Dooley signs extension with FGCU
After another successful season, FGCU men’s basketball coach Joe Dooley has signed a two-year contract extension, including a raise, to remain with the Eagles through the 2019-20 season.
In his three seasons, Dooley has guided the Eagles to more than 20 wins each year, an Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship, A-Sun regular-season championship, an NCAA Tournament appearance and three postseason trips overall, capped last month with an historical victory in the NCAA Tournament’s First Four.
“I first want to thank Director of Athletics Ken Kavanagh and University President Dr. Wilson Bradshaw for instilling their trust in me to continue to lead this great program,” Dooley said. “This is a terrific opportunity to continue building something really special with a talented group of returners and newcomers, and I’m looking forward to getting started with the 2016-17 season.”
Dooley posted his third straight 20-win season (21-14) as the Eagles claimed their second A-Sun Tournament Championship in four years. FGCU won its third NCAA Tournament game in four years with a 96-65 victory over fellow 16-seed Fairleigh Dickinson in the First Four with the 31-point margin of victory in that round of the tournament being the largest in NCAA history.
The Eagles went on to face top-seeded North Carolina in the First Round and trailed by just one pointat halftime, 41-40, before losing to the Tar Heels in Raleigh, 83-67.