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List of Florida Gators men's basketball head coaches
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The following is a list of Florida Gators men's basketball head coaches. There have been 20 head coaches of the Gators in their 104-season history.[1]
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Florida's current head coach is Todd Golden. He was hired as the Gators' head coach in March 2022,[2] replacing Mike White, who left to become the head coach at Georgia.[3]
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No. | Tenure | Coach | Years | Record | Pct. |
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1 | 1915–1916 | C. J. McCoy | 1 | 5–1 | .833 |
– | 1919–1920 | No coach | 1 | 2–5 | .286 |
2 | 1920–1922 | William G. Kline | 2 | 10–11 | .476 |
3 | 1922–1923 | Check Byrd | 1 | 2–5 | .286 |
4 | 1923–1925 | James L. White | 2 | 7–17 | .292 |
5 | 1925–1933 | Brady Cowell | 8 | 62–86 | .419 |
6 | 1933–1936 | Ben Clemons | 3 | 23–25 | .479 |
7 | 1936–1937 | Josh Cody | 1 | 5–13 | .278 |
8 | 1937–1942 1946–1951 |
Sam J. McAllister | 5 | 119–96 | .553 |
9 | 1942–1946[lower-alpha 1] | Spurgeon Cherry | 3 | 22–33 | .400 |
10 | 1951–1960 | John Mauer | 9 | 98–102 | .490 |
11 | 1960–1966 1980–1989 |
Norm Sloan | 15 | 232–192 | .547 |
12 | 1966–1973 | Tommy Bartlett | 7 | 95–85 | .528 |
13 | 1973–1980[lower-alpha 2] | John Lotz | 7 | 83–88 | .485 |
14 | 1980* | Ed Visscher | 1 | 3–14 | .176 |
15 | 1989–1990*[lower-alpha 3] | Don DeVoe | 1 | 7–21 | .250 |
16 | 1990–1996 | Lon Kruger | 6 | 104–80 | .565 |
17 | 1996–2015 | Billy Donovan | 19 | 467–186 | .715 |
18 | 2015–2022[lower-alpha 4] | Mike White | 7 | 142–88 | .617 |
19 | 2022* | Al Pinkins | 1 | 1–1 | .500 |
20 | 2022–present | Todd Golden | 2 | 40–29 | .580 |
Totals | 20 coaches | 105 seasons | 1,529–1,178 | .565 | |
Records updated through end of 2023–24 season * - Denotes interim head coach. Source[1] |
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- Sloan retired on October 31, 1989. DeVoe was named interim coach for the 1989–90 season.[4]