THE FLORIDA GATOR FOOTBALL TEAM FINISHED UP ITS SEASON ON THE FIELD LAST FRIDAY. BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF WORK TO DO OFF THE FIELD AS WELL.
FOR STARTERS. THE GATORS BEGAN THE DAY THREE COACHES SHORT OF A FULL STAFF.
BUT THIS AFTERNOON URBAN MEYER AND INTERIM HEAD COACH STEVE ADDAZIO ANNOUNCED THE ADDITION OF TWO NEW MEMBERS.
STAN DRAYTON WILL TAKE OVER AS THE RUNNING BACKS COACH FOR THE GATORS,
TAKING OVER FOR KENNY CARTER, WHO JOINS CHARLIE STRONG IN LOUISVILLE..
DRAYTON MEANWHILE HAS STRONG TIES TO MEYER AND GATOR NATION.
HE WAS THE RUNNING BACKS COACH FOR THE GATORS FROM 2005-2007 BEFORE LEAVING TO TAKE A JOB AT TENNESSEE. LAST YEAR HE WAS WITH SYRACUSE.

MEANWHILE, D-J DURKIN IS AN UP-AND-COMER WITH A PEDIGREE MEYER WOULD LIKE.
HE'S BEEN AT NOTRE DAME AND BOWLING GREEN, TWO PLACES WHERE MEYER HAS WORKED.
MOST RECENTLY DURKIN HAS BEEN PART OF A STANFORD TEAM THAT FINISHED THE REGULAR SEASON RANKED 19.
DUKIN WILL COACH LINEBACKERS FOR THE GATORS, WHICH MEANS THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR IS STILL YET-TO-BE-NAMED.

ANOTHER BONUS FOR MEYER-DURKIN HAS COACHED SPECIAL TEAMS, ONE OF THE AREAS THAT MEYER WAS SAID TO BE THINKING ABOUT DELEGATING.

ABOUT BOTH HIRES, MEYER SAID, "IT WILL BE A SMOOTH TRANSITION AND THEY BOTH BRING A HIGH LEVEL OF EXPERTISE TO THE TABLE AND HAVE PROVEN TO BE GOOD RECRUITERS."