Michael Fly

Last updated
Michael Fly
Current position
TitleAssociate Head Coach
Team Jacksonville
Conference ASUN
Biographical details
Born (1983-05-29) May 29, 1983 (age 40)
Fulton, Kentucky
Alma mater Kentucky
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2004–2005 Georgetown (KY) (assistant)
2011–2018 Florida Gulf Coast (assistant)
2018–2022Florida Gulf Coast
2023–present Jacksonville (assoc.)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2006–2007 Charlotte Bobcats (vid. coord.)
2008–2011 Florida State (vid. coord.)
2022–2023 Missouri (dir. of scout. & analytics)
Head coaching record
Overall56–60 (.483)

Michael Fly (born May 29, 1983) is an American college basketball coach and former head coach at Florida Gulf Coast University. [1] [2]

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Coaching career

Fly started coaching as a student at the University of Kentucky, assisting at NAIA Georgetown College for one season. After graduation, Fly became a video coordinator assistant for the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats for one season before taking a one year internship at NCAA's corporate offices. [2] He returned to coaching joining Leonard Hamilton's staff at Florida State where he served as a video coordinator for three seasons. When Seminoles assistant Andy Enfield took the head coaching job at Florida Gulf Coast, Fly followed him to the Eagles as an assistant coach, and remained with the team as an assistant under Joe Dooley, as well. As an assistant, Fly was part of FGCU's Sweet 16 run in 2013, and was part of two other NCAA Tournament appearances in 2016 and 2017.

On April 5, 2018, Fly was promoted to become the fourth head coach in Florida Gulf Coast history, replacing Dooley who accepted the same position at East Carolina. [3]

On March 5, 2022, Fly was released from the remainder of this contract as head coach at FGCU. [4]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (ASUN Conference)(2018–2022)
2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast 14–189–7T–3rd
2019–20 Florida Gulf Coast 10–227–9T–6th
2020–21 Florida Gulf Coast 10–84–56th
2021–22 Florida Gulf Coast 22–1210–63rd (East) TBC second round
Florida Gulf Coast:56–60 (.483)30–28 (.517)
Total:56–60 (.483)

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References

  1. ↑ "Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles Athletics - 2017-18 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff". fgcuathletics.com.
  2. 1 2 "#TimeToFly: Michael Fly Named @FGCU_MBB Head Coach". FGCU Athletics.
  3. ↑ "FGCU names longtime assistant Michael Fly as new men's basketball head coach".
  4. ↑ "FGCU and men’s basketball coach Michael Fly part ways" ABC-7. Retrieved 2022-03-05.


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