Chipola College
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chipola College is a small community college located in Marianna, Florida and named for the Chipola River less than a mile from the campus. Founded in 1947 as Chipola Junior College, the name was changed in 2003 with the inception of several Bachelor's degree programs.
The school is noted for its athletic program, which competes in the Panhandle Conference of the Florida Junior College Athletic Association, a body of the National Junior College Athletic Association. The baseball program counts among its alums current Texas Rangers manager Buck Showalter and World Baseball Classic standout Adam Loewen, while the men's basketball program was once home to Auburn University standout Chris Porter.
The men's basketball program has won more state basketball championships under one coach (7 for Milton H. Johnson) and in total (9) than any other junior-college basketball program in Florida, and in the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons finished fifth and third in the nation, repsectively, and in 2005 received its first-ever No. 1 national ranking. In 2004-05, the basketball program won state championships in both men's and women's basketball.
[edit] External links
| Florida Community College System |
|---|
| Brevard Community College • Broward Community College • Central Florida Community College • Chipola College • Daytona Beach Community College • Edison College • Florida Community College at Jacksonville • Florida Keys Community College • Gulf Coast Community College • Hillsborough Community College • Indian River Community College • Lake City Community College • Lake-Sumter Community College • Manatee Community College • Miami Dade College • North Florida Community College • Okaloosa-Walton College • Palm Beach Community College • Pasco-Hernando Community College • Pensacola Junior College • Polk Community College • St. Johns River Community College • St. Petersburg College • Santa Fe Community College • Seminole Community College • South Florida Community College • Tallahassee Community College • Valencia Community College |
