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The Florida Gators are the intercollegiate sports teams that represent the University of Florida located in Gainesville, Florida. The "Lady Gators" is an alternative nickname sometimes used by the Gators women's teams. The University of Florida, its athletic program, its alumni, and its sports fans are often collectively referred to as the "Gator Nation." The Gators compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and are consistently ranked among the top college sports programs in the United States. == Overview == The Florida Gators athletic program has been recognized as the best overall in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) over the past two decades, and consistently as one of the best in the nation. During the 2013–14 school year, the Gators men's and women's teams combined to win the Southeastern Conference All-Sports Trophy for the twenty-fourth time in the past twenty-seven years.〔Pat Dooley, "( Florida wins another SEC All-Sports award )," ''The Gainesville Sun'' (May 22, 2011). Retrieved May, 2011.〕 Every year since 1983, the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) has recognized the Gators athletic program as one of the ten best overall Division I athletic programs in the country in its annual NACDA Directors' Cup standings.〔NACDA.com, ( Learfield Sports Directors' Cup Previous Scoring ). Retrieved July 11, 2009.〕 The men's athletic program was also the winner of the 2010–11 and 2011–12 Capital One Cup; the women's athletic program won the Capital One Cup in 2013–14. Among the Gators' recent national championships, the Florida Gators men's basketball team won the 2006 and 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments, and the Florida Gators football team won 2007 BCS National Championship Game in football, all in the space of 366 days.〔''See'' NCAA.com, NCAA History, ( Division I Football ). Retrieved March 12, 2015. ''See also'' NCAA.com, NCAA History, ( Division I Men's basketball ). Retrieved March 12, 2015.〕 Florida is the only school in NCAA Division I history to hold the men's basketball and football championships during the same school year.〔 In January 2009, the Gators football team won the 2009 BCS National Championship Game with a 24–14 victory over the Oklahoma Sooners.〔Associated Press, "( Florida rides Tebow, suffocating defense to another BCS title )," ESPN.com (January 8, 2009). Retrieved July 12, 2009〕 The Gators won the NCAA men's indoor track and field championship in three consecutive seasons in 2010, 2011 and 2012,〔"( UF track and field coach wins national honor )," ''The Gainesville Sun'' (March 19, 2010). Retrieved March 20, 2010,〕 the NCAA women's swimming and diving team national championship in 2010,〔Associated Press, "( UF women win NCAA swimming championship )," ''The Gainesville Sun'' (March 20, 2010). Retrieved March 21, 2010.〕〔"( Gator men repeat as indoor track national champs )," ''The Gainesville Sun'' (March 12, 2011). Retrieved May 25, 2011.〕 the NCAA women's tennis championship in 2011 and 2012,〔Associated Press, "( Florida women's tennis wins national championship )," ''The Gainesville Sun'' (May 24, 2011). Retrieved May 25, 2011.〕 the NCAA men's outdoor track and field championship in 2012 and 2013, the NCAA women's gymnastics championship in 2013, 2014 and 2015, and the NCAA softball championships in 2014 and 2015 earning the university a total of thirty-five national team championships.〔Associated Press, "( UF men's track captures first NCAA Outdoor title )," ''The Gainesville Sun'' (June 10, 2012). Retrieved June 10, 2012.〕 Individual Gator athletes have won 279 individual NCAA championships in boxing, golf, gymnastics, swimming and diving, tennis, and track and field.〔GatorZone.com, Athletic Department, ( Overview & History ). Retrieved June 29, 2015.〕 All Gators sports teams compete in NCAA Division I,〔NCAA.org, NCAA Members by Division, ( Division I Members ). Retrieved July 13, 2009.〕 and twenty of the twenty-one Gators teams compete in the SEC.〔''See'' website of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), ( SECSports.com ). Retrieved July 12, 2009. The sole University of Florida sports team that does not play in the SEC is the Florida Gators women's lacrosse team, which began play in the Big East Conference as an associate member in 2015; they formerly played in the single-sport American Lacrosse Conference (ALC). ''See'' ALC's website, ( AmericanLacrosseConference.com ). Retrieved July 12, 2009.〕 The University of Florida was one of the thirteen charter members who joined together to form the new Southeastern Conference on December 8 and 9, 1932.〔Because the SEC did not begin conference play until the fall of 1933, many references inaccurately cite 1933, not 1932, as the SEC's year of formation. ''See'' SECSports.com, ''2008–2008 SEC Record Book'', ( History of the Southeastern Conference ). Retrieved July 12, 2009.〕 Previously, the university was a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association from 1912 to 1921,〔Roger Saylor, "( Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association )," College Football Historical Society, The LA84 Foundation. Retrieved July 12, 2009.〕 and the Southern Conference from 1922 until the SEC began play in the fall of 1933.〔SoConSports.com, ( The History of the Southern Conference ). Retrieved July 12, 2009.〕 The University of Florida sports teams adopted orange and blue as their official colors in 1910, purportedly representing a combination of the main colors of the two primary institutions that merged to form the university in 1905.〔The East Florida Seminary's colors were orange and black; the colors of the University of Florida at Lake City (formerly the Florida Agricultural College) were blue and white. University of Florida, History, ( 1906–1927: Early Gainesville ). Retrieved July 12, 2009. The accuracy of the story regarding the origins of the school colors is uncertain.〕 The alligator, or "gator," was incidentally chosen as Florida's mascot when a Gainesville merchant sold school pennants with an alligator emblem in 1908; the football team subsequently adopted the "Gators" nickname in 1911.〔〔The accuracy of the story regarding the origins of the school mascot is also uncertain. With the state of Florida being home to an estimated one million alligators, the American Alligator, or "gator," is certainly an appropriate mascot.〕 Albert and Alberta are the official costumed mascots of the Florida Gators.〔GatorZone.com, Gator Spirit Squads, ( University of Florida Mascots! ). Retrieved July 12, 2009.〕 Albert and Alberta are unique among the SEC's mascots as the only male-and-female pair. All Florida Gators sports teams have on-campus facilities, and most are located on Stadium Road, including Ben Hill Griffin Stadium for football,〔GatorZone.com, Football, ( Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field ). Retrieved July 12, 2009.〕 the O'Connell Center for basketball,〔GatorZone.com, Men's Basketball Facilities, ( Stephen C. O'Connell Center ). Retrieved July 12, 2009.〕〔GatorZone.com, Women's Basketball Facilities, ( Stephen C. O'Connell Center ). Retrieved July 12, 2009.〕 gymnastics,〔GatorZone.com, Gymnastics Facilities, ( Stephen C. O'Connell Center ). Retrieved July 12, 2009.〕 swimming and diving,〔GatorZone.com, Swimming & Diving Facilities, ( Stephen C. O'Connell Center ). Retrieved July 12, 2009.〕 indoor track and field,〔GatorZone.com, Indoor Track & Field Facilities, ( Stephen C. O'Connell Center ). Retrieved July 12, 2009.〕 and volleyball,〔GatorZone.com, Volleyball Facilities, ( Stephen C. O'Connell Center ). Retrieved July 12, 2009.〕 Alfred A. McKethan Stadium for baseball,〔GatorZone.com, Baseball Facilities, ( McKethan Stadium at Perry Field ). Retrieved July 12, 2009.〕 and James G. Pressly Stadium for soccer〔GatorZone.com, Soccer Facilities, ( James G. Pressly Stadium ). Retrieved July 12, 2009.〕 and outdoor track and field.〔GatorZone.com, Track & Field Facilities, ( Percy Beard Track at James G. Pressly Stadium ). Retrieved July 12, 2009.〕 The Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium and the Florida Lacrosse Facility are located on Hull Road on the southwestern side of the campus.〔GatorZone.com, Softball Facilities, ( Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium ). Retrieved July 12, 2009.〕〔GatorZone.com, Lacrosse Facilities, ( Donald R. Dizney Stadium ). Retrieved July 12, 2009.〕 The Mark Bostick Golf Course and Scott Linder Stadium for tennis are located on S.W. Second Avenue on the northwestern side of the campus.〔UFGolfcourse.com, ( Mark Bostick Golf Course at the University of Florida ). Retrieved July 12, 2009.〕〔GatorZone.com, Men's Tennis Facilities, ( Linder Stadium at Ring Tennis Complex ). Retrieved July 12, 2009.〕〔GatorZone.com, Women's Tennis Facilities, ( Linder Stadium at the Ring Tennis Complex ). Retrieved July 12, 2009.〕 The Florida Gators athletic program is administered by the University Athletic Association, Inc. (UAA), a private non-profit corporation that reports to the president of the university and its board of trustees.〔University Athletic Association, ( website homepage ). Retrieved July 11, 2009.〕 For the 2014–15 school year, the UAA has an operating budget of $103,310,001, projected revenues of $104,064,487, and will make a $3.5 million contribution to the university's general fund.〔University Athletic Association, ( 2014–2015 Operating Budget Executive Summary ). Retrieved September 4, 2014.〕 Jeremy Foley is Florida's athletic director, having served in his present position since 1992.〔"( Florida AD Jeremy Foley tops list of state's power brokers in college athletics )," ''Orlando Sentinel'' (July 7, 2009). Retrieved July 12, 2009.〕 Foley supevised the searches that resulted in the hiring of national-championship coaches Becky Burleigh (women's soccer), Billy Donovan (men's basketball), Rhonda Faehn (gymnastics), Mike Holloway (men's track and field), Urban Meyer (football), Roland Thornqvist (women's tennis), Gregg Troy (women's swimming), and Tim Walton (softball). He was also fortunate to inherit SEC-dominant volleyball coach Mary Wise, the only current Gators head coach who predates Foley's tenure as athletic director. He has guided the successful expansion of Florida's varsity sports program over the past two decades, with the addition of women's soccer in 1995, softball in 1997, and women's lacrosse in 2010. The University of Florida currently fields teams in nine men's sports and twelve women's sports, including:〔''See, generally,'' ( GatorZone.com ). Retrieved September 4, 2014.〕 The Gators men's and women's track and field teams are counted twice in the total number of Florida's sports teams because Gators track and field athletes compete in the separate indoor and outdoor track and field seasons sanctioned by the NCAA. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Florida Gators」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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