Mike Summers leaves the Florida Gators for Louisville

Florida Gators offensive line coach Mike Summers is leaving UF for the same coaching position at Louisville. Gator Country has confirmed the news first reported by ESPN’s Brett McMurphy.

Summers had one year left on his contract at UF and was due to make $498,500. The lone holdover from Will Muschamp’s coaching staff, Summers spent three seasons at Florida (2014-16).

Jim McElwain now has two coaching vacancies to fill. Randy Shannon was promoted to defensive coordinator, replacing the departed Geoff Collins.

Nick de la Torre
A South Florida native, Nick developed a passion for all things sports at a very young age. His love for baseball was solidified when he saw Al Leiter’s no-hitter for the Marlins live in May of 1996. He was able to play baseball in college but quickly realized there isn’t much of a market for short, slow outfielders that hit around the Mendoza line. Wanting to continue with sports in some capacity he studied journalism at the University of Central Florida. Nick got his first start in the business as an intern for a website covering all things related to the NFL draft before spending two seasons covering the Florida football team at Bleacher Report. That job led him to GatorCountry. When he isn’t covering Gator sports, Nick enjoys hitting way too many shots on the golf course, attempting to keep up with his favorite t.v. shows and watching the Heat, Dolphins and Marlins. Follow him on twitter @NickdelatorreGC