{"id":316325,"date":"2026-06-23T00:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T00:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/316325\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T00:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T00:47:09","slug":"danna-steps-down-as-fgcu-head-mens-golf-coach-university-conducting-national-search-for-next-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/316325\/","title":{"rendered":"Danna steps down as FGCU head men\u2019s golf coach | University conducting national search for next coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following a successful seven-year tenure as head men\u2019s golf coach at Florida Gulf Coast University, Andrew Danna is leaving Southwest Florida to become the head coach at Houston.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful for Andrew and his leadership over the past seven years at FGCU,\u201d Interim Director of Athletics Lauren Leister said. \u201cWe wish him, Carey, and their family nothing but the best in their next journey.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Danna transformed the men\u2019s golf program during his tenure over his\u00a0seven seasons. It started with an historic turnaround, taking FGCU from a No. 257 ranking nationally to No. 65 by the end of\u00a0the 2020-21 season, the largest single-season jump in NCAA golf history. <\/p>\n<p>He led FGCU to its first ASUN Championship in 2026, guided 17 All-ASUN golfers, two ASUN Individual Champions and was named the ASUN Coach of the Year on four separate occasions. <\/p>\n<p>Danna leaves FGCU having guided the Eagles to three NCAA Tournament appearances in five years and having built the most decorated stretch in the program\u2019s Division I history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to express my deepest gratitude to Florida Gulf Coast University, the athletic department, my staff, and most importantly,\u00a0my\u00a0student-athletes\u00a0for an incredible journey,\u201d Danna said.\u00a0\u201cFGCU will always hold a special place in my heart. The relationships built, the championships won, and the young men developed here are something I will carry with me forever. This program is in a great place, and I am proud of everything we built together.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leister announced Tuesday that a national search for the Eagles\u2019 next head coach will begin\u00a0immediately.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Eagles, please follow FGCU Athletics on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fgcuathletics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FGCUEagles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">X (Twitter)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FGCUAthletics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, and visit <a href=\"http:\/\/FGCUathletics.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FGCUathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                                    <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following a successful seven-year tenure as head men\u2019s golf coach at Florida Gulf Coast University, Andrew Danna is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-316325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}