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Joseph Gerard Dooley III is the former head men's basketball coach of the East Carolina University Pirates, having previously served as head coach from 1995 to 1999 and 2018-2022. Dooley was an assistant on the Kansas Jayhawks 2007–08 NCAA national championship team. and previously served as head coach at Florida Gulf Coast University.
The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles refer to the fifteen intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Florida Gulf Coast University, located in unincorporated Lee County, Florida near Fort Myers, in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and tennis; women's-only: softball, swimming and diving, indoor volleyball, and beach volleyball; and men's-only: baseball. The Eagles compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the ASUN Conference (ASUN). FGCU is also notable as the youngest institution competing in NCAA Division I, having been officially founded in 1991 and started classes in 1997. Their mascot is Azul the Eagle.
The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the ASUN Conference.
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- ↑ Sullivan, Jim (2013-03-29). "The Sully Side of Sports: Marty Richter walks the walk at Florida Gulf Coast". Courier. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
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- ↑ Dorsey, David. "Florida SouthWestern sways Richter to leave FGCU". The News-Press. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ↑ Caldwell, Dana. "Basketball: FSW men's coach Richter off to Drake as assistant, Murphy named new Bucs coach". Naples Daily News. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ↑ "College basketball: Waterloo native Richter joins DeVries' Drake staff". Courier. 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
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