Gene Ellenson
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Eugene Ellenson was an American college and professional football player, college football coach, and athletic administrator. Ellenson was born in Wisconsin, grew up in Miami, and attended the Univers
Ellenson (left) with Florida State coach Bill Peterson in 1961
Stephen C. O'Connell
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Stephen Cornelius O'Connell was an American attorney, appellate judge and university president. O'Connell was a native of Florida, and earned bachelor's and law degrees before becoming a practicing at
Gene Ellenson
…would be promoted to head coach. Graves did indeed resign as coach after the season ended in a Gator Bowl win over Tennessee, but university president Stephen C. O'Connell passed over Ellenson and chose Tennessee coach and Florida alumnus Doug Dickey to become the Gators' new football coach, much to the chagrin of the…
O'Connell in 1976
O'Connell, Senators John F. Kennedy and George Smathers, and University of Florida President J. Wayne Reitz at a Florida Blue Key event in 1957.
Southeastern exterior view of the Stephen C. O'Connell Center, the principal in-door sports arena on the Gainesville, Florida campus of the University of Florida. The "O'Dome" was named for Stephen C. O'Connell, the sixth president of the university (1967–1973).
Interior of the University of Florida's multi-purpose sports arena, the O'Connell Center, configured for a Florida Gators men's basketball game.