List of Florida Gators men's basketball head coaches

The following is a list of Florida Gators men's basketball head coaches. There have been 20 head coaches of the Gators in their 110-year history.^[1]

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]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
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^[a]	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^[b]	John Lotz	7	83–88	.485
14	1980*	Ed Visscher	1	3–14	.176
15	1989–1990*^[c]	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^[d]	Mike White	7	142–88	.617
19	2022*	Al Pinkins	1	1–1	.500
20	2022–present	Todd Golden	3	76–33	.697
Totals		20 coaches	106 seasons	1,565–1,182	.570
Records updated through end of 2024–25 season * - Denotes interim head coach. Source^[1]

^ Florida did not field a team for the 1943–44 season.
^ Lotz was fired after 11 games in the 1979–80 season. Visscher was named interim coach for the remainder of the season.
^ Sloan retired on October 31, 1989. DeVoe was named interim coach for the 1989–90 season.^[4]
^ White left to become the head coach at Georgia prior to the NIT. Pinkins was named interim coach for the remainder of the season.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Florida Gators Men's Basketball 2022-23 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Florida Athletics. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
^ Baker, Matt (March 18, 2022). "Florida Gators hire Todd Golden as men's basketball coach". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
^ Weiszer, Marc (March 13, 2022). "Georgia turns to rival Florida to hire Mike White as new men's basketball coach". Athens Banner-Herald. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
^ Diaz, George (November 1, 1989). "GATORS OUST BASKETBALL COACH NORM SLOAN". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
^ "Former Mitchell-Baker star Al Pinkins named interim head basketball coach at Florida". Albany Herald. March 14, 2022. Retrieved March 9, 2023.

[NoTeamWWII-4] Florida did not field a team for the 1943–44 season.

[LotzVisscher-5] Lotz was fired after 11 games in the 1979–80 season. Visscher was named interim coach for the remainder of the season.

[SloanDeVoe-7] Sloan retired on October 31, 1989. DeVoe was named interim coach for the 1989–90 season.^[4]

[WhitePinkins-9] White left to become the head coach at Georgia prior to the NIT. Pinkins was named interim coach for the remainder of the season.^[5]

[RecordBook-1] "Florida Gators Men's Basketball 2022-23 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Florida Athletics. Retrieved March 9, 2023.

[2] Baker, Matt (March 18, 2022). "Florida Gators hire Todd Golden as men's basketball coach". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved March 9, 2023.

[3] Weiszer, Marc (March 13, 2022). "Georgia turns to rival Florida to hire Mike White as new men's basketball coach". Athens Banner-Herald. Retrieved March 9, 2023.

[6] Diaz, George (November 1, 1989). "GATORS OUST BASKETBALL COACH NORM SLOAN". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved March 9, 2023.

[8] "Former Mitchell-Baker star Al Pinkins named interim head basketball coach at Florida". Albany Herald. March 14, 2022. Retrieved March 9, 2023.

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NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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