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University of Florida Homecoming and Gator Growl

N/A, N/A, N/A • 100 - 249 Employees
Entertainment/Media

Gator Growl is the flagship event of the University of Florida and a tradition that has continued to be a prominent for over 90 years. It is a University of Florida tradition that marks the culmination of Homecoming Week. The pep rally is rooted in the tradition of Dad's Day when fathers of the then all-male students would visit their sons on campus. In 1924, Dad's Day was replaced with a Friday night pep rally, which was then accompanied by the addition of comedy skits in 1932. Thus, Gator Growl was born. The massive production consists of musical and comedic entertainers, Gator athletics and performances by UF's Cheerleaders, Dazzlers and Pride of the Sunshine Marching Band. Hundreds of students work endless hours to create the annual spectacle. The amount of student participation that goes into an event like this has given Gator Growl the right to call itself the largest student-run pep rally in the nation.Pat ActsRodney Dangerfield1982 Robin Williams1983 Bob Hope, Irene Cara1984 Bill Cosby, Herbie Hancock1986 Billy Crystal1987 Jay Leno1988 Steven Wright, Jerry Seinfeld1989 Richard Jeni, Paula Poundstone1990 Paul Provenza, Jeff Foxworthy1992 David Alan Grier, Larry Miller1993 Garry Shandling, Dennis Miller1994 Sinbad, Bobby Slayton1996 Paul Rodriguez, Craig Shoemaker1997 Howie Mandel, Jeremy Hotz, Michael Buffer, Sister Hazel1998 Ray Romano, Dave Chappelle, Carlos Mencia, Larry the Cable Guy2000 Mitch Hedberg, John Pinette, D. L. Hughley2001 Daniel Tosh, Dave Attell, Jim Breuer2002 Bill Cosby, Harland Williams2003 Sugar Ray, Christopher Titus, Arnez J2004 Bill Engvall, Dane Cook2006 Jim Gaffigan, Gabriel Iglesias2007 Frank Caliendo, Lynyrd Skynyrd2008 Jon Reep, Steve Miller Band2010 Aziz Ansari, Kevin Hart, Dan Levy2011 Joel McHale, Goo Goo Dolls2012 Tracy Morgan, Josh Turner, Dara Torres2013 The Fray, Sister Hazel, New Directions Veterans Choir2014 Brooks Wheelan, Foster the People, Ludacris[3] 2015 Jana Kramer,[4] Echosmith, T.I.