Florida International Panthers
Conference USAMiami, FLPitbull Stadium
2026: 3–3 (1–1 Conference USA). Last: lost at Jacksonville State 27–24. Next: Middle Tennessee, Tuesday, Oct 20, 7 p.m. ET.
- L 9–19at South Florida
- W 33–20Buffalo
- L 10–16at Florida Atlantic
- W 20–3Long Island University
- W 22–3New Mexico State
- L 24–27at Jacksonville State
- Oct 20Middle Tennessee
- Oct 31at Liberty
- Nov 7Missouri State
- Nov 14at Delaware
- Nov 21at Kennesaw State
- Nov 28Sam Houston
- Outfitted by Adidas
Florida International has played football since 2002 and is 97–181 in the 278 games on record here, which start in 2003. They have won one Sun Belt Conference title (2010), counting shared titles. Since 2007, the NFL Draft has taken 10 players from here in its first seven rounds, 0 of them in the first round. Mario Cristobal (2007–2012) won more games here than any other coach: 27. The most-played rival is Florida Atlantic: 23 meetings, Florida Atlantic leads 17–5 (one Florida International win vacated). This season, under Willie Simmons, they’re 3–3.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 99–184 official; 97–181 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 2–4 matches the official bowl record
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1471 89th of 138 FBS
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 113 · Composite No. 92 in FBS, Oct 17; down 1 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 1 last in 2010
- Seasons
- 24 since 2003, 278 games
Identity
2026 season 3–3
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | at South Florida | L 9–19 | 28% |
| Sep 12 | vs Buffalo | W 33–20 | 57% |
| Sep 19 | at Florida Atlantic | L 10–16 | 49% |
| Sep 26 | vs Long Island University | W 20–3 | 84% |
| Oct 7 | vs New Mexico State | W 22–3 | 68% |
| Oct 13 | at Jacksonville State | L 24–27 | 35% |
| Oct 20 | vs Middle Tennessee | Preview | 71% |
| Oct 31 | at Liberty | Preview | 32% |
| Nov 7 | vs Missouri State | Preview | 68% |
| Nov 14 | at Delaware | Preview | 51% |
| Nov 21 | at Kennesaw State | Preview | 50% |
| Nov 28 | vs Sam Houston | Preview | 76% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Future schedule
2027–33- 20273 games: 2 home, 1 away, non-conference only
- 20281 game: 1 home, non-conference only
- 20292 games: 1 home, 1 away, non-conference only
- 20302 games: 1 home, 1 away, non-conference only
- 20311 game: 1 away, non-conference only
- at Old Dominion
- 20331 game: 1 away, non-conference only
Florida International’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of May 7, 2026). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
On the 2026 team
- J.J. Kohl1,458 passing yards, 7 TD (leads Florida International in passing yards)
- Maguire Anderson33 catches, 535 yards, 4 TD (leads Florida International in receiving yards)
- Deandre Boykins37 tackles, 1 INT (leads Florida International in tackles)
- Anthony Carrie258 rushing yards, 1 TD (leads Florida International in rushing touchdowns)
- Devonte Lyons268 rushing yards, 1 TD (leads Florida International in rushing yards)
- Elisha Baldridge22 tackles, 3 sacks
Around the program
- Apparel
- Adidas · Official source
- FIU Athletics; read 2026-10-10
- FIU Athletics; read 2026-10-10
- Sports Business Journal; read 2026-10-10
- Mascot
- Roary · Single source
- College Sports Network; read 2026-10-10
- Offensive coordinator
- Nick Coleman · Official source
- FIU Athletics; read 2026-10-10
Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.
The apparel deal
Adidas. Adidas made FIU football's 2024 uniforms. The contract term hasn't been published.
- Miami Herald (via AOL), Oct 20, 2024: FIU football's white Vice U uniform for the October 22, 2024 game was produced by adidas
- SportsLogos.Net, Aug 10, 2023: FIU football's 2023 alternate uniforms carry an adidas mark
Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.
Program strength since 2003
Best seasons everMore coverage
Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.
Head coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Willie Simmons | 2025–2026 | 10–9 |
 Mike MacIntyre | 2022–2024 | 12–24 |
 Butch Davis | 2017–2021 | 24–32 |
| Ron Cooper | 2016 | 4–4 |
 Ron Turner | 2013–2016 | 10–30 |
 Mario Cristobal | 2007–2012 | 27–47 |
| Don Strock | 2004–2006 | 8–25 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Florida Atlantic
5–17 † in 23
- 2016 W 33–31
- 2017 L 24–52
- 2018 L 14–49
- 2019 L 7–37
- 2020 L 19–38
- 2021 L 21–58
- 2022 L 7–52
- 2024 L 20–38
- 2025 W 38–28
- 2026 L 10–16
Lost the last one.
- Middle Tennessee
6–14 † in 21
- 2016 L 35–42
- 2017 L 17–37
- 2018 W 24–21
- 2019 L 17–50
- 2020 L 28–31
- 2021 L 10–50
- 2022 L 28–33
- 2023 L 6–40
- 2024 W 35–24
- 2025 W 56–30
Won the last two.
Next: Oct 20
- Western Kentucky
6–10 † in 17
- 2015 L 7–63
- 2016 L 21–49
- 2017 W 41–17
- 2018 W 38–17
- 2019 L 14–20
- 2020 L 21–38
- 2021 L 19–34
- 2022 L 0–73
- 2023 L 28–41
- 2025 W 25–6
Won the last one.
| Opponent | Games | FIU record |
|---|---|---|
| Florida Atlantic | 23 | 5–17 † |
| Middle Tennessee | 21 | 6–14 † |
| Western Kentucky | 17 | 6–10 † |
| North Texas | 11 | 6–5 |
| Louisiana | 10 | 2–6 † |
| Troy | 9 | 2–7 |
| Marshall | 9 | 2–7 |
| UL Monroe | 9 | 2–6 † |
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.
Rivals the program names: Florida Atlantic.
Every opponent (74)
Every program Florida International has played, A to Z, with Florida International’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Akron 2–0
- Alabama 0–1 †
- Alcorn State 1–0
- Arkansas 0–2
- Arkansas State 2–6 †
- Arkansas–Pine Bluff 1–0
- Bethune-Cookman 1–3
- Bowling Green 0–1
- Bryant 1–0
- Buffalo 1–0
- Carson Newman 0–1
- Central Michigan 1–1
- Charlotte 6–1
- Delaware 0–1
- Duke 0–2
- East Carolina 0–1
- Florida 0–1
- Florida A&M 0–0 †
- Florida Atlantic 5–17 †
- Gardner-Webb 0–1
- Georgia Southern 0–2
- Holy Cross 0–0 †
- Indiana 0–4
- Indiana State 0–1
- Iowa 0–1
- Jacksonville 0–0 †
- Jacksonville State 1–4
- Kansas 0–2
- Kansas State 0–1
- Kennesaw State 0–2
- Liberty 1–3
- Long Island University 2–0
- Louisiana 2–6 †
- Louisiana Tech 2–5
- Louisville 1–3
- Maine 1–1
- Marshall 2–7
- Maryland 0–5
- Massachusetts 3–2
- McNeese 0–1
- Miami 1–3
- Middle Tennessee 6–14 †
- Missouri State 0–1
- Monmouth 0–1
- New Hampshire 1–0
- New Mexico State 3–2
- North Carolina Central 1–0
- North Texas 6–5
- Old Dominion 3–4
- Penn State 0–2
- Pittsburgh 0–2
- Rice 2–1
- Rutgers 0–2
- Sam Houston 2–1
- South Alabama 1–0
- South Florida 0–3
- Southern Miss 1–1
- Stephen F. Austin 0–1 †
- Temple 0–1
- Texas A&M 0–1
- Texas State 0–2
- Texas Tech 0–2
- Toledo 3–1
- Troy 2–7
- Tulane 1–1
- UAB 1–1
- UCF 2–4
- UConn 1–2
- UL Monroe 2–6 †
- UTEP 3–4
- UTSA 2–3
- Wagner 1–0
- Western Kentucky 6–10 †
- Youngstown State 0–0 †
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.
Conference titles
1, counting shared titles- Sun Belt Conference 1
- 2010 (shared)
As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 2002–2004
- Sun Belt Conference 2005–2012
- Conference USA since 2013
- 2002Went independent from the Started football in football. Source
- 2005Joined the Sun Belt Conference from independence in football. Source
- 2013Joined Conference USA from the Sun Belt Conference, announced May 4, 2012. Source
Florida International’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Led the nation 1
| 2012 | Willis Wright yards per catch (25.3) |
The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 10 since 2007
- First-round picks
- 0
Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.
The school
Florida International University- Enrollment
- 54,723 45,193 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Miami, Florida
- Public or private
- Public Research 1
- Founded
- 1965
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $60,249 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Official accounts
- Football
- X @FIUFootballInstagram @fiu.footballFacebook FIUAthletics
- Athletics department
- X @FIUAthleticsInstagram @fiuathleticsFacebook FIUSports
Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones fiusports.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3–3 | 1–1 | Willie Simmons | 1471 | -5.4 | ||
| 2025 | 7–6 | 5–3 | Willie Simmons | 1446 | -10.5 | ||
| 2024 | 4–8 | 3–5 | Mike MacIntyre | 1372 | -12.1 | ||
| 2023 | 4–8 | 1–7 | Mike MacIntyre | 1271 | -21.2 | ||
| 2022 | 4–8 | 2–6 | Mike MacIntyre | 1262 | -25.5 | ||
| 2021 | 1–11 | 0–8 | Butch Davis | 1207 | -21.6 | ||
| 2020 | 0–5 | 0–3 | Butch Davis | 1369 | -10.7 | ||
| 2019 | 6–7 | 3–5 | Butch Davis | 1452 | -7.0 | ||
| 2018 | 9–4 | 6–2 | Butch Davis | 1531 | -7.4 | ||
| 2017 | 8–5 | 5–3 | Butch Davis | 1464 | -10.4 | ||
| 2016 | 4–8 | 4–4 | Ron Turner, Ron Cooper | 1340 | -19.0 | ||
| 2015 | 5–7 | 3–5 | Ron Turner | 1370 | -16.6 | ||
| 2014 | 4–8 | 3–5 | Ron Turner | 1352 | -16.2 | ||
| 2013 | 1–11 | 1–7 | Ron Turner | 1220 | -38.9 | ||
| 2012 | 3–9 | 2–6 | Mario Cristobal | 1381 | -12.7 | ||
| 2011 | 8–5 | 5–3 | Mario Cristobal | 1504 | -8.5 | ||
| 2010 | 7–6 | 6–2 | Mario Cristobal | 1479 | -12.3 | ||
| 2009 | 3–9 | 3–5 | Mario Cristobal | 1328 | -30.3 | ||
| 2008 | 5–7 | 3–4 | Mario Cristobal | 1361 | -17.3 | ||
| 2007 | 1–11 | 1–6 | Mario Cristobal | 1214 | -32.9 | ||
| 2006 | 0–12 | 0–7 | Don Strock | 1201 | -29.7 | ||
| 2005 | 5–6 | 3–4 | Don Strock | 1331 | -23.5 | ||
| 2004 | 3–7 | Don Strock | 1213 | -27.8 | |||
| 2003 | 2–10 | 1186 |
Officially 99–184 since 2002 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 97–181 (−2 wins, −3 losses). Our file starts in 2003; the program began in 2002. Some games are missing from our source.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.