J

eremy Foley, the iconic former athletics director at the University of Florida, is retired now and spending a few weeks this summer in his second home in Vermont.

He began his career at UF more than 40 years ago as a lowly intern stuffing envelopes, parking cars and cleaning bathrooms. He sat in the AD’s chair for 25 years — a span in which the Gators won 24 SEC All-Sports trophies, 130 conference championships and 27 national titles.

Foley still has an office and a title (athletics director emeritus) at UF and serves as an occasional sounding board for current