University of Florida Baseball

Head Coach – 2026 will be 19th season at Florida 2017 National Champions .671 Winning Percentage Ranks 4th Among Active Division I Coaches (min. 10 DI seasons) .599 SEC Winning Percentage Ranks 1st Since 2008 9x NCAA College World Series Appearances – 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024 7x SEC Eastern Division Champions – 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2023 6x SEC Champions – 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2023 3x SEC Coach of the Year – 2010, 2014, 2018 2x SEC Tournament Champions – 2011, 2015 School-Record 17 Consecutive NCAA Tournament Appearances (ranks second nationally) 2023 ABCA Southeast Region Coach of the Year 2017 Skip Bertman Award Winner (National Coach of the Year) 2017 National Coach of the Year (ABCA/Diamond, Collegiate Baseball, D1Baseball.com) 2011 College Coach of the Year (Baseball America) 116 Major League Baseball Draft Picks 41 MLB Debuts Since 2008 (most in nation) 14 First-Round MLB Draft Picks since 2012 (second nationally) O’Sullivan Year-by-Year Head Coaching Record Year School Record Pct. SEC Pct. Highlights 2008 Florida 34-24 .586 17-13 .567 First NCAA Regional trip since 2005 2009 Florida 42-22 .656 19-11 .633 NCAA Super Regional, SEC East Champion, No. 8 national seed 2010 Florida 47-17 .734 22-8 .733 NCAA College World Series, SEC Champion, No. 3 national seed 2011 Florida 53-19 .736 22-8 .733 NCAA CWS Runner-Up, SEC Champion, No. 2 national seed 2012 Florida 47-20 .701 18-12 .600 NCAA College World Series, No. 1 national

Pitching Coach - 2026 will be 5th Season at Florida Kopp enters his fifth year with the Florida baseball program in 2025-26, having been hired in July 2021. ...

The University of Florida baseball program brought back its all-time saves leader for the 2025 season, with Michael Byrne being tabbed as a student assistant...

Shawn Burke enters his fifth season as the strength and conditioning coordinator for the Florida baseball program and his eighth year overall at the Universi...

Assistant Coach - 2026 will be 4th Season at Florida Taylor Black completed his third year on the Florida coaching staff in 2024-25 after being announced as an assistant coach by Head Coach Kevin O'Sullivan on June 13, 2022. The Gators have reached the College World Series in Omaha in two of Black's three seasons while advancing to the NCAA Tournament every year. Black and company played an irreplaceable role in the Gators' midseason SEC turnaround. In the team's final 18 conference games, the offense slashed .296/.406/.500 with 26 homers and 32 stolen bases. Much of the early struggles were due to the fact that the Gators saw 10 key players go down with an injury during the season. Despite this, Florida delivered a .639 winning percentage highlighted by a .704 mark in the last 27 games (19-8). The Gators simply refused to quit, boasting 15 come-from-behind victories, nine of which occurred in the last 27 games. Thanks to Black, shortstop Colby Shelton and catcher/designated hitter Brody Donay both enjoyed career years at the plate. Shelton reached base in 44 of 45 games before suffering a season-ending hamate injury, hitting .377/.458/.606 with seven home runs, 19 doubles, 40 runs, 35 RBI and six stolen bases. The Brooks Wallace Award Semifinalist recorded 23 multi-hit games despite seeing limited action. Meanwhile, Donay slugged a career-high 18 home runs while slashing .303/.418/.646 for a 1.064. The junior finished with two triples, 10 doubles, 45 runs, 41 RBI and eight s

COACHING CAREER Tom Slater brings nearly 35 years of combined coaching experience in the collegiate and professional ranks to Florida, featuring 17 seasons in college baseball alone (Head Coach, Auburn, 2005–08; Assistant Coach, Florida, 2004; Head Coach, VMI, 2001–03; Assistant Coach, Auburn, 1995–2000). Spending the past 17-plus years in professional baseball, Slater’s impressive resume features time with the New York Yankees (2009-17), New York Mets (2018-21), Miami Marlins (2022-24) and Philadelphia Phillies (2025) organizations. Producing more than 110 MLB draftees across his 17 years as a college coach alone, Slater has coached up 13 first-round draft selections and 47 players chosen within the top-10 rounds. Slater most recently served as the hitting coach of the Double-A Reading Fightin Phils in 2025. In his lone season in Reading, Slater coached infielder/outfielder Felix Reyes to the 2025 Eastern League MVP Award in addition to the EL batting title (.335). Reyes finished the season hitting 29 points higher than any other hitter while pacing the EL in slugging percentage (.572), OPS (.937), doubles (34), extra-base hits (53) and total bases (210). Three Fightin Phils were named EL All-Stars in Reyes, shortstop Aidan Miller and outfielder Hendry Mendez as Reading finished the season ranking inside the top-four of the EL in nearly every offensive statistic: second in total bases (1,699), second in doubles (245), third in home runs (118), third in batting (.239), third