Todd Golden facing accusations of sexual harassment and stalking, per report
Todd Golden, the head men’s basketball coach at the University of Florida, has been accused by an “undefined number” of women for sexual harassment and repeated instances of stalking, according to a report on Friday.
The report comes from The Alligator, the student newspaper at the University of Florida, and cites a formal Title IX complaint the school received on Sept. 27. It alleges that Golden violated the UF Gender Equity Policy. A spokesperson for the school declined to comment when reached by The Alligator so as to comply with federal law regarding any Title IX inquiries, complaints or investigations.
According to the report, Golden is accused of sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, and stalking aimed at UF students for over a year. Golden allegedly sent photos and videos of his genitalia while traveling for UF, requested sexual favors, and made unwanted sexual advances through Instagram.
The Alligator spoke with 2 women who said a “small amount of action” had thus far been taken by the school.
From the report:
The first woman, a former UF student, said that Golden stalked her in person, both in his car and on foot, and that this occurred “more than 10 times.” On one occasion, she said she posted her location on her Instagram story, and Golden messaged her shortly after saying that he was in the area “waiting for [her].”
She also said Golden sent unsolicited photos of his genitalia to her. On multiple occasions, the first woman said she received the photos while the team was traveling on the road. The nature of Golden’s alleged stalking became more assertive over time, she said.
“At first, it starts off slow, like, ‘Oh, wow. That’s odd. This guy is showing us attention,’” the first woman said. “And then it becomes, ‘Wow, he’s kind of crossing a line. No, he didn’t mean it that way.’ Then it’s, ‘Wait, he’s fully stepping over that line.’ And then it’s, ‘Wow, there’s a picture of his d*ck.’ It was a full grooming process with all of us.”
Both women The Alligator spoke with also alleged that UF Special Assistant Ralphie Ferrari and UF Director of Basketball Strategy and Analytics Jonathan Safir were complicit in Golden’s actions.
Golden, 39, is in his third season leading the Florida basketball program. He took the Gators to the NCAA Tournament last season and received an extension from the school in March 2024. Golden was hired by athletic director Scott Stricklin from San Francisco ahead of the 2022-23 season.
Fire him and stricklin now for cause. This can’t be tolerated. Athletics is in shambles right now. Put Tebow and SOS in charge for the interim.
Agree..bye bye Strickland and Golden
The timing of this “leak” is interesting. The school received the complaint in September. A month later Strickland releases a letter screaming about how he stands behind Napier. Suddenly, someone releases this info which, of course, makes Strickland look like a dirtbag.
If this is true then he must be fired immediately. Always Belive in innocent until proven guilty as these as serious accusations.
If it does turn out to be true Scott S. should be on the way out with him. This happened already with his prior ladies b ball coach . Hope it is not true as this is nothing to joke about .
His @ss is gone. Showing pics of your Johnson to college chicks.stalking them and telling them they are his drug and good luck charm before games. What,socks is the guy is a up and coming good coach and stupidty will,cost him his job. Looks like golden may be Chester the molester.
Scott Stricklin seems to have a way of hiring the worst human beings in the world to coach basketball.
I won’t say you’re wrong ! I have liked golden and the b ball team has looked so good , but again IF THIS IS TRUE after a lengthy investigation he along with Scott must go !
Feel bad for his wife, and the program. Dude always rubbed me the wrong way, just figured it was because his a West Coast guy…or maybe that he spelled his first name with two Ds.
Anyway, see ya later alligator
“Why were you sending pictures of your d1ck TODD?”
“I don’t KNOW Margot!”
bravo sir!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
crazy times we live now, gender swapping, role reversal etc.
“You just march over there and whip it out”
“I can’t just give someone the full Monty. Margo”
“All right then, if you’re not man enough to whip it out and show your junk, then I am.”
Tis the season to be Mary…. On a serious note I feel bad for Todd’s wife, her husband made a very dumb move and is going to pay the price. May all of us have better judgment than him.
man you guys cant catch a break. too bad. hes toast probably, especially if she still has the photo…
You can tell a lot about an AD based on the people they hire. I see the lawsuit alleges at least two other employees were involved in Golden’s Games.
Oh my…I hope they are unfounded charges
But it looks really bad
The first sighting of Delandthebirthingparent since the red tsunami. Thought you might have fled to somewhere you percieve to be a Democracy, like Gaza, with baby woke.
The dude is a freak, another Pee Wee Herman, I’m not making the case he isn’t.
But me thinks he is/was set-up. How stupid and complete psycho would one have to be to send a pic of his johnson unsolicited to some woman, or women, he was not in a relationship with? (you’d have to be really stupid to send a pic to a woman you are fooling around with but a complete loon to just do so without being involved.)
Maybe Golden should have paid the woman whatever she was asking for initially.
Fire him asap and ban him from the campus but I’d bet some chick(s) is looking for an easy pay-day, and she probably will get it.
Like Urban Meyer sitting on a stool in his restaurant and next thing he knows some freak is booty grinding him. Or, the pro athlete that has a one-night stand and the ho tells him “don’t worry I’m on the pill”; next thing he knows he is paying some gal $10,000.00 for 18 years.
Todd don’t play he had it all trimmed up and proper before he hit the send button. This guy is an idiot. The way the report was read that it was several women on campus stalking them in his car and on foot. He was even taking pics of there cars and sending it to them on Instagram. I feel for his wife and kids. I was under the assumption he was single. The guy looks like a college boy.people are addicted to another of things. Looks like Mr Golden is,addicted to college girls.
Why do you have to drag Pee Wee Herman into this?
Just proves the case
If it flies, floats or f*cks you are better off leasing
Let him stay and coach..it’s not like he’s worse than the orange one..you know…
Don’t worry bro, President Donald J Trump won’t check your welfare benefits.
TDS wreaks havoc on small minds
‘Wow, there’s a picture of his d*ck.’ It was a full grooming process with all of us.”
Dude really thought a lot of his d*ck
1: It is interesting timing since the complaint is like 6 weeks old. That said it would make sense for the student paper to do some due diligence.
2: Never heard of a couple’s story being he pursued her, she kept ignoring his advances, he sent an unsolicited picture of his junk, she falls for him. Usually ends up more like this or Brett Farve or Anthony Weiner. Just seems sad.
3: Hope for Napier’s sake there’s no pictures like that of him floating around for an unhappy booster to find.
Bye bye Stricklin. Get rid of this fugging fool now! I hope you go hungry due to your complete and total incompetence
If this is true, he needs to be fired. Disgusting.
If true, Stricklin is a goner. I know the vetting process is stringent but wow just wow.
As far as Golden is concerned I was just shocked. He should be fired immediately and skull dragged out of Hogtown.
I personally think there’s a special place in helllll for these predators.
I’ve seen reporting from solid sources such as Franz Beard of Gator Bait that Stricklin knew about these allegations BEFORE extending Golden’s contract. Also that it’s been pretty common knowledge around town that Golden has carried out multiple extramarital affairs with young, college age women during his time in Gainesville.
Under normal circumstances, this would absolutely spell the end of Scott Stricklin. But will interim president Ken Fuchs pull the trigger? Given what we’ve seen recently at UF, I would be surprised if Stricklin is let go any time soon.
Fuchs isn’t going to fire scottie – we can only hope that the new prez does so quickly.
There also the sudden, unexpected resignation of Thornquist on 7 Oct – retirements usually come after the end of the season
This is the third set of serious allegations against a head coach during Stricklin’s eight-year tenure.
This plus the hiring of a loser FB coach at $7.5M a year should cause his dismissal
“Dude always rubbed me the wrong way,”
TMI, man. TMI.
Sounds like the entire basketball staff is somehow involved, even the analytics guy.
Just about anywhere else everyone would be placed on administrative leave until the investigation has been completed.