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href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic 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;">Alan Haller<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><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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/East_Lansing,_Michigan" title="East Lansing, Michigan">East Lansing, Michigan</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;">(23 in 2021)</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/Spartan_Stadium_(East_Lansing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spartan Stadium (East Lansing)">Spartan 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/Breslin_Student_Events_Center" title="Breslin Student Events Center">Breslin Student Events Center</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/Drayton_McLane_Baseball_Stadium_at_John_H._Kobs_Field" title="Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium at John H. Kobs Field">Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium at John H. Kobs Field</a></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;"><a href="/wiki/Munn_Ice_Arena" title="Munn Ice Arena">Munn Ice Arena</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Jenison_Fieldhouse" title="Jenison Fieldhouse">Jenison Field House</a> (Wrestling)</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/Sparty" title="Sparty">Sparty</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;">Spartans</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/Victory_for_MSU" title="Victory for MSU">Victory for MSU</a></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;">Green and white<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<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:#173F35"> </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="https://msuspartans.com/">msuspartans<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michigan_State_Spartans_wordmark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Michigan_State_Spartans_wordmark.svg/200px-Michigan_State_Spartans_wordmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Michigan_State_Spartans_wordmark.svg/300px-Michigan_State_Spartans_wordmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Michigan_State_Spartans_wordmark.svg/400px-Michigan_State_Spartans_wordmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="36" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Big_Ten_logo_in_Michigan_State_colors.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Big_Ten_logo_in_Michigan_State_colors.svg/260px-Big_Ten_logo_in_Michigan_State_colors.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Big_Ten_logo_in_Michigan_State_colors.svg/390px-Big_Ten_logo_in_Michigan_State_colors.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Big_Ten_logo_in_Michigan_State_colors.svg/520px-Big_Ten_logo_in_Michigan_State_colors.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="248" data-file-height="96" /></a><figcaption>Big Ten logo in Michigan State's colors</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Michigan State Spartans</b> are the athletic teams that represent <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University" title="Michigan State University">Michigan State University</a>. The school's athletic program includes 23 <a href="/wiki/Varsity_team" title="Varsity team">varsity</a> sports teams. Their mascot is a <a href="/wiki/Spartan_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Spartan Army">Spartan</a> warrior named <a href="/wiki/Sparty" title="Sparty">Sparty</a>, and the school colors are green and white. The university participates in the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">NCAA's Division I</a> and the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision">Football Bowl Subdivision</a> for football. The Spartans participate as members of the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a> in all varsity sports. Michigan State offers 11 varsity sports for men and 12 for women.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>MSU's <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> team was consensus national champion in 1952, the (UPI) Coaches' national champion in 1965, and named national champion by different ratings groups in 1951, 1955, 1957, and 1966. They have also won the <a href="/wiki/Rose_Bowl_Game" title="Rose Bowl Game">Rose Bowl</a> in 1954, 1956, 1988 and 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-info_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-info-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball" title="Michigan State Spartans men's basketball">men's basketball</a> team won the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship">NCAA National Championship</a> in <a href="/wiki/1979_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1979 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament">1979</a> and <a href="/wiki/2000_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament">2000</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-info_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-info-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The MSU <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey">men's ice hockey</a> team won <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship">national titles</a> in <a href="/wiki/1966_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1966 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament">1966</a>, <a href="/wiki/1986_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1986 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament">1986</a> and <a href="/wiki/2007_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament">2007</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-info_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-info-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_State_Spartans&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1925, the institution changed its name to <i>Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, as an agricultural school, its teams were referred to as the Aggies. Looking to move beyond its agricultural roots, Michigan State held a contest to find a new nickname. They had decided to call the teams the "Michigan Staters". George S. Alderton, a local sports writer for the <i><a href="/wiki/Lansing_State_Journal" title="Lansing State Journal">Lansing State Journal</a></i> decided the name was too cumbersome and went through the entries to find a better and more heroic name. He decided on the "<a href="/wiki/Spartan_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Spartan Army">Spartans</a>", but sadly forgot to write down who submitted the suggestion.<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> </p><p>With a heroic name, the "Spartans" quickly caught on as the teams' new nickname. They later changed the lyrics of the <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University_Fight_Song" class="mw-redirect" title="Michigan State University Fight Song">Fight Song</a> to reflect the name change of the College and its sports teams.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; font-size: 75%;" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5" style="text-align: center; background-color:#173F35;color:#FFFFFF;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Rose Bowls</span><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> </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>1954</b>   </td> <td>Michigan State   </td> <td>28     </td> <td>UCLA   </td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>1956</b>   </td> <td>Michigan State   </td> <td>17     </td> <td>UCLA   </td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>1966</b>   </td> <td>UCLA   </td> <td>14     </td> <td>Michigan State   </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>1988</b>   </td> <td>Michigan State   </td> <td>20     </td> <td>Southern California   </td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>2014</b>   </td> <td>Michigan State   </td> <td>24     </td> <td>Stanford   </td> <td>20 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As the college grew, it looked to join a major collegiate conference. When the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Maroons" title="Chicago Maroons">University of Chicago</a> eliminated its <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Maroons_football" title="Chicago Maroons football">football program</a> after <a href="/wiki/1939_Chicago_Maroons_football_team" title="1939 Chicago Maroons football team">1939</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-ucwitd_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ucwitd-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and withdrew from the Western Conference (now the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten</a>) in 1946, Michigan State president <a href="/wiki/John_A._Hannah" title="John A. Hannah">John A. Hannah</a> lobbied to take its place. Despite opposition from the University of Michigan, the Big Ten admitted M.S.C. on May 20, 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-nbtnw_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbtnw-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bdokb_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bdokb-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fvibtl_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fvibtl-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> After joining the conference, head coach <a href="/wiki/Biggie_Munn" class="mw-redirect" title="Biggie Munn">Clarence L. "Biggie" Munn</a> led the <a href="/wiki/1953_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="1953 Michigan State Spartans football team">1953 Spartan football team</a> to the <a href="/wiki/1954_Rose_Bowl" title="1954 Rose Bowl">Rose Bowl</a>, beating <a href="/wiki/1953_UCLA_Bruins_football_team" title="1953 UCLA Bruins football team">UCLA</a> 28–20.<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> Two years later, successor coach <a href="/wiki/Duffy_Daugherty" title="Duffy Daugherty">Hugh "Duffy" Daugherty</a> carried the <a href="/wiki/1955_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="1955 Michigan State Spartans football team">1955 team</a> to a second <a href="/wiki/1956_Rose_Bowl" title="1956 Rose Bowl">Rose Bowl</a> and again defeated <a href="/wiki/1955_UCLA_Bruins_football_team" title="1955 UCLA Bruins football team">UCLA</a>, 17–14.<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-heading2"><h2 id="Sports_sponsored">Sports sponsored</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_State_Spartans&action=edit&section=2" 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:#173F35;color:#FFFFFF;">Men's sports </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#173F35;color:#FFFFFF;">Women's sports </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_baseball" title="Michigan State Spartans baseball">Baseball</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_women%27s_basketball" title="Michigan State Spartans women's basketball">Basketball</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball" title="Michigan State Spartans men's basketball">Basketball</a></td> <td>Cross country </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cross country</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_field_hockey" title="Michigan State Spartans field hockey">Field hockey</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_football" title="Michigan State Spartans football">Football</a></td> <td>Golf </td></tr> <tr> <td>Golf</td> <td>Gymnastics </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey">Ice hockey</a></td> <td>Rowing </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_soccer" title="Michigan State Spartans men's soccer">Soccer</a></td> <td>Soccer </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tennis</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_softball" title="Michigan State Spartans softball">Softball</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Track and field<sup>†</sup></td> <td>Tennis </td></tr> <tr> <td>Wrestling</td> <td>Track and field<sup>†</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_women%27s_volleyball" title="Michigan State Spartans women's volleyball">Volleyball</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#173F35;color:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-size:85%;">† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Michigan State has 21 <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a> Division I-A <a href="/wiki/Varsity_team" title="Varsity team">varsity</a> teams: 10 varsity sports for men and 11 for women. They participate in the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a> except fencing, where until 1997, from the University founding, MSU featured fencing as a varsity sport. During that time, MSU was coached by the first American recognized as a master of fencing, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Schmitter" title="Charles Schmitter">Charles Schmitter</a>, for 45 years, from 1939 to 1984. Upon his retirement, his student, Fred Freiheit, coached from 1984 until fencing was demoted from varsity status in 1997. The Michigan State University Fencing Club is a competing member of the Midwest Fencing Conference, which consists of sixteen (16) schools with varsity or club programs. </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=Michigan_State_Spartans&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Baseball"><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/Michigan_State_Spartans_baseball" title="Michigan State Spartans baseball">Michigan State Spartans baseball</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Robin_Roberts_plaque.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1e/Robin_Roberts_plaque.jpg/150px-Robin_Roberts_plaque.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1e/Robin_Roberts_plaque.jpg/225px-Robin_Roberts_plaque.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1e/Robin_Roberts_plaque.jpg/300px-Robin_Roberts_plaque.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Roberts plaque at the <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Baseball Hall of Fame</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Beginning play in 1884, the Spartans have made the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Baseball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division I Baseball Championship">NCAA Division I Baseball Championship</a> 5 times, advancing to the <a href="/wiki/College_World_Series" title="College World Series">College World Series</a> once, in 1954, with a third-place finish. The team has won 4 <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Ten">Big Ten</a> conference championships and 5 <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association">Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association</a> titles.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The program has featured a number of notable players, including Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Robin_Roberts_(baseball)" title="Robin Roberts (baseball)">Robin Roberts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Yewcic" title="Tom Yewcic">Tom Yewcic</a>, the <a href="/wiki/College_World_Series_Most_Outstanding_Player" title="College World Series Most Outstanding Player">College World Series Most Outstanding Player</a> of the <a href="/wiki/1954_College_World_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="1954 College World Series">1954 College World Series</a>, and several other players who'd advance to the major leagues, such as <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Gibson" title="Kirk Gibson">Kirk Gibson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dick_Radatz" title="Dick Radatz">Dick Radatz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Perranoski" title="Ron Perranoski">Ron Perranoski</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Garvey" title="Steve Garvey">Steve Garvey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rick_Miller_(baseball)" title="Rick Miller (baseball)">Rick Miller</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Mulder" title="Mark Mulder">Mark Mulder</a>. Six Spartans have been named First Team All-American by the <a href="/wiki/American_Baseball_Coaches_Association" title="American Baseball Coaches Association">American Baseball Coaches Association</a> - Tom Yewcic, C, 1954; <a href="/wiki/Rob_Ellis_(baseball)" title="Rob Ellis (baseball)">Rob Ellis</a>, OF, 1971; <a href="/wiki/Ron_Pruitt" title="Ron Pruitt">Ron Pruitt</a>, C, 1972; Al Weston, OF, 1977; Kirk Gibson, OF, 1978; and Bob Malek, OF, 2002. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Basketball">Basketball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_State_Spartans&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Basketball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Men's_basketball"><span id="Men.27s_basketball"></span>Men's basketball</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_State_Spartans&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Men's basketball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; font-size: 75%;" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5" style="text-align: center; background:#18453B;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Retired Basketball Jerseys</b></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Number</b></td> <td><b>Player</b></td> <td><b>Years</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Skiles" title="Scott Skiles">Scott Skiles</a></td> <td>1982–1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mateen_Cleaves" title="Mateen Cleaves">Mateen Cleaves</a></td> <td>1996–2000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Smith_(basketball)" title="Steve Smith (basketball)">Steve Smith</a></td> <td>1987–1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a></td> <td>2008–2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Green_(basketball)" title="Johnny Green (basketball)">Johnny Green</a></td> <td>1955–1958 </td></tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Respert" title="Shawn Respert">Shawn Respert</a></td> <td>1991–1995 </td></tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jay_Vincent" title="Jay Vincent">Jay Vincent</a></td> <td>1978–1981 </td></tr> <tr> <td>32</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greg_Kelser" title="Greg Kelser">Greg Kelser</a></td> <td>1976–1979 </td></tr> <tr> <td>33</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Earvin_%22Magic%22_Johnson" class="mw-redirect" title="Earvin "Magic" Johnson">Earvin "Magic" Johnson</a></td> <td>1977–1979 </td></tr> <tr> <td>42</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morris_Peterson" title="Morris Peterson">Morris Peterson</a></td> <td>1995–2000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Coach</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jud_Heathcote" title="Jud Heathcote">Jud Heathcote</a></td> <td>1976–1995 </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball" title="Michigan State Spartans men's basketball">Michigan State Spartans men's basketball</a></div> <p>Michigan State's men's basketball team has won the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship">National Championship</a> two times: in <a href="/wiki/1979_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1979 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament">1979</a> and <a href="/wiki/2000_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament">2000</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> In <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1978–79 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team">1979</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Earvin "Magic" Johnson</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-magicjohnson_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-magicjohnson-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> along with <a href="/wiki/Greg_Kelser" title="Greg Kelser">Greg Kelser</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-gregkelser_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gregkelser-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jay_Vincent" title="Jay Vincent">Jay Vincent</a><sup id="cite_ref-jayvincent_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jayvincent-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Mike Brkovich, carried the MSU team to a 75–64 win against the <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a>-led <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_Indiana_State_Sycamores_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1978–79 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team">Indiana State</a> Sycamores. In <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team">2000</a>, three players from <a href="/wiki/Flint,_Michigan" title="Flint, Michigan">Flint, Michigan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morris_Peterson" title="Morris Peterson">Morris Peterson</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-morrispeterson_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-morrispeterson-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Bell_(basketball)" title="Charlie Bell (basketball)">Charlie Bell</a><sup id="cite_ref-charliebell_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charliebell-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Mateen_Cleaves" title="Mateen Cleaves">Mateen Cleaves</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-mateencleaves_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mateencleaves-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> carried the team to its second national title. Dubbed the "<a href="/wiki/Flintstones_(basketball)" title="Flintstones (basketball)">Flintstones</a>", they were the key to the Spartans' win against <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Florida_Gators_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Florida Gators men's basketball team">Florida</a> 89–76.<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> In addition to the two Championships, the <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2008–09 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team">2008–09 team</a> reached the <a href="/wiki/2009_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament">NCAA Championship</a> game, but lost to <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2008–09 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team">North Carolina</a> 89–72.<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> </p><p>Since 1995, Michigan State has been coached by <a href="/wiki/Tom_Izzo" title="Tom Izzo">Tom Izzo</a>, who has a 606–231 record through April 5, 2019.<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> Izzo's coaching helped the team make six of twelve NCAA <a href="/wiki/Final_Four" class="mw-redirect" title="Final Four">Final Fours</a> from 1999 to 2010, winning the title in 2000 and leading ESPN to define MSU as the best team in that decade.<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> Michigan State basketball has been selected for 22 consecutive NCAA tournament bids under Izzo. The Spartans have won one NCAA Championship, nine Big Ten Regular Season Championships, and six <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament">Big Ten tournament</a> championships (the most of any team in the Big Ten) under Izzo. The team has made two NCAA Championship games and advanced to eight Final Fours, 10 Elite Eights, and 14 Sweet Sixteens under Izzo. </p><p>Overall, Michigan State has won two NCAA Championships, 15 Big Ten Regular Season Championships, and six Big Ten tournament Championships. The Spartans have appeared in three NCAA Championship games, 10 Final Fours, 14 Elite Eights, 20 Sweet Sixteens, and made 30 NCAA Tournament appearances.<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><p>Spartans formerly or currently in the NBA include <a href="/wiki/Adreian_Payne" title="Adreian Payne">Adreian Payne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deyonta_Davis" title="Deyonta Davis">Deyonta Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bryn_Forbes" title="Bryn Forbes">Bryn Forbes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denzel_Valentine" title="Denzel Valentine">Denzel Valentine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Ager" title="Maurice Ager">Maurice Ager</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Anderson_(basketball)" title="Alan Anderson (basketball)">Alan Anderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Bell_(basketball)" title="Charlie Bell (basketball)">Charlie Bell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shannon_Brown" title="Shannon Brown">Shannon Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mateen_Cleaves" title="Mateen Cleaves">Mateen Cleaves</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Davis_(basketball)" title="Paul Davis (basketball)">Paul Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terry_Furlow" title="Terry Furlow">Terry Furlow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Feick" title="Jamie Feick">Jamie Feick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Green_(basketball)" title="Johnny Green (basketball)">Johnny Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Harris" title="Gary Harris">Gary Harris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Earvin "Magic" Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Kelser" title="Greg Kelser">Greg Kelser</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Peplowski" title="Mike Peplowski">Mike Peplowski</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morris_Peterson" title="Morris Peterson">Morris Peterson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zach_Randolph" title="Zach Randolph">Zach Randolph</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Respert" title="Shawn Respert">Shawn Respert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Richardson" title="Jason Richardson">Jason Richardson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Skiles" title="Scott Skiles">Scott Skiles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Smith_(basketball)" title="Steve Smith (basketball)">Steve Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Snow" title="Eric Snow">Eric Snow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Vincent_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sam Vincent (basketball)">Sam Vincent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jay_Vincent" title="Jay Vincent">Jay Vincent</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Willis" title="Kevin Willis">Kevin Willis</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Women's_basketball"><span id="Women.27s_basketball"></span>Women's basketball</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_State_Spartans&action=edit&section=6" 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/Michigan_State_Spartans_women%27s_basketball" title="Michigan State Spartans women's basketball">Michigan State Spartans women's basketball</a></div> <p>MSU also has a fairly successful women's basketball team, with its greatest accomplishment being a national runner-up finish to <a href="/wiki/Baylor_Lady_Bears_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="Baylor Lady Bears basketball">Baylor</a> in <a href="/wiki/2005_NCAA_Women%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="2005 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament">2005</a>. MSU's women's basketball started in 1972–73 under coach Mikki Baile. The women's team has had five coaches in its history. The Spartans current coach is <a href="/wiki/Suzy_Merchant" title="Suzy Merchant">Suzy Merchant</a>. The Spartans have made one National Championship game, one Final Four, one Elite Eight, three Sweet Sixteens, and appeared in 15 NCAA/AIAW Tournaments. </p> <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=Michigan_State_Spartans&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Football"><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/Michigan_State_Spartans_football" title="Michigan State Spartans football">Michigan State Spartans football</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michigan_State_Spartans_script.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Michigan_State_Spartans_script.svg/100px-Michigan_State_Spartans_script.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Michigan_State_Spartans_script.svg/150px-Michigan_State_Spartans_script.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Michigan_State_Spartans_script.svg/200px-Michigan_State_Spartans_script.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="166" data-file-height="227" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University" title="Michigan State University">Michigan State</a>'s classic 'S' logo</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">Football</a> has a long tradition at Michigan State. Starting as a club sport in 1884, football gained varsity status in 1896.<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> During that time, the Spartans had a roster of impressive players, including Lynn Chandnois, Dorne Dibble, Meredith Assaly, and Don McAulliffe. In 1951, the Spartans finished the season undefeated, and performed the same feat the following year in addition to the nation's longest winning streak of 24 games. The team was named the "undisputed national champions by every official poll".<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> </p><p>After waiting for several years, the team was finally admitted into the Big Ten Conference as a regular member in 1953. They promptly went on to capture the league championship (losing only one game during the season) and beating UCLA in their first <a href="/wiki/1954_Rose_Bowl" title="1954 Rose Bowl">Rose Bowl game</a>. After the 1953 season <a href="/wiki/Biggie_Munn" class="mw-redirect" title="Biggie Munn">Biggie Munn</a>, the legendary Spartan coach, turned the team over to his protégé and future legend <a href="/wiki/Duffy_Daugherty" title="Duffy Daugherty">Duffy Daugherty</a>. Daughtery went on to win the <a href="/wiki/1956_Rose_Bowl" title="1956 Rose Bowl">1956 Rose Bowl</a>. George Perles was the head coach when the Spartans defeated USC in the <a href="/wiki/1988_Rose_Bowl" title="1988 Rose Bowl">1988 Rose Bowl</a>.<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> </p><p>The current coach is <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Smith_(American_football_coach)" title="Jonathan Smith (American football coach)">Jonathan Smith</a>, who was hired on November 25, 2023.His predecessor <a href="/wiki/Mel_Tucker" title="Mel Tucker">Mel Tucker</a> amassed a 20-14 record in his <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_football" title="Michigan State Spartans football">coaching tenure</a> before being fired due to allegations retirement in September 2023. </p><p>Under Mark Dantonio, MSU has won three Conference Championships, <a href="/wiki/2010_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="2010 Michigan State Spartans football team">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2013_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="2013 Michigan State Spartans football team">2013</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2015_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="2015 Michigan State Spartans football team">2015</a>. The Spartans have won three Big Ten Divisional championships and two <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Football_Championship_Game" title="Big Ten Football Championship Game">Big Ten Championship games</a> during that period. In 2015, MSU was selected for the <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Playoff" title="College Football Playoff">College Football Playoff</a> as the No. 3 seed, but lost to <a href="/wiki/2015_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="2015 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2015_Cotton_Bowl_Classic_(December)" title="2015 Cotton Bowl Classic (December)">Cotton Bowl</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> He also led the Spartans to a victory in the <a href="/wiki/2014_Rose_Bowl" title="2014 Rose Bowl">2014 Rose Bowl</a>, the 100th edition of the "Grandaddy of them all".<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><p>All told, Michigan State has won six national championships and nine Big Ten championships.<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> </p><p>Today, the football team competes in <a href="/wiki/Spartan_Stadium,_East_Lansing" class="mw-redirect" title="Spartan Stadium, East Lansing">Spartan Stadium</a>, a renovated 75,005-person football stadium in the center of campus. </p><p>MSU's traditional archrival is <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">Michigan</a>, against whom they compete for the <a href="/wiki/Paul_Bunyan_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Bunyan Trophy">Paul Bunyan Trophy</a>; MSU has a 23–34–1 record in the annual trophy game. The Spartans have won the trophy seven of the past eight years, as of 2015 season.<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>Michigan State's rivalry game against <a href="/wiki/University_of_Notre_Dame" title="University of Notre Dame">Notre Dame</a>, with whom they compete for the <a href="/wiki/Megaphone_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Megaphone Trophy">Megaphone Trophy</a> was played every year until 2013. MSU's record in the trophy series against the Fighting Irish is 26–34–1. </p><p>Notable MSU alumni who have played in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> include <a href="/wiki/Morten_Andersen" title="Morten Andersen">Morten Andersen</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-mortenandersen_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mortenandersen-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Plaxico_Burress" title="Plaxico Burress">Plaxico Burress</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-plaxicoburress_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plaxicoburress-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Andre_Rison" title="Andre Rison">Andre Rison</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-andrerison_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-andrerison-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Mason" title="Derrick Mason">Derrick Mason</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-derrickmason_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-derrickmason-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Muhsin_Muhammad" title="Muhsin Muhammad">Muhsin Muhammad</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-muhsinmuhammad_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-muhsinmuhammad-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/T._J._Duckett" title="T. J. Duckett">T. J. Duckett</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-tjduckett_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tjduckett-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Flozell_Adams" title="Flozell Adams">Flozell Adams</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-flozelladams_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-flozelladams-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Julian_Peterson" title="Julian Peterson">Julian Peterson</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-julianpeterson_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-julianpeterson-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Herb_Haygood" title="Herb Haygood">Herb Haygood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Rogers_(wide_receiver)" title="Charles Rogers (wide receiver)">Charles Rogers</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-charlesrogers_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charlesrogers-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Miller_(quarterback)" title="Jim Miller (quarterback)">Jim Miller</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-jimmiller_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jimmiller-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Earl_Morrall" title="Earl Morrall">Earl Morrall</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-earlmorrall_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-earlmorrall-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Fontes" title="Wayne Fontes">Wayne Fontes</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-waynefontes_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-waynefontes-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bubba_Smith" title="Bubba Smith">Bubba Smith</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-bubbasmith_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bubbasmith-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Banks_(American_football)" title="Tony Banks (American football)">Tony Banks</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-tonybanks_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tonybanks-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Percy_Snow" title="Percy Snow">Percy Snow</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-percysnow_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-percysnow-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Rob_Fredrickson" title="Rob Fredrickson">Rob Fredrickson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Smoker" title="Jeff Smoker">Jeff Smoker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Mandarich" title="Tony Mandarich">Tony Mandarich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_White" title="Lorenzo White">Lorenzo White</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hank_Bullough" title="Hank Bullough">Hank Bullough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Drew_Stanton" title="Drew Stanton">Drew Stanton</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-drewstanton_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-drewstanton-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Devin_Thomas" title="Devin Thomas">Devin Thomas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tupe_Peko" title="Tupe Peko">Tupe Peko</a>, <a href="/wiki/Domata_Peko" title="Domata Peko">Domata Peko</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Morris_(American_football,_born_1983)" title="Chris Morris (American football, born 1983)">Chris Morris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Montgomery" title="Greg Montgomery">Greg Montgomery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Edinger" title="Paul Edinger">Paul Edinger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Javon_Ringer" title="Javon Ringer">Javon Ringer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_L._Rucker" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris L. Rucker">Chris L. Rucker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Baker_(tight_end)" title="Chris Baker (tight end)">Chris Baker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sedrick_Irvin" title="Sedrick Irvin">Sedrick Irvin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Smith_(safety)" title="Eric Smith (safety)">Eric Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Jones_(linebacker,_born_1988)" title="Greg Jones (linebacker, born 1988)">Greg Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Hoyer" title="Brian Hoyer">Brian Hoyer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Garrett_Celek" title="Garrett Celek">Garrett Celek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Conklin" title="Jack Conklin">Jack Conklin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shilique_Calhoun" title="Shilique Calhoun">Shilique Calhoun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bennie_Fowler" title="Bennie Fowler">Bennie Fowler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Will_Gholston" class="mw-redirect" title="Will Gholston">Will Gholston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keith_Mumphery" title="Keith Mumphery">Keith Mumphery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Max_Bullough" title="Max Bullough">Max Bullough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Donavon_Clark" title="Donavon Clark">Donavon Clark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joel_Heath" title="Joel Heath">Joel Heath</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Langford" title="Jeremy Langford">Jeremy Langford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darqueze_Dennard" title="Darqueze Dennard">Darqueze Dennard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dion_Sims" title="Dion Sims">Dion Sims</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Lippett" title="Tony Lippett">Tony Lippett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Thomas_(American_football)" title="Lawrence Thomas (American football)">Lawrence Thomas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kellen_Davis" title="Kellen Davis">Kellen Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trae_Waynes" title="Trae Waynes">Trae Waynes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerel_Worthy" title="Jerel Worthy">Jerel Worthy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Connor_Cook" title="Connor Cook">Connor Cook</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Burbridge" title="Aaron Burbridge">Aaron Burbridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Cousins" title="Kirk Cousins">Kirk Cousins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Le%27Veon_Bell" title="Le'Veon Bell">Le'Veon Bell</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Walker_III_(running_back)" title="Kenneth Walker III (running back)">Kenneth Walker III</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cross_country">Cross country</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_State_Spartans&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Cross country"><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">See also: <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_cross_country" title="Michigan State Spartans cross country">Michigan State Spartans cross country</a></div> <p>Historically, the <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Cross_Country" class="mw-redirect" title="Michigan State Cross Country">Michigan State Cross Country</a> men's team has been one of the school's most successful programs. Between World War I and World War II, Michigan State College competed in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Collegiate_Conference&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central Collegiate Conference (page does not exist)">Central Collegiate Conference</a>, winning titles in 1926–1929, 1932, 1933 and 1935. Michigan State also experienced success in the <a href="/wiki/IC4A" title="IC4A">IC4A</a>, at New York's <a href="/wiki/Van_Cortlandt_Park" title="Van Cortlandt Park">Van Cortlandt Park</a>, winning 15 team titles (1933–1937, 1949, 1953, 1956–1960, 1962, 1963 and 1968). Since entering the Big Ten in 1950, Michigan State has won 14 men's titles (1951–1953, 1955–1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1970 and 1971). Michigan State hosted the inaugural NCAA cross country championships in 1938 and every year thereafter through 1964 (except a one-year vacation in 1943 due to war). The Spartans won eight NCAA championships from 1930 to 1959, including 1939, 1948, 1949, 1952, and 1955–1959 (minus 1957).<sup id="cite_ref-Frimodig,_L._1971_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frimodig,_L._1971-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Walt Drenth is the current director of both the men's and women's cross country and <a href="/wiki/Track_%26_field" class="mw-redirect" title="Track & field">track and field</a> programs. After joining MSU in 2004, Drenth led the men's cross country team to an NCAA Championship bid during the 2004 season. The women's cross country team also advanced to the NCAA Championship Meet after winning the Great Lakes Regional race.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<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=Michigan_State_Spartans&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Ice hockey"><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/Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey">Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Cold_War_UofM_v.s_MSU.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/The_Cold_War_UofM_v.s_MSU.jpg/220px-The_Cold_War_UofM_v.s_MSU.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/The_Cold_War_UofM_v.s_MSU.jpg/330px-The_Cold_War_UofM_v.s_MSU.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/The_Cold_War_UofM_v.s_MSU.jpg/440px-The_Cold_War_UofM_v.s_MSU.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="581" /></a><figcaption>"The Cold War"</figcaption></figure> <p>Michigan State has two varsity <a href="/wiki/Hockey" title="Hockey">hockey</a> teams: a men's <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a> team and a women's <a href="/wiki/Field_hockey" title="Field hockey">field hockey</a> team. Helen Knull is the head coach of the women's field hockey team. </p><p>The men's <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a> team plays at the <a href="/wiki/Munn_Ice_Arena" title="Munn Ice Arena">Munn Ice Arena</a>. The head coach was <a href="/wiki/Rick_Comley" title="Rick Comley">Rick Comley</a>, who had a 116–73–19 record at MSU.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current head coach is <a href="/wiki/Adam_Nightingale" title="Adam Nightingale">Adam Nightingale</a>. In the 2013–2014 campaign, the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a> debuted Division I <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a>, (Michigan State formerly competed in the <a href="/wiki/Central_Collegiate_Hockey_Association" title="Central Collegiate Hockey Association">Central Collegiate Hockey Association</a> with <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Ten">Big Ten</a> sister schools <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a> (U-M) and the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_University" title="Ohio State University">Ohio State University</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 6, 2001, the team was involved in what was then the most-attended <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">hockey</a> game in history: <a href="/wiki/Cold_War_(ice_hockey)" title="Cold War (ice hockey)">The Cold War</a>. The Spartans set up a hockey rink in the middle of their football stadium, <a href="/wiki/Spartan_Stadium,_East_Lansing" class="mw-redirect" title="Spartan Stadium, East Lansing">Spartan Stadium</a>, and played U-M before a crowd of 74,554. The game ended in a 3–3 tie.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A decade later, the same two teams were again involved in the most-attended ice hockey game in history. This time, Michigan hosted the rivalry game at its <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Stadium" title="Michigan Stadium">Michigan Stadium</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Big_Chill_at_the_Big_House" title="The Big Chill at the Big House">The Big Chill at the Big House</a> set the current record with an officially certified crowd of 104,173.<sup id="cite_ref-Janela_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Janela-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The MSU ice hockey program has seven <a href="/wiki/Central_Collegiate_Hockey_Association" title="Central Collegiate Hockey Association">CCHA</a> regular season championships, 11 <a href="/wiki/CCHA_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="CCHA Tournament">CCHA Tournament</a> titles, 1 <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a> regular season championship, and 1 <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_men%27s_ice_hockey_tournament" title="Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament">Big Ten Tournament</a> title. MSU has also won 11 <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_Invitational" title="Great Lakes Invitational">Great Lakes Invitational</a> titles. The Spartans have been in the NCAA tournament 23 times, with nine <a href="/wiki/Frozen_Four" class="mw-redirect" title="Frozen Four">Frozen Four</a> appearances and three national titles (1966, <a href="/wiki/1986_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Ice_Hockey_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1986 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament">1986</a> and <a href="/wiki/2007_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Ice_Hockey_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament">2007</a>). On April 7, 2007, the Michigan State Spartans won their third Collegiate Championship by beating the <a href="/wiki/Boston_College_Eagles" title="Boston College Eagles">Boston College Eagles</a> 3–1.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Former Michigan State players in the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a> include <a href="/wiki/Rod_Brind%27Amour" title="Rod Brind'Amour">Rod Brind'Amour</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-rodbrindamour_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rodbrindamour-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Anson_Carter" title="Anson Carter">Anson Carter</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-ansoncarter_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ansoncarter-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Keith" title="Duncan Keith">Duncan Keith</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Donald_McSween" title="Donald McSween">Donald McSween</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-donaldmcsween_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-donaldmcsween-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Adam_Hall" title="Adam Hall">Adam Hall</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-adamhall_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adamhall-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/John-Michael_Liles" title="John-Michael Liles">John-Michael Liles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Torey_Krug" title="Torey Krug">Torey Krug</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Horcoff" title="Shawn Horcoff">Shawn Horcoff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Justin_Abdelkader" title="Justin Abdelkader">Justin Abdelkader</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Slater_(ice_hockey)" title="Jim Slater (ice hockey)">Jim Slater</a>, brothers <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Miller_(ice_hockey_b._1963)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kelly Miller (ice hockey b. 1963)">Kelly Miller</a><sup id="cite_ref-kellymiller_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kellymiller-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Kip_Miller" title="Kip Miller">Kip Miller</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-kipmiller_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kipmiller-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as their cousins, brothers <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Miller" title="Ryan Miller">Ryan Miller</a><sup id="cite_ref-ryanmiller_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ryanmiller-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Drew_Miller" title="Drew Miller">Drew Miller</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-drewmiller_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-drewmiller-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two players for MSU have won the <a href="/wiki/Hobey_Baker_Award" title="Hobey Baker Award">Hobey Baker Award</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kip_Miller" title="Kip Miller">Kip Miller</a> in 1990 and <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Miller" title="Ryan Miller">Ryan Miller</a> in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Few other players also excelling in other leagues including forward <a href="/wiki/Brock_Radunske" title="Brock Radunske">Brock Radunske</a> and defenseman <a href="/wiki/Brad_Fast" title="Brad Fast">Brad Fast</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=Michigan_State_Spartans&action=edit&section=10" 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/Michigan_State_Spartans_softball" title="Michigan State Spartans softball">Michigan State Spartans softball</a></div> <p>The MSU women's fastpitch <a href="/wiki/College_softball" title="College softball">softball</a> team won the 1976 <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_College_World_Series" title="Women's College World Series">Women's College World Series</a> to take the <a href="/wiki/Association_for_Intercollegiate_Athletics_for_Women" title="Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women">AIAW</a> national title, the only team east of the Mississippi River to win the WCWS until Michigan did it in 2005. (<a href="/wiki/Carol_Hutchins" title="Carol Hutchins">Carol Hutchins</a> played shortstop for that 1976 team, and would coach the Wolverines to the title 29 years later.) The team has appeared in six <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_College_World_Series" title="Women's College World Series">Women's College World Series</a>, in 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-Plummer_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plummer-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jacquie_Joseph" title="Jacquie Joseph">Jacquie Joseph</a>, coached the program from 1994 to 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since taking over the program, Joseph has helped bring MSU to a record of 668–677–1 and four NCAA Regional appearances.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current head coach is Sharonda McDonald-Kelley </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wrestling">Wrestling</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_State_Spartans&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Wrestling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wrestling was one of the earliest sports formed at the <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Agricultural_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Michigan Agricultural College">Michigan Agricultural College</a>, being established in 1886. While the sport was dropped in 1906, it was reformed by the college 16 years later in 1922.<sup id="cite_ref-sports_history_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sports_history-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The wrestling team competes on campus at <a href="/wiki/Jenison_Fieldhouse" title="Jenison Fieldhouse">Jenison Field House</a>, which has a capacity of 6,000 people. The Spartan <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_wrestling" title="Collegiate wrestling">wrestling</a> team were the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Wrestling_Championships" title="NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships">NCAA Division I Team Champions</a> in 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its current coach head coach is <a href="/wiki/Roger_Chandler" title="Roger Chandler">Roger Chandler</a>. Prior to Chandler becoming head coach, their head coach for 25 years was Tom Minkel who produced 33 <a href="/wiki/All-American" class="mw-redirect" title="All-American">All-Americans</a>, 11 Big Ten Champions, and one NCAA Champion.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former Spartan Wrestlers who have gone on to become <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Fighting_Championship" title="Ultimate Fighting Championship">UFC</a> fighters include <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Nash" title="Bobby Nash">Bobby Nash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gray_Maynard" title="Gray Maynard">Gray Maynard</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rashad_Evans" title="Rashad Evans">Rashad Evans</a>. Evans is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and 2019 inductee into the <a href="/wiki/UFC_Hall_of_Fame" title="UFC Hall of Fame">UFC Hall of Fame</a>. </p><p>Starting in the mid-2000s, the Spartan wrestling team started to see declines in team success. From 2004 to 2018, the team had one season better than .500, going 7–6 in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However the team would have wrestlers see individual success during this time, including four-time All-American <a href="/wiki/Nick_Simmons_(wrestler)" title="Nick Simmons (wrestler)">Nick Simmons</a>, and three-time All-American and 2009 NCAA Champion <a href="/wiki/Franklin_G%C3%B3mez" title="Franklin Gómez">Franklin Gómez</a>. On the international circuit, Gómez was a 2011 <a href="/wiki/2011_World_Wrestling_Championships" title="2011 World Wrestling Championships">World</a> silver medalist and a three-time Olympian at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics" title="2016 Summer Olympics">2016</a> and <a href="/wiki/2020_Summer_Olympics" title="2020 Summer Olympics">2020 Summer Olympics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Michigan State University Spartan wrestling team accomplishments</b>:<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1 NCAA Division I Wrestling Team Title (1967)</li> <li>8 Big Ten Conference Team Titles (1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972)</li> <li>68 individual Big Ten Conference Champions dating back to 1951</li> <li>8 Top-ten team finishes at the NCAA Championships</li> <li>25 individual NCAA Champions dating back to 1936</li> <li>100+ All-Americans dating back to 1931</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_varsity_sports">Other varsity sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_State_Spartans&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Other varsity sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>MSU has a number of other team sports. As in many other <a href="/wiki/NCAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA">NCAA</a> institutions, Michigan State has a <a href="/wiki/College_baseball" title="College baseball">baseball</a> team for men and a <a href="/wiki/College_softball" title="College softball">softball</a> team for women. <a href="/wiki/Jake_Boss_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Jake Boss Jr.">Jake Boss Jr.</a> is <a href="/wiki/Head_coach" title="Head coach">head coach</a> of the MSU <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> team. Former Michigan State players in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> include <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Gibson" title="Kirk Gibson">Kirk Gibson</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-kirkgibson_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kirkgibson-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Garvey" title="Steve Garvey">Steve Garvey</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-stevegarvey_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stevegarvey-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Robin_Roberts_(baseball)" title="Robin Roberts (baseball)">Robin Roberts</a><sup id="cite_ref-robinroberts_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-robinroberts-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Mulder" title="Mark Mulder">Mark Mulder</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-markmulder_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-markmulder-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2007, the baseball team plays a popular annual exhibition game against the nearby minor-league <a href="/wiki/Lansing_Lugnuts" title="Lansing Lugnuts">Lansing Lugnuts</a>. </p><p>The Spartans also have a <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_soccer" title="Michigan State Spartans men's soccer">men's soccer team</a>, which won two national championships, in 1967 and 1968, sharing titles with <a href="/wiki/Saint_Louis_Billikens_men%27s_soccer" title="Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer">Saint Louis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Terrapins_men%27s_soccer" title="Maryland Terrapins men's soccer">Maryland</a> respectively. Michigan State soccer began play in 1956, defeating arch-rival <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_men%27s_soccer" title="Michigan Wolverines men's soccer">Michigan</a> 3-1 at <a href="/wiki/Old_College_Field" title="Old College Field">Old College Field</a> in East Lansing in the program's first ever game as a varsity sport.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The men's soccer team battles <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines" title="Michigan Wolverines">Michigan</a> annually in the <a href="/wiki/Big_Bear_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Bear Trophy">Big Bear Trophy</a> game, a series in which the Spartans lead against their in-state rival.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coaching the women's soccer team team is Jeff Hosler.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is also <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_women%27s_volleyball" title="Michigan State Spartans women's volleyball">a volleyball team</a>; <a href="/wiki/Leah_Johnson_(volleyball)" title="Leah Johnson (volleyball)">Leah Johnson</a> is the current head coach of the women's <a href="/wiki/Volleyball" title="Volleyball">volleyball</a> team since 2022. <a href="/wiki/Cathy_George" title="Cathy George">Cathy George</a> was the previous head coach, holding the programs winningest record of 302-233. During her first year at Michigan State, George led her team to a 12–18 record, including a 5–15, ninth-place finish in the conference standings. George went on to lead the Spartans to 10 NCAA tournament appearances.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are a number of contact sports at MSU, including <a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">boxing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_wrestling" title="Collegiate wrestling">wrestling</a>. MSU's <a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">boxing</a> team won <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Boxing_Championship" title="NCAA Boxing Championship">national titles</a> in 1951 and 1955, although it is no longer an NCAA <a href="/wiki/Varsity_team" title="Varsity team">varsity</a> sport.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Water sports at MSU include rowing. MSU's women's <a href="/wiki/Rowing_(sport)" title="Rowing (sport)">rowing</a> coach is Stacey Rippetoe, who is in her first year as the Spartan crew coach. Former coach, Matt Weise, in his third year as MSU head coach, coached the Spartans to a program-best sixth-place team finish at the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Rowing_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Rowing Championships">NCAA Championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Matt Gianiodis was the head coach of both men and women's <a href="/wiki/Swimming_(sport)" title="Swimming (sport)">swimming</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diving_(sport)" title="Diving (sport)">diving</a>. In his tenure as head coach, Spartan swimmers and divers have broken 14 varsity records.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other sports at MSU include <a href="/wiki/Golf" title="Golf">golf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gymnastics" title="Gymnastics">gymnastics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">tennis</a>. Golf has had a long tradition at MSU. Hall of Fame Coach Bruce Fossum helped carry MSU to its first Big Ten title in 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-men's_golf_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-men's_golf-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Big Ten title would elude the Spartans until 2005, when arguably, the best team ever assembled, took home the rings in stellar fashion. Not only did the Spartans win the Big Ten Championship in 2005, but they captured two other titles along the way and rose all the way to #5 in the U.S. Casey Lubahn coaches the men's <a href="/wiki/Golf" title="Golf">golf</a> team.<sup id="cite_ref-men's_golf_92-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-men's_golf-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A former assistant coach at <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a>, this is his fourth year as a head coach.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll coaches the women's team. In the last ten seasons, she has brought the Spartans to nine straight NCAA regional appearances.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spartan <a href="/wiki/AIAW_Champions#Golf" class="mw-redirect" title="AIAW Champions">women golfers</a> won individual collegiate national championships on two occasions: <a href="/wiki/Joyce_Kazmierski" title="Joyce Kazmierski">Joyce Kazmierski</a> in 1966 and <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Lauer" title="Bonnie Lauer">Bonnie Lauer</a> in 1973. </p><p>The men's gymnastics team at MSU won one national title, which they shared with the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana%E2%80%93Champaign" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign">University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign</a> in 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2001, the MSU <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Trustees" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of Trustees">Board of Trustees</a> disbanded the team in order to comply with <a href="/wiki/Title_IX" title="Title IX">Title IX</a> regulations.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The women's team retained its varsity status. In 2008, the team ranked 17th in the nation in the final season standings, the highest placement in program history. </p><p>Harry Jadun is the current coach of the men's tennis program. Gene Orlando was the coach of the men's tennis team. In his 26 years as MSU head coach, Orlando took the Spartan men to four NCAA Championships and had a team in 2016 reach the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament Doubles.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coaching the women's team is Kim Bruno, who is in her 4th season at the helm. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_non-varsity_sports">Notable non-varsity sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_State_Spartans&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notable non-varsity sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <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=Michigan_State_Spartans&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Rugby"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Michigan State University Rugby Football Club was founded in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-statenews.com_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statenews.com-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Michigan State rugby has been steadily improving in <a href="/wiki/College_Premier_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="College Premier Division">college rugby</a> in recent years. During the 2010–11 season, the Spartans played in Division 2, finishing with a 10–3 record and qualifying for the playoffs.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Spartans' success led to them moving up to Division 1–AA for the 2011–12 season.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the 2012–13 season, the Spartans once again moved to a higher level of competition—the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Universities" title="Big Ten Universities">Big Ten Universities</a> <a href="/wiki/College_Premier_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="College Premier Division">D1–A conference</a>, against traditional <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Ten">Big Ten</a> rivals such as the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_University" title="Ohio State University">Ohio State University</a>. The success of Spartan Rugby is greatly attributed to former head coach Dave Poquette, who had been coaching at Michigan State since 1992 and retired in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-statenews.com_98-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statenews.com-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Water_Polo">Water Polo</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_State_Spartans&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Water Polo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Michigan State University Water Polo Club was founded and officially recognized November 17, 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of its inception, the team played in the Midwest Collegiate Water Polo Association, along with Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio State, Loyola, Drake, and Western Michigan. Now competing in the Big Ten division of the Collegiate Water Polo Association, Michigan State is joined by Michigan, Iowa, Indiana, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Purdue, and Illinois, with Ohio State moving to the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. After winning back-to-back Big Ten championships in 1993 and 1994, the Spartans would go the next half a decade without a Big Ten Championship. With another conference championship, the Spartans would go on to win their first national collegiate club championship in 2000. Michigan State would continue to enjoy much success in the 2000s, winning the Big Ten Championship in 2002 and from 2005 to 2010. This included an impressive four year stretch which included the Spartan's second and third national championships in 2006 and 2008, and runner-up finishes for the national title in 2005 and 2007, as well as a third-place finish in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, the Spartans would stage a comeback in the final two minutes of regulation to upset Michigan in the Big Ten title game for their eleventh Big Ten Championship, and their seventh in ten years.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="MSU_Athletics_Hall_of_Fame">MSU Athletics Hall of Fame</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_State_Spartans&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: MSU Athletics Hall of Fame"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1992, thirty former Spartan <a href="/wiki/Sportsperson" class="mw-redirect" title="Sportsperson">athletes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coach_(sports)" class="mw-redirect" title="Coach (sports)">coaches</a>, and administrators were inducted into the MSU Athletics <a href="/wiki/Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Hall of Fame">Hall of Fame</a> as its charter class.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 1, 1999, the University opened its new Athletics Hall of Fame, in the Clara Bell Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_State_Spartans&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>See footnote</i><sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Academic_All-Americans">Academic All-Americans</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_State_Spartans&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Academic All-Americans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>See footnote</i><sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Championships">Championships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_State_Spartans&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Championships"><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/List_of_Michigan_State_Spartans_championships" title="List of Michigan State Spartans championships">List of Michigan State Spartans championships</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NCAA_team_championships">NCAA team championships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_State_Spartans&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: NCAA team championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Michigan State has won 20 NCAA national team titles.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>Men's (19)</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Championship#Team_titles" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship">Basketball</a> (2): 1979, 2000</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Boxing_Championship#Team_titles" title="NCAA Boxing Championship">Boxing</a> (2): 1951, 1955</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Cross_Country_Championship#Team_titles" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship">Cross Country</a> (8): 1939, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Gymnastics_Championships#Team_titles" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships">Gymnastics</a> (1): 1958 (co-champions)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_Tournament_champions#Team_titles" class="mw-redirect" title="List of NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament champions">Ice Hockey</a> (3): 1966, 1986, 2007</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Soccer_Championship#Team_titles" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship">Soccer</a> (2): 1967 (co-champions), 1968 (co-champions)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Wrestling_Championships#Team_titles" title="NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships">Wrestling</a> (1): 1967</li></ul></li> <li><b>Women's (1)</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Women%27s_Division_I_Cross_Country_Championship#Team_titles" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship">Cross Country</a> (1): 2014</li></ul></li> <li>See also: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_schools_with_the_most_NCAA_Division_I_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> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference#NCAA_national_titles" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference NCAA national team championships</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_national_team_championships">Other national team championships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_State_Spartans&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Other national team championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Below are 10 national team titles that were not bestowed by the NCAA.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>Men's (4)</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_college_athletics_championship_game_outcomes#Rifle" title="List of college athletics championship game outcomes">Rifle</a> (3): 1914, 1916, 1917</li></ul></li> <li><b>Women's (1)</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AIAW_Champions#Fastpitch_Softball" class="mw-redirect" title="AIAW Champions">Softball</a> (1): 1976</li></ul></li> <li>See also: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Big_Ten_Conference_National_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Big Ten Conference National Championships">List of Big Ten Conference National Championships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_schools_with_the_most_Division_I_national_championships" title="List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championships">List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championships</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NCAA_Division_I_Directors'_Cup"><span id="NCAA_Division_I_Directors.27_Cup"></span>NCAA Division I Directors' Cup</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_State_Spartans&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: NCAA Division I Directors' Cup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>See footnote</i><sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>and <a href="/wiki/NACDA_Directors%27_Cup" title="NACDA Directors' Cup">NACDA Directors' Cup</a></i></dd></dl> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:15%">Year </th> <th style="width:25%">Rank: National </th> <th style="width:25%">Rank: Big Ten </th></tr> <tr> <th>1993–94 </th> <td>60th </td> <td>10th </td></tr> <tr> <th>1994–95 </th> <td>76th </td> <td>10th </td></tr> <tr> <th>1995–96 </th> <td>41st </td> <td>8th </td></tr> <tr> <th>1996–97 </th> <td>31st </td> <td>7th </td></tr> <tr> <th>1997–98 </th> <td>54th </td> 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 26,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Michigan+State+Water+Polo&rft.atitle=Recent+Success+in+2014&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.msuwaterpolo.org%2Fbig-ten-champs-2014.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMichigan+State+Spartans" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-104"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-104">^</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/20100212185407/http://www.msuspartans.com/trads/hall-of-fame.html">"MSU Athletics Hall of Fame"</a>. Michigan State Spartan Athletics official website. 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Retrieved August 14, 2011.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-107"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-107">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.msuspartans.com/trads/academic-all-americans.html">Academic All-Americans</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110831140253/http://www.msuspartans.com/trads/academic-all-americans.html">Archived</a> August 31, 2011, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. Michigan State Spartan Athletics official website. 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href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_women%27s_basketball" title="Michigan State Spartans women's basketball">Women's Basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_cross_country" title="Michigan State Spartans cross country">Cross Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_football" title="Michigan State Spartans football">Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_field_hockey" title="Michigan State Spartans field hockey">Field Hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey">Ice hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_soccer" title="Michigan State Spartans men's soccer">Men's soccer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_softball" title="Michigan State Spartans softball">Softball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_women%27s_volleyball" title="Michigan State Spartans women's volleyball">Volleyball</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#18453B; color:#FFFFFF;;width:1%">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/Breslin_Student_Events_Center" title="Breslin Student Events Center">Breslin Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_Akers_Golf_Courses" title="Forest Akers Golf Courses">Forest Akers Golf Courses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jenison_Fieldhouse" title="Jenison Fieldhouse">Jenison Fieldhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munn_Ice_Arena" title="Munn Ice Arena">Munn Ice Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spartan_Stadium_(East_Lansing,_Michigan)" title="Spartan Stadium (East Lansing, Michigan)">Spartan Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_College_Field" title="Old College Field">Old College Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drayton_McLane_Baseball_Stadium_at_John_H._Kobs_Field" title="Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium at John H. Kobs Field">Drayton McLane Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University_Men%27s_Club_Volleyball" title="Michigan State University Men's Club Volleyball">Volleyball</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#18453B; color:#FFFFFF;;width:1%">Events</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/Basketbowl" title="Basketbowl">Basketbowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Chill_at_the_Big_House" title="The Big Chill at the Big House">The Big Chill at the Big House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Michigan_State_Spartans_championships" title="List of Michigan State Spartans championships">Championships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Michigan_vs._Michigan_State_football_game" title="2001 Michigan vs. Michigan State football game">Clockgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cold_War_(ice_hockey)" title="Cold War (ice hockey)">Cold War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Notre_Dame_vs._Michigan_State_football_game" title="1966 Notre Dame vs. Michigan State football game">Game of the Century</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State%E2%80%93Penn_State_football_rivalry" title="Michigan State–Penn State football rivalry">Land Grant Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indiana%E2%80%93Michigan_State_football_rivalry" title="Indiana–Michigan State football rivalry">Old Brass Spittoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan%E2%80%93Michigan_State_football_rivalry" title="Michigan–Michigan State football rivalry">Paul Bunyan Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan%E2%80%93Michigan_State_men%27s_basketball_rivalry" title="Michigan–Michigan State men's basketball rivalry">Michigan–Michigan State basketball rivalry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan%E2%80%93Michigan_State_men%27s_ice_hockey_rivalry" title="Michigan–Michigan State men's ice hockey rivalry">Michigan–Michigan State ice hockey rivalry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#18453B; color:#FFFFFF;;width:1%">Other topics</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/Izzone" title="Izzone">Izzone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sparty" title="Sparty">Sparty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeke_the_Wonder_Dog" title="Zeke the Wonder Dog">Zeke the Wonder Dog</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#18453B; color:#FFFFFF;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Campus_of_Michigan_State_University" title="Campus of Michigan State University"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Campus</span></a></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/W._J._Beal_Botanical_Garden" title="W. J. Beal Botanical Garden">Beal Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaumont_Tower" title="Beaumont Tower">Beaumont Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eli_and_Edythe_Broad_Art_Museum" title="Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum">Broad Art Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowles_House_(East_Lansing,_Michigan)" title="Cowles House (East Lansing, Michigan)">Cowles House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demonstration_Hall" title="Demonstration Hall">Demonstration Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Lansing,_Michigan" title="East Lansing, Michigan">East Lansing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_C._Eppley_Center" title="Eugene C. Eppley Center">Eppley Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_16_in_Michigan" title="U.S. Route 16 in Michigan">Grand River Ave.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University_Horticulture_Gardens" title="Michigan State University Horticulture Gardens">Horticulture Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laboratory_Row" title="Laboratory Row">Laboratory Row</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University_Libraries" title="Michigan State University Libraries">Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University_Observatory" title="Michigan State University Observatory">Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University_Pavilion" title="Michigan State University Pavilion">Pavilion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Cedar_River_(Michigan)" title="Red Cedar River (Michigan)">Red Cedar River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Rock_(Michigan_State_University)" title="The Rock (Michigan State University)">The Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MSU_Union" title="MSU Union">MSU Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wharton_Center_for_Performing_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Wharton Center for Performing Arts">Wharton Center</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#18453B; color:#FFFFFF;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Michigan_State_University" title="History of Michigan State University"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">History</span></a></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/Walter_Adams_(economist)" title="Walter Adams (economist)">Walter Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_James_Beal" title="William James Beal">William James Beal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_Hall_(Michigan_State_University)" title="College Hall (Michigan State University)">College Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Hannah" title="John A. Hannah">John A. Hannah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Clough_Holmes" title="John Clough Holmes">John C. Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MISTIC" title="MISTIC">MISTIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University_Vietnam_Advisory_Group" title="Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group">MSUG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saints%27_Rest" title="Saints' Rest">Saints' Rest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_R._Williams" title="Joseph R. Williams">Joseph R. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA_Gymnastics_sex_abuse_scandal" title="USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal">USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Michigan_State_University_shooting" title="2023 Michigan State University shooting">Mass shooting</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#18453B; color:#FFFFFF;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University_academics" title="Michigan State University academics"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Research</span></a></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/Facility_for_Rare_Isotope_Beams" title="Facility for Rare Isotope Beams">Facility for Rare Isotope Beams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hidden_Lake_Gardens" title="Hidden Lake Gardens">Hidden Lake Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kellogg_Biological_Station" title="Kellogg Biological Station">Kellogg Biological Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Life_Sciences_Corridor" title="Michigan Life Sciences Corridor">Life Sciences Corridor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University_Press" title="Michigan State University Press">Michigan State University Press</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Superconducting_Cyclotron_Laboratory" title="National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory">National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Astrophysical_Research_Telescope" title="Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope">SOAR Telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_Research_Corridor" title="University Research Corridor">University Research Corridor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#18453B; color:#FFFFFF;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Michigan_State_University_people" title="List of Michigan State University people"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">People</span></a></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/Rick_Comley" title="Rick Comley">Rick Comley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Tucker" title="Mel Tucker">Mel Tucker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Hollis_(athletic_director)" title="Mark Hollis (athletic director)">Mark Hollis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Izzo" title="Tom Izzo">Tom Izzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Mason" title="Ron Mason">Ron Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_L._Stanley" title="Samuel L. Stanley">Samuel L. Stanley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#18453B; color:#FFFFFF;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University#Student_life" title="Michigan State University"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Student life</span></a></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/Capital_News_Service_(Michigan)" title="Capital News Service (Michigan)">Capital News Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University_Housing" title="Michigan State University Housing">Housing</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Victory_for_MSU" title="Victory for MSU">Victory for MSU</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University_Spartan_Marching_Band" title="Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band">Spartan Marching Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_State_News" title="The State News">The State News</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDBM" title="WDBM">WDBM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MSU_Telecasters" class="mw-redirect" title="MSU Telecasters">MSU Telecasters</a></li> <li>WKAR (<a href="/wiki/WKAR_(AM)" title="WKAR (AM)">AM</a>/<a href="/wiki/WKAR-FM" title="WKAR-FM">FM</a>/<a href="/wiki/WKAR-TV" title="WKAR-TV">TV</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Michigan_State_University_fraternities_and_sororities" title="List of Michigan State University fraternities and sororities">Fraternities and sororities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MSUFCU" class="mw-redirect" title="MSUFCU">MSUFCU</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:#18453B; color:#FFFFFF;"><div> <ul><li><b>Founded</b>: 1855</li> <li><b>Students</b>: 49,809</li> <li><b>Endowment</b>: 4.4 billion</li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons page"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" 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