Florida is in the middle of a $64.5 million renovation of the Stephen C. O'Connell Center. The Gators recently constructed a $17 million indoor practice facility. They also just finished up a $25 million renovation to the student-athlete academic center.

And there's still more on the horizon for Florida athletics in terms of facility upgrades.

A master plan commissioned by the University Athletic Association is coming together, being developed by architects to give the Gators an idea exactly what they can do to improve facilities for several different sports.

"It's still being worked on," athletics director Jeremy Foley said this week at the SEC spring meetings in Destin. "Obviously we've got some things we want to get done for all of our programs. Trying to get some pictures and trying to get some costs. Being tweaked. A timetable on that, I don't have it."

It's clear, though, that football is a major priority. Coach Jim McElwain has not been shy about voicing his opinion that Florida's facilities fell well behind most of the league's powerhouse programs over the last decade.

Getting him further upgrades is the top priority for Foley and his staff.

"We're trying to figure that out. Trying to figure out again exactly what coach Mac needs," Foley said. "Certainly there's some team-area needs. There's a lot of things we want to do there, but I want to get the master plan in and see what works. But doing something for football is the highest thing on our agenda."

Florida has discussed overhauling the areas used by the team inside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, from the locker room, to the team meeting rooms, to the coaches' offices, to the training rooms and just about everything else in the south end zone.

How those upgrades will look remains to be seen, and the cost could also be a factor that determines how much gets done and when. Florida also needs upgrades for a number of other successful programs, including softball and baseball.

With the Texas baseball job open, a promise of upgrades to the baseball facilities may be important in retaining head coach Kevin O'Sullivan. First comes football, though.

"Doing something for softball is right up there with it," Foley said. "Obviously there's some things we need to do with baseball too. We have some areas we're going to work on here very, very quickly. But again, before you can prioritize everything you've got to find out what you can do and what it's going to cost and what the timetable looks like. We'll work on that over the summer."

Quotes provided by 247Sports reporter Jake Rowe.

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