Florida House Speaker Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, former University of Florida President John Lombardi, University of North Florida President John Delaney and former UF football standout and coach Steve Spurrier are on a list of candidates to replace retiring UF President Bernie Machen.

However, the three-dozen-deep roster shouldn’t be viewed as a finalist list as the names are of people nominated for the post.

Cannon and Delaney have publicly professed to be flattered but uninterested.

Spurrier, whose pass-oriented offense was known as the "Fun 'n' Gun" and is credited with putting “The Swamp” moniker on Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, is currently walking the sidelines at the University of South Carolina.

The list, released Wednesday, was obtained by the Gainesville Sun through a public records request from Miramar Beach-based Greenwood/Asher & Associates, which has been hired to conduct the search.

1. Azziz, Ricardo
2. Balke, Bill
3. Brewer, Gary
4. Cannon, Dean
5. Corr, Christopher
6. Criser III, Marshall
7. DeKosky, Steven
8. Delaney, John
9. Denslow, Dave
10. Dolbier Jr., William
11. Floyd, Elson
12. Gast, Alice
13. Gearen, Peter
14. George, Thom
15. Graham, Robert
16. Helling, John
17. Holcombe, Willis
18. Holub, Robert
19. Hrabowski, Freeman
20. Johnson, Howard
21. Johnson, John
22. Khator, Renu
23. Liotta, Charles
24. Lombardi, John
25. Pisano, Etta
26. Pritchard, Robert
27. Reed, Charlie
28. Roth, Michael
29. Shanmugam, T.K.
30. Shugart, Sandy
31. Spurrier, Steve
32. Stavridis, Jim
33. Stevens, Bruce
34. Strawser, Jerry
35. White, Timothy
36. Zoltewicz, John.

Source: Greenwood/Asher & Associates



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