Men's Basketball

Florida Southern College

111 Lake Hollingsworth Dr - Lakeland, FL - 33801
Team Office: Tel: (863) 680-4252 Fax: (863) 680-4122
Team website: www.flsouthern.edu/athletics/

Founded in 1885, Florida Southern is a traditional comprehensive/liberal arts 4 year institution where women make up 63 % of student body. Florida Southern offers over 40 Bachelor degree programs including Public Relations & Organizational Communications, Ornamental Horticulture, International Business, Athletic Training and Sports Medicine, and Advertising. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Florida Southern #5 among universities in the south offering a Bachelor's degree.

The campus is located in Lakeland (pop.80k) about 50 miles east of Tampa. The city is one of America's 100 Best Retirement Towns, as ranked by Where to Retire magazine, 2001.

School website
www.flsouthern.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

United Methodist

Enrollment:

1,700

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. SAT 25/75: 960-1120

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$28,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Social Sciences - Business - Comunication

Misc. Information

Head coach Linc Darner completed his second season in 2007-08. Darner took over from Tony Longa in 2006-07. Longa put up a 125-52 record over six years. Over the last 25 years, the Mocs have won 20 or more games 21 times. Darner inherited a team that entered the 2006-07 season with 22 consecutive winning seasons, the second longest streak in NCAA Division II. Darner was chosen from a field of 152 applicants who took a once-struggling St. Joseph’s (Ind.) program to a 30-win season in 2006. In his four years at St. Joseph he produced a 74-45 record. Darner enjoyed a four-year playing career (1991-94) at Purdue under legendary coach Gene Keady. Disaster beset Darner his first year as he was only able to garner 8 wins against 20 losses, breaking a string of 22 consecutive winning seasons. However, in 2007-08, Darner redeemed himself when he went 24-9 and made a first round appearance in the NCAA tourney, losing to Quachita Baptist.

Team Name	Mocs
Colors	Scarlet and White
Division	NCAA Division II
All-Time Record	829-352 (.702)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	24-9	8-20	16-12	109-40 (.732)
Conference	12-4	3-13	7-9	50-22 (.700)
Conf. Finish	1	7	6	4, 1, 2, 3, 1
Post Appear.	1st Rnd	n/a	n/a	NCAA 2x
Final 25 Rank	#17	NR	NR	0x

Coaches

Head Coach	Linc Darner
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Florida Southern	2006-07
Contract Expires	tbp
Record as Head Coach	108-74 (.589)
Record at Florida Southern	32-29
Coaching Awards

Asst. Coaches	David Burkett, Blake Williams, Mike Mazur

Recruiting Coordinator

David Burkett, dburkett@flsouthern.edu

Conference and Schedule

Florida Southern plays in the Sunshine State Conference (www.ssconference.org) which is comprised of nine schools, all in Florida. Conference plays begins in January and Florida Southern will play each team twice, home and away. The 16 league games are usually piggybacked with the women's and played on Wednesday evening and Saturday afternoon. The farthest conference away game is at Barry some 225 miles from campus. The season concludes with the Sunshine State tourney which takes all nine teams with the winner receiving an automatic NCAA berth.

Conference Opponents

Barry University, Eckerd College, Tampa, Florida Tech, Lynn University, Nova Southeastern, Saint Leo University, and Rollins College.

Facilities

Jenkins Fieldhouse
Capacity 2,500, Average attendance: ?

Style/Stats

In 2007-08, Florida Southern was ranked #14 in offense, averaging 83.5 ppg.