150,000-square foot TGH Center for Athletic Excellence is part of the on-campus stadium project to be completed by 2027

TAMPA, FLA., NOV. 7, 2025 – The University of South Florida Athletics Department released new renderings of the TGH Center for Athletic Excellence, the future home of USF Football operations and a central component of the university's transformational on-campus stadium project, scheduled for completion in fall 2027.

The 150,000-square-foot facility will be directly connected to the stadium and located adjacent to the Bulls' current Porter Family Indoor Performance Facility and practice fields on the east side of the Tampa campus.

The latest renderings highlight several key spaces, including the grand two-story lobby, state-of-the-art weight room, team meeting room, and training table dining area. The TGH Center will also feature coaches' offices, a players' lounge, sports medicine and recovery facilities, position meeting rooms, and a number of unique amenities such as a barbershop, recording and mixing studio, nutrition bar, and golf simulator.

"It's going to be the nicest football complex in the entire country,'' USF Head Coach Alex Golesh said. "I give Jay Stroman (vice president for advancement and CEO of the USF Foundation) a ton of credit. They allowed us to take the time to do it right and go see places around the country that are the standard.

"Jay gave us the ability to get on a plane and go see the last six buildings that got built. So, we arrived at all the things that made sense. They spared no expense. We're going to have a building that is the new standard, a complete first-class environment. We took the best out of everything we saw and put together the plans for a building that will be absolutely awesome.''

The new weight room will include custom-built racks, a sports science lab equipped with advanced performance technology, a nutrition station, strength coaches' offices, and a DXA scan machine to measure bone density, fat, and muscle composition.

The team meeting room will feature custom tiered, theater-style seating, dual projection screens, and space to accommodate the entire team and staff.

The training table will resemble a sports bar–style dining venue, offering a variety of meal options alongside chef and nutrition staff offices. It will also include a teaching kitchen where student-athletes can learn to prepare nutritious meals.

Serving as the main entrance to both the football facility and the stadium's south tower premium seating, the grand lobby will open onto Sycamore Drive and offer a flexible, dramatic space designed to host special events and gatherings.

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ABOUT USF FOOTBALL
The USF football program first took the field in 1997 and completed its 28th season in 2024 with its second-straight bowl victory in the Hawai'i Bowl. Head coach Alex Golesh posted a program-best six-game turnaround and a Boca Raton Bowl victory in his first season in 2023. USF completed construction on a new $22 million Indoor Performance Facility in 2023 and a $340-million on-campus stadium and football operations center broke ground in the fall of 2024 and is slated for completion by 2027. The Bulls have posted 17 winning seasons, earned 16 All-America selections (including two consensus selections, the last coming in 2021), as well as 33 first-team all-conference honorees. USF has had 30 players selected in the NFL Draft and the Bulls have made 12 bowl game appearances (going 8-4), posting a program-record six straight appearances from 2005-2010 and making four straight bowl appearances from 2015-18. USF posted back-to-back 10-win seasons in 2016 and 2017, logging a program-record 11-2 mark in 2016, while finishing both seasons ranked in the Top 25. USF spent a program-record 20 straight weeks ranked in the Top 25 during the 2016 and 2017 campaigns and reached as high as No. 2 in the Associated Press rankings during the 2007 season.