After months of discussion, plans have been approved and money allocated to upgrade three facilities on campus in hopes of building future championships for each respective sport. The announcement was made by the University Athletic Association on Friday. The UAA announced major upgrades to the home of Florida Gator softball, …
Read More »Florida Atlantic Name Dusty May New Head Basketball Coach
Florida Atlantic has named Dusty May as its new head basketball coach. May takes over for Michael Curry, who coached the Owls to a 39-84 record in four seasons. May’s introductory press conference will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 23. BREAKING NEWS | FAU Names Men's Basketball …
Read More »The biggest challenges facing three of the SEC’s newest coaches
The college football offseason inherently brings change. For the SEC, it came in a whirlwind. In a matter of months, five of the conference’s 14 teams introduced new head coaches. A sixth, Ole Miss, hired from within, promoting former co-offensive coordinator Matt Luke a season after he took over for Hugh Freeze on an …
Read More »Gators Offense Moving in Positive Direction
Ever since Urban Meyer and Tim Tebow left, Florida’s offense has left a lot to be desired. The hope is that first-year head coach Dan Mullen will turn it around. There’s good reason to believe he will. Mullen was the team’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2005-to-2008. Under his …
Read More »Florida Gymnastics Heads to SEC Championship
Florida Gymnastics heads to St. Louis, Missouri for the SEC Championship on Saturday. https://twitter.com/GatorsGym/status/976538163656216576 Championship Four of the nations top-10 teams, No.2 LSU, No. 5 UF, No. 6 Alabama, No. 9 Kentucky, are among the eight teams in the SEC competing this weekend. Florida is the No. 2 seed for …
Read More »Another Barnhill No-Hitter As Gator Softball Run Rules USF
Gator softball pitcher Kelly Barnhill tosses her fifth complete game no hitter of the season to help the Gators beat USF 9-0 in five innings Wednesday night in Gainesville. Barnhill improved to 12-1 for the season as she struck out 12 in the game on just 71 pitches. Amanda Lorenz …
Read More »6 Former Gators Sign with NFL Teams
We’re about a week into free agency and six different Gators have signed deals with NFL teams. DE Dominique Easley, C Mike Pouncey, LB Lerentee McCray, TE Trey Burton, K Caleb Sturgis and LB Jon Bostic have all inked deals to remain in the league for at least another season. …
Read More »Gator Softball Picks Up Win Over Georgia in Series Finale
Florida softball dropped its first series of the season this weekend after losing Games 1 and 2 of their three-game series against Georgia. Game 1 featured a Georgia walk-off two-run home run while Game 2 was an 11-1 beat-down that ended in just five innings. However, the Gators were able to …
Read More »Texas Tech Takes Down Florida in Last-Minute Thriller
The Texas Tech Red Raiders defeated the Florida Gators 69-66 in thrilling fashion. Keenan Evans led the Raiders with 22 points on 8-14 shooting. Zhaire Smith added 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. The Gators were paced by Jalen Hudson’s 23 points and 4 rebounds. Florida had two opportunities …
Read More »Gamecocks Overpower Gators
Gator Baseball ran out of luck on St. Patrick’s Day against the South Carolina Gamecocks. Though the Gators won Friday’s game 7-3, USC controlled Saturday’s 15-7 ball game against Florida. Going into the game, the all-time series was tied at 45-45 between the two, however, now the Gamecocks owns the …
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