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style="display:none">Athletic teams representing University of Alabama</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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Association">NCAA</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">Division I</a> (<a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision">FBS</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Athletic director</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Greg_Byrne_(athletic_director)" title="Greg Byrne (athletic director)">Greg Byrne</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data adr" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Tuscaloosa,_Alabama" title="Tuscaloosa, Alabama">Tuscaloosa, Alabama</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Varsity teams</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;">21</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Football stadium</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Bryant%E2%80%93Denny_Stadium" title="Bryant–Denny Stadium">Bryant–Denny Stadium</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Basketball arena</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Coleman_Coliseum" title="Coleman Coliseum">Coleman Coliseum</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Baseball stadium</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Sewell%E2%80%93Thomas_Stadium" title="Sewell–Thomas Stadium">Sewell–Thomas Stadium</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Softball stadium</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Rhoads_Stadium" title="Rhoads Stadium">Rhoads Stadium</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Soccer stadium</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Soccer_Stadium" title="Alabama Soccer Stadium">Alabama Soccer Stadium</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Aquatics center</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;">Alabama Aquatics Center</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Rowing venue</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Black_Warrior_River" title="Black Warrior River">Black Warrior River</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Tennis venue</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;">Alabama Tennis Stadium</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Outdoor track and field venue</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;">Bailey Track Stadium</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Other venues</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foster_Auditorium" title="Foster Auditorium">Foster Auditorium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ol%27_Colony_Golf_Complex" title="Ol' Colony Golf Complex">Ol' Colony Golf Course</a></li><li>Pritchett Running Park</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Mascot</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Big_Al_(mascot)" title="Big Al (mascot)">Big Al</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Nickname</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;">Crimson Tide</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Fight song</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Yea_Alabama" class="mw-redirect" title="Yea Alabama">Yea Alabama</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Cheer</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Roll_Tide" title="Roll Tide">Roll Tide</a>" (widely used)</span></li><li>"Go Bama"</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Colors</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;">Crimson and white<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#B30838"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rolltide.com/">rolltide<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SEC_logo_in_Alabama_colors.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/SEC_logo_in_Alabama_colors.svg/150px-SEC_logo_in_Alabama_colors.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/SEC_logo_in_Alabama_colors.svg/225px-SEC_logo_in_Alabama_colors.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/SEC_logo_in_Alabama_colors.svg/300px-SEC_logo_in_Alabama_colors.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="248" data-file-height="248" /></a><figcaption>SEC logo in Alabama's colors</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Alabama Crimson Tide</b> refers to the <a href="/wiki/College_athletics_in_the_United_States" title="College athletics in the United States">intercollegiate athletic</a> varsity teams that represent the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Alabama" title="University of Alabama">University of Alabama</a>, located in <a href="/wiki/Tuscaloosa,_Alabama" title="Tuscaloosa, Alabama">Tuscaloosa</a>. The Crimson Tide teams compete in the <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">National Collegiate Athletic Association</a>'s <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">Division I</a> as members of the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a> (SEC). The Spirit Squads compete in the <a href="/wiki/Universal_Cheerleaders_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Cheerleaders Association">UCA</a> and <a href="/wiki/Universal_Dance_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Dance Association">UDA</a> <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_Cheerleading_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="Collegiate Cheerleading Championships">College National Championships</a>. </p><p>Athletics facilities on the campus include the 100,077-seat <a href="/wiki/Bryant%E2%80%93Denny_Stadium" title="Bryant–Denny Stadium">Bryant–Denny Stadium</a>, named after football coach <a href="/wiki/Bear_Bryant" title="Bear Bryant">Paul "Bear" Bryant</a> and former University President <a href="/wiki/George_H._Denny" title="George H. Denny">George Denny</a>, 15,316-seat <a href="/wiki/Coleman_Coliseum" title="Coleman Coliseum">Coleman Coliseum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foster_Auditorium" title="Foster Auditorium">Foster Auditorium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sewell%E2%80%93Thomas_Stadium" title="Sewell–Thomas Stadium">Sewell–Thomas Stadium</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Soccer_Stadium" title="Alabama Soccer Stadium">Alabama Soccer Stadium</a>, the Sam Bailey Track Stadium, the <a href="/wiki/Ol%27_Colony_Golf_Complex" title="Ol' Colony Golf Complex">Ol' Colony Golf Complex</a>, the Alabama Aquatic Center, and the Alabama Tennis Stadium. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports_sponsored">Sports sponsored</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Sports sponsored"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right; clear:right; margin:0 0 1em 1em;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#B30838;color:#FFFFFF;">Men's sports </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#B30838;color:#FFFFFF;">Women's sports </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_baseball" title="Alabama Crimson Tide baseball">Baseball</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_women%27s_basketball" title="Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball">Basketball</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_men%27s_basketball" title="Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball">Basketball</a></td> <td>Cross country </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cross country</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_golf" title="Alabama Crimson Tide golf">Golf</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football" title="Alabama Crimson Tide football">Football</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_women%27s_gymnastics" title="Alabama Crimson Tide women's gymnastics">Gymnastics</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_golf" title="Alabama Crimson Tide golf">Golf</a></td> <td>Rowing </td></tr> <tr> <td>Swimming & diving</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_women%27s_soccer" title="Alabama Crimson Tide women's soccer">Soccer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tennis</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_softball" title="Alabama Crimson Tide softball">Softball</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Track & field<sup>†</sup></td> <td>Swimming & diving </td></tr> <tr> <td>Soccer</td> <td>Tennis </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Track & field<sup>†</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_women%27s_volleyball" title="Alabama Crimson Tide women's volleyball">Volleyball</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#B30838;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #B30838, inset -2px -2px 0 #B30838;"><span style="font-size:85%;">† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football">Football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football" title="Alabama Crimson Tide football">Alabama Crimson Tide football</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/2023_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="2023 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">2023 Alabama Crimson Tide football team</a></div> <p>University of Alabama law student William G. Little learned how to play <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> while attending school in <a href="/wiki/Andover,_Massachusetts" title="Andover, Massachusetts">Andover, Massachusetts</a> and began teaching the sport to fellow Alabama students in early 1892.<sup id="cite_ref-history1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-history4_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history4-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in the year, the school formed <a href="/wiki/1892_Alabama_Cadets_football_team" title="1892 Alabama Cadets football team">an official team of 19 players</a>, with Little as captain and <a href="/wiki/E._B._Beaumont" title="E. B. Beaumont">E. B. Beaumont</a> as head coach. Early newspaper accounts of Alabama football simply listed the team as the "varsity" or the "Crimson White", after the school colors. Headline writers then made popular the nickname "The Thin Red Line". It was not until 1907 that the name "Crimson Tide" was used to describe Alabama. The name was supposedly first used by Hugh Roberts, former sports editor of the <i><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Age-Herald" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham Age-Herald">Birmingham Age-Herald</a></i>. Roberts coined the nickname to describe the 1907 Alabama–Auburn game, played in a sea of mud. Although Auburn was favored to win, Alabama played well in the red mud and held Auburn to a 6–6 tie. </p><p>Since then, the program has won 28 <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a> (SEC) championships and claimed 18 <a href="/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS" title="College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS">national championships</a>. These include, for years prior to consensus selections, five titles from NCAA-recognized "major selectors" bestowed in 1934 and 1941, and retrospectively for 1925, 1926, and 1930. Alabama was also retrospectively selected as national champion for <a href="/wiki/1945_college_football_season" title="1945 college football season">1945</a>, <a href="/wiki/1966_NCAA_University_Division_football_season" title="1966 NCAA University Division football season">1966</a>, and <a href="/wiki/1977_NCAA_Division_I_football_season" title="1977 NCAA Division I football season">1977</a>, as well as at the end of the <a href="/wiki/1975_NCAA_Division_I_football_season" title="1975 NCAA Division I football season">1975 college football season</a> by the Matthews, Congrove, Colley Matrix, and <a href="/wiki/Dunkel_System" title="Dunkel System">Dunkel Systems</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Past-champs_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Past-champs-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but these five are not claimed by the university.<sup id="cite_ref-Bama-12NCs_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bama-12NCs-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NCAANC2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCAANC2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2012, Alabama <a href="/wiki/2012_BCS_National_Championship_Game" title="2012 BCS National Championship Game">defeated</a> No.<span class="nowrap"> </span>1 <a href="/wiki/LSU_Tigers_football" title="LSU Tigers football">LSU</a> 21–0 to take the <a href="/wiki/Bowl_Championship_Series" title="Bowl Championship Series">BCS national title</a>. In January 2013, Alabama <a href="/wiki/2013_BCS_National_Championship_Game" title="2013 BCS National Championship Game">defeated</a> the <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame Fighting Irish</a> 42–14 for its 15th national championship.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2016, Alabama <a href="/wiki/2016_College_Football_Playoff_National_Championship" title="2016 College Football Playoff National Championship">defeated</a> the <a href="/wiki/Clemson_Tigers_football" title="Clemson Tigers football">Clemson Tigers</a> 45–40 to claim its 16th national championship. On January 8, 2018, Alabama <a href="/wiki/2018_College_Football_Playoff_National_Championship" title="2018 College Football Playoff National Championship">defeated</a> the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Bulldogs_football" title="Georgia Bulldogs football">Georgia Bulldogs</a> 26–23 to take the team's 17th national championship.<sup id="cite_ref-NCAANC3_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCAANC3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 11, 2021, Alabama <a href="/wiki/2021_College_Football_Playoff_National_Championship" title="2021 College Football Playoff National Championship">defeated</a> the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football" title="Ohio State Buckeyes football">Ohio State Buckeyes</a> 52-24 for its 18th national championship. </p><p>The team has also made 65 <a href="/wiki/Bowl_game" title="Bowl game">bowl</a> appearances throughout its history (an NCAA record), beginning with the <a href="/wiki/1926_Rose_Bowl" title="1926 Rose Bowl">1926 Rose Bowl</a>. Alabama's most recent bowl appearance was at the <a href="/wiki/2020_Citrus_Bowl" title="2020 Citrus Bowl">2020 Citrus Bowl</a>. Alabama has a 39–26–3 bowl game record. Since 1913, Alabama has had 98 players selected as first team All-Americans, with 29 of them being consensus selections. In 2009, Alabama also recorded their first <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> winner, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ingram_II" title="Mark Ingram II">Mark Ingram II</a>, in the closest Heisman Trophy race.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, Alabama had its second Heisman Trophy winner in <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Henry" title="Derrick Henry">Derrick Henry</a>. In 2020, wide receiver <a href="/wiki/DeVonta_Smith" title="DeVonta Smith">DeVonta Smith</a> became the program's third Heisman Trophy winner. This reoccurred in 2022 with Bryce Young. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Men's_basketball"><span id="Men.27s_basketball"></span>Men's basketball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Men's basketball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_men%27s_basketball" title="Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball">Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball</a></div> <p>Alabama's men's basketball program has numerous SEC Championships and players becoming NBA stars and international professional players. In the conference, it trails only Kentucky in basketball wins, SEC tournament titles, and SEC regular season conference titles. The men's basketball program rose to a No.<span class="nowrap"> </span>1 national ranking briefly in 2002. The Crimson Tide became a regular conference basketball contender much as it was in the 1980s under the direction of Coach <a href="/wiki/Wimp_Sanderson" title="Wimp Sanderson">Wimp Sanderson</a>. Under head coach and former point guard <a href="/wiki/Mark_Gottfried" title="Mark Gottfried">Mark Gottfried</a>, the Tide advanced to postseason play for six consecutive years, culminating with the team's advancement into the Elite Eight of the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship">NCAA tournament</a> for the first time in school history in 2004, where the team lost to eventual champion <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Huskies_men%27s_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="Connecticut Huskies men's basketball">Connecticut</a> in the Phoenix regional final. </p><p>In January 2009, Head Coach <a href="/wiki/Mark_Gottfried" title="Mark Gottfried">Mark Gottfried</a> resigned after eleven years at Alabama. Soon afterwards <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Grant_(basketball)" title="Anthony Grant (basketball)">Anthony Grant</a> was hired as the new head coach. Under his watch the Crimson Tide battled through a tough first year, finishing 17–15 and achieving a top-10 ranking in points allowed on defense. Grant's second season with the Tide resulted in the SEC Western Division Championship, finishing 12–4 in the SEC and an overall record of 25–12. They entered the 2011 <a href="/wiki/NIT_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="NIT Tournament">NIT Tournament</a> with a No.<span class="nowrap"> </span>1 seed and made it to the NIT Championship Game and finished as the runner-up. The Crimson Tide was unbeaten at home with a perfect 19–0 season, a school record. In 2012 the Crimson Tide was a participant in the NCAA tournament and finished its season with a 21–12 record. Former Dallas Mavericks and New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets coach <a href="/wiki/Avery_Johnson" title="Avery Johnson">Avery Johnson</a> became the Alabama Head Coach on April 5, 2015. <a href="/wiki/Nate_Oats" title="Nate Oats">Nate Oats</a> became head coach on March 27, 2019. Since then Nate Oats has been 92-41 with the Tide. In 2023 they went all the way to the tournament as the no.1 seed for the first time in program history. They lost to the San Diego State in the Sweet Sixteen. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women's_basketball"><span id="Women.27s_basketball"></span>Women's basketball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Women's basketball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_women%27s_basketball" title="Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball">Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_women%27s_basketball_team" title="2016–17 Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball team">2016–17 Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball team</a></div> <p>Alabama's women's <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> team competes in <a href="/wiki/Coleman_Coliseum" title="Coleman Coliseum">Coleman Coliseum</a> and had previously played in <a href="/wiki/Foster_Auditorium" title="Foster Auditorium">Foster Auditorium</a>. The team played its first game in 1974 and has since been a varsity sport. The team has had nine head coaches, including Rick Moody, who guided the club to the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Women%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship">1994 NCAA Women's Final Four</a>. <a href="/wiki/Kristy_Curry" title="Kristy Curry">Kristy Curry</a> was named head coach on May 11, 2013, replacing <a href="/wiki/Wendell_Hudson" title="Wendell Hudson">Wendell Hudson</a>. </p><p>The Crimson Tide has appeared in ten post-season Tournaments for the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Women%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship">NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship</a>, including an eight-year streak of consecutive appearances in the tournament stretching from 1992 to 1999. In ten NCAA tournament appearances, Alabama has advanced to the "Sweet Sixteen" six times and the "Elite Eight" and the "Final Four" in 1994. The most successful season was 1996–1997 when the Tide finished second in the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a> (10–2 record) and had a mid-season national ranking of No.<span class="nowrap"> </span>2 in polls by the AP and USA Today (November 12, 1996); they finished with a 25–7 overall record. The University of Alabama Women's Basketball program shares the national record with Duke University for the most total points for both teams when Alabama defeated Duke 121–120 (in four overtimes) in 1995 in the NCAA tournament, a game that <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> has declared as one of the <i>best all-time women's basketball tournament games</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Seven former players for the University of Alabama have made rosters of teams of the <a href="/wiki/WNBA" class="mw-redirect" title="WNBA">WNBA</a>. Alabama has had an active player in the WNBA through every year of its existence. The current head coach for the Crimson Tide is <a href="/wiki/Kristy_Curry" title="Kristy Curry">Kristy Curry</a>. The team played its first season of 1974–75 in Foster Auditorium, but moved to what is now Coleman Coliseum the following season. After Foster Auditorium was extensively renovated in a project that began in 2009, the Tide returned to their original home on February 13, 2011. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baseball">Baseball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Baseball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_baseball" title="Alabama Crimson Tide baseball">Alabama Crimson Tide baseball</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/2018_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_baseball_team" title="2018 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team">2018 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team</a></div> <p>Alabama has baseball. The Crimson Tide is second to LSU for the most SEC titles with 14 (including 13 regular season titles and one tournament title that was won in 1983, during an era in which the tournament decided the overall SEC title). Alabama is also second to the Tigers with seven SEC Tournament championships, including the 1983 one that decided the overall SEC title. Tide baseball teams have participated in the NCAA <a href="/wiki/College_World_Series" title="College World Series">College World Series</a> five times (<a href="/wiki/1950_College_World_Series" title="1950 College World Series">1950</a>, <a href="/wiki/1983_College_World_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="1983 College World Series">1983</a>, <a href="/wiki/1996_College_World_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="1996 College World Series">1996</a>, <a href="/wiki/1997_College_World_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="1997 College World Series">1997</a>, <a href="/wiki/1999_College_World_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 College World Series">1999</a>), finishing second in 1983 (to <a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns#Baseball" title="Texas Longhorns">Texas</a>) and 1997 (to LSU). Home games are played at <a href="/wiki/Sewell%E2%80%93Thomas_Stadium" title="Sewell–Thomas Stadium">Sewell–Thomas Stadium</a>, known as "The Joe" to Crimson Tide fans. The baseball team is currently coached by head coach <a href="/wiki/Brad_Bohannon" title="Brad Bohannon">Brad Bohannon</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Softball">Softball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Softball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_softball" title="Alabama Crimson Tide softball">Alabama Crimson Tide softball</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/2018_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_softball_team" title="2018 Alabama Crimson Tide softball team">2018 Alabama Crimson Tide softball team</a></div> <p>The Alabama softball team was started in 1997. They are currently coached by head coach <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Murphy_(softball)" title="Patrick Murphy (softball)">Patrick Murphy</a> and assistant coaches <a href="/wiki/Alyson_Habetz" title="Alyson Habetz">Alyson Habetz</a> and Stephanie VanBrakle. They have won six Southeastern Conference championships (two regular seasons and four tournaments), made 18 consecutive NCAA tournaments (every year since 1999) and have advanced to the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_College_World_Series" title="Women's College World Series">Women's College World Series</a> eight times, including back-to-back third-place finishes in the 2008 and 2009 series. On June 7, 2012, Alabama became the first team in SEC history to win the WCWS Championship defeating Oklahoma in three games. The team's current overall record stands at 708–224 (.759). Alabama has won the <a href="/wiki/SEC_softball_tournament" title="SEC softball tournament">SEC softball tournament</a> five times (1998, 2003, 2005, <a href="/wiki/2010_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_softball_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Alabama Crimson Tide softball season">2010</a> and 2012). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Golf">Golf</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Golf"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_golf" title="Alabama Crimson Tide golf">Alabama Crimson Tide golf</a></div> <p>Alabama's men's and women's golf teams have become two of the top programs in the nation since head coaches Jay Seawell (men) and Mic Potter (women) took over in the 2002 and 2006 respectively.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> They have combined to make the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship">NCAA tournament</a> 13 out of 14 chances since they arrived, and have each led their teams to a <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a> Championship. Overall the Crimson Tide golf teams have combined to make the NCAA tournament 31 times, won the SEC Championship four times, and have had over 30 players honored as <a href="/wiki/All-America" title="All-America">All-Americans</a>. The men's golf program finished sixth in the nation in 2007, while being consistently ranked in the top three in the 2007–08 season. The home course for the Tide has been the <a href="/wiki/Ol%27_Colony_Golf_Complex" title="Ol' Colony Golf Complex">Ol' Colony Golf Complex</a> since 2005.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="details in paragraph need citation(s) per WP:Verify. (April 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2012, the Crimson Tide has two of the best teams in the country with the women ranked No.<span class="nowrap"> </span>1 and men ranked No.<span class="nowrap"> </span>4 by Golf Week.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The women's golf team won their first national title in 2012 while the men finished as the national runner-up.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1941, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Dudley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eleanor Dudley (page does not exist)">Eleanor Dudley</a> won the inaugural women's individual intercollegiate <a href="/wiki/Association_for_Intercollegiate_Athletics_for_Women_championships#Individual" title="Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships">golf championship</a> (an event conducted by the <a href="/wiki/Association_for_Intercollegiate_Athletics_for_Women#History" title="Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women">Division of Girls' and Women's Sports</a> (DGWS)—which later evolved into the AIAW championship in the 1970s). </p><p>On June 2, 2013, the Alabama men's golf team won their first NCAA national title after defeating Illinois in the title match.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gymnastics">Gymnastics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Gymnastics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_women%27s_gymnastics" title="Alabama Crimson Tide women's gymnastics">Alabama Crimson Tide women's gymnastics</a></div> <p>The women's <a href="/wiki/Gymnastics" title="Gymnastics">gymnastics</a> squad at The University of Alabama first competed in 1975. The squad did not have a winning season until the arrival of former coach <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Patterson_(coach)" title="Sarah Patterson (coach)">Sarah Patterson</a> in 1979. In the following 35 years under Patterson and her husband David, the squad won six NCAA national championships, seven SEC championships, 26 regional titles, and 248 <a href="/wiki/All-America" title="All-America">All-American</a> honors. It has placed in the top five at the NCAA Championships 25 of the past 29 years and won national championships six times: in 1988, 1991, 1996, 2002, and most recently won back to back titles in 2011 and 2012. Alabama has also won nine SEC Championships including 1988, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2014, and 2015. The gymnastics squad also hosts an annual fundraiser for breast cancer, where the crowd is encouraged to "Think Pink" and support the cause by turning out in pink clothing. As of the 2009 fundraiser, the effort had raised in excess of $750,000.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gymnastics meets have an average attendance of over 13,000 at Coleman Coliseum. Meets against the team's arch-rival, the University of Georgia Gymdogs, often sell out. Alabama holds seven of the eleven NCAA records for the largest gymnastics crowds of all time, including an attendance of 15,162 fans on January 20, 2006. Alabama's gymnastics team is led by head coach <a href="/wiki/Dana_Duckworth" title="Dana Duckworth">Dana Duckworth</a>, a former Crimson Tide gymnast and two-time NCAA champion, and competes in Coleman Coliseum. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Track_and_field">Track and field</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Track and field"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Crimson Tide's men's <a href="/wiki/Track_and_field" title="Track and field">track and field</a> program has produced numerous individual national champions, including <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Smith" title="Calvin Smith">Calvin Smith</a>, the former world record holder in the 100-meter dash, <a href="/wiki/Jan_Johnson" title="Jan Johnson">Jan Johnson</a> (pole vault), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_England_(shot_putter)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gary England (shot putter) (page does not exist)">Gary England</a> (shot put), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Woodard_(high_jumper)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jeff Woodard (high jumper) (page does not exist)">Jeff Woodard</a> (high jump), <a href="/wiki/William_Wuycke" title="William Wuycke">William Wuycke</a> (1000 yards and 1000 meters), <a href="/wiki/Emmit_King" title="Emmit King">Emmit King</a> (100 m), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Keith_Talley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Keith Talley (page does not exist)">Keith Talley</a> (55 m and 100 m hurdles), <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Owusu" title="Andrew Owusu">Andrew Owusu</a> (long jump), <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Pate" title="Miguel Pate">Miguel Pate</a> (long jump and NCAA national record), <a href="/wiki/Mats_Nilsson_(javelin_thrower)" title="Mats Nilsson (javelin thrower)">Mats Nilsson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Broe" title="Tim Broe">Tim Broe</a> (3000 m steeplechase), <a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Kimani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Kimani (page does not exist)">David Kimani</a> (3000 m indoor and 5000 m), <a href="/wiki/Kirani_James" title="Kirani James">Kirani James</a> (400 m), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Diondre_Batson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diondre Batson (page does not exist)">Diondre Batson</a> (Indoor 200 meters), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hayden_Reed&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hayden Reed (page does not exist)">Hayden Reed</a> (Discus) and the 4 × 100 meter relay team of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Beattie_(sprinter)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard Beattie (sprinter) (page does not exist)">Richard Beattie</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Brad_McQuaig&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brad McQuaig (page does not exist)">Brad McQuaig</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eduardo_Nava_(athlete)" title="Eduardo Nava (athlete)">Eduardo Nava</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Clive_Wright" title="Clive Wright">Clive Wright</a>, and the mile relay team of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Coombs_(sprinter)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joe Coombs (sprinter) (page does not exist)">Joe Coombs</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Darroll_Gatson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Darroll Gatson (page does not exist)">Darroll Gatson</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Husbands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tony Husbands (page does not exist)">Tony Husbands</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ike_Levin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ike Levin (page does not exist)">Ike Levin</a>. </p><p>Individual national champions from the Crimson Tide women's track and field team have included <a href="/wiki/Disa_Gisladottir" class="mw-redirect" title="Disa Gisladottir">Disa Gisladottir</a> (high jump), <a href="/wiki/Iris_Gronfeldt" class="mw-redirect" title="Iris Gronfeldt">Iris Gronfeldt</a> (javelin), <a href="/wiki/Lillie_Leatherwood" title="Lillie Leatherwood">Lillie Leatherwood</a> (400 m), <a href="/wiki/Liz_McColgan" title="Liz McColgan">Liz McColgan</a> (née Lynch; mile), <a href="/wiki/Pauline_Davis-Thompson" title="Pauline Davis-Thompson">Pauline Davis-Thompson</a> (200 m), <a href="/wiki/Flora_Hyacinth" title="Flora Hyacinth">Flora Hyacinth</a> (triple jump), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Beth_Mallory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Beth Mallory (page does not exist)">Beth Mallory</a> (discus), <a href="/wiki/Remona_Burchell" title="Remona Burchell">Remona Burchell</a> (indoor 60 m), and <a href="/wiki/Quanesha_Burks" title="Quanesha Burks">Quanesha Burks</a> (long jump). </p><p>Coach Dan Waters is the head coach for both the men's and women's track and field program, assuming the position in 2012. The university hosts the Alabama Relays and the Crimson Classic annually, which brings many of the top programs in the country to compete at the Sam Bailey Track Stadium, built in 1975 with seating for 4,500 fans. A renovation project in 2012 created a facility that is among America's best.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women's_soccer"><span id="Women.27s_soccer"></span>Women's soccer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Women's soccer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_women%27s_soccer" title="Alabama Crimson Tide women's soccer">Alabama Crimson Tide women's soccer</a></div> <p>Women's <a href="/wiki/College_soccer_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="College soccer in the United States">soccer</a> was a varsity sport from 1986 to 1988, and was revived in 1994. Former head coach Don Staley had been with the program since 1994, but stepped down at the end of the 2007 season. He was replaced with former <a href="/wiki/Clemson_University" title="Clemson University">Clemson University</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/Todd_Bramble" title="Todd Bramble">Todd Bramble</a>. The team has won the SEC West three times (1995, 97, 98) and participated in the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Women%27s_Soccer_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship">NCAA Women's Soccer Championship</a> in 1999 and 2011. In 2005, senior Libby Probst earned third team All-American honors and the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year award after breaking almost every major offensive record in her career at the Capstone. The team currently plays its home games at the <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Soccer_Stadium" title="Alabama Soccer Stadium">Alabama Soccer Stadium</a>. Wes Hart became the head coach in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women's_volleyball"><span id="Women.27s_volleyball"></span>Women's volleyball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Women's volleyball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_volleyball" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama Crimson Tide volleyball">Alabama Crimson Tide volleyball</a></div> <p>The Alabama women's volleyball is coached by Ed Allen, who was hired on January 10, 2011. The team has competed in the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Women%27s_Volleyball_Championship" title="NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship">NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship</a> in 2005, 2006, and 2007. The team won the SEC Western Division Championship in 2000 and 2004, and was the SEC Volleyball Tournament Runner-up in 2005. In 2000, the Alabama Volleyball team achieved the nation's best team-GPA among Division I Volleyball teams. Past coaches for Alabama Volleyball have included Stephanie Schleuder, Dorothy Franco-Reed, and <a href="/wiki/Judy_Green_(volleyball_coach)" title="Judy Green (volleyball coach)">Judy Green</a>. The venue for the Crimson Tide's home volleyball games is <a href="/wiki/Foster_Auditorium" title="Foster Auditorium">Foster Auditorium</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tennis">Tennis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Tennis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Men's and women's tennis at the University of Alabama have built a tradition of excellence and enjoy competing in the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Indoor Tennis Facility, and the University of Alabama Tennis Stadium, which has won an award from <a href="/wiki/USTA" class="mw-redirect" title="USTA">USTA</a> for being among the most excellent tennis facilities in the nation, and has been selected as the host site for regional tournaments by the NCAA in 2012 and 2013. In the 1960s, <a href="/wiki/Roberta_Alison" title="Roberta Alison">Roberta Alison</a> became Alabama's first female athlete when she joined the men's team and occasionally played the No.<span class="nowrap"> </span>1 and No.<span class="nowrap"> </span>2 positions. She went on to win American Women's collegiate Championships in 1962 and 1963 for singles, and 1963 in doubles. Today the Alabama Tennis program hosts the Roberta Alison Fall Tennis Classic each year to honor her. </p><p>Alabama men's tennis began in 1949 with the coach, Lee Shapiro. Through the years, additional coaches have developed Alabama's program, including C. de la Manardiere (1951–1953, 1956); Rafael de Valle (1954–1955 and 1958–1960); Dr. <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Lambert_(coach)" title="Eugene Lambert (coach)">Eugene Lambert (coach)</a> in 1957; Jason Morton (1961–1964); Earl Baumgardner (1965–1966); Bill Mallory in 1967; Dale Anderson (1968–1969); Bill McClain (1970–1977); <a href="/wiki/Armistead_Neely" title="Armistead Neely">Armistead Neely</a> (1978–1982); Tommy Wade (1983–1988); John Kreis (1989–1994); <a href="/wiki/Joey_Rive" title="Joey Rive">Joey Rive</a> (1995–1997); Adam Steinberg (1998–2002); Billy Pate (2003–2012), and the current head coach, George Husack, 2013. </p><p>The Men's Tennis Team has been a participant in the NCAA tournament 17 times: 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2013, as well as having 33 singles qualifying and 17 doubles qualifying for the NCAA tournament. Alabama's All-Americans include Jeff Robinson (1976, 1977), Andy Solis (1984, 1985), Gregg Hahn (1985, 1986), <a href="/wiki/John_Stimpson" title="John Stimpson">John Stimpson</a> (1990), Francisco Rodriquez (1998, 1999), Maxim Belski (2001), Clinton Ferriera (1986, 1989), Ellis Ferriera (1989, 1990, 1991), Rick Witsken (1991, 1993), and <a href="/wiki/Juan_Carlos_Bianchi" title="Juan Carlos Bianchi">Juan Carlos Bianchi</a> (1993). Additionally, Stephen Mitchell, among others, played professionally, and <a href="/wiki/Konstantinos_Efraimoglou" title="Konstantinos Efraimoglou">Konstantinos Efraimoglou</a> was an Olympian in tennis in 1992. Ellis Ferreira became the champion at the <a href="/wiki/2000_Australian_Open" title="2000 Australian Open">2000 Australian Open</a> in men's doubles and <a href="/wiki/2001_Australian_Open" title="2001 Australian Open">2001 Australian Open</a> in mixed doubles. <a href="/wiki/Davis_Cup" title="Davis Cup">Davis Cup</a> participants have included Juan Carlos Bianchi, Francisco Rodriguez, and <a href="/wiki/Michael-Ray_Pallares-Gonz%C3%A1lez" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael-Ray Pallares-González">Michael-Ray Pallares-González</a>. </p><p>Alabama's women's tennis team began in 1975, although <a href="/wiki/Roberta_Alison" title="Roberta Alison">Roberta Alison</a> competed individually through the men's team years earlier. Coaches for the Crimson Tide Women's tennis team include Jean Mills (1975–1978), Mark Heinrick (1979–1980), Lewis Lay in 1981, Peter Heffeman (1982–1984), Karin Gaiser (1985–1993), Jim Tressler (1994–1997), Michelle Morton in 1997, and the current coach, Jenny Mainz (1998–2013). Coach Jenny Mainz was named in 2013 as the National Coach of the Year after her team reached the Round of 16 and had a singles player and a doubles team to both reach the national semifinals. </p><p>All-Americans for the Crimson Tide women's tennis team include Titia Wilmink (1993), Marouschka van Dijk (1993), Baili Camino (1997), <a href="/wiki/Robin_Stephenson" title="Robin Stephenson">Robin Stephenson</a> (2005), <a href="/wiki/Alexa_Guarachi" title="Alexa Guarachi">Alexa Guarachi</a> (2013), Mary Anne Macfarlane (2012, 2013). The Crimson Tide women's team has sent 17 qualifiers for NCAA Singles Tournaments and twelve for the Doubles Tournaments as of 2013<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>. The Tide competed as a team in the NCAA tournaments of 1993, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2013. The 2013 team produced the best results in program history, ending the season with a Sweet Sixteen appearance. Alabama was the winner of the NCAA Women's Doubles National Championship in 2014 and 2015 with the team of Erin Routliffe and Maya Jansen. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women's_rowing"><span id="Women.27s_rowing"></span>Women's rowing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Women's rowing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Women's <a href="/wiki/College_rowing_in_the_United_States" title="College rowing in the United States">rowing</a> is the most recent addition to Alabama's list of varsity athletics. <a href="/wiki/Mal_Moore" title="Mal Moore">Mal Moore</a> announced the addition of Alabama's 21st varsity sport in October 2005. The women's rowing team became the newest varsity sport at The University of Alabama in Fall 2006. The team was added due to <a href="/wiki/Title_IX" title="Title IX">Title IX</a> considerations and allows for 20 full scholarships.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taking only girls who had previously rowed for the Alabama <a href="/wiki/Rowing_(sport)" title="Rowing (sport)">Crew</a> Club (est. 1987) and other walk-ons, Head Coach Larry Davis built the program from the ground up. In the first year of competition (2006–2007), the Tide defeated the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bearcats" title="Cincinnati Bearcats">University of Cincinnati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Creighton_Bluejays" title="Creighton Bluejays">Creighton University</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Murray_State_Racers" title="Murray State Racers">Murray State University</a> and also won medals at the Head of the Chattahoochee and the Head of the South. </p><p>The second year (2007–2008) of competition surprised many as the Varsity eight went on to win silver medals at the prestigious <a href="/wiki/Head_of_the_Charles_Regatta" title="Head of the Charles Regatta">Head of the Charles Regatta</a> in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, and also the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships in <a href="/wiki/Oak_Ridge,_Tennessee" title="Oak Ridge, Tennessee">Oak Ridge, Tennessee</a>. The Tide again medaled at the Chattanooga Head Race and the Head of the South and recorded several match race victories against <a href="/wiki/SMU_Mustangs" title="SMU Mustangs">Southern Methodist</a>, Creighton, Murray State, <a href="/wiki/Drake_Bulldogs" title="Drake Bulldogs">Drake</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels" title="North Carolina Tar Heels">North Carolina</a>. The team also landed three boats in the top ten of their categories at the <a href="/wiki/Dad_Vail_Regatta" title="Dad Vail Regatta">Dad Vail Regatta</a> in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Within two years, the team has had 25 athletes earn SEC Academic Honor Roll honors and 16 earn Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete awards. For the 2007–2008 school year, Women's Rowing won the team service award by posting the most number of community service hours (over 1500) out of all women's sports at Alabama. Nationally, the Alabama women's rowing team has won both silver (in 2007) and bronze (in 2009) medals in the women's championship 8+ category at the Head of the Charles regatta in Boston. </p><p>Before the SEC added women's rowing in 2024–25, the Crimson Tide had housed that sport in the <a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Others">Others</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Others"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Other varsity sports include swimming and diving, and cross-country. The university supports both men's and women's programs in all these sports. The school has had individual success in all these sports, including <a href="/wiki/Vladislav_Polyakov" title="Vladislav Polyakov">Vladislav Polyakov</a> winning national titles in the 200-meter men's breaststroke in 2005 and 2007. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spirit_Squads">Spirit Squads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Spirit Squads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_cheerleaders_are_amazing_to_watch._The_boys_throw_the_girls_into_the_air_as_they_cheer_on_their_winning_team._University_of_Alabama_football_game,_Tuscaloosa,_Alabama_LCCN2010638321.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/The_cheerleaders_are_amazing_to_watch._The_boys_throw_the_girls_into_the_air_as_they_cheer_on_their_winning_team._University_of_Alabama_football_game%2C_Tuscaloosa%2C_Alabama_LCCN2010638321.tif/lossy-page1-220px-thumbnail.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/The_cheerleaders_are_amazing_to_watch._The_boys_throw_the_girls_into_the_air_as_they_cheer_on_their_winning_team._University_of_Alabama_football_game%2C_Tuscaloosa%2C_Alabama_LCCN2010638321.tif/lossy-page1-330px-thumbnail.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/The_cheerleaders_are_amazing_to_watch._The_boys_throw_the_girls_into_the_air_as_they_cheer_on_their_winning_team._University_of_Alabama_football_game%2C_Tuscaloosa%2C_Alabama_LCCN2010638321.tif/lossy-page1-440px-thumbnail.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3606" data-file-height="2790" /></a><figcaption>Cheerleaders cheering on the crowd, 2010.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Spirit Squads are made up of two cheerleading squads (Coed Squad and All-Girl Squad), the Alabama Dance Team, and <a href="/wiki/Big_Al_(mascot)" title="Big Al (mascot)">Big Al</a>. They appear at many University sporting events. </p><p>The cheer squads and dance team compete annually at the UCA/UDA College National Championships in Division 1A. The Coed Cheerleading squad won for the first time in 2011 and then again in 2015. They came in second in 2017, fourth in 2018, and third in 2019 in the D1A Coed Championship. The All-Girl Squad debuted in 2014 placing second in their debut UCA appearance. The All-Girl team came back to win in 2015 and had repeated wins in 2020 and 2022 in the D1A All-Girl Championship. In 2015 Alabama became the first school to clean sweep both Division 1A cheer titles. The Alabama Dance Team placed seventh in Hip Hop in 2018 and 2019, and 11th in 2019 in Jazz at the UDA College National Championship. 2019 was the first year in school history that the dance team finaled in both of their two divisions.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Club_sports">Club sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Club sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2022_National_Intercollegiate_Wheelchair_Basketball_Tournament_Men%27s_Championship_(Alabama_vs._UT_Arlington)_30_(in-game_action).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/2022_National_Intercollegiate_Wheelchair_Basketball_Tournament_Men%27s_Championship_%28Alabama_vs._UT_Arlington%29_30_%28in-game_action%29.jpg/220px-2022_National_Intercollegiate_Wheelchair_Basketball_Tournament_Men%27s_Championship_%28Alabama_vs._UT_Arlington%29_30_%28in-game_action%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/2022_National_Intercollegiate_Wheelchair_Basketball_Tournament_Men%27s_Championship_%28Alabama_vs._UT_Arlington%29_30_%28in-game_action%29.jpg/330px-2022_National_Intercollegiate_Wheelchair_Basketball_Tournament_Men%27s_Championship_%28Alabama_vs._UT_Arlington%29_30_%28in-game_action%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/2022_National_Intercollegiate_Wheelchair_Basketball_Tournament_Men%27s_Championship_%28Alabama_vs._UT_Arlington%29_30_%28in-game_action%29.jpg/440px-2022_National_Intercollegiate_Wheelchair_Basketball_Tournament_Men%27s_Championship_%28Alabama_vs._UT_Arlington%29_30_%28in-game_action%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Men's wheelchair basketball playing against the <a href="/wiki/UT_Arlington_Mavericks_men%27s_wheelchair_basketball" title="UT Arlington Mavericks men's wheelchair basketball">UT Arlington Movin' Mavs</a> in the 2022 National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Tournament Men's Championship</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2022_National_Intercollegiate_Wheelchair_Basketball_Tournament_Women%27s_Championship_(Illinois_vs._Alabama)_16_(in-game_action).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/2022_National_Intercollegiate_Wheelchair_Basketball_Tournament_Women%27s_Championship_%28Illinois_vs._Alabama%29_16_%28in-game_action%29.jpg/220px-2022_National_Intercollegiate_Wheelchair_Basketball_Tournament_Women%27s_Championship_%28Illinois_vs._Alabama%29_16_%28in-game_action%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/2022_National_Intercollegiate_Wheelchair_Basketball_Tournament_Women%27s_Championship_%28Illinois_vs._Alabama%29_16_%28in-game_action%29.jpg/330px-2022_National_Intercollegiate_Wheelchair_Basketball_Tournament_Women%27s_Championship_%28Illinois_vs._Alabama%29_16_%28in-game_action%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/2022_National_Intercollegiate_Wheelchair_Basketball_Tournament_Women%27s_Championship_%28Illinois_vs._Alabama%29_16_%28in-game_action%29.jpg/440px-2022_National_Intercollegiate_Wheelchair_Basketball_Tournament_Women%27s_Championship_%28Illinois_vs._Alabama%29_16_%28in-game_action%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Women's wheelchair basketball playing against the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Wheelchair_Basketball" title="University of Illinois Wheelchair Basketball">Illinois Fighting Illini</a> in the 2022 National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Tournament Women's Championship</figcaption></figure> <p>The University of Alabama through University Recreation also fields a number of club sports of varying degrees of competitiveness, though most compete only with other teams from the southeastern US. The club sports include bowling, men's <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">soccer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_wrestling" title="Collegiate wrestling">wrestling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lacrosse" title="Lacrosse">lacrosse</a>, men's <a href="/wiki/Volleyball" title="Volleyball">volleyball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Team_handball" class="mw-redirect" title="Team handball">team handball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Water_polo" title="Water polo">water polo</a>, men's <a href="/wiki/Rowing_(sport)" title="Rowing (sport)">rowing (crew)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cycle_sport" title="Cycle sport">cycling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Disc_golf" title="Disc golf">disc golf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Racquetball" title="Racquetball">racquetball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Table_tennis" title="Table tennis">table tennis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Triathlon" title="Triathlon">triathlon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_(sport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ultimate (sport)">ultimate frisbee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wheelchair_basketball" title="Wheelchair basketball">wheelchair basketball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Water_skiing" title="Water skiing">water skiing</a>, equestrian <a href="/wiki/Eventing" title="Eventing">eventing</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bass_fishing" title="Bass fishing">bass fishing</a>. The Crimson Tide's Water Skiing Team, Racquetball Team, and Wheelchair Basketball teams have the distinction of being among the nation's best, with national championships achieved by each of these teams.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ice_hockey">Ice hockey</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Ice hockey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The men's ice hockey team, known as the Alabama Frozen Tide, competes inter-collegiately as a member of the <a href="/wiki/South_Eastern_Collegiate_Hockey_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="South Eastern Collegiate Hockey Conference">South Eastern Collegiate Hockey Conference</a>, an organization comprising mostly SEC schools that do not sponsor hockey, in the <a href="/wiki/American_Collegiate_Hockey_Association" title="American Collegiate Hockey Association">American Collegiate Hockey Association</a> (ACHA) at the ACHA Division I level. Many clubs have played at this level before moving on to varsity status at their respective university. The team plays its home games at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pelham_Civic_Complex&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pelham Civic Complex (page does not exist)">Pelham Civic Complex</a> in nearby Birmingham.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The program has taken a more advanced approach to recruiting including finding players in Canada. The practice is common among NCAA Division I programs. Taylor Joseph, the son of NHL goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Joseph" title="Curtis Joseph">Curtis Joseph</a>, currently plays on the team.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2006, Bama Hockey and the Frozen Tide has hosted sporting events for the Greater-Birmingham area at the <a href="/wiki/Pelham_Civic_Center" title="Pelham Civic Center">Pelham Civic Center</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alabama won the league title in 2012 and was runner-up in two other seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current head coach is John Bierchen, the first UA alumnus to return to his alma mater and coach the program.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Men's_lacrosse"><span id="Men.27s_lacrosse"></span>Men's lacrosse</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Men's lacrosse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The men's lacrosse team competes in the <a href="/wiki/SouthEastern_Lacrosse_Conference" title="SouthEastern Lacrosse Conference">SouthEastern Lacrosse Conference</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Men%27s_Collegiate_Lacrosse_Association" title="Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association">Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association</a> at the Division I level.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team is a club level team. The team plays at the University Recreation Fields and is currently coached by Craig Landru. The team was founded by Steven Shipowitz in the early 1980s. The Crimson Tide made their first appearance in the SELC Tournament in 2012, losing to the <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Seminoles" title="Florida State Seminoles">Florida State Seminoles</a> 22–9 in the quarterfinals. The team briefly played in the Atlantic Coast Lacrosse Association in 2001, hosting the league tournament that season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women's_lacrosse"><span id="Women.27s_lacrosse"></span>Women's lacrosse</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Women's lacrosse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The University of Alabama Women's Lacrosse team competes in the Southeastern Women's Lacrosse League (SWLL).<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team is a club level team founded in 2004. The Crimson Tide made their first appearance in the SWLL Tournament in 2013, losing to the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Bulldogs_and_Lady_Bulldogs" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs">University of Georgia Lady Bulldogs</a> in the semifinals and have appeared in the SWLL Tournament every year since. The team plays at the University Recreation Fields and is currently coached by Jason Sanderson who became head coach in 2013. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rugby">Rugby</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Rugby"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Founded in 1973, Alabama Rugby is the oldest ongoing club sport at the university.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alabama rugby today competes in the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Collegiate_Rugby_Conference" title="Southeastern Collegiate Rugby Conference">Southeastern Collegiate Rugby Conference</a> (SCRC) against its traditional SEC rivals. Alabama finished second in the west division of the conference in 2012 and in 2014 finished second in the SCRC, nationally ranked at No.<span class="nowrap"> </span>37. Alabama won the 2015 SCRC rugby sevens competition by beating Mississippi State 24–14 in the final, to earn a berth in the nationally televised 2015 <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_Rugby_Championship" title="Collegiate Rugby Championship">Collegiate Rugby Championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They additionally won the 2016 SCRC rugby 15s conference championship against Tennessee 12-8 and placed second in the 2018 tournament. Alabama rugby is led by head coach Eddie Buckner. The rugby team won the Los Angeles Sevens Collegiate Championship in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_championships">National championships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: National championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alabama has won 10 <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">NCAA Division I</a> team national championships in the following sports as of 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>: </p> <ul><li>Men's sports (2): <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Golf_Championship#Team_Titles" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Golf Championship">Golf</a>: 2 (2013, 2014)</li></ul></li> <li>Women's sports (8): <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Women%27s_Gymnastics_championship#Team_Titles" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship">Team gymnastics</a>: 6 (1988, 1991, 1996, 2002, 2011, 2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_College_World_Series#Team_Titles" title="Women's College World Series">Softball</a>: 1 (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Women%27s_Golf_Championship#Team_Titles" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Women's Golf Championship">Golf</a>: 1 (2012)</li></ul></li></ul> <p>In addition, Alabama has claimed 18 national championships, as awarded by a variety of selectors at the highest level (currently Division I FBS) of football, for which the NCAA has never conducted a national championship. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS" title="College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS">Football</a>: 18 (1925, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2020)<sup id="cite_ref-Past-champs_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Past-champs-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bama-12NCs_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bama-12NCs-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>See also <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Southeastern_Conference_national_championships#NCAA_team_championships" title="List of Southeastern Conference national championships">SEC national team championships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_schools_with_the_most_NCAA_Division_I_championships#NCAA_Division_I_Team_Championships" title="List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships">List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rivalries">Rivalries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Rivalries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The two main rivalries for the program are those with <a href="/wiki/Auburn_Tigers" title="Auburn Tigers">Auburn University</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Volunteers" title="Tennessee Volunteers">University of Tennessee</a>. The rivalry with the Auburn Tigers is especially heated, as the two compete annually in nearly all sports. The annual football meeting, nicknamed the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Bowl" title="Iron Bowl">Iron Bowl</a>, is considered among the most intense college football rivalries, as well as one of the top rivalries in all sports according to <i>Sports Illustrated</i> and <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other rivalries include those against <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_State_Bulldogs" title="Mississippi State Bulldogs">Mississippi State University</a> in baseball and basketball (<a href="/wiki/Alabama%E2%80%93Mississippi_State_rivalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama–Mississippi State rivalry">Alabama–Mississippi State rivalry</a>), <a href="/wiki/LSU_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="LSU Tigers">Louisiana State University</a> in football (<a href="/wiki/Alabama%E2%80%93LSU_rivalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama–LSU rivalry">Alabama–LSU rivalry</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Ole_Miss_Rebels" title="Ole Miss Rebels">University of Mississippi</a> in football (<a href="/wiki/Alabama%E2%80%93Ole_Miss_rivalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama–Ole Miss rivalry">Alabama–Ole Miss rivalry</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Gators" title="Florida Gators">University of Florida</a> in softball, and the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Bulldogs" title="Georgia Bulldogs">University of Georgia</a> in gymnastics. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Athletic_academics">Athletic academics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Athletic academics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alabama has <a href="/wiki/Student-athlete" class="mw-redirect" title="Student-athlete">student-athletes</a> who have excelled in the classroom as well as on the field. The University of Alabama is eighth in the nation for the number of <i>Academic-All Americans</i> since 2000 from all universities in the United States. Among Division I BCS schools in the southeastern U.S., the University of Alabama is at the top of the list with the greatest number of Academic All-Americans since 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Each of the University of Alabama's 21 varsity athletic teams scored significantly above the national standard of 925 in the NCAA's <a href="/wiki/Academic_Progress_Rate" title="Academic Progress Rate">Academic Progress Rate</a> (APR) of 2012. 14 Crimson Tide teams achieved scores equal to or above the national Division I average for the particular sport, and two teams achieved "perfect" APR scores, which placed them in the highest percentile in the nation.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_media">In popular media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: In popular media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The hit song <a href="/wiki/Deacon_Blues" title="Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues</a>, by <a href="/wiki/Steely_Dan" title="Steely Dan">Steely Dan</a>, says "They call Alabama the Crimson Tide... call me Deacon Blues". "Deacon Blues" itself is a football reference, having originally been <a href="/wiki/Deacon_Jones" title="Deacon Jones">Deacon Jones</a> but was renamed to avoid legal troubles.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1995 movie <i><a href="/wiki/Crimson_Tide_(film)" title="Crimson Tide (film)">Crimson Tide</a></i> depicts a mutiny on a submarine, USS <i>Alabama</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Southeastern_Conference_national_championships#NCAA_team_championships" title="List of Southeastern Conference national championships">List of Southeastern Conference national championships § NCAA team championships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_schools_with_the_most_NCAA_Division_I_championships#NCAA_Division_I_Team_Championships" title="List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships">List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships § NCAA Division I Team Championships</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Crimson_Tide&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/rolltide.com/documents/2018/6/28/alabama-logos.pdf">"Alabama Crimson Tide Logo Sheet"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. June 28, 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 1,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Alabama+Crimson+Tide+Logo+Sheet&rft.date=2018-06-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Frolltide.com%2Fdocuments%2F2018%2F6%2F28%2Falabama-logos.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlabama+Crimson+Tide" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-history1-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-history1_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081205041602/http://rolltidebama.com/history.htm">"History of Alabama Football"</a>. The University of Alabama. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rolltidebama.com/history.htm">the original</a> on December 5, 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 8,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=History+of+Alabama+Football&rft.pub=The+University+of+Alabama&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Frolltidebama.com%2Fhistory.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlabama+Crimson+Tide" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-history4-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-history4_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081217131647/http://www.rolltide.com/trads/football-origin.html">"Football's Origin at Alabama"</a>. The University of Alabama. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rolltide.com/trads/football-origin.html">the original</a> on December 17, 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 8,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Football%27s+Origin+at+Alabama&rft.pub=The+University+of+Alabama&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rolltide.com%2Ftrads%2Ffootball-origin.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlabama+Crimson+Tide" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Past-champs-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Past-champs_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Past-champs_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNational_Collegiate_Athletic_Association_(NCAA)" class="citation web cs1">National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2012/fbs.pdf">"National Poll Champions"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>2012 NCAA Division I Football Records</i>. NCAA.org. pp. 71–74. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120907021355/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2012/fbs.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on September 7, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 11,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=2012+NCAA+Division+I+Football+Records&rft.atitle=National+Poll+Champions&rft.pages=71-74&rft.au=National+Collegiate+Athletic+Association+%28NCAA%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ffs.ncaa.org%2FDocs%2Fstats%2Ffootball_records%2F2012%2Ffbs.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlabama+Crimson+Tide" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bama-12NCs-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Bama-12NCs_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bama-12NCs_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMaxonMooreParéThompson2021" class="citation book cs1">Maxon, Josh; Moore, Cami; Paré, Jessica; Thompson, Alex (2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rolltide.com/documents/2021/7/20/mfb_media_guide.pdf"><i>2021 Alabama Football Media Guide</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. University of Alabama. pp. 3, 108–128. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220128201159/https://rolltide.com/documents/2021/7/20/mfb_media_guide.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on January 28, 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Crimson Tide athletes, haunted by the storm and its aftermath, work to heal a community that has always cheered them on as they try to put their own lives back together"</a>. <i>SI.com</i>. Sports Illustrated. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1186008/index.htm">the original</a> on May 19, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Bryant Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President%27s_Mansion_(University_of_Alabama)" title="President's Mansion (University of Alabama)">President's Mansion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Alabama_Quad" title="University of Alabama Quad">The Quad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strode_House" title="Strode House">Strode House</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#9E1B32; color:#FFFFFF; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #828A8F, inset -2px -2px 0 #828A8F;;width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Athletics</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#9E1B32; color:#FFFFFF; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #828A8F, inset -2px -2px 0 #828A8F;">Programs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football" title="Alabama Crimson Tide football">Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_men%27s_basketball" title="Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball">Men's basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_baseball" title="Alabama Crimson Tide baseball">Baseball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_golf" title="Alabama Crimson Tide golf">Golf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_women%27s_gymnastics" title="Alabama Crimson Tide women's gymnastics">Gymnastics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_women%27s_soccer" title="Alabama Crimson Tide women's soccer">Soccer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_softball" title="Alabama Crimson Tide softball">Softball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_women%27s_volleyball" title="Alabama Crimson Tide women's volleyball">Volleyball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_women%27s_basketball" title="Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball">Women's basketball</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#9E1B32; color:#FFFFFF; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #828A8F, inset -2px -2px 0 #828A8F;">Facilities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Soccer_Stadium" title="Alabama Soccer Stadium">Alabama Soccer Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryant%E2%80%93Denny_Stadium" title="Bryant–Denny Stadium">Bryant–Denny Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coleman_Coliseum" title="Coleman Coliseum">Coleman Coliseum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foster_Auditorium" title="Foster Auditorium">Foster Auditorium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhoads_Stadium" title="Rhoads Stadium">Rhoads Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sewell%E2%80%93Thomas_Stadium" title="Sewell–Thomas Stadium">Sewell–Thomas Stadium</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#9E1B32; color:#FFFFFF; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #828A8F, inset -2px -2px 0 #828A8F;;width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_University_of_Alabama" title="History of the University of Alabama">Timeline</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Board_of_Trustees_of_the_University_of_Alabama_v._Garrett" title="Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. 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href="/wiki/University_of_Alabama_traditions" title="University of Alabama traditions">Traditions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Alabama_System" title="University of Alabama System">University of Alabama System</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background:#9E1B32; color:#FFFFFF; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #828A8F, inset -2px -2px 0 #828A8F;"><div> <ul><li><b>Endowment</b>: $631.95 million</li> <li><b>Students</b>: 37,100</li> <li><b>Faculty</b>: 1,175</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Links_to_related_articles" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" 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