The new coaching staff for Florida football coach Jon Sumrall is starting to take shape.

The 43-year-old Sumrall is continuing to coach Tulane as the Green Wave qualified for the College Football Playoff as the 11th seed and will face six-seed Ole Miss on Saturday, Dec. 20 (3:30 p.m., TNT).

Sumrall made it clear during his opening press conference that staff decisions for the Florida Gators won't be made solely on personal relationships, but on what fits best for the task at hand.

"I don't hire a staff off of who are my buddies," Sumrall said. "I hire a staff based upon what is the absolute best group of people we can put together to serve and develop our players and win championships at that place."

Sumrall received a budget of $16.45 million to hire coaches on offense, defense an

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