<P> The team's program - best 36--3 record resulted in many individual honors . Billy Donovan was named the SEC's Coach of the Year for the third time . Senior point guard Scottie Wilbekin was named Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year, the SEC Tournament MVP, and the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA South region . Senior center Patric Young was named the Defensive Player and Scholar - Athlete of the Year, junior forward Dorian Finney - Smith was named Sixth Man of the Year, and senior guard Casey Prather was named to the All - SEC First Team . </P> <P> The 2014--15 Gators finished the season 16--17, 8--10 in SEC play to finish in a tie for eighth place . They did not participate in a postseason tournament for the first time in 17 years . The woeful season included losses to in - state rivals Miami and Florida State, and three losses to SEC champion Kentucky . The Gators' 63.7 points - per - game were their lowest in the 19 - year coaching tenure of Billy Donovan . After the season, Donovan accepted an offer to coach the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder . He would leave Florida as the winningest coach in program history and coached the Gators to more NCAA tournament appearances and more SEC championships than all other coaches in program history combined . </P> <P> On May 7, 2015, former Louisiana Tech head coach Mike White was hired to coach the Gators succeeding Billy Donovan . White played at Ole Miss and later served as an assistant there for seven seasons . He is a native of the state of Florida and led Louisiana Tech to three straight conference titles . He led them to a 21 - 15 season and a birth to the NIT Tournament in his 1st season at the helm, defeating North Florida and Ohio State in the first two rounds before losing to eventual - NIT champion George Washington in the quarterfinal . In his 2nd season the Gators went 24 - 7 and finished 2nd in the SEC conference standings . After getting a 4 seed in the East Regional, they beat the no . 13 seed East Tennessee, the no . 5 seed Virginia Cavaliers, and the no . 8 seed Wisconsin Badgers--who upset the no . 1 seed Villanova Wildcats--on a last second buzzer beater by Chris Chiozza . They advanced to the Elite Eight where they lost to no . 7 seed South Carolina Gamecocks 77 - 70 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Basketball head coaches </Th> <Th> Seasons </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C.J. McCoy </Td> <Td> 1915--1916 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> No team </Td> <Td> 1916--1919 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> No coach </Td> <Td> 1919--1920 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William G. Kline </Td> <Td> 1920--1922 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Calhoun Y . "Check" Byrd </Td> <Td> 1922--1923 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> James L. White </Td> <Td> 1923--1925 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brady Cowell </Td> <Td> 1925--1933 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ben Clemons </Td> <Td> 1933--1936 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Josh Cody </Td> <Td> 1936--1937 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sam J. McAllister </Td> <Td> 1937--1942 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Spurgeon Cherry </Td> <Td> 1942--1943 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> No team--World War II </Td> <Td> 1943--1944 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Spurgeon Cherry </Td> <Td> 1944--1946 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sam J. McAllister </Td> <Td> 1946--1951 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Mauer </Td> <Td> 1951--1960 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Norm Sloan </Td> <Td> 1960--1966 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tommy Bartlett </Td> <Td> 1966--1973 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Lotz </Td> <Td> 1973--1980 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ed Visscher </Td> <Td> 1980 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Norm Sloan </Td> <Td> 1980--1989 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Don DeVoe </Td> <Td> 1989--1990 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lon Kruger </Td> <Td> 1990--1996 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Billy Donovan </Td> <Td> 1996--2015 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mike White </Td> <Td> 2015--present </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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