Katie Turner joins recruiting staff

Florida head coach Billy Napier has hired Katie Turner as his assistant athletic director of recruiting strategy.

Turner served as Georgia’s director of recruiting operations over the past two years. The Bulldogs’ 2021 class ranked fourth in the country, and their 2022 class currently ranks third.

Prior to her stay in Athens, she worked for Napier at Louisiana from 2018-20 as the director of football on-campus recruiting. The Ragin’ Cajuns signed the Sun Belt’s top-ranked class in 2019 and 2020.

Turner began her career in recruiting as a student at Alabama at the same time that Napier coached the Crimson Tide’s receivers. After graduating in 2016, she worked for the Buffalo Bills for three years before rejoining Napier at Louisiana.

Ethan Hughes
Ethan was born in Gainesville and has lived in the Starke, Florida, area his entire life. He played basketball for five years and knew he wanted to be a sportswriter when he was in middle school. He’s attended countless Gators athletic events since his early childhood, with baseball being his favorite sport to attend. He’s a proud 2019 graduate of the University of Florida and a 2017 graduate of Santa Fe College. He interned with the University Athletic Association’s communications department for 1 ½ years as a student and also wrote for InsideTheGators.com for two years before joining Gator Country in 2021. He is a long-suffering fan of the Jacksonville Jaguars. You can follow him on Twitter @ethanhughes97.