chattanooga MOCS

NIL OPPORTUNITIES

Arrival / Eligibility Status
- Signed with UTC out of high school during early signing period in November 2024... eligible with four years remaining heading into the 2025-26 season.

High School - Santa Fe Catholic (FL)
2025 Polk County Player of the Year
2025 FABC "King of the Court" Player of the Year
2025 FABC 2A Player of the Year
2025 First Team All-Florida (Source Hoops)
- Product of Santa Fe Catholic out of Lakeland, Florida... competed with Puma 1 Family (Florida) in the AAU circuit. 
- Scored 1,877 points over four-year career at Santa Fe Catholic... started and played all 120 games (never missed a game; 80-40 record) in high school career.
- Averaged 15.6 points for his career... shot 45% FG / 35% 3PT / 85% FT over the four seasons.
- Scored 739 total points (23.1 per game) during senior year in 2025... led Santa Fe Catholic to a Florida 2A State Runner-Up finish (first for school since 1964).
- Totaled 34 points on 14-of-22 (63.6%) shooting in the Florida 2A Semifinals... scored 27 points on 11-of-14 (78.6%) shooting in Florida 2A Championship game.

Personal
- Father, Linc Darner, is the current head coach of NCAA Division II Tampa University... previous head coach at Green Bay (NCAA DI; 2015-20) & Florida Southern (NCAA DII; 2006-15).
- Linc led Florida Southern to a NCAA DII National Championship in 2015 behind a 36-1 overall record... guided the Mocs to a 219-72 (.753) overall record and six Sunshine State Conference titles over nine seasons.
- Led Green Bay to the 2016 NCAA Tournament after capturing the Horizon League Tournament title... led the Phoenix to a 23-13 record in 2015-16... finished 92-80 (.535) overall and 51-39 (.567) in Horizon League play over five seasons.

Coach Dan Earl on Darner:
"Tate is an extremely cerebral player that has an elite feel for the game. He is a great shot maker that can play with or without the ball. He comes from a great basketball family and will translate perfectly into our system."