Gators Interview Kerwin Bell for Offensive Coordinator

By: Joseph Miller

GATORS INTERVIEW JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY 
HEAD COACH KERWIN BELL WHO

MAY BE NEXT GATOR OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR

Since the Florida Gators are considering Kerwin Bell for the position of offensive coordinator for the Gators, listen to this Miller on Sports interview with Jacksonville University Head Coach Kerwin Bell.

Miller on Sports wishes Head Coach Kerwin Bell the very best in this endeavor.


Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville University Head Coach Kerwin Bell recently interviewed with the University of Florida for the Gator's offensive position.  Bell quarterbacked for the Gators from 1984 until 1987.

Kerwin Douglas Bell was born in Live Oak, Florida, on June 15, 1965.  He attended Lafayett County High School in a nearby Mayo, Florida, where he was the quarterback of the football team and earned the nickname "the throwin' Mayoan."

At the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, Bell was a quarterback for the Florida Gators under Head Coach Galen Hall from 1983-1987.  In 1984, Bell led the Gators to a 9-1-1 season, an SEC Championship, and a top national ranking.  However, due to NCAA infractions, the Gators were ineligible for Bowl consideration, and the team's SEC Championship was taken away.  In 1985, with a full scholarship, Bell led the Gators to a second consecutive 9-1-1 season.  The Gators also finished with BEST-IN-THE-CONFERENCE records of 5-0-1 and 5-1 in 1984 and 1985.

Bell was the SEC Player of the Year in 1984, an honorable mention All-American in 1985 and 1986, a first-team All-SEC selection in 1985, and the recipient of the Gators' Fergie Ferguson Award and team captain in 1987.  Bell finished his four-year college career with 549 completions on 949 passing attempts for 7,585 yards and 56 touchdowns.  In 1987, he graduated with a B.A. degree in psychology and was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 1997.

As a professional quarterback, Bell played for the NFL, World League of American Football (WLAF), and the Canadian Football League (CFL) for fourteen seasons in 1980 through early 20000.  Currently, Bell is the Head Coach of the Jacksonville University Dolphins in Jacksonville, Florida.

Bell's coaching career started in 1990, when he was sidelined from his playing career while recovering from a knee injury.  That year, hewas a graduate assistant coach under Steve Spurrier in Spurrier's first season as head coach at the University of Florida.  Bell resumed his playing career in 1991 and returned to coaching after retiring as an active player.  Bell became the offensive coordinator for the Toronto Argonauts.  Then, Bell became the Head Football Coach of Trinity Catholic High School in Ocala, Florida.  After his Trinity Catholic Celtics won the 2006 Florida 2B state high school football championship.  Bell was hired as Head Coach of the J.U. Dolphins football program in 2007.  The following year in 2008, Bell was recognized as the Pioneer Football League Coach of the Year and a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award after his Dolphins ended the season with a 9-4 record and won the league's championship.