One need not look far or hard to see Jim McElwain’s fingerprints on the Florida Gators program. An 87,000 square foot indoor practice facility now sits in-between McKethan Stadium and the Stephen C. O’Connell Center, plans to renovate the athletic dorms and a new academic facility for student-athletes are in the works and the football locker room will receive an upgrade in the not too distant future.
These cosmetic changes — while pricey — are nice. They’ll help student-athletes in the classroom and on the field but the change that Jim McElwain is most focused on doesn’t come with a price tag.