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Gainesville’s Golden boy

JL;DR SUMMARY Todd Golden, recently appointed as the head coach of the University of Florida men's basketball team, is revitalizing Gators basketball by embracing his Jewish identity and connecting with the university's substantial Jewish community. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityJewish IdentityBasketballBruce PearlMaccabiah GamesUniversity Of FloridaNcaa TournamentTodd GoldenCoaching

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Gainesville, Florida, United States
"Earlier this year he was hired to be the head coach of the University of Florida mens basketball team, signing a reported six-year, $18 million contract. "
New York, United States
"eventually taking a job at Columbia University in New York. "
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
"Golden played basketball at his local Jewish community center when he was growing up, driving just five minutes down the road to the Phoenix JCC. "
San Francisco, California, United States
"After moving back to the U.S. (Golden had been homesick, he said, although he did enjoy living in close proximity to Tel Aviv), he moved to San Francisco to work in sales and marketing. "
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
"Head coach Todd Golden of the San Francisco Dons reacts after one of his players fouled a Gonzaga Bulldogs player on a 3-point-shot attempt during the West Coast Conference basketball tournament semifinals at the Orleans Arena on March 9, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada. "
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
"He hosted the men for training camp in Knoxville, Tenn. I took them to temple on a Friday night, and half the guys had never been to synagogue before. "
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
"Golden played in the American Maccabiah games every summer when he was a teen, representing the Phoenix Jewish community in places such as Dallas, Charlotte, N.C., and Boca Raton, Fla. "
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
"Josh Pastner coaches Georgia Tech, and Eran Ganot, the son of an Israeli immigrant and the head coach at the University of Hawaii, is like a big brother to me, said Golden. "
Auburn, Alabama, United States
"After two seasons as an assistant coach at Columbia, he moved down to Alabama to join Pearls coaching staff at Auburn. "
Dallas, Texas, United States
"Golden played in the American Maccabiah games every summer when he was a teen, representing the Phoenix Jewish community in places such as Dallas, Charlotte, N.C., and Boca Raton, Fla. "
Boca Raton, Florida, United States
"Golden played in the American Maccabiah games every summer when he was a teen, representing the Phoenix Jewish community in places such as Dallas, Charlotte, N.C., and Boca Raton, Fla. "
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
"Josh Pastner coaches Georgia Tech, and Eran Ganot, the son of an Israeli immigrant and the head coach at the University of Hawaii, is like a big brother to me, said Golden. "
Haifa, Haifa District, Israel
"At the time, Golden was playing professionally for Maccabi Haifa, an Israeli team, after a career at Saint Marys College in the San Francisco Bay Area. "
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"After moving back to the U.S. (Golden had been homesick, he said, although he did enjoy living in close proximity to Tel Aviv), he moved to San Francisco to work in sales and marketing. "

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