Dan Mullen, Florida Offensive Coordinator, Becomes Mississippi State Head Coach

Dan Mullen, the offensive coordinator for the Florida Gators, has accepted the head football coaching position at Mississippi State University on Wednesday.

Mullen will replace Sylvester Croom, the first African-American in SEC history. Croom resigned earlier this season after five seasons at the helm.

Croom's record at Mississippi State was 20-39. He was SEC Coach of the Year in 2007 after an 8-5 season capped by a Liberty Bowl victory, but the Bulldogs backslid this season to 4-8 and were again woeful offensively.

It is unclear whether Mullen will stay with Florida through the FedEx BCS National Championship Game against Oklahoma.

Mullen has spent the last four years at UF, where he mentored Chris Leak to help lead the Gators to the 2006 national championship and Tim Tebow to the 2007 Heisman Trophy. Tebow is also a Heisman Trophy candidate this season and has led the Gators to another BCS title game.

Mullen was offered the Miss. St. job over Oklahoma offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson, who also mentored Sam Bradford, a Heisman Trophy candidate, into this season's BCS title game.

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