WATCH: Todd Golden talks UF summer workouts, new roster additions
GAINESVILLE, Fla — With summer training underway, the Florida Gators took to the court for the first time this week in a team workout setting. UF coach Todd Golden met with the media afterward to share his first impressions of his 2025-26 squad.
In the video below, Golden discusses the start of summer workouts, his new roster additions and more.
The Gators’ offseason begins the quest to defend their 2025 national title. Golden was asked whether he talks to his new group about repeating or tries to avoid the elephant in the room.
“I think it’s a middle ground a little bit. I’m not going to sit here and reference last year’s team all the time. I’m not going to do that with this group, but the standard. We have a standard in our program now, and we have enough guys back that they know what it is,” Golden said. “I think they have enough ownership to have the desire to hold other guys to it.
“So, no, we’re not going to say, ‘Hey, last year we won the championship. We did it this way.’ But if guys aren’t going hard, you know, that’s not OK in our program. So trying to balance it where our guys understand what the expectation is without referencing guys that you know have moved on, so to speak.”
Summer will also serve as an opportunity for new leaders to emerge on the team. Florida lost its senior trio in the backcourt and Golden expects to lean more on his frontcourt players to provide leadership.
“We’ll kind of see who kind of absorbs that leadership opportunity. I think we have a lot of guys that are capable,” Golden said. “I think it might come from our frontcourt a little more this year, guys that have been in the program for a couple years and just have a great understanding of what we do.
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“I think Condo’s a guy that might want to take that responsibility. I think Tommy’s a guy that’s more than capable. Rueben, obviously, with the way he shows up and plays his tail off every day. I think we have a number of guys that will be able to. We’ll be different that way, but I think we have a couple guys that will be willing to assume that role.”
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