw him play for the SEC championship last season and sinking to just five wins this year.