Billy Napier
Napier after the 2024 Gasparilla Bowl | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | James Madison |
| Conference | Sun Belt |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 21, 1979 Cookeville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1999–2002 | Furman |
| Position | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2003–2004 | Clemson (GA) |
| 2005 | South Carolina State (QB) |
| 2006–2008 | Clemson (TE/RC) |
| 2009–2010 | Clemson (OC/QB) |
| 2011 | Alabama (analyst) |
| 2012 | Colorado State (AHC/QB) |
| 2013–2016 | Alabama (WR) |
| 2017 | Arizona State (OC/QB) |
| 2018–2021 | Louisiana |
| 2022–2025 | Florida |
| 2026–present | James Madison |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 62–35 |
| Bowls | 3–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
2 Sun Belt (2020–2021)
3 SEC (2014–2016) 3 SEC West (2013–2016) | |
| Awards | |
| 2× Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2019, 2021) | |
William Hall Napier (born July 21, 1979) is an American football coach who is currently the head football coach at James Madison University. He previously served as head coach at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette from 2018 to 2021 and the University of Florida from 2022 to 2025. At Louisiana, he amassed a 40–12 record in four seasons with three consecutive 10+ win seasons and two seasons finishing in the AP Poll, both firsts in the program's history. Before becoming a head coach, he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Arizona State University in 2017.