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The NCAA Academic Progress Rate scores were released Wednesday, and they prove that the University of Florida takes the definition of student-athlete seriously. Three Florida Gator teams scored a perfect 1,000 and every Gator team scored above 970. The scores are biased on the last four academic years (2012-2013 through …

The Florida Gator football program has been known to produce some of the best defensive backs in college football. From Joe Haden to Reggie Nelson to Vernon Hargreaves to Jalen Tabor; the list goes on and on. With Tabor and Quincy Wilson departing for the NFL Draft as borderline first …

Debate has persisted about who should be the next Gator women’s basketball head coach. University of Florida’s athletic director, Scott Stricklin, targeted Belmont’s Cameron Newbauer as a candidate early. As of Monday morning, Stricklin announced that Cameron Newbauer is officially hired as the head coach for the Florida Gators. Newbauer is the 10th head basketball coach in program history at the University of …

Six-time WNBA All-Star and current San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon is a finalist for the vacant Florida women’s basketball head coaching job according to RealGM and Swish Appeal’s Mike Robinson. Robinson reports that Hammon is visiting the Florida campus “in the next couple of days”. Hammon became the …

It’s been a little less than a month since Scott Stricklin joined the Gators as the Athletic Director and he’s jumped right into his role.  Though he’s only been to one game in the Swamp, Stricklin already has plans on improving the fan experience. The new Athletic Director joined ESPN …

There’s no denying that Jeremy Foley’s exit was anything but easy. The former athletic director was scheduled to leave the Gators on Oct.1, but when unplanned circumstances occurred, he decided to stay another month, as if leaving wouldn’t be hard enough. Monday Nov.1 marked the day that the new AD took over and Foley’s retirement officially went into effect.  However, …

Scott Stricklin is now just one day away from officially starting his tenure in what he called the best job in college athletics. Big Shoes to Fill With much of the (well-deserved) attention on Monday being Jeremy Foley’s last day as the University of Florida’s Athletic Director, just as important …

The gain of Scott Stricklin for Florida means the loss of an athletic director for Mississippi State. On Tuesday, the same day Florida introduced Stricklin as their new athletic director effective Nov.1, MSU announced they’re launching a nation-wide search to hire Stricklin’s replacement at the university. However, some believe the …

On Tuesday afternoon at the Otis Hawkins Center in Gainesville, Mississippi State’s Scott Stricklin was introduced as the next athletic director for the University of Florida. Stricklin, the 14th athletic director in school history, is set to replace Jeremy Foley, who has been the AD for the Gators since 1992.  Stricklin had been the …

ESPN Gainesville confirmed that the University of Florida is set to name Mississippi State athletic director Scott Stricklin as its new athletic director to replace the retiring Jeremy Foley. He is signing a six-year deal worth $1.073 million annually, double his salary at MSU.  The official press conference is expected at 1 …