James W. “Bill” Heavener Football Training Center

The center serves as a world-class, 140,000 square foot indoor training facility and day-to-day home for Florida football student athletes and staff. This standalone facility, was built where the  McKethan Stadium once stood and got it’s name from a generous gift from Bill Heavener, a 1970 UF graduate and a graduate of the Harvard Business School. Heavener is a longtime donor to the University of Florida and the University Athletic Association.

The state-of-the-art training center includes meeting rooms, locker rooms, strength and conditioning areas, training rooms and coaches’ offices, all located adjacent to the practice field, creating maximum efficiency for the team. The front lower quadrant of the building will be for all University of Florida student athletes and will include a dining hall, lounge and various outdoor activities and amenities.

“This facility itself is going to be a really important part of Gator football going forward. It’s an important investment for our present and also our future. We talk about championship experience with integrity and that’s a mark of Gator Athletics, and Bill (Heavener) embodies that in every shape and form. It’s fitting that this facility is going to help Gator football moving forward for generations to come and will have Bill’s name on it.” – Scott Stricklin (Excerpt from FloridaGators.com)

For more information on the opening of the Center visit floridagators.com