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Following the retirement of legendary coach Mary Wise after 34 years with the program, Florida volleyball has named her successor. Ryan Theis, a former assistant coach for the Gators, will take the reins for the Gators. Theis became a head coach following his departure from Florida in 2007 and brings …

“The Wise Years” are over. After more than three decades as Florida volleyball coach  Mary Wise stepped down last week. UF’s athletic director Scott Stricklin now faces the daunting task — a challenge made even greater by his mixed track record in coach hirings. Dominating Legacy When Wise arrived in …

The Back Nine comes to you after another perfect Gainesville weekend that included something I didn’t think we would see.   10. On Saturday morning at the gym I was thinking about how the first item in this column should be about the Super Bowl instead of Florida basketball. That’s …

Legendary Florida volleyball coach Mary Wise announced Thursday she is retiring. Wise wrapped up her 34th season with the Gators in December 2024 in the NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal. A message from Coach Wise #GoGators pic.twitter.com/VjpyMI7VcI — Gators Volleyball (@GatorsVB) February 6, 2025 Endless Accomplishments In her 34 seasons with …

Florida’s volleyball team added libero/defensive specialist Lily Hayes to the 2025 roster on Tuesday. She is expected to strengthen the Gators’ defensive lineup as she steps up to collegiate volleyball. Hayes is expected to be in Gainesville for the fall 2025 semester after graduating from Berkeley Prep in Tampa. She …

The six seed Florida Gators volleyball team battled two seed Stanford, but couldn’t hold off the Cardinal in losing 3-1 (26-24, 17-25, 24-26, 27-29) Thursday night at the NCAA Louisville Region semifinal in Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ky. Battled to the end#GoGators | Presented by @WellsFargo pic.twitter.com/M03QuPUbZi — Gators Volleyball …

The No. 22 Florida v0lleyball team looks to repeat last year’s result against No. 5 Stanford in tonight’s NCAA Tournament region semifinal at the KFC Yum Center in Louisville, KY. Then-No. 8 Florida took down then-No. 2 Stanford on Aug. 29, 2023 in straight sets in California. Florida (23-7), the …

The Back Nine comes at you now that we have adjusted to no Gators football or basketball games over the weekend: 10. Yeah, it was kind of weird, but free of tension in my house. The championship games were good and some were great and please don’t get rid of …

The Florida Gators volleyball team advanced Friday to tonight’s Round 2 of the NCAA Tournament with a sweep (25-18, 25-21, 25-13) against North Carolina State in Lawrence, Kan. The Gators (22-7), the six seed in the lower left region, will play host Kansas (25-4) at 7:30 p.m. ET today inside …

The Florida volleyball team will head to Lawrence, Kansas, later this week for the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament. The Gators earned the sixth seed in the lower left region of the bracket and face North Carolina State in the first round Friday. WE’RE IN ‼️ The …