University of Florida Athletic Association

Current varsity sports

The University of Florida fields teams in nine men's sports and twelve women's sports, all administered by the UAA:

The Florida men's and women's track and field teams are counted twice in the total number of sports teams because Florida's track and field athletes compete in the separate indoor and outdoor track and field seasons sanctioned by the NCAA.

Athletic directors

Fifteen men have served as the athletic director of the University of Florida's intercollegiate sports program since the position was created in 1917. Beginning with Edgar C. Jones in 1930, the athletic director has also led the UAA.

• Alfred L. Buser (1917–20)*
• William G. Kline (1920–23)*
• James L. White (1923–25)
• Everett M. Yon (1925–28)
• Charlie Bachman (1928–30)*
• Edgar C. Jones (1930–36)
• Josh Cody (1936–39)*
• Tom Lieb (1940–45)*
• Raymond Wolf (1946–49)*
• Bob Woodruff (1950–59)*
• Ray Graves (1960–79)*
• Bill Carr (1979–86)
• Bill Arnsparger (1986–92)
• Jeremy Foley (1992–2016)
• Scott Stricklin (2016– )

** indicates also served as Florida's head football coach*

Nine of the University of Florida's fifteen athletic directors also served as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. This was once a common arrangement at American universities, especially in the first half of the 20th century, when athletic departments were loosely organized and operated on much smaller budgets than today's major college programs. Some of Florida's athletic directors also coached other sports while serving as the school's AD – James White coached basketball and baseball, while Edgar Jones coached golf. Some of UF's athletic directors were alumni who had been scholarship athletes at the school, including Everett Yon, Edgar Jones and Bill Carr. While Bill Arnsparger was not a Florida graduate and never coached at the school, he was serving as the head coach of the LSU Tigers football team when he accepted an offer to become Florida's AD in 1986, and he left the administrative position to resume his coaching career as an assistant in the National Football League.

The last person to serve as Florida's AD while simultaneously coaching was Ray Graves, who resigned as Florida's head football coach in 1970 but remained on as the school's athletic director, a post he had already held for ten years. Jeremy Foley, who spent his entire working career with UF's Athletic Association, became the first UF AD to have never been a college coach or scholarship athlete when he was promoted to the position in 1992. Scott Stricklin, who has served as Florida's AD since Foley's retirement, arrived with extensive management experience in university athletic departments but had similarly never been a college coach or player.

References

References

1. "Hobart & William Smith Colleges: Alumni Biographies-Jeremy Foley '74".
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3. (1910). "Athletics". The Seminole Yearbook.
4. University Athletic Association, [http://www.gatorzone.com/overview/files/operating_budgets/uaa_ob_es_2014-2015.pdf 2014–2015 Operating Budget Executive Summary]. Retrieved September 4, 2014.