University of Florida Athletic Association

University Athletic Association

Established	1929
Director	Jeremy Foley
Location	Gainesville, Florida, USA
Website	Official website

The Lemerand Center, home of the UAA.

The University Athletic Association, Inc. (UAA) is a non-profit corporation that is responsible for maintaining the Florida Gators intercollegiate sports program of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. The UAA is run by a board of directors led by the University of Florida's athletic director. The athletic director also acts as the UAA's chief financial officer and reports directly to the president of the university.^[1][2]

The athletic association was originally incorporated in 1929 with impetus from university president John J. Tigert to oversee the construction of Florida Field. Since then, its mission has grown to include operating and improving all of the school's athletic programs and facilities. For the 2014-15 academic year, the UAA has an annual operating budget of $103.3 million which is funded entirely through its own revenues with additional support from Gator Boosters, Inc., the fundraising arm of the university's athletic department. The UAA does not depend on the University of Florida's state funding for financial support, and has in fact contributed $79 million to the school's academic programs since 1990.^[3]

Current varsity sports

The UAA currently fields Florida Gators teams in nine men's sports and twelve women's sports:

Men's sports Gators baseball Gators men's basketball Gators men's cross country Gators football Gators men's golf Gators men's swimming and diving Gators men's tennis Gators men's track and field

Women's sports Gators women's basketball Gators women's cross country Gators women's golf Gators women's gymnastics Gators women's lacrosse Gators women's soccer Gators softball Gators women's swimming and diving Gators women's tennis Gators women's track and field Gators women's volleyball

The Gators men's and women's track and field teams are counted twice in the total number of sports teams because Florida's track and field athletes compete in the separate indoor and outdoor track and field seasons sanctioned by the NCAA.

Athletic directors

Since 1917, the following fourteen men have served as the athletic director of the University of Florida's intercollegiate sports program:

• Alfred L. Buser (1917–20)
• William G. Kline (1920–23)
• James L. White (1923–25)
• Everett M. Yon (1925–28)
• Charlie Bachman (1928–30)
• Edgar C. Jones (1930–36)
• Josh Cody (1936–39)
• Tom Lieb (1940–45)
• Raymond Wolf (1946–49)
• Bob Woodruff (1950–59)
• Ray Graves (1960–79)
• Bill Carr (1979–86)
• Bill Arnsparger (1986–92)
• Jeremy Foley (1992– )

Nine of the fourteen athletic directors were also the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Five, including James White, Everett Yon, Edgar Jones, Bill Carr, Bill Arnsparger and Jeremy Foley, were not. In addition to serving as the athletic director, White was the head coach of the Florida Gators men's basketball and baseball teams; Jones was the head coach of the Gators men's golf team. Yon, Jones and Carr were former Gators athletes. Bill Arnsparger was the former head coach of the LSU Tigers football team. Only the present athletic director Jeremy Foley, who has spent his entire adult career working for the UAA in a variety of capacities, never coached a college varsity sports team.

See also

• History of the University of Florida
• List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members

References

1. Hobart & William Smith Colleges: Alumni Biographies-Jeremy Foley '74
2. http://www.uaa.ufl.edu
3. University Athletic Association, 2014–2015 Operating Budget Executive Summary. Retrieved September 4, 2014.