| Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball | |||
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| University | Florida Gulf Coast University | ||
| First season | 2002–03; 22 years ago | ||
| Head coach | Chelsea Lyles (1st season) | ||
| Conference | Atlantic Sun | ||
| Location | Fort Myers, Florida | ||
| Arena | Alico Arena (capacity: 4,500) | ||
| Nickname | Eagles | ||
| Colors | Cobalt blue and emerald green[1] | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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| NCAA tournament runner-up | |||
| 2007* | |||
| NCAA tournament Final Four | |||
| 2007* | |||
| NCAA tournament Elite Eight | |||
| 2007* | |||
| NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | |||
| 2006*, 2007* | |||
| NCAA tournament round of 32 | |||
| 2006*, 2007*, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2023 | |||
| NCAA tournament appearances | |||
| 2006*, 2007*, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 *at Division II level | |||
| Conference tournament champions | |||
| 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020†, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | |||
| Conference regular season champions | |||
| 2009**, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | |||
| Conference division season champions | |||
| 2022
** Not eligible for conference or NCAA Tournament due to transition to Division I
† Co-champions with Liberty University after Tournament cancelled[2] | |||
The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference.[3]
In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II.[4] Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season.[5][6] Florida Gulf Coast became a full Division I member on August 11, 2011.[7]
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