FGCU Athletics

FGCU celebrates the new Buckingham Golf Learning Center, giving PGA students hands-on training space and marking a major step forward in the university’s growing golf program.

March Madness has come early to Florida Gulf Coast University, as anticipation builds for the return of the Men’s and Women’s Basketball Team.

Adaptive Sports Day at FGCU gives students and those with disabilities a chance to try new sports.

FGCU’s Women’s Basketball team prepares for 2025-06 with mopening practice.

FGCU's men's basketball team hosts their first practice of the 2025-2026 season

An eagle on No. 2 propelled FGCU Eagle Lousiane Gauthier to fourth place individually at the NCAA Women's Golf Lubbock Regional Tuesday in Lubbock, Texas, qualifying the junior for the NCAA Championship in Carlsbad, California, May 16-21.

Two Florida Gulf Coast University athletes are not letting Type 1 diabetes take them out of the game.

A negotiated settlement in an NCAA infractions case has been made with Florida Gulf Coast University.The negotiated resolution, announced Friday, stems from an infractions case from July 2023 to May 2024 within the university's men's tennis program. The penalties levied by the NCAA against FGCU in the case include a $25,000 fine; the men's tennis program was prohibited from recruitment efforts January 6-21, 2025; the issuance of a 2-year probation; and vacation of selected team contests.

“Name. Image. Likeness.” Three words that are expected to take over college sports discussions for the foreseeable future.

Karl Smesko, the founding coach of the FGCU women's basketball program, left in November to take a job coaching the WNBA's Atlanta Dream. Chelsea Lyles, a former FGCU player and longtime assistant coach, was tapped to be the team's new coach.