Michael Fly (born May 29, 1983) is an American college basketball coach and former head coach at Florida Gulf Coast University.

Coaching career

Fly started coaching as a student at the University of Kentucky, assisting at NAIA Georgetown College for one season. After graduation, Fly became a video coordinator assistant for the

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's Charlotte Bobcats for one season before taking a one year internship at NCAA's corporate offices. He returned to coaching joining

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's staff at Florida State where he served as a video coordinator for three seasons. When Seminoles assistant

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took the head coaching job at Florida Gulf Coast, Fly followed him to the Eagles as an assistant coach, and remained with the team as an assistant under

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, as well. As an assistant, Fly was part of FGCU's Sweet 16 run in

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, and was part of two other NCAA Tournament appearances in

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and

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. On April 5, 2018, Fly was promoted to become the fourth head coach in Florida Gulf Coast history, replacing Dooley who accepted the same position at

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. On March 5, 2022, Fly was released from the remainder of this contract as head coach at FGCU."FGCU and men’s basketball coach Michael Fly part ways"
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Head coaching record

References

Living people 1983 births American men's basketball coaches Basketball coaches from Kentucky College men's basketball head coaches in the United States Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball coaches Florida State Seminoles men's basketball coaches Georgetown Tigers men's basketball coaches People from Fulton, Kentucky University of Kentucky alumni {{US-basketball-coach-stub