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The 2023/24 campaign has been a great one for the Florida Gators.

Sitting at 21-10 with an 11-7 SEC record, Florida is all but locked into the 68-team March Madness field.

And a lot of the credit has to be attributed to head coach Todd Golden.

Hired before the 2022/23 season, Golden was a young, but mostly unproven coach who had found some success at the University of San Francisco.

Despite an up-and-down first season, the Gators massively improved this year, which prompted a two-year extension to Golden’s contrat, per Jacob Rudner of Swamp247.

The new deal will run through the 2030 season, and is likely to include a significant raise.

Golden’s Gators have a solid foundation for the years to come, despite losing star senior guard Zion Pullin and senior forward Tyrese Samuel.

However, the Gators have players to build around in the form of freshman forward Alex Condon, as well as future recruits joining the team.

Now that their guy is locked up, the Gators will refocus on the task at hand.

They face the Georgia Bulldogs in the Second Round of the SEC Tournament on Thursday night, and are projected to land anywhere from a 7-to-9 seed in Sunday’s selection.