Flagler College is a private liberal arts college in St. Augustine,Florida. It was founded in 1968 and offers 37 undergraduate majors and two master's programs. It also had a campus in Tallahassee from 2000-2024.
Peter Nicholas Boulware is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for nine seasons with the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles,earning recognition as a consensus All-American. A first-round pick of Baltimore in the 1997 NFL draft,he played his entire pro career for the Ravens.
Thomas Kent Wetherell was an American politician and educator. He served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1980 to 1992,and was president of Florida State University from 2003 through 2009.
Joseph Marion Hernández was a slave-owning American planter,politician and military officer. He was the first delegate from the Florida Territory and the first Hispanic American to serve in the United States Congress. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party,he served from September 1822 to March 1823.
Samuel Ray Graves was an American professional football player and college football coach. He was a native of Tennessee and a graduate of the University of Tennessee,where he was the starting center and team captain for the Volunteers under head coach Robert Neyland. After playing in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons,he returned to Tennessee to serve as an assistant football coach,then left for a longer stint as an assistant at Georgia Tech under head coach Bobby Dodd. He was the head football coach at the University of Florida from 1960 until 1969,where he led the Gators to their most successful decade in program history up to that point. While at Florida,he recruited and coached Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Steve Spurrier,who often praised Graves as a role model and mentor during his own successful coaching career. Graves also served as Florida's athletic director from 1960 until his retirement in 1979.
The Hotel Ponce de Leon,also known as The Ponce,was a luxury hotel in St. Augustine,Florida,built by millionaire developer and Standard Oil co-founder Henry M. Flagler. Built between 1885–1887,the winter resort opened in January 1888. The hotel was designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style as the first major project of the New York architecture firm Carrère &Hastings,which gained world renown for more than 600 projects,including the House and Senate Office Buildings flanking the US Capitol. Their final project was the New York Public Library.
Florida's 7th congressional district is a congressional district in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Florida.
Kim Crane Hammond was an American judge and professional football player. He played as a quarterback in the American Football League (AFL). He played college football for the Florida Stats Seminole,quarterbacking the team's first victory over rival Florida in Gainesville,21–16. After his football career,he served as a judge in Flagler County,Florida.
William E. Peterson was an American football player,coach,and college athletics administrator. His career included head coaching stops at Florida State University,Rice University and with the Houston Oilers of the National Football League (NFL). Considered one of the unique characters in college sports,Peterson is credited with bringing the pro passing game to college football. He is also known as the "Coach of Coaches",having tutored such coaches as Joe Gibbs,Bill Parcells,Bobby Bowden,Don James,Dan Henning,Ken Meyer and many others. Coach "Pete",as he was known,is also remembered for his reshaping of the English language. One of his more novel expressions was to have his team "pair off in groups of threes,then line up in a circle." Beyond his trials with syntax,Peterson is best remembered for bringing the Seminoles to the forefront of college football,using pro-style offenses and a much feared passing game.
Flagler College Tallahassee was a branch campus of Flagler College,a private liberal arts college in St. Augustine,Florida. It was hosted through Tallahassee State College and was founded in 2000 as the product of a legislative mandate to expand opportunities for four year degree-seeking students. The campus offered bachelor's degree programs in six majors and four minors. The Flagler College Tallahassee Campus closed in May of 2024.
Lincolnville Historic District is a neighborhood in St. Augustine,Florida established by freedmen following the American Civil War and located on the southwest peninsula of the "nation's oldest city." It was designated as an historic district in 1991 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Originally recorded with 548 contributing buildings,the district is bounded by Cedar,Riberia,Cerro and Washington streets and DeSoto Place.
D'Tanyian Jacquez "Quezi" Green is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver and punt returner in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons during the 1990s and early 2000s. Green played college football for the Florida Gators,earning consensus All-American honors in 1997. He was a second-round pick in the 1998 NFL draft,and played professionally for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,the Washington Redskins and the Detroit Lions of the NFL.
Malcolm Eugene Hammack was an American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for twelve years during the 1950s and 1960s. Hammack played college football for the University of Florida,and thereafter,he played professionally for the Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals of the NFL.
Randy Reese is an American college and Olympic swimming coach. Reese is best known for coaching the Florida Gators swimming and diving teams of the University of Florida to four national championships,and coaching the winners of eighteen Olympic gold,eight silver and eight bronze medals. Reese is a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
John E. Thrasher is a former state legislator,businessman,lawyer and lobbyist who served as the 15th president of Florida State University. He was approved by the Florida Board of Governors on November 6,2014 and took office on November 10,2014. On September 11,2020,Thrasher and the university board of trustees announced his retirement in a joint statement. In May 2021,Richard McCullough was chosen by Florida State University’s board of trustees to succeed Thrasher.
Charles W. LaPradd was an American football player during the early 1950s. He played college football for the University of Florida and was recognized as an All-American as a defensive lineman. He later served as the president of St. Johns River Community College in northeast Florida.
St. Augustine,Florida,the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European origin in the continental United States,was founded in 1565 by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. The Spanish Crown issued an asiento to Menéndez,signed by King Philip II on March 20,1565,granting him various titles,including that of adelantado of Florida,and expansive privileges to exploit the lands in the vast territory of Spanish Florida,called La Florida by the Spaniards. This contract directed Menéndez to explore the region's Atlantic coast and report on its features,with the object of finding a suitable location to establish a permanent colony from which the Spanish treasure fleet could be defended and Spain's claimed territories in North America protected against incursions by other European powers.
Lawrence Lewis Jr. (1918-1995) was an American businessman,hotelier,philanthropist,and benefactor remembered for his role in founding Flagler College.
Lambert Christian Ringhaver (1910–1976) was an American businessman and philanthropist who founded Ring Power Corporation in St. Augustine,Florida.
James Paul "Bo" Clark is an American former college basketball coach and author. He was the head men's basketball coach at Flagler College in for 31 years and led his teams to 491 wins. In his tenure,the Saints qualified for three National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national basketball tournaments. The court at Flagler is named in his honor. The "Clark Family Court" was dedicated on February 18,2017. Clark is also the career points leader for the University of Central Florida.
