In his third season, however, Donovan's Gators finished the season with an overall record of 22–9, and earned the No. Home games are played in the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The Gators won their first official SEC football championship in 1991.With the addition of Arkansas and South Carolina to the Southeastern Conference in 1992, the conference split into eastern and western divisions and a game between the division winners determined the SEC champion. President: Dr. J. Bernard Machen Current Head Coach: Will Muschamp Stadium: The Swamp NCAA Championships won: 3 Team Colors: Blue and Orange Mascot(s) Albert and Alberta These used a dark green theme for the entire uniform from shoes to helmet that was inspired by the appearance of actual Florida has had a number of helmet designs, especially early in the program's history. Things didn't really turn around until During the next few years the Gators went to the NCAA Tournament every year, but each year they lost in the first or second round. The larger wooden structure built directly adjacent to the University Gym in 1928 was officially known as "Building R", through it was commonly called the "New Gym". The Gators have won two national championships—the The Florida Gators men's team annually plays a sixteen-game conference schedule that is preceded by an out-of-conference schedule against few annual opponents except for By the mid-1920s the team outgrew the University Gymnasium (now called the Women's Gymnasium), so the university built another gym to hold the crowds of the fast-growing student population. The In addition to six games against eastern division opponents, Florida plays two games against western division opponents.

Florida held late leads in the first two of them, but could never finish the game and lost each time, first to Florida Gators basketball players who have been recognized as Donovan's 2004 recruiting class won two consecutive NCAA championships in 2006 and 2007. The other SEC West teams are played on a six-year rotation, with the added possibility of meeting in the SEC Championship Game. The University of Florida's first basketball team took the court in 1915, but success was scarce for many years. After getting a #4 seed in the East Regional, they beat #13 seed East Tennessee, the #5 seed Virginia Cavaliers, and the #8 seed Wisconsin Badgers—who upset the #1 seed Villanova Wildcats—on a last-second three-point buzzer beater by The Florida Gators have won two NCAA national championships, which is tied for 9th all-time among Division I schools. Florida's season records are from the record books of the university's athletic association. The Gators won two national championships in 2005–06, and 2006–07 under Billy Donovan. The The Gators returned all five starters from their championship team to begin the The Gators failed to make the NCAA Tournament in 2008 and 2009. Die Florida Gators sind die Sport-Teams der University of Florida in Gainesville. Dubbed the "New Gym," the Gators played there until 1949, when For most of the first half-century in the SEC, the Gators were not a factor. Florida quickly established gridiron rivalries with several in-state private colleges, most notably During the first half of the 20th century, Florida occasionally faced off against opponents fielded by military bases or amateur athletic clubs, particularly in the earliest seasons of the program and during the two world wars.
They play their home games in the Stephen C. O'Connell Center located on the university's campus. To commemorate the 100th year of the football program in 2006, the Gators played one game wearing Alternate Florida Athletics logo since the early 2000s The group nicknamed themselves "the 04s" (pronounced "oh-fours")NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics The Gators have won a total of seven official (regular season) SEC championships.

Most of the Gators' SEC East opponents are played on a home-and-home basis, with Tennessee and Vanderbilt visiting Gainesville in odd numbered years and Kentucky, South Carolina, and Missouri visiting in even numbered years. In addition, the Gators became the first school to ever win a national championship in football and basketball in both the same calendar year and the same academic year (the Gators' The Gators have won four SEC Tournament championships, all under Though the automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament is given to the conference tournament winner, the SEC declares the team with the best record in the regular season the "official" conference champion. The Florida Gators Softball team represents the University of Florida in the sport of softball.Florida competes in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Mike White is the current head coach. To get to the Final Four, Florida first had to survive a tough test from 12th seeded Donovan would get Florida back to the Final Four in 2006, winning the Minneapolis Regional as the No.3 seed with victories over 14th seeded The next year, Donovan's Gators would make it not only back to back Final Fours, but back to back national championships as well.