2011-12 Basketball NORTH FLORIDA Media Guide BETWEEN THE LINES GENERAL Name: _____________________________ University of North Florida Location: ___________________________________Jacksonville, Fla. CONTENTS Founded: ____________________________________________ 1965 Opened: _____________________________________________ 1972 ABOUT UNF Enrollment: _________________________________________16,622 Quick Facts/Table of Contents ________________________ 1 Nickname: _________________________________________Ospreys School Colors: ____________Navy Blue (PMS 289) & Gray (PMS 430) This is UNF Basketball ______________________________2-3 Facility: __________________________________ UNF Arena (5,800) This is UNF ______________________________________4-5 Affiliation: __________________________________ NCAA Division I Campus Life ______________________________________6-7 Conference: _____________________________________Atlantic Sun Excellence in Education _____________________________8-9 President: __________________________ John Delaney (Florida ‘77) Jacksonville ____________________________________10-11 Faculty Athletics Rep.: ________ Dr. Jay Coleman (PhD., Clemson ‘88) Local Beaches __________________________________12-13 Director of Athletics: _______________________ Lee Moon (VMI ‘70) Local Sports ____________________________________14-15 Senior Woman Administrator: ____ Melissa Baxendine (Tennessee, ‘05) Athletics Department Phone: ___________________ (904) 620-2833 Establishing a Winning Tradition ____________________16-17 Athletics Ticket Office Phone: ___________________ (904) 620-BIRD UNF Facilities ___________________________________18-21 Winning Athletic Programs ________________________22-23 HISTORY The SunTrust River City Rumble ____________________24-25 First season of competition (First Division I): ____ 1992-93 (2005-06) Osprey Club ______________________________________ 26 All-time Record: _________________________ 200-340 (19 seasons) Amenities ______________________________________28-29 NCAA Tournament appearances: ________________________ 0 NIT appearances: ____________________________________0 Strength and Conditioning ________________________30-31 Conference Regular Season Titles: ___________________________ 0 Sports Medicine _________________________________32-33 Conference Tournament Titles: ______________________________ 0 In the Community _________________________________ 34 Conference Affiliations: _____Atlantic Sun, DI: 2005-06 to present (6) Basketball Camps _________________________________ 35 Peach Belt, DII: 1997-98 to 2004-05 (8) Player Development _____________________________36-37 2011-12 Basketball Sunshine State, DII: 1993-94 to 1996-97 (4) Canada Trip ____________________________________38-39 NAIA Independent: 1992-93 (1) COACHING STAFF COACHING STAFF Head Coach ________________ Matthew Driscoll (Slippery Rock, ‘92) Head Coach Matthew Driscoll ______________________40-41 Overall Record (Years) ___________________________54-114 (6) Assistant Coaches/Support Staff ____________________42-46 Record at UNF (Years) ____________________________28-37 (2) Assistant Coach __Bobby Kennen (Palm Beach Atlantic, ‘93) - 3rd year 2011-12 OUTLOOK Assistant Coach _____________ Bruce Evans (Furman, ‘92) - 3rd year Team Roster _____________________________________ 48 Assistant Coach _________ Byron Taylor (Florida A&M, ‘09) - 3rd year Radio/TV Roster __________________________________ 49 Dir. of BB Operations __Lee Moon, Jr. (UNC-Wilmington, ‘02) - 1st year Meet the Ospreys Athletics Trainer __________________Fred Burnett (Michigan St., ‘96) Player Profiles __________________________________50-67 Basketball Offi ce Phone _________________________(904) 620-2833 Opponent Information ___________________________68-69 TEAM INFORMATION 2010-11 YEAR IN REVIEW 2010-11 record _______________________________________15-19 Home/Away/Neutral _________________________4-7/7-11/4-1 Season Statistics ________________________________70-74 2010-11 Atlantic Sun record/fi nish ____________________10-10/ 6th Atlantic Sun Conference Review ______________________ 75 Home/Away ____________________________________4-6/6-4 Postseason _______ 2-1 (L, 87-46 vs Belmont in A-Sun Championship) RECORDS AND HISTORY Starters returning/lost ___________________________________ 4/1 Coaching History __________________________________ 76 Letterwinners returning/lost ______________________________ 8/3 Year-by-Year Results _____________________________76-79 Newcomers _____________________________________________ 2 All-Time Series Records ___________________________80-83 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATION Honors and Awards ________________________________ 84 Director (Basketball Contact):_______ Brian Morgan (Miss. State, ‘91) Game Records/Team Records ________________________ 85 Phone: ___________________________________904-620-4027 Season Records ___________________________________ 86 Cell Phone: _______________________________904-210-1012 Career Records ___________________________________ 87 E-Mail: [email protected] All-Time Letterwinners _____________________________ 88 Assistant Director: ___________Colleen O’Connell (Va. Wesleyan, ‘04) Office Phone: ______________________________ 904-620-4026 1,000 Scorers ____________________________________ 89 Assistant Director: ____________Chris Whitehead (Georgia Tech, ‘02) Office Phone: ______________________________ 904-620-4029 UNF ADMINISTRATION Athletic Comm. Assistant: ________Jason Krech (James Madison, ‘11) President John Delaney_____________________________ 90 Office Phone: ____________________________ (904) 620-4025 Director of Athletics Lee Moon _______________________ 91 ACD Fax: ___________________________________ (904) 620-2836 UNF Athletics Staff ______________________________92-93 ACD Mailing Address: __________________ UNF Arena, 1 UNF Drive Jacksonville, Fla. 32224 Athletics Website: ___________________________ UNFOspreys.com MEDIA INFORMATION Athletics Facebook: _______________________North Florida Ospreys Media Information / Media Outlets ____________________ 94 Athletics Twitter: _______________________________@UNFOspreys UNF on the Air ____________________________________ 95 Basketball Twitter: ______________________________ @UNFBBALL UNF Athletic Communications ________________________ 96 1 This is Osprey BASKETBALL Experience the Swoop!! UNF CHEER: Who are we? OS-PREYS!! And what do Ospreys do? SWOOP!! The home of the University of North Florida basketball is UNF Arena, a state-of-the art facility that can seat 5,800 screaming Osprey fans on game night. The facility also serves as the home to the UNF volleyball team and is used to host special events such as concerts, graduations and various other community activities. Through the years, the UNF men’s and women’s basketball teams have created a home-court “magic” at UNF Arena. Both programs opened their Division I era with home victories over Division I foes in 2005-06 – the men over Savannah State on Dec. 12 and the women against Bethune-Cookman on Dec. 19. The University of North Florida is the only college in the nation to feature the Osprey as its mascot. The Osprey is a bird of prey that does its hunting during the day, feeding on a diet almost exclusively of fi sh.sh. Other Other names names for for Ospreys Ospreys include include seahawks seahawks and and fi fish shhawks. hawks. Ospreys Ospreys make their homes near bodies of water and are found on every continent except Antarctica. The unique talons and reversible outer toes of Ospreys give them the ability to swoop in on their prey and hold onto it while transporting it from water and ultimately through the air. Ospreys have no natural enemies. Other teams that utilize the Osprey nickname include a minor league baseball team in Montana and a rugby team in Wales. the university of NORTH FLORIDA DIDUNF YOU KNOW? • The Princeton Review included UNF as one of 139 colleges receiving the designation “Best in the Southeast” in the online feature “2009 Best Colleges: Region by Region” and the Coggin College of Business as being among the best business schools in the country. • The UNF Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team has won 11 regional championships since 1996. UNF’s SIFE ranks 13th in the nation and earned a semi-fi nalist designation in the national competitions in 2008. • In 2008, the Student Nutrition Club was presented a Clinton Global Initiative University Outstanding Commitment Award for the club’s eff orts to reduce racial and income health disparities in Jacksonville by addressing the access and knowledge barriers to healthy lifestyle choices. • The UNF Fine Arts Center’s Lazzara Performance Hall, home to the second-largest stage in Jacksonville, presents national and international performances as well as numerous campus and community events. • Sixty-seven percent of student-athletes who competed for UNF in spring 2008 were named Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team members. CAMPUS LIFE UNF’s student government plays an active role in The UNF campus plays host to special events such as Six on-campus housing facilities are available for student life, sponsoring such events as tailgate concerts by acts like Chingy, Flogging Molly, Less Than students. The living facilities include dormitory- parties for Osprey fans, late night breakfast gatherings Jake and Stone Temple Pilots. In 2008, actor Russell style rooms in Osprey Hall, furnished apartments for all students and open meetings where students can Crowe brought his rugby team to UNF for an exhibition in Osprey