Florida head coaches Dan Mullen, Cam Newbauer, and Mike White will stay contracted with the Gators for the foreseeable future. Mullen and White extended their contracts through the 2027. While, Newbauer will remain at the head of Florida women’s basketball program until 2025. Florida Football with Mullen The former National …
Read More »UF Athletic Director Talks Gators Sports
University of Florida Athletic Director Scott Stricklin discussed two of the uncertainties surrounding Gators sports: in-person events and the fate of Mike White. In-Person Events In his talk, Stricklin said that the University Athletic Association has been working closely with UF Health for guidance. He said that its suggestions included …
Read More »Dan Mullen Talks Florida Football Spring Practice
The Florida Gators football team is gearing up to kick off spring practice this Thursday. Typically practices start in March, but this year Feb. 18 is the set start time; an entire month earlier than last year’s planned start date of March 16. Head coach Dan Mullen is excited to …
Read More »Keyontae Johnson Status Improving; UPDATE: UF Cancels Next Three Games
The latest on Keyontae Johnson comes from a different source today. Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin paid Johnson a visit at UF Health. Stricklin spoke about his visit with Johnson Wednesday on the Sport Scene with Steve Russell. During his time on the air, Stricklin seemed happy with the Gator …
Read More »SEC football faces COVID-19 outbreaks
With big matchups and primetime games originally scheduled for this week college football and SEC now must tackle its COVID-19 outbreaks. Who is affected? The Florida Gators football team stopped activities this week amid positive coronavirus tests from players and coaches. As the week went on, the amount of positive …
Read More »Florida-LSU Postponed Amid Covid Outbreak
The Florida-LSU game scheduled for Saturday has been postponed due to a Covid-19 outbreak within the Florida football program. The Bad News Eighteen scholarship players and three walk-ons tested positive, according to Athletic Director Scott Stricklin. Combined with players held out due to contact tracing or injuries, less than 50 …
Read More »Gators to Pause All Football Activities
After an increase in positive COVID-19 cases, the Florida Gators have put a pause on all football-related activities. Out of an abundance of caution, @GatorsFB team activities are paused as of Tuesday afternoon.https://t.co/bXlshmm38K — Florida Gators (@FloridaGators) October 13, 2020 This pause could also put Saturday’s game against LSU at …
Read More »Florida AD Scott Stricklin is Awarded AD of the Year
Florida Gator Athletic Director Scott Stricklin was awarded AD of the Year at the virtual Sports Business Award Show held Wednesday night. Congratulations to Gators Athletic Director @ScottStricklin – @SBJSBD Athletic Director of the Year! #GoGators #SBJAwards #sportsbiz🔗 : https://t.co/X72lQLh6oQ pic.twitter.com/i3dK2OM2cI — Florida Gators (@FloridaGators) September 30, 2020 He was …
Read More »Scott Stricklin Talks About the Future of Gators’ Sports
University of Florida Athletic Director Scott Stricklin sat down with Steve Russell earlier today to discuss the future of Gator athletics. With cases of coronavirus continuing to increase around the globe, the fate of sports has been up in the air. This includes whether or not any athletic competitions will take …
Read More »Sankey talks SEC Football Decision
After much talk and deliberation, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey announced that the conference will be playing a conference-only schedule. The conference follows the lead of other Power 5 conferences like the Big Ten and Pac-12. Additionally, the season will be pushed back to a Sept. 26 start. Tough Decisions Sankey …
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