Todd Golden

Golden grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, where he graduated from Sunnyslope High School in 2003. Golden played basketball and baseball at Sunnyslope and helped Sunnyslope win the 2002 Arizona 4A state championship in basketball.[1]

In 2003, Golden enrolled at Saint Mary's College of California, where he played at guard for the Saint Mary's Gaels from 2004 to 2008, including appearances in the 2005 and 2008 NCAA Tournaments.[1][2] Golden played a total of 109 games with 82 starts, averaging 5.5 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 2.5 assists.[2] During his senior season of 2007–08, he ranked second in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio, and graduated as the Gaels' all-time leader in free-throw percentage (.832).[3]

From 2008 to 2010, Golden played for Maccabi Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[4] In two seasons with Maccabi Haifa, Golden played in 22 games and averaged 2.2 points.[5] Golden also competed in the 2009 Maccabiah Games with the USA Open Team.[3]

After working in the private sector in advertising sales once his playing career was over, Golden entered the college coaching ranks, joining Kyle Smith's staff at Columbia University, first as director of basketball operations, then as an assistant coach.[6][7] He then took a director of basketball operations position at Auburn under Bruce Pearl, his coach during the 2009 Maccabiah Games.[8] Golden rose to assistant coach with the Tigers in his final season, before reuniting with Smith at San Francisco.

On April 1, 2019, Golden was officially introduced as the 20th men's basketball coach in Dons history, replacing Smith who departed for Washington State.[9][10]

Golden took the Dons to the NCAA Tournament in 2022, losing in overtime to Murray State in the first round, which was the school’s first NCAA game since 1998.

On March 18, 2022, Golden took the head coaching job at Florida.[11]

Golden is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Israel.[5] He is married to former Saint Mary's volleyball player Megan York.[3]