Joey Cantens serves as Head Coach for Florida International University's Men's Basketball program in Miami, Florida.
Bringing nearly two decades of collegiate and professional experience along with a proven pedigree as a championship-winning head coach, Miami native Joey Cantens has been named the 10th head coach in FIU men’s basketball program history, Panthers’ Director of Athletics Scott Carr announced on Friday, March 20, 2026. Cantens, 39, has spent the past five seasons as the head coach of Daytona State College, leading the Falcons to a 120-40 record (.750 winning percentage), including a 109-21 (.838) mark over the past four years. In those four years, he has captured four-consecutive conference championships and won Conference Coach of the Year every single season.
