Rob Sale enters his fourth season with the Gators in 2025.
Sale joined the Gators prior to the 2022 season after serving as the New York Giants' offensive line coach in 2021.
In 2024, Sale helped guide Florida to a late-season charge, winning the last four games of the season to finish with an 8-5 record overall, with victories over No. 21 LSU, No. 9 Ole Miss, Florida State and Tulane in the 16th Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl. The Gators were one of just unranked six teams in the nation to post multiple top-25 wins on the year.
Jake Slaughter was named a First-Team All-American by the Associated Press, becoming just the third center in school history to earn the prestigious honor. He was also named an All-American by ESPN and CBS/247Sports, while earning First-Team All-SEC accolades by the AP. Also along the offensive line, Bryce Lovett was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team.
Statistically, the offensive line helped the Gator offense rank ninth in the nation in passing yards per completion at 14.11. Florida didn’t allow a sack in four separate games this season and only allowed 20 on the season, ranking third in the SEC. UF graded as the No. 11 pass blocking team in the FBS (79.8) and was second in the SEC behind Texas.
In his second season, Sale worked with a new offensive line that featured five new players starting for the first-time at UF along with five different starting line combinations. Despite the shuffling, the Gators OL earned a spot on the Joe Moore Award Midseason Honor Roll, an award given to the nation’s top offensive line.
Starting eight games last season and making his first career in the season opener at Utah, Jake Slaughter finished as the No. 14 center per PFF.
During his first year as Florida's offensive coordinator and offensive line coach, Sale directed a powerful run offense. The Gators finished the 2022 regular season as the third-most productive offense in the nation and best in the conference in yards per carry (5.84). Florida ran the ball for an average of 213.7 yards per game in 2022, which ranked 16th in the FBS and third in the SEC.
The efficiency by Florida's running offense reflected an offensive line mentored directly by Sale that allowed only 13 sacks in the regular season, ranking tied for second-fewest in the SEC and 16th in the FBS.
The offensive line was anchored by Louisiana transfer O’Cyrus Torrence, who finished as the top-rated guard in the nation at 88.0, according to Pro Football Focus.
Torrence became first Gators offensive guard to be named a Consensus All-American, and the fifth lineman in Florida history. He was named a First Team All-American by Sporting News, Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association and Walter Camp, and to the second team by the Football Writers Association of America. He was also named to the AP All-SEC First Team.
Torrence, who Sale and Head Coach Billy Napier recruited out of high school to play at UL, never allowed a QB hit or sack in 3,065 career snaps, including zero QB hurries or penalties in 698 snaps and 11 games started with the Gators in 2022.
In addition to Torrence finishing as PFF’s No. 1-rated guard in college football during the 2022 season, Austin Barber ranked as the No. 22 tackle in the FBS and was placed on the College Football News Freshman All-America First Team.
Sale’s offensive line unit delivered two NFL products via the 2023 NFL Draft and free agency during his first year at Florida. Torrence was drafted by Buffalo in the second round, while tackle Richard Gouraige was signed by the Bills as an undrafted free agent.
In total, Florida’s offense produced four NFL players during Sale’s first season as UF’s coordinator.
A 15-year collegiate coaching veteran, Sale spent three seasons at Louisiana (2018-20) as the Ragin' Cajuns offensive coordinator and offensive line coach under Napier.
Sale's unit produced three NFL Draft picks out of Louisiana, including Robert Hunt and Kevin Dotson in 2020, and Max Mitchell in 2022.
In 2020, the Ragin' Cajuns offense ranked third in the Sun Belt Conference in points per game (33.6), fifth in yards per game (421.5), third in yards per play (6.3) and fourth in rushing yards per game (213.0).
In 2019, Sale's offense set numerous school records, including total yards (6,918), touchdowns (69), rushing yards (3,604), rushing touchdowns (42) and passing touchdowns (27).
In his first season coaching the Louisiana offense, three players rushed for more than 700 yards each. Trey Ragas logged 1,149 yards and nine touchdowns, Elijah Mitchell led the Sun Belt with 16 touchdowns and ran for 985 yards of his own, while Raymond Calais tallied 754 yards and seven scores.
Prior to Louisiana, Sale was the offensive line coach/running game coordinator at Arizona State in 2017, when the Sun Devils averaged 31.9 points, 427.6 total yards and 179.9 rushing yards a game.
In 2016, Sale served as the offensive line coach at the University of Louisiana Monroe. That season, the Warhawks ranked third in the Sun Belt with 181.3 rushing yards per game and allowed just 19 sacks.
Prior to ULM, Sale was the offensive line coach at Georgia in 2015, when the Bulldogs averaged 375 yards a game. The offensive line – led by All-SEC first-team offensive tackle John Theus – helped the team rush for more than 190 rushing yards per game.
Sale spent three seasons at McNeese State serving as the offensive line coach for the Cowboys from 2012-13 before being elevated to co-offensive coordinator in 2014. In his final season, the Cowboys offense averaged 32.4 points, 396.5 total yards and 221.9 rushing yards a game.
From 2007-11, Sale gained his first college coaching experience as a strength and conditioning assistant and offensive analyst at Alabama. He began his coaching career as the offensive line coach at Catholic High of Pointe Coupee in New Roads, La. in 2006.
Sale played in 35 games with 25 starts, including 13 at right guard as a senior in 2002, at LSU. As a junior, he started at both center and guard when the Tigers won the SEC title. During his sophomore season, he started the final five games of the regular season and the Peach Bowl at left guard.
Sale is a native of Monroe, La. He and his wife Amanda have two sons, Tripp and Briggs.
| ROB SALE COACHING HISTORY |
| Year |
School, Position |
| 2022-24 |
Florida, Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line Coach |
| 2021 |
New York Giants, Offensive Line Coach |
| 2018-2020 |
Louisiana, Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line Coach |
| 2017 |
Arizona State, Offensive Line Coach/ Running Game Coordinator |
| 2016 |
Louisiana Monroe, Offensive Line Coach |
| 2015 |
Georgia, Offensive Line Coach |
| 2014 |
McNeese State, Co-Offensive Coordinator |
| 2012-2013 |
McNeese State, Offensive Line Coach |
| 2007-2011 |
Alabama, Strength and Conditioning Assistant/Offensive Analyst |
| 2006 |
Offensive Line Coach, Catholic High of Pointe Coupee |
| NFL PLAYERS COACHED BY ROB SALE |
| Name |
Team |
Pick |
Pos. |
College |
Year |
| Nathan Thomas |
Dallas Cowboys |
Round 7, Pick 13, 233 Overall |
T |
Louisiana |
2024 |
| O’Cyrus Torrence |
Buffalo |
Round 3, Pick 28, 59 Overall |
G |
Florida |
2023 |
| Max Mitchell |
New York (Jets) |
Round 4, Pick 6, 111 Overall |
T |
Louisiana |
2022 |
| Robert Hunt |
Miami |
Round 2, Pick 7, 39 Overall |
T |
Louisiana |
2020 |
| Kevin Dotson |
Pittsburgh |
Round 4, Pick 29, 135 Overall |
G |
Louisiana |
2020 |
| Lamont Gaillard |
Arizona |
Round 6, Pick 6, 179 Overall |
C |
Georgia |
2019 |
| Isaiah Wynn |
New England |
Round 1, Pick 23, 23 Overall |
T |
Georgia |
2018 |
| Sam Jones |
Denver |
Round 6, Pick 9, 183 Overall |
C |
Arizona State |
2018 |
| John Theus |
San Francisco |
Round 5, Pick 6, 145 Overall |
T |
Georgia |
2016 |
