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Hired alongside Professor Watkins in 2006, Dr. Chip Birkner serves the University of Florida as associate professor of Music and assistant director of Bands, where he directs the University Concert Bands, the New Music Ensemble, Gator Pep Bands, and is associate director of the ‘Pride of the Sunshine’ Marching Band. Dr. Birkner is a "Triple ...
The 1992 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was Steve Spurrier 's third as the Florida Gators football team's head coach, and the wins were harder to come by as the star-studded senior classes from 1990 and 1991 had graduated.
The University of Florida is a founding member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), one of the nation's premier intercollegiate sports conferences, and 20 of the 21 Gators sports teams compete in the SEC. Since the SEC began play in 1933, Florida's varsity athletic teams have won 261 SEC team championships, more than any other conference member.
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.
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.
The University Press of Florida (UPF) is the scholarly publishing arm of the State University System of Florida, representing Florida's twelve state universities. It is located in Gainesville near the University of Florida , one of the state's major research institutions.
2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 116–125 (2011). Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). ISBN 0-7948-2298-3. Golenbock, Peter, Go Gators!
Ruth H. Alexander, former chair to the Physical Education Department at the University of Florida [1] Orland K. Armstrong, founded the University of Florida School of Journalism and former member of the United States House of Representatives [2] Sharon Wright Austin, director of the African-American Studies Program at the University of Florida [3]