Donnie Craine, 61, University of Florida men's and women's diving coach, killed, after two boats collide in Jug Creek near Bokeelia.

Florida men's and women's diving coach Donnie Craine died Thursday morning in a boating accident off the coast of Bokeelia.

“Our thoughts are with Mindy, their family and all who had a chance to know and be coached by him,” UF Athletics Director Jeremy Foley said in a news release. “This is such sad news about Donnie Craine. Donnie loved being a Gator and spent his career here coaching our men's and women's diving athletes. He will be missed.”

Thirty of Craine's 37-year coaching career was spent with the Gators. He started his UF coaching career in 1976 after graduating from the University of Michigan. Craine, 61, left after five years and then coached at Schroeder YMCA in Wisconsin, Arkansas and Louisiana State before returning to Florida in 1989.

A four-time SEC Diving Coach of the Year at Florida, Craine coached five NCAA champions, including Florida's first – Chris Snode in 1978 (3-meter springboard).