Florida and men’s basketball coach Todd Golden have agreed to a six-year, $40.5 million contract extension to keep him in Gainesville long term, just one month after the Gators cut down the nets for the program’s third national title.
The deal runs through March 2031.
Golden, 39, helped Florida last month to its first national title since 2007 and became the youngest coach in more than four decades to lead his team to a national championship. Before making its deep run into April, Golden’s squad won the SEC tournament and claimed a No. 1 seed in March Madness.
“My family and I love being here,” Golden said after a national title celebration during the spring football game on April 12. “Obviously it was a big change for us coming from the West Coast, not knowing a lot of people here. But in three short years, we’ve been able to meet a lot of great people and get comfortable. Florida’s a place that we can win national championships, as we just proved.”
Golden holds a 76-33 record at Florida, including a 36-4 mark in 2024-25.
The extension comes less than four months after Florida conducted a four-month Title IX investigation into allegations of sexual harassment/exploitation, stalking and cyberstalking involving multiple women. In January, Florida’s interim Title…
