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During Bishop's tenure as head coach, the Gators won four SEC team championships (1968, 1973, 1974, 1975), and only finished worse than third in the ten-team SEC once in his fifteen seasons leading the team. His fellow SEC coaches recognized him three consecutive seasons as the conference's Coach of
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Bishop became the head coach of the
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