Gators expected to hire Marcus Davis as WR coach

Marcus Davis, who spent the past three seasons as receivers coach at Auburn, is expected to join Jon Sumrall’s staff with the Florida Gators.

Davis coached two of the SEC’s most talented receivers in 2025—Cam Coleman (56 catches for 708 yards) and Eric Singleton Jr. (58 for 534). Davis was lead coach in the recruitment of Coleman, a 5-star prospect and No. 4 overall player in the 2024 class. Singleton was a first-year transfer from Georgia Tech, where he played for new Gators offensive coordinator Buster Faulkner.

Before landing at Auburn as receivers coach on Dec. 29, 2022, Davis was receivers coach for one season at Georgia Southern and one season at Hawaii.

At Georgia Southern, Davis coached Khaleb Hood, who was second team All-Sun Belt Conference. Per Davis’ bio with Auburn, “Hood led the team with school single-season records for receptions (87) and receiving yards (925), while his 6.7 receptions per game ranked 10th nationally.”

Marcus Davis is a native of Boynton Beach, Fla. He played in 50 games at Auburn, starting 15 of them from 2013-16. He finished his career with 83 receptions.

Per his Auburn bio, “Davis spent the 2020 season at Florida State as an offensive graduate assistant where he worked with the wide receivers and assisted with recruiting. Prior to Florida State, Davis spent two seasons at Auburn. In 2019, Davis helped oversee player personnel and development for a squad ranked as high as No. 7 nationally. As an offensive analyst in 2018, he helped guide the running backs and kick returners.”