Last month, before chaos descended on the basketball world, the University of Florida honored Thunder Head Coach/former Florida Gators Head Coach Billy Donovan by dedicating the basketball court at the O’Connell Center in his name. Humble as always, Donovan credited his success to everyone but himself, saying, “It takes a lot of people to really contribute and help. Everybody contributed. I’m just thankful that I was around such great people. I think that’s what it speaks to…the quality of people that I was fortunate enough to be around here at Florida.”
As head coach at Florida, Donovan led the Gators to six regular-season SEC titles, three SEC tournament titles, and two national championships.