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Billy Donovan inducted to Naismith HOF
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:20 am
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:20 am
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Long-time Florida men's basketball head coach Billy Donovan was announced on Saturday as a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2025. Donovan coached the Gators for 19 seasons from 1996-2015, totaling two national championships, four Final Fours, six Southeastern Conference regular season championships, four SEC Tournament titles and 467 wins.
Fittingly, the announcement came on Saturday with the Florida Gators back in the Final Four this season for the first time since Donovan led UF to the 2014 Final Four.
Donovan guided the Gators to a No. 1 national ranking in five different seasons, posted sixteen straight 20-win seasons and earned seventeen consecutive postseason appearances during his 19 seasons at the helm in Gainesville. His 467 wins as an SEC head coach trail only Adolph Rupp, and only Rupp and Joe B. Hall have won more SEC championships
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Posted on 4/5/25 at 12:04 pm to SpartyGator
Congrats to one of the best. What he did at UF was unthinkable. Amazing career and human being.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 2:26 pm to bgator85
Well deserved honor. His teams at Florida were something else and his coaching was top notch.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 2:27 pm to SpartyGator
Dude's a bad arse. Well deserved.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 2:35 pm to SpartyGator
He’s a great one. I remember when he broke Bama fans’ hearts in 1987 playing for Providence in the Sweet Sixteen.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 3:07 pm to SpartyGator
As he should be
Posted on 4/5/25 at 3:29 pm to kywildcatfanone
Too bad he didn't work out with the Thunder.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 4:22 pm to SpartyGator
Well deserved, surprised he wasn't already in
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