Former Florida quarterback Kerwin Bell is on the move, announced Friday as the new head coach at Division II Valdosta State.

Bell previously spent nine years coaching at Jacksonville, where he led the Dolphins to a 66-35 overall record and won two Pioneer Football League championships.

Well known for his playing days at Florida, Bell began his career with the Gators as a walk-on in 1983 and famously took over the starting job in 1984, when everyone ahead of him on the depth chart transferred or was injured.

Dubbed "the throwin' Mayoan," Bell led Florida to a 9-1-1 finish playing behind the Great Wall of Florida, culminating in the program's first SEC championship, which was later stripped due to NCAA infractions. Bell was named the SEC Player of the Year in 1984.

After throwing for more than 7,500 yards in his four-year Florida career, Bell was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997.

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