Florida assistant athletic director of recruiting strategy Katie Turner quickly won over the hearts of many Gators fans when she trolled former coach Dan Mullen for telling reporters on the Monday after the Georgia game that he won’t talk about recruiting because it’s not in season. She tweeted shortly after her hiring, “Gator Nation – I am SOOO excited to get to work!!! I promise, recruiting time is never out of season!!! Now, let’s have go have some fun.”
Her impact in recruiting has already been felt as prospects have raved about how much they enjoy her. The Athletic’s G. Allan Taylor wrote an excellent feature about her rise in college football and how Napier made a home-run hire when he convinced her to flip from the Bulldogs to the Gators.
Turner got her start in college football when she volunteered to become a recruiting hostess nine years ago at Alabama. There, she impressed Crimson Tide recruiting operations coordinator Candice Rosenkranz, as well as…