Jon Sumrall—Florida’s Unlikely Choice—Has ‘the Beast Stirring’ The Gators are 4–0 for the first time since 2019 and ranked No. 8 as “G6 Jon” revives a sleeping giant. Sports Illustrated · Oct 2
Florida AD Explains What Happened During Gators’ ‘Erratic’ Lane Kiffin Pursuit Florida was one of Kiffin's most rumored destinations before he took the LSU job. Sports Illustrated · Dec 8, 2025
New Report Reveals Why Lane Kiffin to Florida Didn't Work Out Lane Kiffin reportedly declined a significant offer to become the Florida Gators coach before deciding between Ole Miss and LSU. Now we know why things didn’t work out in Gainesville, Fla. Sports Illustrated · Dec 2, 2025
The Last College AD? Joe Castiglione’s Final Bow at Oklahoma Marks End of Old Guard The Sooners’ search for their next athletic director looks more like a front-office rebuild as they embrace an NFL-style model for running college sports. Sports Illustrated · Sep 5, 2025
Florida Baseball Coach, AD Issue Apology After Incident With Coastal Carolina Staff A pregame confrontation Kevin O’Sullivan had with Coastal Carolina staff did not sit will with Chanticleers coach Kevin Schnall. Sports Illustrated · Jun 3, 2025
Florida Roasted for Billy Napier Decision During Blowout Loss to No. 5 Texas The Gators' choice to retain their coach beyond this season didn't look great on Saturday in Austin. Sports Illustrated · Nov 9, 2024
Todd Golden sexual harassment allegations: Everything we know about Florida’s men’s basketball coach so far The allegations against Florida's men's basketball coach, explained USA Today Sports Media Group · Nov 8, 2024
Billy Napier to Return As Florida's Head Coach in 2025 The Gators are sticking with their head coach for a fourth season. Sports Illustrated · Nov 7, 2024
It’s Time to Rethink College Football’s Bloated Roster Size As settlements loom in a handful of court cases involving the NCAA, curtailing expenses is an agenda item for every athletic department. Sports Illustrated · Jun 4, 2024
UF seeks design firm for massive, $400 million Swamp makeover Iconic Ben Hill Griffin Stadium is in need of a facelift after all these years. Orlando Sentinel · Jul 3, 2023
SEC Football Program Unveils $400 Million Stadium Renovation The “Swamp” has only undergone some expansions in its over 90-year history. Sports Illustrated · Jul 3, 2023
Jack Swarbrick’s Retirement Points to a Dying Breed of Athletic Directors There are precious few ADs who can balance the job’s demands at one school for more than a decade, and there are five reasons why it’s become tougher in this day and age. Sports Illustrated · Jun 12, 2023
Mike Bianchi: Gators AD Scott Stricklin on Billy Napier: ‘Incredibly pleased with how he’s building program’ Can we please stop with the ridiculous chatter about Billy Napier being on some sort of fictional hot seat heading into just his second season at the University of Florida? Orlando Sentinel · May 22, 2023
Michelle Kaufman: NIL is 'the next arms race' in college sports, UM athletes need more than John Ruiz Remember back in 2021, when Name, Image and Likeness were borderline dirty words that college coaches and administrators tiptoed around because (Heaven forbid!) they would be accused of endorsing the idea of paying “amateur” athletes? Miami Herald · Apr 18, 2023
Orlando Sentinel · Apr 11, 2023 Florida shifts strategy, leadership surrounding NIL legislation GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida will change strategy and leadership surrounding name, image and likeness legislation that has created confusion, conflicting approaches, oversight challenges and a high-profile public relations flop involving former quarterback commit Jaden Rashada.
Orlando Sentinel · Jan 15, 2023 Mike Bianchi: Florida Gators’ $13 million gaffe with Jaden Rashada is biggest fail of NIL ORLANDO, Fla. — Jaden Rashada, one of the top high school recruits in the country, deserves absolutely none of the blame for this embarrassing mistake and fractured relationship with the University of Florida.
Tribune News Service · Jan 12, 2023 Who’s to blame for Florida Gators, Jaden Rashada stalemate? Something is going on with the Florida Gators and their top recruit, quarterback signee Jaden Rashada. That much is clear.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 31, 2022 John Cohen’s SEC Flip Is Revealing in More Ways Than One The Tigers had a leadership change Monday beyond firing their football coach.
Tribune News Service · Jun 24, 2022 Matt Baker: Why Billy Napier’s personality is vital to Florida’s success TAMPA, Fla. — Talk to almost anyone with the Florida Gators about first-year coach Billy Napier, and you’ll hear comments like this one from offensive line coach Darnell Stapleton.
Tribune News Service · Jun 4, 2022 The four NIL issues that kept popping up at the SEC spring meetings DESTIN, Fla. — When Missouri athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois recently asked football coach Eliah Drinkwitz the biggest problem he’s facing, his answer hit on the hot-button topic across the SEC and the rest of the country.
Sports Illustrated · Jun 3, 2022 TV Revenue, CFP Expansion Keeps SEC Deadlocked on Scheduling Model With one day left in its spring meetings, the conference still hasn’t reached a conclusion on how many league games its teams will play.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 27, 2022 Florida Fires Women’s Soccer Coach After Complaints of Abuse Tony Amato was hired just last year, but players complained about his treatment during the season.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 14, 2022 There’s a New Boss at Florida, and His Name Is Billy Napier He’ll wrap his first spring in Gainesville on Thursday, but his plans to remake the Gators are well underway.
Orlando Sentinel · Mar 24, 2022 Mike Bianchi: Gators’ new whiz-kid basketball coach Todd Golden finds safety in numbers GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Scott Stricklin has a message for anyone who thinks Todd Golden doesn’t have the résumé or credentials to be the University of Florida’s new basketball coach.
Orlando Sentinel · Mar 14, 2022 UF AD Scott Stricklin could go many directions replacing Mike White as Gators coach Coach Mike White’s sudden departure for Georgia leaves Florida searching for another coach in a high-profile program during the span of several months.