As college football recruiting has quickly evolved recently, so, too, has Florida coach Dan Mullen’s view on how to build an off-the-field support staff that matches those ever-shifting dynamics.



When he was hired at Florida in November 2017 after nine seasons at Mississippi State, Mullen arrived with a vision of how he wanted his recruiting department to work. Last year wasn’t a great reflection of what Mullen had in mind. He knew this year had to be different.



“How I had it set up last year, I wasn’t pleased; I didn’t like how it all worked,” Mullen told The Athletic. “We made a bunch of changes.”



All recruiting staffs are different — some in subtle ways from one to the next, some in overt ways — and none are perfect. Comparisons are often made based on size, and Florida’s support staff has recently grown amid some turnover. Certainly, expanding helps, and Florida needed to bolster its group...