Mick Hubert hanging up the mic after 33 years as voice of the Gators

For the last 33 years, Mick Hubert has been the voice of the Florida Gators. From walk-off wins to SEC and National Championships, if the Gators were playing in a big game, Hubert was the voice in your ears. This weekend as the Gators host South Carolina will be the last time Hubert calls a game for Florida.

The legendary voice will be hanging it up following the baseball finale.

“That’s going to be it,” Hubert told Scott Carter of FloridaGators.com. “I think by doing it now that I’m going out at what I consider the top of my game. It’s just time. It’s just time for me to go.”

In his storied career, Mick has been behind the microphone for some of the biggest moments in Florida Gator Sports history. That includes the school’s three national championships in football, two NCAA championships in basketball, and the Gators’ victory in the 2017 College World Series victory in Omaha.

If you’re a Florida fan, you have a memory of Hubert. His legendary, goosebumps-inducing “OH MY!” His iconic call when Chris Doering caught a game-winning touchdown against Kentucky. There was Chris Chiozza’s miracle runner in Madison Square Garden, or a goal-line stand in Death Valley to send the Gators to the SEC Championship. He has been part of the fabric of Florida athletics for more than three decades.

“I hope they heard the enthusiasm, and the credibility is important to me,” Hurbert said. “You need to be factual and credible, but you need to be enthusiastic. That’s what I always felt. I always wanted to take my audience on a roller-coaster ride of emotions. I also wanted to give them enough information so they could paint that picture in their mind.”

Mick Hubert inducted into the Hall of Fame

Hubert was enshrined in the Florida Athletic Hall of Fame in 2018. Other members of the class include Justin Gatlin (track & field), Roy Jones, Jr. (boxing), Jerry Pate (golf), Gary Sheffield (baseball), Michelle Snow (basketball), and Pete Pihos (football).

“I was totally shocked when Wayne Hogan called me with the news and it was one of the few times this sportscaster was speechless,” Hubert said at the time. “Glory to God! It is the highest professional honor I have ever received. I am very humbled to join not only the other Gators but everyone else who has been previously elected.”

Hubert graduated from Illinois State University in 1976. Prior to his arrival in Gainesville, he was the Sports Director at WHIO-TV in Dayton, Ohio, and did play-by-play for Bradley University athletics.

The University Athletic Association will have an in-stadium recognition of Hubert’s career on the video board during this weekend’s baseball series. There are also plans to honor him at a UF football game in the fall.

“Mick Hubert has shared his immense talents and represented the Gators incredibly well for the past 33 years. All of Gator Nation will be eternally grateful for providing the soundtrack for so many special Gator athletic moments,” Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin said. “It’s hard to imagine a UF football or basketball broadcast without his voice being a part of it. Mick is a true pro and one of the all-time greats. We wish him and Judi the very best in the next chapter of their lives.”