Division II of the NCAA. The Panthers are the athletic teams of Florida Tech. The institution competes in 20 NCAA Division II sports, 10 for men and 10 for women, and is a member of the Sunshine State Conference. Florida Tech's primary campus is in Lakeland, Florida, with additional campuses in Haines City and Winter Park. They have had only two seasons since joining the NCAA in 1969-70, but has won 45 games and made the playoffs both years. They have never advanced past the first round. In their first season, they lost to West Chester in the first round of the 1970 NCAA Tournament 11-4. The following year they lost again to West Chester in the first round this time by a score of 7-3. Florida Tech has spent most of its history as an independent school, but did play football for five seasons (1955-59) as an NAIA team. They left that organization after the 1958 season and became an NCAA Division II school the next year. The Panthers' only Division I program was a short-lived one that lasted from 1990 to 1995. They played in the now-defunct Sun Belt Conference during that time. Florida Tech dropped down a level for their next foray into Division I, which began in 2001 when they joined the Gulf Coast Athletic Association.