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The Gainesville Sun Presents The Greatest Moments in Florida Gators Football, Sports Publishing, Inc., Champaign, Illinois (1998). ISBN 1-57167-196-X. Proctor, Samuel, & Wright Langley, Gator History: A Pictorial History of the University of Florida, South Star Publishing Company, Gainesville, Florida (1986). ISBN 0-938637-00-2.
The University of Florida did not adopt the "Florida Gators" nickname for its sports teams until 1911, and the early Florida football teams were known simply as "Florida" or the "Orange and Blue." The football team played most of their home games at on-campus Fleming Field until 1930, when Florida Field was constructed.
This category lists the American football coaches of the Florida Gators football team that represents the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, and includes head coaches, offensive and defensive coordinators and other assistant coaches.
The Florida Gators football program represents the University of Florida (UF) in American college football.Florida competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC) They play their home games on Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville campus.
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The Gator football program slid further under Wolf, posting a 13–24–2 record in four losing seasons [122] (the low point of the Gator football program), and is ironically known as the "golden era". [121] The first season for Wolf was poor; the 1946 Gators finished with a 0–9 record, the worst in school history.
Three coaches had a previous head coaching stint at their current school: Greg Schiano at Rutgers (2001–2011, 2020–present), Scott Frost at UCF (2016–2018, 2025–present), and Rich Rodriguez at West Virginia (2001–2007, 2025–present) Coaches' records updated through week 14 of the 2024 college football season.
Boxer Johnny Joca won the NCAA national boxing championship in the 135-pound weight class in 1940. Joca was the first Florida Gators athlete, in any sport, to win an individual NCAA national championship. Phillip D. O'Connell: Boxing 1929–30 1930–31 Phil O'Connell was the captain of the University of Florida boxing team for two years.