Florida basketball is not solely among the many most completed coaches in faculty basketball, he is additionally nonetheless among the many youngest.
Golden, in his seventh season as a head coach and fourth yr teaching the Florida Gators, turned 40 on July 7, 2025.
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What is Todd Golden’s profession report?
In a mixed seven seasons as a coach at San Francisco and Florida, Golden has posted a profession 159-76 report for a 67.7% successful proportion. He’s coming into his fourth Men’s NCAA Tournament and third with Florida.
At 39, Golden grew to become the youngest coach because the late Jim Valvano to lead a staff to a nationwide title. Valvano was 37 when he led North Carolina State to an upset win over Houston for the 1983 nationwide championship. If Golden can lead UF to a nationwide title this yr he would be part of Hall of Fame coaches Bob Knight and Billy Donovan as simply the third coach to win two NCAA titles earlier than their forty second birthday.
This season, Golden has led UF to a 26-7 report and its first SEC common season title since 2014. For these efforts, Golden earned SEC coach of the yr honors.
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Kevin Brockway is The Gainesville Sun’s Florida beat author. Contact him at kbrockway@gannett.com. Follow him on X @KevinBrockwayG1. Read his protection of the Gators’ nationwide championship basketball season in “CHOMP-IONS!” — a hardcover coffee-table collector’s guide from The Sun. Details at Florida.ChampsBook.com
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