It looks like Florida and Texas may end up trading running backs coaches - not officially, of course, but the coaching carousel has a funny way of spinning things in circles.
Jabbar Juluke, who held down the running backs room at Florida for the past four seasons under Billy Napier, won’t be sticking around under new head coach Jon Sumrall. Instead, he’s already landed on his feet in Austin, where Steve Sarkisian has brought him in to replace Chad Scott on the Texas staff.
Now here’s where it gets interesting: Scott, who was let go by Texas earlier this month, is reportedly in the mix to take over Juluke’s old job at Florida. According to a Monday report, Scott is a target for Sumrall as he rounds out his Gators staff.
For Scott, this would be more than just another coaching stop - it’d be a bit of a homecoming. The 44-year-old hails from Plant City, Florida, and though he left the state to play college ball - first at Kentucky (2000-01), then North Carolina (2002-04) - a return to the Sunshine State would mark a full-circle moment in his career.
Scott’s coaching journey has been a winding one, starting shortly after his playing days wrapped up. He broke in as a graduate assistant at UNC and steadily climbed the ladder with stops at Troy, Texas Tech, Kentucky, North Carolina, and most recently, West Virginia. At WVU, he didn’t just coach running backs - he wore multiple hats, serving as run game coordinator in 2022, offensive coordinator in 2023 and 2024, and even stepping in as interim head coach in 2024.
He joined the Texas staff ahead of the 2025 season, but his time in Austin was short-lived. Now, he could be on the verge of reuniting - in a sense - with Sumrall.
The two actually go back to their playing days at Kentucky, sharing one season in Lexington in 2001. Sumrall redshirted that year while Scott was wrapping up his stint as a Wildcats running back. Since then, both have gone on to coach at Kentucky and Troy, though never at the same time.
If Scott does land in Gainesville, it’ll mark yet another chapter in a coaching career that’s seen plenty of stops, plenty of roles, and now, potentially, a return to familiar ground.