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The Florida Gators men's basketball team represents the University of Florida located in Gainesville, Florida. The Gators compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They play their home games in the Stephen C. O'Connell Center located on the university's campus. Mike White is the current head coach.

The Gators have won two national championships—the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament back-to-back, the first team since the 1991–1992 Duke Blue Devils to accomplish this feat, and the first team to ever do it with the same starting line-up.

Contents

• 1 Overview
• 2 History
  • 2.1 2005–2006 National championship season
  • 2.2 2006–2007 National Championship Season
  • 2.3 2007–2015
  • 2.4 2015-present
• 3 Head coaches
• 4 Home courts
• 5 Notable alumni
  • 5.1 All-Americans
  • 5.2 Retired numbers
  • 5.3 2006–2007 Basketball Championship starting five
  • 5.4 Gators currently in the NBA
• 6 References
• 7 See Also
• 8 External Links

Overview

The Florida Gators men's team annually plays a sixteen-game conference schedule that is preceded by an out-of-conference schedule against few annual opponents except for Florida State. Florida also often plays Providence during their non-conference schedule because of Billy Donovan's ties to the university. Their conference schedule consists of a pair of home-and-home games against the other five SEC Eastern Division teams, plus one game against each of the six SEC Western Division teams, with home games alternating each season. The Gators have seldom had significant rivals in basketball until recently, when their success found them competing against Kentucky and Tennessee.

History

The Florida Gators men's varsity basketball team played its first season during the 1915–1916 school year under head coach C.J. McCoy. The team went 5–1 during its first season, but the following three seasons were canceled during and immediately after World War I. The team was re-started for the 1919–1920 season without a professional coach, though the Gators did have a new venue—the newly-built University Gymnasium. Head coach William G. Kline, who also coached the Gators football team, led the Gators basketball team from 1920 to 1922.

The 1920–1921 Florida Gators basketball team.

By the mid-1920s the team outgrew the University Gymnasium (now called the Women's Gymnasium), so the university built another gym to hold the crowds of the fast-growing student population. Dubbed the "New Gym," the Gators played there until 1949, when Florida Gymnasium was finished.

In December 1932, Florida joined the Southeastern Conference as one of its thirteen charter members.

The team moved from the Florida Gym to the Stephen C. O'Connell Center during the 1980–1981 season.

For most of the first half-century in the SEC, the Gators were not a factor. They only finished higher than fourth twice from 1932-33 to 1979-80. This was partly because the team didn't have a full-time head coach until 1951; for most of that time the post was filled by assistant football coaches or volunteers from the physical education department. Things didn't really turn around until Norm Sloan arrived in Gainesville after a successful 14-year tenure at North Carolina State. Sloan had previously coached the Gators from 1960 to 1966. Under Sloan, the Gators made the National Invitation Tournament three years in a row from 1984 to 1986—the first postseason appearances in school history. In 1987, Vernon Maxwell led the team to the school's first ever NCAA Tournament appearance, advancing all the way to the Sweet 16. Sloan coached the team to the tournament again the following two years, winning the school's first-ever SEC regular season title in 1989. in the 1988–1989 season. After a drug scandal involving Maxwell and an NCAA investigation for various rules violations, Sloan resigned and the NCAA placed the program on two years' probation. Former Tennessee coach Don DeVoe led the team as interim coach during the 1989–1990 season.

Lon Kruger became the head coach before the 1990–1991 season. Despite the probation he inherited, Kruger slowly brought the team to increased success and reached the NIT final four in his second year as coach. In 1993–1994, the pieces fell into place for Florida to have their best season ever at that time.^[1] Behind Andrew DeClercq and Dametri Hill, the Gators went to their first Final Four following a dramatic victory over UConn where Donyell Marshall missed two free throws with no time on the clock to force overtime, where the Gators eventually prevailed. ^[1] They lost to Duke in the national semifinal, 70–65.^[1] The next year, they returned to the NCAA tournament, but were eliminated in the first round. Kruger's final season in 1995–1996 resulted in a losing record, and he left to coach at Illinois.

Florida's Athletic Director, Jeremy Foley, looking for a young coach with a proven track record, hired Billy Donovan, then at Marshall, as Kruger's replacement. His recruiting prowess was evident early, bringing future NBA star Jason Williams with him from Marshall and having early recruiting classes with future NBA players Mike Miller, Udonis Haslem, and Matt Bonner, among others. The Gators made the NCAA Tournament every year from Donovan's third season with the team through the 2006–2007 season, a nine-year streak that is the school record, and the sixth-longest NCAA Tournament streak.

During the 1999–2000 NCAA Tournament, the upstart Gators beat such traditional powerhouses as Duke, Illinois (led by former coach Lon Kruger), and North Carolina to advance to their first National Championship Game, before losing to heavily-favored Michigan State. ^[2]

During the next few years the Gators went to the NCAA Tournament every year, but each year they lost in the first or second round. The Gators however repeated as SEC Champions during the 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 seasons. The 2004–05 team had the distinction of being the first to win an SEC Tournament Championship, when they beat rival Kentucky in the title game.

2005–2006 National championship season

The 2005–2006 Gator's basketball team with President George W. Bush at the White House following their national championship.

The 2005–2006 team began the season unranked and went on a 17–0 winning streak for the best start in school history, surprising many with a young (four sophomores and one junior) but selfless squad following the graduation of David Lee and the departures of Matt Walsh and Anthony Roberson to the NBA. The trio accounted for sixty percent of their offense in 2005. The team faded late in the regular season, losing its last 3 games in February and entering the postseason with a 24–6 record, yet still managed to win its second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship.

The Gators entered the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a number 3 seed with a 27–6 record and number 10 national ranking. They beat South Alabama and Milwaukee to advance to the Minneapolis regional. There, the Gators defeated the Georgetown Hoyas and upset the top-seeded Villanova Wildcats 75–62 to avenge their loss in the previous year's tournament and move on to their second Final Four under Donovan.

Florida defeated the upstart George Mason Patriots 73–58 in the national semifinals in Indianapolis. On April 3, 2006, the Gators defeated the UCLA Bruins 73–57 in the National Finals tojjm win the school's first men's basketball NCAA Championship.^[3] The University Athletic Association then purchased the floor used in Indianapolis for the Final Four, and installed it in the O'Connell Center.

2006–2007 National Championship Season

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The Gators returned all five starters from their championship team to begin the 2006–2007 basketball season ranked as the preseason number 1 in both major media polls, a first for the university. ^[4] The Gators locked up the SEC regular season Championship relatively early in the 2006–2007 season and were in possession of a 24–2 record before going on a late-February13 skid that mirrored their 0–3 run a year earlier. For the second season in a row, the losses in February would be their last. Florida closed out Kentucky on Senior Night to end the regular season 26–5, and won their third straight SEC Tournament Championship with relative ease, beating Georgia, Ole Miss, and Arkansas 77–56.

Florida entered the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as the number 1 overall seed in the tournament, and they advanced to the Final Four after wins in the regional against number 5 seed Butler and number 3 seed Oregon. In a rematch of the 2006 title game, the Gators again eliminated the UCLA Bruins in the national semifinal. Florida defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes 84–75, in a rematch of a game they won 86-60 three months earlier, to become the first team since the 1991–1992 Duke Blue Devils to win back-to-back National Championships and the first college team ever to repeat as National Champions with the same starting line-up.

2007–2015

Billy Donovan is currently the head coach of the Gators. Having recently completed his 11th season as coach, agreed to coach for the NBA's Orlando Magic on May 31, 2007. It was revealed on June 3, however, that Donovan had done an about-face and asked to be freed from his contract with the Magic to return to Florida. He was soon thereafter released from his contract and reintroduced as the Gators coach on June 7.

The Gators failed to make the NCAA Tournament in 2008 and 2009. In 2008, the Gators were eliminated by UMass in a semi-final game of the NIT. In 2009, the Gators were eliminated by Penn State in a quarter-final game of the NIT. In 2010, the Gators were eliminated in the first round of the NCAA tournament by BYU in double overtime. In the 2011 NCAA Tournament, the Gators were ranked as a number 2 seed in the Southeast region. In the Second Round of the Tournament, Florida beat UC-Santa Barbera. In the third round, the Gators defeated the UCLA Bruins to be able to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. On March 24, 2011, the Florida Gators defeated the BYU 83-74 in overtime to be able to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time since 2007. In the 2013 NCAA Tournament, the Gators made it all the way to the Elite Eight where they were defeated by the Michigan Wolverines 79-59. In the 2014 NCAA Tournament the Florida Gators were named #1 seed and advanced to the Final Four where they were defeated by the Connecticut Huskies.

2015-present

Coming into the 2015-16 season with a new coach, Mike White...the Gators finished 21-15 and made it to the quarterfinals of the NIT.

Head coaches

Exterior view of the Stephen C. O'Connell Center, home arena of the Florida Gators men's basketball team. The "O'Dome" is located on the University of Florida campus.

Basketball head coaches	Seasons
C.J. McCoy	1915–1916
No team	1916–1919
No coach	1919–1920
William G. Kline	1920–1922
Check Y. Byrd	1922–1923
James L. White	1923–1925
Brady Cowell	1925–1933
Ben Clemons	1933–1936
Josh Cody	1936–1937
Sam McAllister	1937–1942
Spurgeon Cherry	1942–1943
No team—World War II	1943–1944
Spurgeon Cherry	1944–1946
Sam McAllister	1946–1951
John Mauer	1951–1960
Norm Sloan	1960–1966
Tommy Bartlett	1966–1973
John Lotz	1973–1980
Ed Visscher	1980
Norm Sloan	1980–1989
Don DeVoe	1989–1990
Lon Kruger	1991–1996
Billy Donovan	1996–2015
Mike White	2015-Present

Home courts

Florida Gymnasium

University Gymnasium

Notable alumni

Main article: List of Florida Gators basketball players

All-Americans

Udonis Haslem

• 1968 – Neal Walk, center
• 1969 – Neal Walk, center
• 2001 – Udonis Haslem, center
• 2007 – Al Horford, forward
• 2007 – Joakim Noah, center

Retired numbers

• 41 – Neal Walk, center (1967–1969)

Corey Brewer

2006–2007 Basketball Championship starting five

• Corey Brewer, small forward, Most Outstanding Player of the 2007 Final Four; currently a member of the Houston Rockets
• Taurean Green, point guard and son of former NBA player Sidney Green; now playing in Spain with CB Gran Canaria
• Al Horford, center and son of former NBA player Tito Horford; now two-time all-star center with the Boston Celtics
• Lee Humphrey, shooting guard, all-time leader for three-point shots made in the NCAA Tournament and all-time leading three-point scorer at Florida; now playing professionally in Germany with Ratiopharm Ulm.
• Joakim Noah, power forward and son of former tennis player Yannick Noah, Most Outstanding Player of the 2006 Final Four; now with the New York Knicks.

The "04's" ("oh-fours", so nicknamed because they all arrived in Gainesville in 2004) won two consecutive NCAA championships in 2006 and 2007. In Gainesville, they were known for their camaraderie on and off the court, as Brewer, Green, Horford, and Noah were roommates during their entire time in college. ^[5] All five starters plus 6th man Chris Richard went on to play professionally.

Gators currently in the NBA

• Matt Bonner (San Antonio Spurs)
• Corey Brewer (Houston Rockets)
• Udonis Haslem (Miami Heat)
• Al Horford (Boston Celtics)
• David Lee (Dallas Mavericks)
• Mike Miller (Denver Nuggets)
• Joakim Noah (New York Knicks)
• Marreese Speights (Los Angeles Clippers)
• Bradley Beal (Washington Wizards)
• Chandler Parsons (Memphis Grizzlies)
• Dorian Finney-Smith (Dallas Mavericks)

References

1. ↑ ^1.01.11.2 Kevin Brockway, "Top 25 Gator teams: #25 1993–94 Men's basketball," Gainesville Sun (May 31, 2009). Retrieved March 1, 2010.
2. ↑ Kevin Brockway, "Top 25 Gator teams: #18 1999–2000 Men's basketball," Gainesville Sun (June 7, 2009). Retrieved March 1, 2010.
3. ↑ Kevin Brockway, "Top 25 Gator teams: #4 2005–06 Men's basketball," Gainesville Sun (June 21, 2009). Retrieved March 1, 2010.
4. ↑ Pat Dooley, "Top 25 Gator teams: #1 2006–07 Men's basketball," Gainesville Sun (June 25, 2009). Retrieved March 1, 2010.
5. ↑ Kevin Brockway, "Donovan staying; juniors to enter draft," Gainesville Sun (April 5, 2007). Retrieved March 1, 2010.

See Also

• Albert and Alberta Gator - Team mascots.
• The Orange and Blue - Fight song.

External Links

Florida Gators logo.

• Official athletics site
• Florida Gators on Wikipedia

Florida Gators Basketball History | Coaches Database

University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center, aka The O’Dome
Southeastern Conference (SEC)

Current head coach: Todd Golden (2022-)

• Assoc. HC: Carlin Hartman (2022-)
• Assoc. HC: Korey McCray (2022-)
• Asst: Kevin Hovde (2022-)
• DBA: Jonathan Safir (2022-)
• DPD: Taurean Green (2022-)

Post-Season:

• National Championships:  2  (2006, 2007)
• Final Four Appearances:  5  (1994, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2014)
• Sweet Sixteen Appearances:  10  (1994, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017) **
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  21  (1989, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021) **
• NCAAT Overall Record:  45-19 **
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  11  (1969, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2022)
• NIT Overall Record:  14-13

Conference Titles (SoCon, SEC):

• SEC Regular Season Championships:  9  (1989, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014)
• SEC Tournament Championships:  4  (2005, 2006, 2007, 2014)

Award Winners:

• Naismith Player of the Year:  0
• John R. Wooden Award:  0
• Oscar Robertson Trophy:  0
• AP All-Americans:  6  (last = Scottie Wilbekin, 2014)
• SEC Player of the Year:  2  (last = Scottie Wilbekin, 2014)

Florida head coaches:

Coach	Tenure	Record	Conf. Titles	NCAA Apps.	Nat. Champ
Todd Golden	2022-Pres	0-0	0	0	0
Al Pinkins (int.)	2022	1-1	–	–	–
Mike White	2015-22	142-88	0	4	0
Billy Donovan	1996-2015	467-186	7	14	2
Lon Kruger	1990-96	104-80	1	2	0
Don DeVoe	1989-90	7-21	0	0	0
Norm Sloan **	1960-66, 80-89	232-192	1	1	0
Ed Visscher	1979-80	7-21	0	0	0
John Lotz	1973-79	79-81	0	0	0
Tommy Bartlett	1966-73	95-85	0	0	0
John Mauer	1951-60	98-102	0	0	0
Sam McAllister	1937-42, 47-51	119-103	0	0	0
Spurgeon Cherry	1942-46	22-33	0	0	0
Josh Cody	1936-37	5-13	–	–	–
Ben Clemmons	1933-36	24-24	–	–	–
Brady Cowell	1925-33	62-86	–	–	–
J. L. White	1923-25	14-27	–	–	–
C.Y. “Check” Byrd	1922-23	2-5	–	–	–
W.G. Klein	1920-22	10-11	–	–	–
unknown	1916-20	–	–	–	–
C.J. McCoy	1915-16	5-1	–	–	–

Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
** Listed records and accomplishments do not include wins or appearances later vacated by the NCAA.

Florida Gators - frwiki.wiki

Florida Gators (in English: Florida Gators ) is an American college sports club that belongs to 21 sports teams of both women and men representing the University of Florida taking part in competitions organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association within its I department.

His teams are members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). In baseball and American football, they play in the Eastern Division. The only exception is the women's lacrosse team, which plays in the American Athletic Conference.

Sports facilities are located on campus in Gainesville, Florida in the United States.

The most important team in the Gators is American football. She won the national title in 1996, 2006 and 2008. She plays at the 88,548 seat Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The team is so popular that spring training brings over 50,000 spectators to the stadium. Its players Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996) and Tim Tebow (2007) won the Heisman Trophy for the previous year's best college player.

The basketball team won the NCAA national championship in 2006 and 2007, especially thanks to Frenchman Noah. The basketball program was poor until the mid-1990s. Florida would first appear in the 2000 Final Four before winning the title in 2006 and 2007.

Women 's soccer team won the 1998 NCAA National Championship .

This page is mainly about college football. His team was created at 1906 and developed as an independent team until 1911. She then joined the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) from 1912 to 1921 and then moved to the Southern Conference until 1931. It has been part of the division since 1932. East of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), of which she was a founding member in 1932.

Summary

• 1 List of alligator sports
• 2 Infrastructures
• 3 American football
  • 3.1 Description after season 2019
  • 3.2 History of
  • 3.3 Awards
• 4 Other sports
  • 4.1 National winners
  • 4.2 Rivalry
• 5 External links
• 6 Links

List of sports played by alligators

View of the stadium during the match.

Infrastructure

The University of Florida has invested heavily in the construction, expansion, and improvement of its major athletic facilities, including outdoor stadiums, indoor stadiums, or teaching and learning facilities.

• Florida Baseball Stadium at Alfred A. McKettan Stadium :

Florida Baseball Stadium, completed in 2020 and opened in the 2021 season, will replace Alfred McKettan Stadium as the baseball team's home stadium. The playing field is named for Alfred A. McKettan, a college graduate who made large donations to renovate the team's former stadium named after him. The stadium has a permanent capacity of 7,000 and can be expanded to 10,000 to host regional NCAA tournaments.

• Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium :

Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, home of the Gators football team.

The American football team plays its home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. : The stadium was built in 1930. In 1989, it was renamed in honor of Ben Hill Griffin, Jr., a former student and generous sponsor of the university and a former participant in its sports programs. Since the arrival of coach Steve Spurrier at 19In 1990, the stadium began to be called Swamp . It has been renovated and expanded several times. Grass natural since 1990. The renovated stadium has an official capacity of 88,548 but regularly hosts over 90,000 fans for home football matches. It is the 12th to largest college football stadium in the United States.

• Exactech Arena at O'Connell Center :

  Gators" O'Dome

The complex, built from 1977 to 1980, was opened in on December 30, 1980 (renovated in 1998 and 2016). It is designed for multi-sport activities: basketball, gymnastics, swimming and diving, indoor athletics, and volleyball. It was nicknamed O'Dome . Its current capacity is 10,133 seats. This complex also allows for other events such as graduations, concerts and lectures.

• Donald R. Deesney Stadium :

Completed in the summer of 2009, the stadium has since hosted the January 2010 women's lacrosse competition. It has a capacity of 1500 seats distributed over the field. The complex includes a training ground, as well as ticket offices, locker rooms and a warm-up room.

• James J. Pressley Stadium :

Pressley Stadium is for women's football (soccer) and athletics. Thus, its total capacity is currently 4,500 spectators. The stadium is located on campus, between McKettan Stadium and Linder Stadium, and was renamed in honor of James J. Pressley, Jr., a former university benefactor student. The complex was renovated in 1995 and cost 750,000 dollars with the addition of 2,500 seats to the 2,000 existing stands. To accommodate the football field, the pole vault and long jump grounds were moved to the periphery of the athletics track.

• Katie Seahole Pressly Softball Stadium :

The stadium, built in 1996 at a cost of $2.6 million, hosts women's softball matches. The institution is located on campus and has a capacity of approximately 1,200 seats. The inner part of the field is made of clay, and around the perimeter - a natural turf in accordance with the regulations of the NCAA and Olympic standards. The stadium is named after benefactor Kathy Pressly.

• Mark Bostic Golf Course and Guy Bostic Club :

Designed by architect Donald Ross and built in 1963, this eighteen-hole course is the official golf course for the University of Florida. The course also hosts the Gator and Lady Gator Golf Day Pro-Am games. The track has a length of 6,701 meters and is considered par 70 . It was renovated in 2001 thanks to a $4 million donation from benefactor Mark Bostic. Next to the arch is a building with an area of ​​740 m ^{2 with} all amenities.

• Scott Linder Stadium at the Ring Tennis Complex :

Linder Stade, built in 1987, hosts competitive tennis. In 1999, the building received a $1.7 million renovation that increased interior space to 665.5 m ² , including coaches' offices, a warm-up room, locker rooms, and a 280 9 outdoor lot.0237 m ² . The stadium has a 1,000-seat grandstand overlooking the six main illuminated pitches. There is also a second row of nine practice areas. The complex is located on campus, next to the Law School and James J. Pressly Stadium.

• Steinbrenner Band Hall :

Completed in 2008, Steinbrenner Band Hall is the rehearsal room for the university orchestra The Pride of the Sunshine . Various rooms allow you to store tools. The hall was made possible by a generous donation from George Steinbrenner and his wife Joan in 2002.

Football

Description at the end of the season 2019

• Colours: (orange and blue)

• Nickname: Alligators

• Leaders:
  • Athletic Director: Scott Stricklin (ru)
  • Head Coach: Dan Mullen (en), 2- ^th season record: 21-5-0 ( 80.8 % )

• Stadium:
  • Name: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Capacity: 88548 seats
  • Playing surface: natural grass
  • Location: Gainesville, Florida

• Conference:
  • Current: Southeastern Conference (SEC), East Division
  • Ancient :
    • Independent (1906-1911)
    • Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (en) - SIAA (1912-1921)
    • Southern Conference (1922-1932)

• Internet:
  • Website name: FloridaGators. com
  • URL: http://www.floridaGators.com

• Match report:
  • Wins: 735 ( 63.2 % )
  • Losses: 420
  • Draws: 40

• Bowls overview:
  • Wins: 24 ( 53.3 % )
  • Losses: 21
  • Draws: 0

• College Football Playoffs:
  • Matches: 0
  • Balance sheet: -
  • American Football Championship game Performance : 0

• Titles:
  • National titles: 3 (1996, 2006, 2008)
  • Conference titles: 8 (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2006, 2008).
  • Division names: 14 (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2003*, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012*, 2015, 2016).

Albert and Alberta Mascots

• Players:
  • Heisman Trophy Winners: 3 (Steve Spurrier (out) in 1966, Danny Wuerffel in 1996, Tim Tebow in 2007)
  • Elected All-Americans: 32

• Anthem: "The Orange and Blue (en)"
• Mascot: two alligators named "Albert and Alberta (ru)".
• Fanfare: Pride of Sunshine (ru)

• Rivalry:
  • Georgia
  • Tennessee
  • Florida State
  • LSU
  • Chestnut
  • Miami

History

In 1906, the University of Florida created an American football team. In their first game, they beat Athletic Gainesville 6-0. Since then, the Alligators have played over forty bowls, winning three national championship titles (1996, 2006, 2008), as well as eight Southeast Conference championship titles. They drafted 138 all-Americans, 42 were selected in the first round of the NFL Draft, and 3 won the Heisman Trophy.

Currently, the most important rivals are, on the one hand, his conference teams, the Georgia Bulldogs and Tennessee Volunteers of the East Division with the LSU Tigers of the Western Division, against whom they play every year, and on the other hand, the Florida State Seminoles, located to the same state and members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Florida no longer meets regularly with the Auburn Tigers and Miami Hurricanes, their historic rivalry has lost much of its intensity.

Since 1906, the team has been led by 26 different head coaches, three of whom have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The first coach was Pee Wee Forsythe (in), the current coach is Dan Mullen (in), who was appointed after the 2017 season.

The Gators played their first seasons as an independent team (1906-1911) and then joined the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (in) (abbreviated as SIAA) from 1912 to 1921. They then move to the Southern Conference until 1932. At this conference, they create the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in 1932. They are currently still one of the fourteen members of that conference and have played in the East Division since 1992 when the conference was split into two divisions.

Regular season program:

Florida plays eight (of 11) regular season games against SEC teams:

Six face off against other teams in the East Division. The annual game against the "Georgia Bulldog" has been played since 1933 in Jacksonville, Florida, usually around Halloween, the game against the Tennessee Volunteers usually in mid-September, and the game against the LSU Tigers in the first two weeks of October.

LSU West Division Tigers Annual Game

Another pre-rotated annual game against other teams in the SEC West Division. Until 2003, the Gators also played against the Auburn Tigers every year, but since the rotation with SEC West teams was established, matches against Auburn have become more spaced out.

One game every year since 1958 against the Florida State Seminoles of the Atlantic Coast Conference, usually the last game of the regular season. The emergence of the two teams as enduring forces in college football in the 1980s and 1990s led to a rivalry, and the outcome of the match tended to influence the national league title.

Other free regular season dates are complemented by games against teams from other conferences, with these teams changing from year to year.

Until 1988, the Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coast Conference played one game a year against the Gators, but the expansion of the SEC's conference membership has significantly reduced the number of head-to-heads. Since then, the two teams have met only three times in the regular season and twice in the cup.

Awards

(last updated at the end of the 2019 season)

• National Champion:

Florida has officially won 3 national championship titles.

The 1984 Team of the Year is also named National Champion by The Sporting News , The New York Times and Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, Matthews and Jeff Sagarin. However, they are ranked 3 in the standings and AP 7 in the UPI Coaches Rankings for BYU Puma, ranked 1 in most rankings and are therefore considered national champions in most rankings. time.

The 1985 team finished 5- ^and in the final PA rankings and will only be recognized as national champions by a few significant smaller organizations. Because the American football program was on probation in the mid-1980s, the university never claimed to share national league titles in the 1984 and 1985 seasons.