Florida Gators | |
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Founded | 1930 |
Conference | Southeastern Conference |
Location | Gainesville, FL |
Head coach | Gregg Troy (swimming) Bryan Gillooly (diving) |
Home pool |
Natatorium Carse Complex |
Colors | Blue and Orange |
Titles | |
Men's NCAA | 2 (1983, 1984) |
Women's NCAA | 3 (1979, 1982, 2010) |
Men's SEC | 37 (1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) |
Women's SEC | 17 (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2009) |
The Florida Gators swimming and diving program represents the University of Florida in the aquatics sports of swimming and diving. The program includes separate men's and women's teams, both of which compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Gators host their home meets in the O'Connell Center Natatorium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus, and are currently led by head swimming coach Gregg Troy and diving coach Bryan Gillooly. In the eighty-four-year history of the Gators swimming and diving program, the men have won thirty-seven SEC team championships and two NCAA national championships; the Lady Gators have won seventeen SEC team championships and three national championships.
The University of Florida has been represented in every Summer Olympic Games since 1968, and the Gators swimming and diving program has produced over eighty-five athletes who have competed in the Olympics since the program was started. The following is a list of former Florida swimmers, divers and coaches who won a gold (32), silver (18) or bronze (14) medal in a swimming or diving event in the Summer Olympic Games:
For a complete list of all current and former Florida Gators swimmers and divers who were ever members of a national Olympics swimming and diving team, please see "List of University of Florida Olympians."