Imani Washington, John Luke Witte and Alida van Daalen all came away with impressive season’s bests at the small-scale Visit Gainesville Indoor Classic on Friday.
When new Florida head coach Jon Sumrall began building his staff, he brought in a lot of new faces. But one UF coach stuck out as a must-keep: defensive line coach Gerald Chatman.
“Weak things break.” This is the mentality Rusty Whitt brings to Florida as its newly hired director of football performance.
On Jan. 11, Auburn bested the Gators 60-50, keeping UF winless in conference play. However, nearly one month later, the tides had shifted.
Six months ago, Riley Smith underwent two abdominal surgeries to remove his gallbladder and repair an umbilical hernia. On Saturday, the Gainesville native became the third Gator to ever break the four-minute barrier in the mile.
For a young high school baseball player, there are only a few moments in life that beat having the winning hit, homerun, or even successful tag out. But one of those moments was Tuesday’s college commitment ceremony for seven seniors of the Buchholz High School Bobcats baseball team.
T-minus 213 days. Gators football has just over 30 weeks until it is set to face Florida Atlantic University at the Swamp to kick off the 2026 regular season. Until then, Florida’s coaching staff will hone in on the winning culture of the program.
Looking ahead to the 2026-27 season, nearly half of the Florida roster will be brand new. The Gators welcomed 50 new players, including 29 transfers, 20 high school recruits and one junior college recruit.
A common theme presented itself throughout Florida football’s 2025-26 season: The Gators defense could hold its own against top offenses, but UF lacked the offensive firepower needed to win games in the SEC.
The No. 5 Gators had their work cut out for them from the start of the Sea Best Invitational. With record-low temperatures in Atlantic Beach, Florida, on Monday morning, the tournament began at noon instead of its normal 8 to 9 a.m. window.
For much of the Therese Hession Regional Challenge, No. 6 Florida was putting up average numbers. They were in last place for the first half of Round 1 until teams such as Miami and California had bogey trouble.
Nearly two weeks after becoming one of the five Gators to receive USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason First Team All-American Honors, Gianna Monaco decided to step away from Florida for personal reasons. She will not return to the program.
Florida pitchers Liam Peterson and Aidan King set a high standard for the Gators’ pitching staff ahead of the 2026 season. “I think we have the talent, but it’s about showing up.”
Coming off its second-straight Women’s College World Series appearance, Florida softball will look to avenge last year’s early exit in Oklahoma City. The Gators debuted at No. 10 on Softball America's preseason top-25 rankings.
The National Football League season is coming to a close, and the University of Florida was well represented in 2025. Now that the draft is nine months removed, here is how every former Gators rookie stacked up.
Poised for the upset, Florida led for 26 minutes against No. 5 Vanderbilt in Nashville, but a 32-point Commodore third quarter toppled it all.
Florida men’s tennis could not get things going on the road and fell to No. 9 University of Central Florida, suffering back-to-back losses.
The Gators opened their 2026 indoor track road slate in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where Florida’s distance runners turned in a standout weekend.
“Whoever wins, wins. Nobody is really counting on who’s winning, I think they’re just trying to survive.” Yes, everyone survived. But one runner did more than just that. Adam Truesdale finished the race with a time of 5:44.
Florida swim and dive concluded regular season action with a sweep against an in-state rival.
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