Football

Florida officially hires Mississippi State’s Geoff Collins as defensive coordinator

Florida Gators head coach Jim McElwain has made his first major hire since taking over the program two weeks ago, plucking Mississippi State defensive coordinator Geoff Collins for the same role on...

Former Florida Gators in the NFL: 2014 Week 15

The 2014 NFL regular season continued this week with 35 former Florida Gators spread out over 21 of the 32 teams in the league. Twelve teams had multiple Florida players on their...

SIX BITS: awards, Speights, Tebow, Beal, Wuerffel

1 » The Florida Gators football team held its annual team banquet on Saturday. Awards were handed out for everything from on-field performance to working hard in practice and how courageous a...

Silver Lining: McElwain’s unanswered questions

Questions went unanswered in Jim McElwain’s press conference for good reason When the Gators hired Will Muschamp four years ago, he had no problem whatsoever laying out specifics about what Florida football...

Florida Gators progressing towards potential indoor practice facility for football

While the Florida Gators were in the midst of hiring a new head football coach, the University of Florida continued to progress in its plans to potentially build an indoor practice facility...

Five Florida Gators named to 2014 All-SEC teams

Five Florida Gators football players were voted onto 2014 All-SEC teams this week, as chosen by the league’s coaches and Associated Press voters. Sophomore cornerback Vernon Hargreaves III was a consensus All-SEC...

Former Florida Gators in the NFL: 2014 Week 14

The 2014 NFL regular season continued this week with 34 former Florida Gators spread out over 21 of the 32 teams in the league. Eleven teams had multiple Florida players on their...

Florida Gators to play East Carolina Pirates in the 2015 Birmingham Bowl

Bowl-eligible after missing the postseason in 2013, the Florida Gators (6-5) on Sunday officially earned a berth to the 2015 Birmingham Bowl, where they will take on the East Carolina Pirates (8-4)...

Florida loses four-star commits Brown, Jones

Florida Gators football’s already-depleted 2015 class became even worse off on Saturday when its top two commitments – four stars offensive lineman George Brown (Cincinnati, OH) and quarterback Sheriron Jones (Moreno Valley,...

Florida Gators press conference: Jim McElwain introduced as head football coach

Final update added at 6 p.m. Affable and entertaining, Jim McElwain was introduced Saturday as the 24th head football coach in the history of the Florida Gators. McElwain came right out of...