Andy Enfield
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles |
| Record | 41–27 (.597) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | June 8, 1969 |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 41–27 (.597) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| 2 Time Division III Academic All-American 1991 Division III All-American | |
Andy Enfield (born June 8, 1969) is an American basketball coach who is the head coach at Florida Gulf Coast University. Enfield succeeded Dave Balza, who was the first coach in the program's history from 2001 to 2011. In Enfield's first two seasons as the Eagles' head coach, he led the newly-eligible FGCU to the Atlantic Sun Conference title game, losing in 2012, but winning in 2013 for their first NCAA Division I appearance. The 2012-2013 team later became known for pulling one of the biggest upsets in NCAA history, being just the seventh 15 seed to defeat a 2 seed, beating Georgetown University 78-68. He then became the first head coach to lead a 15 seed to the Sweet 16, with an 81-71 upset of San Diego State.
Biography
The son of Bill and Barbara Enfield graduated as class valedictorian from Shippensburg High School in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.[2] Enfield was long-time Johns Hopkins coach Bill Nelson's first recruit. At Johns Hopkins, Enfield set the school's scoring record (2,025) as well as more than a dozen other school records. Along the way, he set the NCAA Division III record for career free throw percentage, was named a Division III Academic All-American in 1990 and 1991, was a Division III All-American in 1991, and was an NCAA Postgraduate Scholar in 1991 while earning a degree in Economics.[1]
Enfield used his NCAA postgraduate scholarship to earn an MBA from the University of Maryland. To supplement his income, Enfield and current Johns Hopkins lacrosse coach Dave Pietramala began holding lacrosse camps, then, based on his collegiate success, he started holding basketball camps specializing in shooting. This evolved into consulting and stints as shooting coach for the Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics. Moving to New York City, he formed his first company which sells videos teaching his basketball shooting techniques. At about this same time, Enfield entered into a partnership that developed TractManager, a company supplying business technology services to the health services industry, which grew to a value of $100 million before he sold his share in the company.[3] Enfield is married to Amanda Marcum, a former model,[4] and has three children.
Coaching Career
Based on his success as a shooting consultant, Enfield spent two seasons as shooting coach for the Milwaukee Bucks, and later another two seasons with the Boston Celtics. After taking time away from coaching to develop TractManager , he returned to his chosen profession as an assistant to Leonard Hamilton with the Florida State Seminoles. After five years at FSU, including three trips to the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament, Enfield was hired as the second head coach of the Florida Gulf Coast University. In his first season, he led his team to the finals of the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament, losing to regular season champion Belmont. His 2012-13 team first attracted attention by beating Miami, but lost a number of games they seemingly should have won en route to a second place finish and second seed in the Atlantic Sun tournament. Defeating regular season champion Mercer in the championship game, the Eagles earned a fifteenth seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament, where they proceeded to stun the basketball world.[5]
Head Coaching Record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Florida Gulf Coast (Atlantic Sun Conference) (2011–present) | |||||||||
| 2011–12 | Florida Gulf Coast | 15–17 | 8–10 | T–6th | |||||
| 2012–13 | Florida Gulf Coast | 25–10 | 13–5 | 2nd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| Florida Gulf Coast: | 40–27 | 21–15 | |||||||
| Total: | 40–27 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ a b "JHU Hall of Famer Andy Enfield Named Head Coach at Florida Gulf Coast". Johns Hopkins University. 31 March 2011.
- ^ Casey, Tim (23 March 2013). "Florida Gulf Coast coach Andy Enfield, Johns Hopkins' leading scorer, succeeds again". Baltimore Sun.
- ^ "Florida Gulf Coast Coach Andy Enfield becomes a star of the NCAA tournament". Washington Post. 23 March 2013.
- ^ Boren, Cindy (22 March 2013). "Andy Enfield's wife was a supermodel. You may be seeing a lot more of her". Washington Post.
- ^ Layden, Tim (24 March 2013). "FGCU's Andy Enfield enjoys strange path to sport's pinnacle". 2013 NCAA Men's Tournament. Time Warner, Inc.