Florida Gators recruiting reaction to McElwain’s firing

Sunday was a big day for the Florida Gators as head coach Jim McElwain was fired according to reports after an embarrassing loss to Georgia on Saturday.

The news of McElwain didn’t take a lot of people by surprise but several recruits and commits were surprised by the news.

GatorCountry spoke with several commits and targets to get their thoughts on Coach McElwain being fired from Florida.

Here’s our Florida Gators recruiting reaction.

WR Commit Ja’Marr Chase

QB commit Matt Corral

2019 DL commit Jaquaze Sorrells

DB commit Randy Russell

WR commit Jalynn Williams
“I’m still a Gator, the only way it could affect me is if they get a whole new staff and they have other plans.”

2019 OL commit Andrew Coker
“The University of Florida is still the University of Florida.”

2019 LSU OL commit Kardell Thomas
“It’s tragic honestly but they still stand high with me.”

2019 RB Noah Cain
“I just started talking to their staff so I’m looking forward to whoever is there in the future.”

WR Anthony Schwartz
“It’s kinda sad to see him leave after leading them to two east titles but I think the team will still be good.”

Andrew Spivey
Andrew always knew he wanted to be involved with sports in some capacity. He began by coaching high school football for six years before deciding to pursue a career in journalism. While coaching, he was a part of two state semifinal teams in the state of Alabama. Given his past coaching experience, he figured covering recruiting would be a perfect fit. He began his career as an intern for Rivals.com, covering University of Florida football recruiting. After interning with Rivals for six months, he joined the Gator Country family as a recruiting analyst. Andrew enjoys spending his free time on the golf course and watching his beloved Atlanta Braves. Follow him on Twitter at @AndrewSpiveyGC.