New Florida Gators men’s basketball head coach Todd Golden’s first major task in the role is apparently done, with his coaching staff now filled officially or reportedly.
A Thursday report from Jeff Borzello of ESPN adds UNLV assistant Carlin Hartman to a staff that had already added Richmond assistant Kevin Hovde and Mississippi State assistant Korey McCray, each of whom was announced as part of Florida’s staff earlier this week.
Borzello also first reported that San Francisco assistant Jonathan Safir, who served as a bench coach under Golden for the Dons, is also joining Florida’s staff, but not as an assistant coach, which implied that Safir — renowned as an analytics-minded coach, but still very young for the profession as a 2015 graduate of Vassar — was likely to serve in a behind-the-bench capacity for the Gators.