Florida Baseball was as dead in the water as a team could be four series into the SEC season. The Gators fell to 1-11 before pulling off one of the best in-season turnarounds in recent history to finish 15-15 and be in contention to host a Regional.
However, that turnaround didn't impress other SEC coaches, as two notable Gators were shut out of the SEC postseason awards.
How is Kevin O'Sullivan not the Coach of the Year?
Jim Schlossnagle was named the SEC Coach of the Year. Texas was 36-24 last year and went 20-10 in the Big 12 before Schlossnagle jumped ship from Texas A&M and won the regular season title this year.
On paper, it would be fair enough but it is also lazy voting.
Kevin O'Sullivan pulled off one of his greatest coaching jobs ever in Gainesville in 2025. As we chronicled back in March, it wasn't just that Florida was losing, but they looked like a team that had no juice and was completely lost on what to do.
Six weeks later, they look like one of the most dangerous teams in the country, and that is with the backdrop of having to overcome so many injuries that Florida has had to burn redshirts just to field a starting lineup.
Aidan King Also Snubbed
While Luke Heyman was named to the All-SEC First Team, it is a joke that Aidan King didn't make it. He wasn't even named to the All-SEC Second Team.
The freshman from Jacksonville had an ERA 2.76, the third best ERA in the SEC. Not to name names, but some guys on the First-Team are sitting in 15th in ERA (*cough* Arkansas *cough*).
Jake Clemente did make the All-SEC Second Team while King and Brendan Lawson made the All-Freshman team.
Bobby Boser was named to the All-Defensive Team.
The last time the SEC snubbed a Florida coach for SEC Coach of the Year, Todd Golden went on to win a national title.
So if one is looking for good news, this could be the impetus to make a deep run in June for the Gators.