Former Gator basketball head coach Lon Kruger announced his retirement from coaching on Mar. 25th after ten successful years at Oklahoma. His future successor there knows a thing or two about winning as well. After two memorable NCAA Tournament runs in the past four years, Loyola Chicago’s Porter Moser has …
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Becky Burleigh Adjusting to Post-Coaching Life
If you ask her what she is going to miss more about coaching, the closeness to a team she will say. “I don’t even know what it is like to not be on a team,” she said. UF’s iconic soccer coach Becky Burleigh says goodbye to Gator soccer after 26 …
Read More »Kyle Pitts Honored with Mackey Award and Brick Unveiling
Mackey Award Kyle Pitts is the second tight end in Gators history to win the Mackey Award. Head coach Dan Mullen, tight end coach Tim Brewster, and award chairman Jerry Mackey were in attendance for Pitts’ award ceremony on Thursday. The John Mackey Award is presented annually to a “‘true …
Read More »Gators Host Pro Day
It is finally time for the Florida Gators’ Pro Day. Numerous Gator athletes, former and current, will participate in front of NFL general managers, coaches and scouts for a chance to increase their draft stock. The Gators will have 16 draft-eligible players from the 2o20 roster participating including Shawn Davis, …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: March 29
The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend that could have been spent indoors but shouldn’t have been. It was so nice outside, right? 10. Maybe this is just me, but I don’t think it is. We root like crazy for the underdogs on the first weekend, but then …
Read More »COVID Aftershocks Continue as Transfer Portal Swells
College basketball’s long-standing principles of structure and order have held many of its student-athletes for the most part in one place. This year, with the NCAA opting to consider the 2020-2021 season of competition a wash for eligibility, that order is shaken. An influx of men’s basketball players has already …
Read More »Mincy Hired as Jacksonville Head Coach
Jacksonville University is taking big steps for its men’s basketball team and its latest step; hiring Jordan Mincy. https://twitter.com/JAX_MBB/status/1375168107266838528 Mincy followed Mike White from Lousiana Tech to Florida in 2015. Mincy excelled at his position of assistant coach, helping lead Florida to four straight 20-win seasons (2015-19). This included four …
Read More »Coach Rowland Talks Gators Gym
Florida Gators gymnastics placed third in Saturday’s SEC Championships. Going into the meet, the Gators were the No. 1 seed, but were upset by Alabama, who took home the title, and LSU, who came in second. Going into the tournament, the Gators were the only undefeated team this season in …
Read More »13 Gators In NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Championship
The 2021 NCAA Championship for men’s swimming starts today in North Carolina. The tournament will continue through Sunday, March 27. Florida is sending 12 swimmers and one diver. https://twitter.com/GatorsSwimDv/status/1374722090494873604?s=20 Leonardo Garcia the lone diver Joining Florida’s 12 swimmers is junior Leonardo Garcia. The California native’s first event in the Championship …
Read More »Ellie Lazzari Thrives as Gator Gymnastics Freshman
To say that current freshmen at the University of Florida have had an unusual start to their college experience would be a vast understatement. For student-athletes, these changes from the norm are highlighted even more. However, one freshman gymnast for the Gators has navigated these circumstances, and put together a …
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