Dan Mullen’s Bold Claims Against Former Florida Program Spark Controversy—What He’s Really Saying About His Rise

Dan Mullen is now the head coach of UNLV Football. Once upon a time, he was one of the hottest coaches on the market, leading Mississippi State from 2009 through 2017 and then Florida from 2018 through 2021. He was fired midway through the 2021 campaign, and the Gators have struggled since. Now, Florida is hoping to rebound under new head coach Jon Sumrall.

Meanwhile, Mullen is throwing some shade at his old program, per Nick Schultz of On3.

“We won a lot of games,” Mullen said. “But you know what? In today’s world, when you’re when you’re at premier schools, you expect to win. At Florida, they expect championships. I was at Florida as an assistant coach who won two national titles. That’s the standard. That was the standard when I got there. We got to an SEC championship game, fell a couple points short to Alabama. But our standard from the day I got there was championships. We weren’t able to come through, even though we fell a couple points short of winning the SEC Championship, and going to compete for national championships.”