Durkin to serve as Gators' head coach for bowl game
Sunday, November 23, 2014 | Football, Scott Carter
Gators defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin and his daughter after Saturday's win. (Photo: Tim Casey)
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Now that the Gators are bowl eligible they have a bowl coach.
Following Saturday's 52-3 win over Eastern Kentucky to clinch bowl eligibility -- Florida improved to 6-4 in head coach Will Muschamp's final home game -- the Gators announced that defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin will serve as head coach for Florida's bowl game.
Durkin is in his second season as the Gators' defensive coordinator and fifth year on Florida's staff. He joined the program in 2010 as special teams coordinator and remained on staff when Muschamp replaced Urban Meyer after the 2010 season.
Durkin replaced Dan Quinn as the team's defensive coordinator when Quinn left after the 2012 season for the same position with the Seattle Seahawks.
