Florida Gulf Coast University, also known as FGCU, is a coeducational public research university located just south of theSouthwest Florida International Airport in the South Fort Myers region of unincorporated Lee County, Florida, United States. The university belongs to the 12-campus State University System of Florida. FGCU competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference in Division Isports and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate's,bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.[3]
The school was established by then-governor Lawton Chiles in 1991, although the
site of the university was not chosen until 1992, and construction pushed back even further still (until 1995). The school first held classes in August 1997. Roy McTarnaghan was named as the university's founding president. In August 1998, the university completed its first phase of student housing, which featured traditional dorms in which two students shared a single room and cohabited together.
Florida Gulf Coast stunned Georgetown on Friday in the NCAA tournament, becoming just the seventh No. 15 seed to defeat a No. 2 since the field expanded in 1985. Here are the things you should know about the Fort Myers, Fla., school.
The school was established by then-governor Lawton Chiles in 1991, although the
site of the university was not chosen until 1992, and construction pushed back even further still (until 1995). The school first held classes in August 1997. Roy McTarnaghan was named as the university's founding president. In August 1998, the university completed its first phase of student housing, which featured traditional dorms in which two students shared a single room and cohabited together.
Florida Gulf Coast stunned Georgetown on Friday in the NCAA tournament, becoming just the seventh No. 15 seed to defeat a No. 2 since the field expanded in 1985. Here are the things you should know about the Fort Myers, Fla., school.
- Every player on the team is older than Florida Gulf Coast University itself.
While the school was founded in 1991 on more than 700 acres of restored wetlands, the first student wasn’t accepted until 1997.
- It’s only been a Divison I program for six years.
And this is just the second year it was even eligible to play in the NCAA tournament.
- They pulled off one of the best alley-oops in tournament history.
Obviously that’s subjective, but really. Brett Comer could have played it safe with FGCU leading by seven with two minutes remaining, but instead he bounced an alley-oop pass off the backboard which Chase Fieler threw down with one hand.
- The coach, Andy Enfield, left a cushy job at a Wall Street firm that’s now worth over $100 million because he was determined to be a head coach.
The startup software contract management company he launched was worth nine figures when he opted out.
- And he set the NCAA career record for free-throw percentage (.925) while at Johns Hopkins.
Enfield missed just 25 foul shots throughout his entire collegiate career and graduated as the program’s all-time leading scorer.
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