Linc Darner
Linc Darner (born December 12, 1970)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Tampa Spartans
Current conference: Sunshine State Conference (Div II)
Saint Joseph’s record: 74–45 (.622)
Florida Southern record: 218–72 (.752)
Green Bay record: 92-80 (.529)
Tampa record: 8-20 (.286)
Overall record^: 392-217 (.644)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2016)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2017)
- CIT Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 2019)
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2019)
- Sunshine State (Div II) Regular Season Champion: 6 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015)
- Great Lakes Valley (Div II) Regular Season Champion: 1 (2006)
- Horizon League Tournament Champion: 1 (2016)
- Sunshine State (Div II) Tournament Champion: 6 (2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
- Great Lakes Valley (Div II) Tournament Champion: 1 (2006)
- NCAA Division II National Championships: 1 (2015)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 9 (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Final Four: 1 (2015)
Awards:
- NABC Div II Coach of the Year: 1 (2015)
- Sunshine State (Div II) Coach of the Year: 6 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015)
- GLVC (Div II) Coach of the Year: 1 (2006)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2023-present | Tampa |
| 2022-2023 | High Point (asst) |
| 2021-2022 | Ball State (asst) |
| 2015-2020 | Green Bay |
| 2006-2015 | Florida Southern |
| 2002-2006 | Saint Joseph’s (IN) |
| 1998-2002 | Ashland (asst) |
| 1997-1998 | Lincoln Memorial (asst) |
| 1995-1997 | Murray State (asst) |
| 1994-1995 | Purdue (student asst) |
Linc Darner Facts
- Linc Mitchel Darner
- Born December 12, 1970
- Hometown: Ravenna, Ohio
- Alma Mater: Purdue University (BA, 1994)
- Out of Highland HS in Anderson, IN, Darner played at Purdue under legendary head coach Gene Keady
- Served one year as a student assistant for Keady after graduation
- Spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Murray State under head coach Mark Gottfried
- Was an assistant at the D-II level for five years, one at Lincoln Memorial (TN) and four at Ashland (OH)
- Spent four years as the head coach at D-II Saint Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, IN
- Went 74-45 overall and led the Pumas to the NCAA D-II Tournament in 2006
- Took over at Florida Southern in 2006, serving as the Moccasins head coach for the next nine seasons
- Won or shared the Sunshine State Conference title six times and won six conference tournaments
- Went to eight straight NCAA D-II Tournaments, culminating in a National Championship in his final year (2015)
- Hired as the new head coach at Green Bay in March 2015
- Led the Phoenix to a Horizon League Tournament title and NCAA berth in his first season
- In 2019, the Phoenix finished as runner-up in the CIT
- Fired in May 2020 after five seasons as the head coach
- Darner spent one season on James Whitford‘s staff at Ball State as an assistant coach
- Spent the 2022-23 season as an assistant at High Point under interim head coach G.G. Smith, then in April 2023 was announced as the associate head coach at Eastern Illinois under Marty Simmons; left the following month for the Tampa job
- In May 2023, Darner returned to the Sunshine State Conference to be the new head coach at D-II Tampa
Linc Darner Coaching Tree
- coming soon
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels