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Gabe Lazo shares his vision and values for UCF women’s basketball

UCF Athletics welcomes Lazo with open arms Photo Courtesy UCF Athletics Instruments from the Marching Knights blared the UCF Fight Song as the Black and Gold ushered in a new era of its women’s basketball program on Thursday afternoon at Addition Financial Arena. UCF...

Where do Johnny Dawkins and the 2025-26 Basketball team rank in UCF history

Dawkins named Coach of the Year during the 21 win campaign Photo by Aryah Britt On April 2nd, UCF Men's Basketball Head Coach Johnny Dawkins was awarded the 2025-26 Jim Phelan Coach of the Year award. It is the first time a UCF Basketball Head Coach has won a national...

Knights women’s basketball names Gabe Lazo as new head coach

UCF adds 14th head coach in the program’s history Photo Courtesy of UCF AA UCF announced the hire of Gabe Lazo as the next head coach for women’s basketball in a press release on Saturday, five days after dismissing Sytia Messer. Lazo was added to LSU head coach Kim...

UCF removes Sytia Messer as UCF women’s basketball head coach

The program is now in search of a new leader Photo Courtesy of UCF AA UCF Athletics announced the removal of women’s basketball coach Sytia Messer after four seasons in a statement on Monday. Messer did not deliver a winning record during her time at UCF, going 49-69...