Florida Gators Press Conference introducing new head football coach Jeff Hickerson:
AD Jeremy Foley - Thank you all for joining us here today to applaud a man that has only been here 5 seasons, but during that run he has brought Forida football back to where it should be, and also brought us in 3 national championships That is a pretty remarkable feat, and I am very proud to announce that as I step down today from the AD position, I feel that former Florida Gator head coach and new Florida Gator AD Urban Meyer will do a more than excellent job in his new role. Urban...
NEW AD Urban Meyer - Thanks Jeremy, thanks for this opportunity, thanks Gator nation for all you have done for me and my family over these past 5 seasons, it has been the ride of a lifetime, and I dont plan for any of he fun things to change now that I am taking over the AD job. I just will not participate in the more stressful activities, which is coaching. (laughs) Coaching gives a lot of stress, and at this point in my life, after consulting with doctors and all those people, I feel this is the best decision for my family and me. I will still be a at all the games, a part of everything Gator related, my heart is with this university, that is why I have chosen Jeff Hickerson as the next Florida Gator head football coach. I feel he will carry on the tradition, the prestige, the winning ways, everything Gator, he will carry on. Coach Hickerson...
Coach Jeff Hickerson - Well, first off thank you Urban Meyer, thank you Jeremy Foley. Thanks to every single person that helped me get here, the list is way too big for me to name everyone. But on to football, and Gator football in general. I love it, boy do I love it. I live for Florida football, so I can tell you with 100 percent assuredness that I will give this football program and this university every single ounce of me I can possibly give it. Our goal every single season will be SEC championships and national championships, and I feel that is the way it should be here. Thats the way it will be here. Coach Meyer has started it, and I will continue it. I will give it my best shot anyways. On the upcoming season now, Urban has gave me his last recruiting class, and boy was it a good one, wow is all I can say about that, and proudly I can say I had a little part in it, just a little one though. I told him all the guys he was going after were good.(laughs) Thats pretty hard isnt it? Well I did it, so I can say I had my part in it. But no in all seriousness, Coach Meyer has left me and our staff with a great freshman class coming in, best in the nation if i recall correctly. So we thank him for that, and we know that he will be available if we have any questions about anything. We feel at home, everyone on my staff does, my family loves it here. This is awesome, I cant believe I am getting this opportunity. So I, we, will make the most of it, starting with this upcoming season. We have a slew of talent coming back, and plenty of eager student athletes ready to step up and become leaders. It's gonna be fun out there, and we'd appreciate it if yall would come out and watch, and we know you will be there supporting us. I apologize, no time for questions today, I gota figure out how to get around this big ol' place and soak it all in. Thank everyone for coming out and we will see you in the swamp! go gators!
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