Gators to hire Vanderbilt coach

The Gators are down to one coaching staff vacancy.

Florida is expected to announce Thursday the hiring of former Vanderbilt running backs coach and recruiting coordinator Kenny Carter.

Carter will replace Stan Draytton, the Gators' former running backs coach who left the staff last month to join the Tennessee coaching staff.

Carter is a graduate of The Citadel, who has spent the past four seasons with the Commodores. He is the second coach in less than a week to be hired by Urban Meyer. Former USF coach Dan McCarney was hired last week to replace Greg Mattison, who left to join the Baltimore Ravens staff.

Carter, who served as an assistant at Furman under Vandy coach Bobby Johnson, has also worked on coaching staffs at the University of Pittsburgh, LSU, The Citadel and Penn State prior to joining Vanderbilt.