| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Tampa |
| Conference | SSC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | December 12, 1970 Ravenna, Ohio, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1990–1994 | Purdue |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1994–1995 | Purdue (student asst.) |
| 1995–1997 | Murray State (assistant) |
| 1997–1998 | Lincoln Memorial (assistant) |
| 1998–2002 | Ashland (assistant) |
| 2002–2006 | Saint Joseph's (IN) |
| 2006–2015 | Florida Southern |
| 2015–2020 | Green Bay |
| 2021–2022 | Ball State (associate HC) |
| 2022–2023 | High Point (assistant) |
| 2023–present | Tampa |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 384–196 (.662) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Horizon League tournament (2016) NCAA DII National (2015) 6× SSC regular season (2008–2010, 2013–2015) 6× SSC tournament (2008–2009, 2012–2015) GLVC regular season (2006) GLVC tournament (2006) | |
| Awards | |
| NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year (2015) 6× SSC Coach of the Year (2008–2010, 2013–2015) | |
Linc Mitchel Darner (born December 12, 1970) is an American basketball coach and former men's basketball coach of the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay Phoenix.[1] Darner previously spent nine seasons as the head coach at DII Florida Southern College and four seasons at Saint Joseph's College (Indiana). In 2015, Darner's Florida Southern Moccasins finished 36–1 and won the NCAA Division II National Championship.[2] Darner was named the 2015 NABC UPS DII National Coach of the Year.[3]
Darner took over at Green Bay after Brian Wardle left in 2015. In his first season, he led the Phoenix to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1996. Darner was fired on May 17, 2020, after posting a 17–16 record in 2019–20.[4]