Darner named head coach at Tampa

Former UW-Green Bay men’s basketball coach Linc Darner is the new head coach at the University of Tampa. Tampa is a Division II school, which has been coached by Richard Schmidt for the last 40 years. Schmidt announced his retirement earlier this spring. Darner is familiar with Florida, having served as head coach at Florida Southern between 2006 and 2015, and leading Florida Southern to the NCAA Division II national championship in 2015. He then moved to Green Bay, where he served as head coach for five seasons, compiling a record of 92-80, and winning more than 20 games in 2016 and 2019. Darner was let go by Green Bay following the 2020 season, and assisted at Ball State and High Point the last two seasons. Darner played college basketball at Purdue.