Gators, Golden agree to 6-year, $40

• Jeff BorzelloMay 6, 2025, 12:28 PM ET

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Golden, fresh off leading the Gators to the championship game, has actually agreed to a six-year, $40.5 million agreement extension that keeps him in Gainesville through the 2030-31 season.Golden ends up being

among the five highest-paid coaches in college basketball, at $6.75 million annually.He guided the

Gators to a 36-4 record in his 3rd season at the helm, winning the program’s 3rd championship game. The 39-year-old became the youngest coach to lead a group to the title given that Jim Valvano in 1983.

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“My family and I are grateful to be a part of Gator Nation and for the opportunity to lead this terrific program 3 years ago,” Golden stated. “As we’ve shown during our time in Gainesville, the University of Florida is an institution that has the resources, support, and individuals in place to contend and win national championships. I am so pleased of each and every player and staff member who have actually been crucial to the success we’ve experienced here. My family and I eagerly anticipate our future here at UF and to the ongoing success of our guys’s basketball program.”

Golden took control of for Mike White in 2022 after three seasons at San Francisco. He led Florida to the NCAA competition in his 2nd season, losing to Colorado in the very first round.This season

, the Gators won the SEC competition and earned a 1-seed in the NCAA competition before making a run to the national championship game, where they beat Houston, 65-63.

“Todd has done an unbelievable task getting Florida guys’s basketball back where it belongs,” athletic director Scott Stricklin stated. “Our companied believe in his vision, his competitive nature and his contemporary technique to the game back in 2022, and he has actually confirmed that belief in a fairly short time and assisted produce memories of a life time for another generation of Gator fans.”

Golden was making $3 million under the terms of his initial deal at Florida, then signed a two-year extension last March that paid him over $4 million per year.Earlier in the

2024-25 season, Golden was the topic of a four-month University of Florida Title IX examination, following a grievance filed against Golden in September that consisted of allegations of sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, stalking and cyberstalking from numerous ladies, including students.That investigation

was closed in late January.”We take these matters seriously and understand the requirement for the procedure to be performed with rigorous privacy and discretion,” the University Athletic Association, which oversees Florida athletics, said in a statement after the school discovered”no evidence “Golden broke Title IX. “Throughout this process, Coach Golden has actually demonstrated significant focus and professionalism, and we applaud him for that. As the Gators move on, we reaffirm our dedication to promoting a championship experience with integrity.”