SAN ANTONIO — After Florida finished off Texas Tech in a thrilling Elite Eight battle last weekend, the Gators finally got a moment to catch their collective breath. Amid the mayhem of the program’s deepest postseason run since 2014, UF took Monday off before diving into preparation for Saturday’s Final Four showdown against fellow No. 1 seed Auburn.

But for assistant coaches Kevin Hovde and John Andrzejek, there was no rest to be found. Both have accepted head jobs — Hovde at Columbia and Andrzejek at Campbell — leaving them with a juggling act as the Gators’ season barrels into April amid the mayhem of an open transfer portal.

“It’s important to be fresh, and it’s challenging working two full-time jobs,” Andrzejek told CBS Sports. “I feel obligated to these guys to give them the best chance possible to fulfill their dreams and win a national title. At the same time, I’m really excited to be the next head coach at Campbell.”

Florida’s retention of Andrzejek and Hovde through the season’s end contrasts with how things played out for Duke with assistant coach Jai Lucas leaving after the regular season to focus on his new job as Miami coach.

Duke’s opponent on Saturday, Houston, also has a departing assistant on staff. Louisiana announced longtime Cougars’ aide Quannas White as its next coach on March 10. Like the Florida assistants, White is sticking with Houston through the season’s end before devoting his undivided attention to a new job.

“It’s a great opportunity down at Louisiana,” White said. “But we started this journey a long time ago, and I wanted to see it through.”

It’s nice for a program like Campbell, Columbia, or Louisiana to tout an incoming coach as Final Four-bound, but it also means that any work on 2025-26 roster assembly at those schools is split with Final Four game preparation.

“Obviously, the number one priority is to finish this thing off right and to win a national championship,” Hovde told CBS Sports. “I’ve been with some of these guys for two or three years, and to be here, I just want to make sure I put everything I possibly can into helping us achieve that. But also, with the new job, I actually got to go up there for a day last Monday after we beat UConn in the second round. I flew to New York, because we had an off day in Gainesville. So I got to meet the guys at Columbia and do some individual meetings and just be able to get in front of them.

Hovde’s start at Columbia is simplified by his time there as an assistant from 2012-16; he already knew much of the Lions’ athletic department staff. “That’s been huge,” he said. “Going back there, I have some familiarity. There’s a lot of people that I can rely on during this transition with not being up there yet.”

Lucas’ departure from Duke also came under unique circumstances that would have made continuing with the Blue Devils an especially tricky situation. Miami is an ACC school and the hometown of highly touted Duke signees Cameron and Cayden Boozer, who Lucas helped recruit to Duke.

By contrast, Hovde, Andrzejek, and White are headed to mid-major gigs and schools that will mostly recruit from a different talent pool. So, for a few more days, they’ll pull double-duty.

“I’ve got two jobs that I’m working, but there’s nothing wrong with that,” White said. “I’d rather have two jobs than no job.”