They were led by head coach Steve Englehart, who was in his second year at Florida Tech.
The Panthers played their home games at Pirate Stadium, approximately one mile from the Florida Tech campus and were a member of the Gulf South Conference.
Highlights included the program's first ever win over a ranked team in a 37-31 victory over #12 Tarleton State at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas as part of the Lone Star Football Festival [2] , their first ever road win in GSC play thanks to a last second 33-32 win at West Alabama [3] and clinching a winning record on a 41-yard Hail Mary touchdown pass from Mark Cato to Xavier Milton as time expired to defeat Shorter, 34-30.
[4] Nine players from Florida Tech were honored as All-GSC selections by the league's coaches.
Steve Englehart was named GSC Co-Coach of the Year with Delta State's Todd Cooley and would go on to win the award outright in 2015.