Excerpts from a free article I came across. Some comments from Devin Moore. Seems like a lot of the board concerns were way over blown.
With new defensive backs coach Deron Wilson joining the program just weeks before spring practice, there’s always concerns of how well players are buying into a new position coach. Fortunately, Moore and the rest of the room have adapted well to a new identity that feels familiar.
“I feel like myself and the room as a whole have definitely accepted him,” Moore said. “It’s an easy transition for me because he was here my freshman year, part of my recruitment and I got to develop a little bit of a relationship with him, so, you know, him coming in, still preaching much of the same stuff Coach Harris was preaching, bringing his own swagger, too and you know you can’t go wrong with either guy, and you know he came in with that confidence. All the guys in the room are ready to work.”
Deron Wilson’s coaching style is very similar to former defensive backs coach Will Harris, which has gone over well with the defensive backs room as a whole. Wilson is a player’s coach and is someone who will push you to the limit when it’s time to work.
“Cool dude. Player’s coach,” Moore said on Wilson. “Every day we have, I’m joking with him, in indy (individual drills) he likes to talk about how, I think in his day he had three pick sixes or a couple of pick sixes so he always jokes with me, yeah, Devin, we got to get you in the end zone this year because you know I got stopped at the one last year, Tennessee got stopped, so it’s real great vibes and fun and then when it’s time to work he knows how to bring the best out of you.”
Before Deron Wilson even stepped on campus in late February, the former Arkansas secondary coach knew the ins and outs of Florida’s defense and everything this team went through in 2024.
“Most definitely. He showed up here first day, he hadn’t even moved his stuff over, and he was telling us stuff that we added on last year, like the few last games, he’s telling us new stuff like that, that we didn’t forget about. He already knows that,” Moore said. “He already knows all the language of the playbook and all the motion adjustments and things of that nature. So, him being able to come in here first day just getting off the flight and just knowing the terminology and teaching us and coaching us, it really opened my eyes cause not a lot of coaches can take in our playbook that
With new defensive backs coach Deron Wilson joining the program just weeks before spring practice, there’s always concerns of how well players are buying into a new position coach. Fortunately, Moore and the rest of the room have adapted well to a new identity that feels familiar.
“I feel like myself and the room as a whole have definitely accepted him,” Moore said. “It’s an easy transition for me because he was here my freshman year, part of my recruitment and I got to develop a little bit of a relationship with him, so, you know, him coming in, still preaching much of the same stuff Coach Harris was preaching, bringing his own swagger, too and you know you can’t go wrong with either guy, and you know he came in with that confidence. All the guys in the room are ready to work.”
Deron Wilson’s coaching style is very similar to former defensive backs coach Will Harris, which has gone over well with the defensive backs room as a whole. Wilson is a player’s coach and is someone who will push you to the limit when it’s time to work.
“Cool dude. Player’s coach,” Moore said on Wilson. “Every day we have, I’m joking with him, in indy (individual drills) he likes to talk about how, I think in his day he had three pick sixes or a couple of pick sixes so he always jokes with me, yeah, Devin, we got to get you in the end zone this year because you know I got stopped at the one last year, Tennessee got stopped, so it’s real great vibes and fun and then when it’s time to work he knows how to bring the best out of you.”
Before Deron Wilson even stepped on campus in late February, the former Arkansas secondary coach knew the ins and outs of Florida’s defense and everything this team went through in 2024.
“Most definitely. He showed up here first day, he hadn’t even moved his stuff over, and he was telling us stuff that we added on last year, like the few last games, he’s telling us new stuff like that, that we didn’t forget about. He already knows that,” Moore said. “He already knows all the language of the playbook and all the motion adjustments and things of that nature. So, him being able to come in here first day just getting off the flight and just knowing the terminology and teaching us and coaching us, it really opened my eyes cause not a lot of coaches can take in our playbook that
