| Florida Tech Panthers | |
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| University | Florida Institute of Technology |
| Conference | Sunshine State (primary) |
| NCAA | Division II |
| Athletic director | Jamie Joss |
| Location | Melbourne, Florida |
| Varsity teams | 15 (8 men's, 6 women's, 1 co-ed) |
| Basketball arena | Charles and Ruth Clemente Center |
| Baseball stadium | Andy Seminick-Les Hall Field |
| Softball stadium | Nancy Bottge Field |
| Soccer field | Rick Stottler Field |
| Aquatics center | Panther Aquatic Center |
| Lacrosse field | Panther Field (men's) Rick Stottler Field (women's) |
| Nickname | Panthers |
| Colors | Crimson and Gray[1] |
| Website | floridatechsports |
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| Team NCAA championships | |
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TheFlorida Tech Panthers are the athletic teams that represent theFlorida Institute of Technology, located inMelbourne, Florida, in intercollegiate athletics inNCAA Division II, primarily competing in theSunshine State Conference since the 1981–82 academic year.
Sports currently offered by the program include baseball, softball, men's cross country, men's track and field (both indoor and outdoor), women's volleyball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's lacrosse, men's rowing, men's and women's soccer, and men's and women's swimming.
Due to financial difficulties, the women's golf and the men's and women's tennis programs were canceled in the spring of 2019.[2] The men's football program was also canceled in the spring of 2020.[3] Other sports formerly offered by the program include men's golf, men's and women's cross country, women's rowing, and women's track field (both indoor and outdoor).
| Men's sports | Women's sports |
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| Baseball | Basketball |
| Basketball | Lacrosse |
| Cross-country | Soccer |
| Lacrosse | Softball |
| Rowing | Swimming |
| Soccer | Volleyball |
| Ice hockey | Swimming |
| Track and field† | |
| † – Track includes both indoor and outdoor | |
Florida Tech has had nineMajor League Baseball draft selections since the draft began in 1965.[4]
| Year | Player | Round | Team |
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| 1988 | Tim Wakefield | 8 | Pirates |
| 2006 | Jonathan Baksh | 7 | Blue Jays |
| 2007 | Steven Condotta | 12 | Blue Jays |
| 2011 | Jonathan Cornelius | 24 | Cardinals |
| 2012 | Steven Schils | 9 | Braves |
| 2012 | K.C. Clabough | 28 | Braves |
| 2013 | Scott Carcaise | 14 | Marlins |
| 2015 | Austin Allen | 4 | Padres |
| 2018 | Ty Cohen | 31 | Cardinals |
Florida Tech'scollege basketball teams compete in theSunshine State Conference, a very competitive NCAA DII conference with schools likeFlorida Southern that have won national championships. In response to this, Florida Tech occasionally plays higher caliber Florida DI schools such asFlorida State,Florida Gulf Coast, andFlorida Atlantic. In 2011–12, the men's team, coached byBilly Mims, won the SSC regular-season championship with a record of 21–5 (12–4 SSC) and reached theNCAA tournament, where they advanced to the second round of the South Regional. That year, they played two DI schoolsUAB andUCF, losing to both.
The Panther women's team has been playing since the 1986–87 season and has been coached by John Reynolds since 1987–88. The Panther women have reached theNCAA Division II women's basketball tournament nine times, won six regular-season Sunshine State Conference championships, four SSC tournament championships, one NCAA Division II South Region title and appeared in the NCAA Division II Elite Eight in 2002. Entering the 2018–19 season, Reynolds' 559 wins ranks him at No. 8 among active DII women's coaches and 20th all-time.
Clemente Center is Florida Tech's basketball venue.
Thefootball program was the intercollegiateAmerican football team forFlorida Institute of Technology located in the U.S. state ofFlorida. The team competed in theNCAA Division II and was a member of theGulf South Conference. Florida Tech's first football team was fielded in 2013. They played at theFlorida Tech Panther Stadium. The football program closed after the 2019 season.
| Association | Division | Sport | Year | Opponent/Runner-up | Score |
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| NCAA | Division II | Men's soccer | 1988 | Cal State Northridge | 3–2 |
| 1991 | Sonoma State | 5–1 | |||
| NCAA | Division II | Women's golf | 2019 | Cal State San Marcos | 4–1 |
| NCAA | Division II | Women's soccer | 2025 | Franklin Pierce University | 3–0 |
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