Tim Ryan, Head Men's Basketball Coach

Tim Ryan enters his sixth season as Central Florida Community College Men’s Head Basketball Coach. In Ryan’s first five seasons, he guided the Patriots to two Mid-Florida Conference Championships and four State Tournament appearances with an average of 20 wins per season. Last year’s team won the Mid-Florida Conference Tournament and finished with a 22-11 overall record. Coach Ryan has been honored with the Coach of the Year award for the Mid-Florida Conference two of the last five seasons. Under Coach Ryan, six players from last year’s team were named to the Mid Florida All Conference Team. Shahee Martin and DeAndre Duncan garnered First Team honors, while Jimmie Sutton was named to the Second Team; Ricardo Lewis and Brandon Hickson received Honorable Mention. All ten sophomores from last year’s team received athletic scholarships to continue playing basketball at 4-year Institutions. Ryan is the Mid-Florida Conference Chairman again for the 2008-2009 season.

Coach Ryan came to CFCC after three highly successful seasons as the Associate Head Coach at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, where he helped lead the Hawks to an average of 20 wins per season, two state tournament appearances, and a Suncoast Conference Championship.
Coach Ryan began coaching high school basketball at Clearwater Central Catholic High School in 1993. He remained there four seasons coaching teams from the freshmen to the varsity level. In 1997, he became the Head Coach at St. Petersburg Catholic High School, where he led the team to their first championship in the Pinellas County Private School Tournament two consecutive years. Ryan also led his squad to its second and third appearance in the Regional Playoffs in the school’s history.

Coach Ryan has also been involved with AAU. As the Head Coach of the Clearwater Piranhas, he compiled a record of 256 - 54 over a seven year period. The team won 12 AAU tournaments in which they had participated. The team finished second in the state at the 16U level. Under Coach Ryan, the Piranhas qualified for the national tournament all seven years the team was together. They were the only Florida team to accomplish this feat during that period. The past several years, Coach Ryan has run summer camps. Last year’s camps at CFCC were well received and Coach looks forward to continuing “Camp Patriot” next summer. Coach Ryan has also coached at the prestigious Five-Star Basketball Camp in Pittsburgh, PA and Tallahassee, FL.

Coach Ryan attended and played basketball at Wilkes College in Wilkes-Barre, PA and at Power Memorial Academy in New York City. Coach Ryan also holds a Masters Degree in the field of Psychology from National Luis University. Coach Ryan is married to his wife JoAnne, they have four children, Tim 22, Nicole 21, Veronica 16 and Tommy 13.

Tito Arias, Assistant Men's Basketball Coach

Coach Tito Arias enters his first season with the Central Florida Community College Patriots. His main duties at CFCC will include recruiting, scouting, on-floor coaching, strength training, academic advising and game preparation.

Coach Arias arrives to us from the University of Maine at Machias (2005-2008), where he was a two year starter for the Clippers at point guard and served as an assistant coach to Brac Brady. As an assistant at UMM, Coach Arias responsibilities were recruiting, game and practice planning, monitoring of student athlete academics, strength and conditioning, and scouting. For the past several summers, Coach Arias has been a mentor for young athletes at the Hoops and Dreams Camp, which is held on the campus of UMM.

Prior to UMM, Coach Arias played a season for Butch Estes at Miami-Dade College (2003-2004). Coach Arias holds a bachelor degree in Recreation and Tourism Management from the University of Maine at Machias. Coach Arias is a native of Miami, Florida. He currently lives in Ocala Florida.


Athletic Director:	Bob Zelinski	352/854-2322 ext. 1325
Men's Basketball Head Coach:	Tim Ryan	352/854-2322 ext. 1323
Men's Basketball Asst.Coaches:	Tito Arias	352/854-2322 ext. 1636

Athletic Dept: 352/873-5807

CFCC Main:
352/854-CFCC plus ext.

Fax: 352/873-5884

Men's Bball
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Women's Bball
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Softball
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Tennis
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