BY: Kevin J. Camps
The optimism that lies in hope is coupled with the uncertainties of the future when transition is occurring. Since the eleven successful years by Steve Spurrier the football program has hired its fourth coach in 14 years. In his 19 years as head basketball coach, Billy Donovan brought Florida Gators basketball to heights it had never experienced. Now under the leadership of Jim McElwain and Michael White the football and basketball programs are attempting to recapture the glory that was achieved during the ‘90s and into the ‘00s. Since 2010 the football program has struggled, and after four consecutive elite eight appearances and one final four trip, the basketball team went through its first losing season since Donovan’s inaugural year in 1996.