[3] In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II.

[4] Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season.

In his first year, the basketball facilities were not yet completed at the beginning of the season, so players began individual workouts on outdoor courts.

[9] Then they won their next game, and the next, and continued winning until they faced St. Francis of Indiana, who beat the Eagles to give them their first loss.

[10] The team then faced seventh ranked Delta State who ended the Eagles season with a 57–48 win.

The team earned invitations to the post-season WNIT tournament, advancing to the second round in 2008 and 2009.

In 2012, their first year of eligibility for the Atlantic Sun post-season tournament, they went undefeated in conference play, with an 18–0 as part of an overall 29–3 record.

Although the team had lost eight players from the year before, they had won all their conference games by double digits.

They held a double-digit lead in the conference final, but then went on a long scoreless streak, allowing the Hatters to get back into the game and win, 70–64.

The lead was still eight points with just over two minutes left, when Taylor Gradinjan was fouled on a three-point attempt, and hit all three free throws.

She played at Wisconsin–Green Bay during her college years, and professionally with Team Catz in Finland and the San Diego Siege of the National Women's Basketball League.

While recuperating from her injury, she kept an extensive journal, and turned it into a book Heart Of A Husky (ISBN 1578604419)[18] On November 13th, 2024, Karl Smesko resigned as the head coach at FGCU to become the head coach with the WNBA's Atlanta Dream.

The Eagles have made ten appearances in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.