Report: Former Big 12 assistant Carlin Hartman joining Florida basketball staff

Todd Golden is bringing in an associate head coach with a bevy of experience. According to Jeff Borzello of ESPN, UNLV assistant Carlin Hartman is takings his talents to Gainesville to join Golden’s Florida staff.

“UNLV assistant Carlin Hartman is joining Florida’s staff as associate head coach, sources told ESPN,” tweeted Borzello. “Was an assistant under Lon Kruger at Oklahoma for five years before heading to Vegas last spring.”

Moreover, Hartman rose to prominence as an assistant under Lon Kruger at Oklahoma for five seasons. Prior, his career spanned over two decades at numerous stops as an assistant, including Rice, Columbia, James Madison and Richmond.

Additionally, the 49-year old coach also had an impressive playing career. At Tulane, Hartman finished his career as one of the best players to ever don the uniform. Afterwards, he played three seasons in the Continental Basketball Association. Then, he retired from playing, beginning his coaching career as an assistant at Rice.

Now, Todd Golden is bringing the experienced, respected Carlin Hartman to the SEC with Florida. As Golden looks to round his coaching staff out with talented coaches, he’s identified Hartman as someone who can help relay his message.

Todd Golden explains plan to utilize analytics at Florida

Moreover, Todd Golden has big plans to utilize analytics at Florida. After being chosen to lead the Gators into a new era, the former San Francisco head coach spoke about his unique vision regarding a way to get a competitive advantage.

“It started when I was a young kid, you know, my father was passionate about sports,” started Golden. “I always had the sports page at the kitchen table, eating breakfast everyday. So, I would go through and look at box scores. Kind of fell in love with looking at numbers, and kind of followed that throughout high school. But it really was at Saint Mary’s, and (Saint Mary’s head coach) Randy [Bennett] — back in 2003, 2004 — were kind of on the cutting edge of analytics all the way back then. In regards to collecting data in a different way to evaluate guys.

“One of the things that they did was create a system called hustle stats. We statted every possession of five on five in practice. There was about 40 stats that they would keep. You know, tracking winning plays and losing plays, and using it as a teaching tool for our team. Pairing it with film. To be honest, if it weren’t for that foundation and that system at Saint Mary’s, I wouldn’t be here today. I wouldn’t have played as much as I did. It gave me an opportunity to break in the rotation as a walk-on.

“You know, I saw what it did for me. The opportunities that it provided me. Thought it would be silly if I didn’t take advantage of that as a coach.”

As you can see, Todd Golden will utilize analytics in a unique way for Florida. The coach is already bringing new systems and flavors to the Gators basketball program.