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Former Georgia assistant hired as Florida's offensive coordinator

Story byOwen Hillman, UGA WireSat, December 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM UTC·2 min readThe Florida Gators hired a former Georgia Bulldogs coach to their staff. Former Georgia quarterbacks coach and Georgia Tech offensive coordinator Buster Faulkner is Florida's new offensive coordinator, according to CBS Sports' Matt Zenitz. Faulkner will look to rebuild the offense of new head coach Jon Sumrall's team. Faulkner coached at Georgia twice.

Former Georgia assistant hired as Florida's offensive coordinator

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Key Highlights

  • After he finished his career as a college quarterback for Valdosta State and East Texas A&M, he got into coaching.
  • His first stop was Valdosta State in 2005 as a student assistant, but then he went to Georgia to be a graduate assistant in 2006. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIn 2007, Faulkner left the Bulldogs to be Valdosta State's quarterbacks coach.
  • He held various jobs as offensive coordinator/QBs coach for Valdosta State (2007-08), Central Arkansas (2009), Murray State (2010), Middle Tennessee State (2011-15), Arkansas State (2016-18), and Southern Miss (2019) before returning back to Georgia in 2020 to be the quarterbacks and offensive quality control coach. With the Bulldogs, he was instrumental in turning Stetson Bennett from a walk-on prospect to a Heisman candidate.
  • Georgia had one of the most explosive passing offenses ever.
  • Georgia had the No.
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