Florida retains Pasqualoni, hires UNC's Gomes in nutrition role – 247Sports
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — New Florida coach Billy Napier‘s staff has added two more names in the past 24 hours. Well, one new and one old.
The Gators announced Tuesday evening that Paul Pasqualoni has been retained on Napier’s staff as the program’s director of advanced scouting and self scout. Pasqualoni came to Florida in 2020 as a special assistant to the head coach on Dan Mullen’s staff.
Pasqualoni worked for Mullen breaking down opposing defenses to aid in advanced prep work for games, while also evaluating Mullen’s program from a macro view.
That Napier made the decision to retain him — he’s only the second announced retention from the off-the-field staff so far, joining director of student-athlete development Vernell Brown — likely indicates the new Florida coach found his takes on the state of the Florida program quite useful. In executing a turnaround, identifying some of what went wrong was a high priority for Napier.
On Wednesday, Napier and the program also announced another new staff hire. The Gators have tapped Kelsee Gomes as the director of sports nutrition for football. Gomes comes to Florida after having overseen several departments at North Carolina from 2015-2021.
She worked with the baseball, men’s hockey, field hockey, football, gymnastics, women’s lacrosse and volleyball programs at UNC.
Gomes has previous experience at Florida, too. She was on staff as a coordinator of sports nutrition under Will Muschamp in 2012, staying on staff at UF until 2015.
She had previously spent two years as a nutritionist consultant at UCF from 2011-12 and worked at the traumatic brain injury and rehab unit at Orlando Regional Medical Center from 2009-11.
Gomes is credentialed as a Registered Dietitian (RD), a Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD), a certified LEAP Therapist (CLT) specializing in food sensitivities and is also certified in adult weight management by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
You can view the updated list of staff hires that Napier has made and Florida has publicly announced below.
ON-FIELD ASSISTANT COACHES (6/10)
Jabbar Juluke – Running Backs /Associate Head Coach (Offense)
Keary Colbert – Wide Receivers
William Peagler – Tight Ends
Darnell Stapleton – Offensive Line
Corey Raymond – Cornerbacks /Assistant Head Coach (Defense)
Patrick Toney – Safeties / Co-Defensive Coordinator
SUPPORT STAFF
Mark Hocke – Associate Head Coach/Director of Football Strength and Conditioning
Karmichael Dunbar – Assistant Strength and Conditioning
Edward Thompson – Assistant Strength and Conditioning
Ryan O’Hara – Offensive Analyst, QBs
Matt Bergeron – Offensive Analyst, WRs
Joe Hamilton – Personnel Analyst, Offense
Nick McDonald – Personnel Analyst, Offense
Jamar Chaney – Defensive Analyst, ILB/OLB
Andrew Burkett – Director of Research & Evaluation
Jacob LaFrance – Director of Player Personnel
Paul Pasqualoni – Director of Advanced Scouting and Self Scout
Joe Danos – Director of Player Athletic Development
Doug Domingue – Director of Recruiting Innovation
Kelsee Gomes – Director of Sports Nutrition-Football
Vernell Brown – Director of Student-Athlete Development
Marcus Castro-Walker – Director of Player Engagement & NIL
Katie Turner – Assistant Athletic Director of Recruiting Strategy
Bri Wade – Director of On-Campus Recruiting and Football Events
Ashour Peera – Assistant Director of Football Operations, Logistics and Analytics
Kyle Kazakevicius – Assistant DFO for Quality Control & Assistant to the Head Coach
Frank Ogas – Assistant for Player Development
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