Florida and coach Jim McElwain have agreed to part ways a day after a third consecutive loss and nearly a week after he said his players and their families had received death threats. “We want to thank Coach McElwain for his efforts in leading the Gator football program,” Stricklin said in a statement. His already-strained rapport with administrators reached a new low last Monday when he said Florida players and families had received death threats. Stricklin met with McElwain later that day, and the coach rebuffed a request to provide more information about the threats. If McElwain exaggerated the threats or made them up altogether, then he essentially sullied an entire fan base without merit.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 29, 2017 21:57 UTC