Iowa State Cyclones
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The Iowa State Cyclones are the athletic teams of Iowa State University
. The university is a member of the Big 12 Conference
and competes in NCAA
Division I, fielding 16 varsity teams in 12 sports.
Iowa State's Athletic Director
, Jamie Pollard (2005–2010), has dramatically changed the direction of the athletic program. Since hired, Pollard has replaced two head coaches in football
and wrestling
, and has also replaced coaches in men's basketball, gymnastics
, soccer, cross country
/track and field
, women's golf
, tennis
, and softball
. He has dramatically increased the athletic budget and has improved player academics. Additionally, he has initiated major renovations to Hilton Coliseum and Jack Trice Stadium, and constructed a basketball practice facility.
Pollard does have critics that point to poor team performance in men's basketball
and football
. Since Pollard was hired, Iowa State has not made the NCAA Tournament
, nor have they won a game in the Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament
. Pollard's supporters point out the improved facilities, the better patron interaction, and that the increased prices are only average compared to other Big 12 schools.
The NACDA Director's Cup
is an award given annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics
to the colleges and universities with the most success in collegiate athletics. Points for the NACDA Director's Cup are based on order of finish in various NCAA sponsored championships or based on various polls. The following is Iowa State's finish in the Director's Cup since 1993:
^indicates a current standing
Red indicates ranking down from previous year
Green indicates ranking up from previous year
from 1892 until the conclusion of the 2000-2001 season. Iowa State discontinued baseball as an official sport due to budget constraints after the 2000-2001 season, but it does remain as a club sport. Iowa State had an 1,346-1,412-17 all time record including a 7-6 NCAA tournament
record.
team competes in the Big 12 Conference
of NCAA Division I athletics. Fred Hoiberg is the current ISU men's basketball head coach. Iowa State has a 1160–1190 all time record, and has been to the NCAA Tournament
thirteen times including two Sweet 16 appearances, an Elite 8 appearance, and a Final Four
appearance. ISU has also won six regular conference titles and two conference tournament titles. Iowa State men's basketball team plays in Hilton Coliseum
, part of the Iowa State Center
on the south-east side of Iowa State University, and is known as one of the best venues in all of college basketball.
. Since beginning in 1954, the men's cross country team has won two NCAA national titles, two conference titles, and has made the NCAA tournament 22 times.
. ISU started playing football in 1892, however, it did not become an official sport until 1894. The Cyclones have a 476-556-46 all time record and are 3-7 in post season play.
The Cyclones play home games in Jack Trice Stadium
and practices at Bergstrom Indoor Practice Facility. The stadium is named after Jack Trice
, a football player who incurred a fatal injury while playing for the Cyclones in 1923. The stadium is currently under a major renovation which has doubled the luxury suites, widened the concourses and built new restrooms and concession stands. Once monies are secured, the south end-zone will be completely bowled in, raising the stadiums seating capacity from around 55,000 to nearly 65,000.
conference titles. Iowa State play and practice at Veenker Memorial Golf Course on the Iowa State Campus.
is part of the Big 12 Conference
under the leadership of Corey Ihmels. Iowa State has had considerable success in men's track and field, winning 20 conference titles and making 52 NCAA appearances in indoor and outdoor events.
. Jackson was introduced as the Cyclones head coach on April 30, 2009, replacing Cael Sanderson
. In wrestling, Iowa State has won 8 national team titles and 15 conference team titles including winning the last three Big 12 titles. Iowa State wrestlers have claimed 66 individual national titles, and 16 Iowa State wrestlers have participated in the Olympics resulting in 5 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze medals. Well known wrestlers for Iowa State include Cael Sanderson
, Dan Gable
, Kevin Jackson
, Bobby Douglas, and Glen Brand
.
programs in the nation. Since the founding of the Big 12 in 1996, ISU has had only one losing season, has won 3 conference titles (1 regular season, 2 tournament), and has a winning record against every Big 12 opponent, except Baylor
.Bill Fennelly
is the coach and is largely responsible for building this successful program. On a national level, the Cyclones have made the NCAA tournament
ten times, making it four times to the Sweet Sixteen and twice to the Elite Eight
, most recently in 2009. They have also made the WNIT
twice. ISU has been ranked in the top 10 for attendance for the past eight years and finished the 2008-2009 season ranked #3 in the nation for attendance.
team plays and practice at Veenker Memorial Golf Course on the Iowa State Campus.
is part of the Big 12 Conference
under the leadership of Corey Ihmels. Iowa State has had success in women's track and field, winning 9 conference titles and making 24 NCAA appearances in indoor and outdoor events.
titles in 1975 and 1977. Iowa State women's gymnastics are coached by Jay Ronayne who is 18-24-1 overall since hired in 2007.
title in 1974, and has a 165-154 all time record. The swimming
&diving
team trains and competes in Beyer Pool on ISU's campus.
in the second round in 2007, the Cyclones earned their first-ever national ranking at the No. 18 spot in the AVCA Coaches Poll. In 2009 the Cyclones reached an all-time high ranking of 5th. Overall, Iowa State has a 619-650-10 record, a 151-281 conference record, and a 9-5 NCAA tournament record.
Despite Iowa State's success in Wrestling, their most resent NCAA National Team Championship was in Men's Cross Country in 1994. Iowa State is not known as a national powerhouse in Cross Country, however, it is not unusual for the ISU Cross Country team to make into the NCAA tournament.
Probably the more unusual titles that Iowa State has won is in Men's Gymnastics. A highly successful period of Men's Gymnastics, led ISU to 3 national titles in 4 years. Men's gymnastics is no longer a sport sponsored by Iowa State.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"; border="1";
! Titles !! Sport !! Year
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! colspan="3" style="background:#A71930; color:#FDC82F;" | National Championships
(NCAA unless indicated)
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| 8 || Wrestling || 1933, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1987
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| 5 || Women's Cross Country || 1975(AIAW), 1976(AIAW), 1977(AIAW), 1978(AIAW), 1981(AIAW)
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| 3 || Men's Gymnastics || 1971, 1973, 1974
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| 2 || Men's Cross Country || 1989, 1994
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! colspan="2" style="color: #A71930; background-color: #FDC82F;" | 18 Total !! colspan="1" style="text-align:left" | NCAA: 13
AIAW: 5
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! colspan="8" style="background:#A71930; color:#FDC82F;" | Conference Championships
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| 20 || Men's Swimming || MVC: 1929, 1931, 1932
Big 6: 1933, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1947
Big 7: 1948, 1949, 1951, 1954
Big 8: 1967, 1976, 1977, 1995
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| 14 || Wrestling || Big 6: 1933, 1937, 1941, 1947
Big 7: 1958
Big 8: 1970, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1987
Big 12: 2007, 2008, 2009
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| 12 || Men's Outdoor Track&Field || Big 6: 1944, 1945
Big 8: 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
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| 10 || Men's Basketball || Big 6: 1935, 1941, 1944, 1945
Big 7: 1955
Big 8: 1959, 1996
Big 12: 2000(2), 2001
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| 10 || Men's Gymnastics || Big 8: 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
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| 9 || Women's Cross Country || Big 8: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1990
Big 12: 2011
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| 8 || Men's Indoor Track&Field || Big 6: 1944, 1945, 1946
Big 8: 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993
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| 6 || Women's Outdoor Track&Field || Big 8: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
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| 5 || Women's Indoor Track&Field || Big 8: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979
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| 4 || Baseball || Big 6: 1936
Big 7: 1957
Big 8: 1970, 1971
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| 4 || Women's Gymnastics || Big 8: 1975, 1977
Big 12: 2000, 2006
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| 3 || Football || MVC: 1911, 1912
Big 12: 2004 (North)
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| 3 || Men's Golf || Big 6: 1940, 1947, 1953
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| 3 || Women's Basketball || Big 12: 2000(2), 2001
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| 2 || Men's Cross Country || Big 8: 1989, 1994
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| 1 || Women's Golf || Big 8: 1993
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| 1 || Women's Swimming & Diving || Big 8: 1974
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! colspan="2" style="color: #A71930; background-color: #FDC82F;" | 115 Total !! colspan="1" style="text-align:left" | MVC: 5
Big 6: 26
Big 7: 7
Big 8: 64
Big 12: 13
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Hilton Coliseum
James H. Hilton Coliseum is a 14,356-seat multi-purpose arena
in Ames, Iowa. The arena, which is part of the Iowa State Center
, opened in 1971. It is home to the Iowa State University Cyclones basketball
, wrestling, gymnastics and volleyball
teams. The building was specifically built to hold in sound with a solid concrete structure, steel doors, and a crowd that sits just a few feet from the court. During big games, players from opposing teams, as well as Iowa State, have even said that the floor has shaken due to the loudness of the crowd. A record basketball crowd of 15,000 saw the Cyclones post a 97-94 win over Iowa in 1971.
Jack Trice Stadium
Jack Trice Stadium (formerly Cyclone Stadium) is a stadium
in Ames, Iowa. It is primarily used for college football
, and is the home field of the Iowa State University Cyclones
. It opened on September 20, 1975 (with a win against Air Force
), and with hillside tickets it officially has 55,000 seats. The current record for single-game attendance, 56,795, was set on September 8, 2007 when the Cyclones played Northern Iowa
. In 1997, the stadium was named in honor of Jack Trice
, ISU's first African American
athlete and the school's first athletics-related fatality. The stadium is the only one in Division I-A named for an African American individual.
Veenker Memorial Golf Course
The 6,543-yard, par-72, George Veenker Memorial Golf Course is located just two blocks north of the Iowa State campus. The 18-hole course was constructed in 1938 from the design of world renowned golf course architect, Perry Maxwell. The course hosted the conference championships in 1982 and 1989, two regional AIAW championships, and hosts the annual Iowa Masters Championship. It also hosted the 1949 NCAA national championship.
Sukup Basketball Complex
Opened in September 2009, Iowa State's new basketball
practice facility is located on 2 acres (8,093.7 m²) of land (in west Ames, Iowa) that was donated by a local developer, Dickson Jensen. The $8 million, 36000 square feet (3,344.5 m²) facility, includes two separate 10,000 square- foot gymnasiums for both men's
and women's
basketball programs, as well as separate lounges and locker rooms, a theater room, a medical treatment area, and coaches' offices and conference rooms.
Bergstrom Indoor Facility
The Steve and Debbie Bergstrom Indoor Training Facility opened in March 2004. It is a 92000 square feet (8,547.1 m²) multi-purpose, indoor practice facility. Inside the facility is a full sized Astro turf football field. Though typically associated with football, it is also used for practice by the softball and soccer teams, as well as community events. The building sits just northwest of Jack Trice Stadium
and is part of the Johnny Majors
Practice Complex. The facility cost $9.6 million to build and was funded by private gifts to the athletic department and ISU Foundation.
Beyer Hall
Beyer Hall is home to Iowa State's women's swimming
and diving
team and women's gymnastics team (men's swimming and diving and gymnastics teams have been discontinued at Iowa State). The swimming and diving team practices and holds competition in the Beyer Pool, a six lane, T-shaped, 25-yard competitive pool with an attached diving well, and seating for approximately 800 spectators. The Beyer Pool has hosted the 1963 and 1971 NCAA meets, as well as numerous conference championships. Though the gymnastics team competes in Hilton Coliseum
, they practice across the hall from Beyer Pool in the Amy and Dennis Pyle Family Gymnastics Facility. Renovated in 2002, the practice facility is used by collegiate and elementary athletes alike.
Cross Country Course
The $250,000, Iowa State Cross Country Course was dedicated in 1995 and was host of the NCAA Division I Cross Country
Championships that fall, and again in 2000. The course runs through the Iowa State Arboretum
and was the first course in the nation designed exclusively for competitive cross country racing.
Hixson-Lied Student Success Center
The 10 million dollar, Hixson-Lied Student Success Center, was designed for improving academic achievement campus wide, with the second floor devoted specifically to student athletes. The facility was built using private contributions. Since it's completion in 2006, Iowa State student athletes have dramatically improved in the class room and now boost a higher average GPA (Grade point average) than the rest of the student body.
ISU Soccer Complex
Built in 1995 when women's soccer was added as an official sport at Iowa State, the ISU Soccer Complex sits just east of the Lied Recreation Athletics Center. Permanent lighting was installed in 2004 at a cost of $170,000 and a team meeting room was added in 2005. The Iowa State Soccer team practices in the [Bergstrom Indoor Facility] during bad weather or field conditions.
Jacobson Athletic Building
Located off the north end zone
of Jack Trice Stadium
, The Jacobson Athletic Building houses all football offices, locker rooms, meeting rooms, strength and conditioning room, and sports medicine
room. In addition to football, it also houses administrative and coaches offices (except men's and women's basketball). The administrative and football offices were renovated in 2008 with the renovation to the Jack Trice Stadium
.
Lied Recreation Center
The Lied Recreation Center is a multi-purpose building housing the soccer team lockers, practice facility for wrestling, and a 300 meter track for indoor competition. The $13 million center, was host of the 1998, 2000, and 2007 indoor track and field Big 12 Championships. The new mondo
track has eight 42-inch lanes, making it the largest and one of the fastest indoor surfaces in the world. There is portable seating for 2,000 spectators and also includes two long jump
/triple jump
pits and a pole vault
runway. The facility also includes showers, sauna
s, steam room
s, and a sports medicine
center.
Southwest Athletic Complex
The Southwest Athletic Complex is home to multiple sport facilities including: baseball, softball, track and field, and cross country (technically the ISU cross country course is separate, but it runs around and through the athletic complex). The baseball stadium, Capp Timm Field, is still used by university sport clubs, but is no longer used for official athletic competition since the baseball was dropped in 2002. The Southeast Athletic Complex has been home for the softball team since 1980. The softball facility was renovated in 2004, with new bleachers with seating for 500 spectators, a new backstop wall, and new netting. Track and Field also holds outdoor competitions in the athletic complex.
A number of clubs experience much notability on campus and nationwide: ISU baseball
was cut by the school's athletic department in 2000; but it continues, as a club sport, to provides students with the opportunity to attend ISU and play competitive baseball. Iowa State Men's Hockey is non-scholarship sport since it is not considered a recreation sports like other club sports. ISU has been an American Collegiate Hockey Association
(ACHA) powerhouse since its inception, the team has many ACHA Frozen Four appearances and was the ACHA Nation Championship in 1992. ISU Rodeo is a member of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association
(NIRA) and is one of the oldest collegiate rodeo athletic events in the US.
Iowa State uses a cardinal, Cy, as its mascot instead of an actual tornado or Cyclone. Prior to the football match up against the University of Colorado
on November 12, 2005 a tornado touched down in Ames, Iowa and forced fans to either stand out in the parking lot and watch the storm or flee to shelter in Hilton Coliseum. It created such an atmosphere that Iowa State was able to win over the favored Buffaloes
30–16. When asked about the event, Colorado coach Gary Barnett said, "I thought we had a pretty good mascot. But when we showed up at Iowa State and they had a real tornado, that's the real deal."
Colors
██ Cardinal
██ Gold
Originally silver, yellow, and black, the school colors were changed to cardinal
and gold in 1899 to make dyeing sweater
s easier. A council was formed in October 1899 with the purpose of finding new colors that would be suitable for sweaters. The council reported in favor of cardinal sweaters with gold lettering. According to cyclones.com (Iowa State Athletics official website), the Iowa State teams were originally known as the "Cardinals", though there is no other evidence to support it, it is assumed that the cardinal color was derived from the original team name.
Cheers
ISU Fights
is the official fight song
for Iowa State University:
O we will fight, fight, fight for Iowa State,
And may her colors ever fly.
Yes, we will fight with might for Iowa State,
With a will to do or die,
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Loyal sons forever true,
And we will fight the battle through.
And when we hit that line we'll hit it hard every yard for I. S. U!
Rivals
Iowa State's most heated rival is against the University of Iowa
Hawkeyes. Though the two teams started playing each other in 1894 (in football), the Cy-Hawk Trophy
was not introduced until 1977 when the two teams met for the first time in 43 years. The trophy was donated by the Des Moines Athletic Club, and is awarded to the victor of the annual football game. The trophy features a football player in the classic running back
pose, with the Cyclone's and Hawkeye's logos.
Started in 2004, the annual Hy-Vee
Cy-Hawk Series gives points to the Hawkeyes and Cyclones based on wins in 11 sports and academic achievement. Each team is awarded 2 points for a win (except football which gets 3 points), 1 point for a tie, and 2 points for having athletes average GPA better than national average. At the end of the year all the points are added and the team with the most points wins the series for that year and bragging rights.
When the coaches’ field phones were tested prior to the 1959 Iowa State-Missouri football game in Ames, Iowa, it was found that the teams could hear one another. The problem was solved by game time, but not without considerable worry on the part of the coaching staff. The Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
of Ames had a trophy made after the field phone controversy and it continues to be presented today to the winner of the game between ISU and Mizzou. An odd sidelight to the whole affair was that the same thing happened to Missouri later that year in a game played at Columbia, Mo.
Iowa State University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State has produced astronauts, scientists, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a host of...
. The university is a member of the Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
and competes in NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
Division I, fielding 16 varsity teams in 12 sports.
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Athletic director
An athletic director is an administrator at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic programs...
, Jamie Pollard (2005–2010), has dramatically changed the direction of the athletic program. Since hired, Pollard has replaced two head coaches in football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
and wrestling
Wrestling
Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
, and has also replaced coaches in men's basketball, gymnastics
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
, soccer, cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
/track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, women's golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, and softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
. He has dramatically increased the athletic budget and has improved player academics. Additionally, he has initiated major renovations to Hilton Coliseum and Jack Trice Stadium, and constructed a basketball practice facility.
Pollard does have critics that point to poor team performance in men's basketball
Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
The Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represents Iowa State University and competes in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I.-Johnny Orr era :...
and football
Iowa State Cyclones football
The Iowa State Cyclones football team represents Iowa State University in college football. The Cyclones compete in the Big 12 Conference in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. ISU started playing football in 1892, however, it did not become an official sport until 1894...
. Since Pollard was hired, Iowa State has not made the NCAA Tournament
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...
, nor have they won a game in the Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament
Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament
The Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament is the championship men's basketball tournament in the Big 12 Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament of four rounds, with the top four seeds getting byes in the first round...
. Pollard's supporters point out the improved facilities, the better patron interaction, and that the increased prices are only average compared to other Big 12 schools.
The NACDA Director's Cup
NACDA Director's Cup
The NACDA Learfield Sports Directors' Cup is an award given annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the colleges and universities with the most success in collegiate athletics...
is an award given annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics
National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics
The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics is a professional organization for college and university athletic directors in the United States. NACDA boasts a membership of more than 6,100 individuals and more than 1,600 institutions throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico...
to the colleges and universities with the most success in collegiate athletics. Points for the NACDA Director's Cup are based on order of finish in various NCAA sponsored championships or based on various polls. The following is Iowa State's finish in the Director's Cup since 1993:
| Year | Standing | |
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| ISU Director's Cup Standings | ||
| 1993-94 | 58th | |
| 1994-95 | 49th | |
| 1995-96 | 40th | |
| 1996-97 | 41st | |
| 1997-98 | 62nd | |
| 1998-99 | 56th | |
| 1999-00 | 42nd | |
| 2000-01 | 54th | |
| 2001-02 | 58th | |
| 2002-03 | 107th | |
| 2003-04 | 123rd | |
| 2004-05 | 60th | |
| 2005-06 | 97th | |
| 2006-07 | 73rd | |
| 2007-08 | 58th | |
| 2008-09 | 58th | |
| 2009-10 | 34th | |
| Average | 63rd | |
^indicates a current standing
Red indicates ranking down from previous year
Green indicates ranking up from previous year
Baseball
Iowa State University fielded baseballIowa State Cyclones baseball
Iowa State Cyclones baseball was formerly fielded by Iowa State University from 1892 until the conclusion of the 2001 season. Iowa State ceased to field a team because of what former Iowa State Athletic Director Bruce Van De Velde termed "budget cuts". This was announced on April 2, 2001...
from 1892 until the conclusion of the 2000-2001 season. Iowa State discontinued baseball as an official sport due to budget constraints after the 2000-2001 season, but it does remain as a club sport. Iowa State had an 1,346-1,412-17 all time record including a 7-6 NCAA tournament
NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship tournament is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the College World Series....
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Basketball
The Iowa State Cyclones men's basketballIowa State Cyclones men's basketball
The Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represents Iowa State University and competes in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I.-Johnny Orr era :...
team competes in the Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
of NCAA Division I athletics. Fred Hoiberg is the current ISU men's basketball head coach. Iowa State has a 1160–1190 all time record, and has been to the NCAA Tournament
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...
thirteen times including two Sweet 16 appearances, an Elite 8 appearance, and a Final Four
Final four
Final Four isa sports term that is commonly applied to the last four teams remaining in a playoff tournament, most notably NCAA Division I college basketball tournaments. The term usually refers to the four teams who compete in the two games of a single-elimination tournament's semi-final round...
appearance. ISU has also won six regular conference titles and two conference tournament titles. Iowa State men's basketball team plays in Hilton Coliseum
Hilton Coliseum
James H. Hilton Coliseum is a 14,356-seat multi-purpose arena in Ames, Iowa. The arena opened in 1971. It is home to the Iowa State University Cyclones men's and women's basketball teams, wrestling, gymnastics and volleyball teams.-Overview:...
, part of the Iowa State Center
Iowa State Center
The Iowa State Center is located just southeast of Iowa State University's central campus in Ames, Iowa. It is a complex of cultural and athletic venues...
on the south-east side of Iowa State University, and is known as one of the best venues in all of college basketball.
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Cross Country
Iowa State Cyclones Cross Country is an athletic team representing the Cyclones of Iowa State University in Ames, IowaAmes, Iowa
Ames is a city located in the central part of the U.S. state of Iowa in Story County, and approximately north of Des Moines. The U.S. Census Bureau designates that Ames, Iowa metropolitan statistical area as encompassing all of Story County, and which, when combined with the Boone, Iowa...
. Since beginning in 1954, the men's cross country team has won two NCAA national titles, two conference titles, and has made the NCAA tournament 22 times.
Football
Iowa State plays NCAA Division 1 FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) football in the Big 12 North Division. Iowa State football team is led by third year head coach Paul RhoadsPaul Rhoads
Paul Rhoads is an American college football head coach at Iowa State University. Rhoads was formerly the defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach of the Auburn University football team before then-head coach Tommy Tuberville was forced to resign at the 2008 season's end...
. ISU started playing football in 1892, however, it did not become an official sport until 1894. The Cyclones have a 476-556-46 all time record and are 3-7 in post season play.
The Cyclones play home games in Jack Trice Stadium
Jack Trice Stadium
Jack Trice Stadium is a stadium, in Ames, Iowa, United States. It opened on September 20, 1975 making it the newest stadium in the Big 12 Conference...
and practices at Bergstrom Indoor Practice Facility. The stadium is named after Jack Trice
Jack Trice
Johnny "Jack" Trice was a football player who became the first African-American athlete from Iowa State College...
, a football player who incurred a fatal injury while playing for the Cyclones in 1923. The stadium is currently under a major renovation which has doubled the luxury suites, widened the concourses and built new restrooms and concession stands. Once monies are secured, the south end-zone will be completely bowled in, raising the stadiums seating capacity from around 55,000 to nearly 65,000.
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Season !! Record |- | 1892 ||1-0-1 |- | 1893 ||0-3 |- | 1894 ||5-1 |- | 1895 ||3-3 |- | 1896 ||8-2 |- | 1897 ||3-1 |- | 1898 ||3-2 |- | 1899 ||5-4-1 |- | 1900 ||2-5-1 |- | 1901 ||2-6-2 |- | 1902 ||6-3-1 |- | 1903 ||8-1 |- | 1904 ||7-2 |- | 1905 ||6-3 |- | 1906 ||9-1 |- | 1907 ||7-1 |- | 1908 || 6-3 |- | 1909 || 4-3-1 |- | 1910 || 4-4 |- | style="background:#ffdd99;"| 1911 || style="background:#ffdd99;"| 6-1-1 |} | {| class="wikitable" |- ! Season !! Record |- | style="background:#ffdd99;"| 1912 || style="background:#ffdd99;"| 6-2 |- | 1913 || 4-4 |- | 1914 || 4-3 |- | 1915 || 6-2 |- | 1916 || 5-2-1 |- | 1917 || 5-2 |- | 1918 || 0-3 |- | 1919 || 5-2-1 |- | 1920 || 4-4 |- | 1921 || 4-4 |- | 1922 || 2-6 |- | 1923 || 4-3-1 |- | 1924 || 4-3-1 |- | 1925 || 4-3-1 |- | 1926 || 4-3-1 |- | 1927 || 4-3-1 |- | 1928 || 2-5-1 |- | 1929 || 1-7 |- | 1930 || 0-9 |- | 1931 || 5-3 |} | {| class="wikitable" |- ! Season !! Record |- | 1932 || 3-4-1 |- | 1933 || 3-5-1 |- | 1934 || 5-3-1 |- | 1935 || 2-4-3 |- | 1936 || 3-3-2 |- | 1937 || 3-6 |- | 1938 || 7-1-1 |- | 1939 || 2-7 |- | 1940 || 4-5 |- | 1941 || 2-6-1 |- | 1942 || 3-6 |- | 1943 || 4-4 |- | 1944 || 6-1-1 |- | 1945 || 4-3-1 |- | 1946 || 2-6-1 |- | 1947 || 3-6 |- | 1948 || 4-6 |- | 1949 || 5-3-1 |- | 1950 || 3-6-1 |- | 1951 || 4-4-1 |} | {| class="wikitable" |- ! Season !! Record |- | 1952 || 3-6 |- | 1953 || 2-7 |- | 1954 || 3-6 |- | 1955 || 1-7-1 |- | 1956 || 2-8 |- | 1957 || 4-5-1 |- | 1958 || 4-6 |- | 1959 || 7-3 |- | 1960 || 7-3 |- | 1961 || 5-5 |- | 1962 || 5-5 |- | 1963 || 4-5 |- | 1964 || 1-8-1 |- | 1965 || 5-4-1 |- | 1966 || 2-6-2 |- | 1967 || 2-8 |- | 1968 || 3-7 |- | 1969 || 3-7 |- | 1970 || 5-6 |- | 1971 || 8-4 |} | {| class="wikitable" |- ! Season !! Record |- | 1972 || 5-6-1 |- | 1973 || 4-7 |- | 1974 || 4-7 |- | 1975 || 4-7 |- | 1976 || 8-3 |- | 1977 || 8-4 |- | 1978 1978 Iowa State Cyclones football team The 1978 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented the Iowa State University in the college football season of 1978-1979. The team captains were Tom Boskey and Dexter Green.-Schedule:-External links:*... || 8-4 |- | 1979 || 3-8 |- | 1980 || 6-5 |- | 1981 || 5-5-1 |- | 1982 || 4-6-1 |- | 1983 || 4-7 |- | 1984 || 2-7-2 |- | 1985 || 5-6 |- | 1986 || 6-5 |- | 1987 || 3-8 |- | 1988 || 5-6 |- | 1989 || 6-5 |- | 1990 || 4-6-1 |- | 1991 || 3-7-1 |} | {| class="wikitable" |- ! Season !! Record |- | 1992 || 4-7 |- | 1993 || 3-8 |- | 1994 || 0-10-1 |- | 1995 || 3-8 |- | 1996 || 2-9 |- | 1997 || 1-10 |- | 1998 || 3-8 |- | 1999 || 4-7 |- | 2000 2000 Iowa State Cyclones football team The 2000 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented the Iowa State University in the college football season of 2000-2001. This was Dan McCarney's sixth season as head coach. The team captains were Chris Anthony, Ryan Harklau, Reggie Hayward, and Sage Rosenfels. The Cyclones were quarterbacked... ||9-3 |- | 2001 || 7-5 |- | 2002 2002 Iowa State Cyclones football team The 2002 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented the Iowa State University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team captains were Zach Butler, Jordan Carstens, Seneca Wallace, and Chris Whitaker. The Cyclones were quarterbacked by Seneca Wallace. Seneca is among many former... || 7-7 |- | 2003 || 2-10 |- | style="background:#bbffff;" | 2004 || style="background:#bbffff;" |7-5 |- | 2005 || 7-5 |- | 2006 || 4-8 |- | 2007 2007 Iowa State Cyclones football team The 2007 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University in the 2007 College Football Division I FBS season.-Schedule:... || 3-9 |- | 2008 2008 Iowa State Cyclones football team The 2008 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University in the 2008-2009 college football season. The team was led by head coach Gene Chizik, who had coached the Cyclones since 2007... || 2-10 |- | 2009 2009 Iowa State Cyclones football team The 2009 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University in the college football season of 2009-2010. The team was led by first year head coach Paul Rhoads. They played their home games at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa... || 7-6 |} |
Golf
Iowa State Cyclone's men's golf is coached by Jay Horton who is in his 10th season (2009) at Iowa State. Iowa State has made twelve NCAA appearances and has won three Big 6Big Eight Conference
The Big Eight Conference, a former NCAA-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored football, was formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association by its charter member schools: the University of Kansas, University of Missouri, University...
conference titles. Iowa State play and practice at Veenker Memorial Golf Course on the Iowa State Campus.
Track and field
Iowa State Cyclones Track and FieldIowa State Cyclones Track and Field
Iowa State Cyclones Track and Field is an American collegiate sports team sponsored by Iowa State University. Iowa State University is in the Big 12 Conference. While part of the Big 8 Conference, Iowa State University won 25 Conference titles in Track and Cross Country under the leadership of...
is part of the Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
under the leadership of Corey Ihmels. Iowa State has had considerable success in men's track and field, winning 20 conference titles and making 52 NCAA appearances in indoor and outdoor events.
Wrestling
Iowa State's is coached by Olympic gold medalist Kevin JacksonKevin Jackson
Kevin Andre Jackson is the head wrestling coach at Iowa State University, having been hired in 2009 when Cael Sanderson quit the post and moved to Penn State University...
. Jackson was introduced as the Cyclones head coach on April 30, 2009, replacing Cael Sanderson
Cael Sanderson
Cael Norman Sanderson , is considered one of the greatest American amateur wrestlers of all time. A 2004 Olympic champion in Athens, Greece, he went undefeated in four years of college wrestling at Iowa State University , winning four consecutive NCAA titles...
. In wrestling, Iowa State has won 8 national team titles and 15 conference team titles including winning the last three Big 12 titles. Iowa State wrestlers have claimed 66 individual national titles, and 16 Iowa State wrestlers have participated in the Olympics resulting in 5 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze medals. Well known wrestlers for Iowa State include Cael Sanderson
Cael Sanderson
Cael Norman Sanderson , is considered one of the greatest American amateur wrestlers of all time. A 2004 Olympic champion in Athens, Greece, he went undefeated in four years of college wrestling at Iowa State University , winning four consecutive NCAA titles...
, Dan Gable
Dan Gable
Dan Gable is an American amateur wrestler. He is famous for having only lost one match in his entire Iowa State University collegiate career—his last, and winning gold at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany while not giving up a single point...
, Kevin Jackson
Kevin Jackson
Kevin Andre Jackson is the head wrestling coach at Iowa State University, having been hired in 2009 when Cael Sanderson quit the post and moved to Penn State University...
, Bobby Douglas, and Glen Brand
Glen Brand
Glen Brand was an American wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. He was a graduate of Clarion, Iowa and Iowa State University. He was a three-time All-American for the Cyclones with an overall record of 54-3, earning a reputation as a fierce competitor and pinner...
.
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Season !! Record |- | 1916 || 1-1 |- | 1917 || 2-0 |- | 1918 || 1-1 |- | 1919 || 3-0 |- | 1920 || 5-1 |- | 1921 || 7-1 |- | 1922 || 8-0 |- | 1923 || 8-0 |- | 1924 || 9-0 |- | 1925 || 6-0 |- | 1926 || 8-1 |- | 1927 || 8-1 |- | 1928 || 7-2 |- | 1929 || 7-1 |- | 1930 || 6-3 |- | 1931 || 9-1 |- | 1932 || 6-3 |- | style="background:#ffbf2f;"| 1933 || style="background:#ffbf2f;"| 6-1 |- | 1934 || 8-2 |- | 1935 || 4-3 |} | {| class="wikitable" |- ! Season !! Record |- | 1936 || 4-2-2 |- | style="background:#ffff99;"|1937 || style="background:#ffff99;"|6-2-1 |- | 1938 || 8-0 |- | 1939 ||3-3 |- | 1940 || 4-4 |- | style="background:#ffff99;"|1941 || style="background:#ffff99;"| 7-3 |- | 1942 || 3-3 |- | 1943 || 1-3 |- | 1944 || NA |- | 1945 || NA |- | 1946 || 3-1 |- | style="background:#ffff99;"|1947 || style="background:#ffff99;"| 4-3 |- | 1948 || 5-5-1 |- | 1949 || 2-6-1 |- | 1950 || 4-6 |- | 1951 || 5-5 |- | 1952 || 6-2 |- | 1953 ||9-1 |- | 1954 || 8-0 |- | 1955 || 7-1 |} | {| class="wikitable" |- ! Season !! Record |- | 1956 || 8-3 |- | 1957 || 9-3-1 |- | style="background:#ffff99;"|1958 || style="background:#ffff99;"|10-0-2 |- | 1959 || 11-3 |- | 1960 || 12-3 |- | 1961 || 13-1-2 |- | 1962 || 12-1-1 |- | 1963 || 13-1 |- | 1964 || 13-0-1 |- | style="background:#ffbf2f;"|1965 ||style="background:#ffbf2f;"| 14-1 |- | 1966 || 13-2 |- | 1967 ||12-3-1 |- | 1968 || 12-3 |- | style="background:#ffbf2f;"|1969 || style="background:#ffbf2f;"|15-1 |- |style="background:#ffbf2f;"| 1970 || style="background:#ffbf2f;"|15-2 |- | 1971 || 17-0 |- | style="background:#ffbf2f;"|1972 || style="background:#ffbf2f;"|16-1 |- | style="background:#ffbf2f;"|1973 || style="background:#ffbf2f;"|18-1 |- | 1974 || 13-5 |- | 1975 || 16-2-2 |} | {| class="wikitable" |- ! Season !! Record |- | style="background:#ffff99;"|1976 || style="background:#ffff99;"|19-2 |- | style="background:#ffbf2f;"|1977 || style="background:#ffbf2f;"|18-2-1 |- | 1978 || 19-2 |- | style="background:#ffff99;"|1979 || style="background:#ffff99;"|18-3 |- | style="background:#ffff99;"|1980 || style="background:#ffff99;"|18-4 |- | 1981 || 19-2 |- |style="background:#ffff99;"| 1982 || style="background:#ffff99;"|17-2 |- | 1983 || 14-4 |- | 1984 || 13-7 |- | 1985 || 20-7 |- | 1986 || 19-1 |- | style="background:#ffbf2f;"|1987 || style="background:#ffbf2f;"|14-3 |- | 1988 || 17-4 |- | 1989 || 8-9-1 |- | 1990 || 14-9 |- | 1991 || 13-3 |- | 1992 || 13-3 |- | 1993 || 13-4 |- | 1994 || 7-7 |- | 1995 || 17-4 |} | {| class="wikitable" |- ! Season !! Record |- | 1996 || 12-6-1 |- | 1997 || 10-7-1 |- | 1998 || 12-8 |- | 1999 || 20-5-1 |- | 2000 || 20-2 |- | 2001 || 19-4 |- | 2002 || 17-5 |- | 2003 || 8-10 |- | 2004 ||16-4 |- | 2005 || 16-2 |- | 2006 ||11-7 |- | style="background:#ffff99;"|2007 || style="background:#ffff99;"|13-3 |- | style="background:#ffff99;"|2008 || style="background:#ffff99;"|16-4 |- |style="background:#ffff99;"| 2009 ||style="background:#ffff99;"| 15-3 |- | 2010 || 10-2 |} |
Women's sports
Basketball
Iowa State is known for having one of the best women's basketballIowa State Cyclones women's basketball
The Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team represents Iowa State University and competes in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I. Iowa State's women's basketball team is 569-502 overall and 20-13 in post-season play.-Overview:...
programs in the nation. Since the founding of the Big 12 in 1996, ISU has had only one losing season, has won 3 conference titles (1 regular season, 2 tournament), and has a winning record against every Big 12 opponent, except Baylor
Baylor University
Baylor University is a private, Christian university located in Waco, Texas. Founded in 1845, Baylor is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.-History:...
.Bill Fennelly
Bill Fennelly
Bill Fennelly is the head women's basketball coach at Iowa State University. He is the dean of the Big 12 and is considered by many to be one of the best women's basketball coaches in the nation. He has an all time coaching record of 503-202 , coming from tenures as the head coach of the Toledo...
is the coach and is largely responsible for building this successful program. On a national level, the Cyclones have made the NCAA tournament
NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Women's Division I Championship is an annual college basketball tournament for women. Held each April, the Women's Championship was inaugurated in the 1981–82 season...
ten times, making it four times to the Sweet Sixteen and twice to the Elite Eight
Elite Eight
The term Elite Eight, or less commonly called "Great Eight", refers to the final eight teams in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship or the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship; and, thus, represents the national quarterfinals. In Division I, the Elite Eight consists of the...
, most recently in 2009. They have also made the WNIT
WNIT
WNIT is the PBS member television station for South Bend, Indiana. Its studios are located in South Bend. WNIT broadcasts on digital channel 35 ....
twice. ISU has been ranked in the top 10 for attendance for the past eight years and finished the 2008-2009 season ranked #3 in the nation for attendance.
Cross Country
Iowa State Cyclones Cross Country is an athletic team representing the Cyclones of Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Since beginning in 1973, the women's cross country team has won eight conference titles and has made the NCAA tournament six times.Golf
Iowa State women's golf is led by head coach Christie Martens (2005–present). Iowa State has won one Big 8 conference title and has made the NCAA tournament four times and the AIAW (NCAA predecessor for women's golf) tournament three times. The Iowa State women's golfGolf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
team plays and practice at Veenker Memorial Golf Course on the Iowa State Campus.
Track and field
Iowa State Cyclones Track and FieldIowa State Cyclones Track and Field
Iowa State Cyclones Track and Field is an American collegiate sports team sponsored by Iowa State University. Iowa State University is in the Big 12 Conference. While part of the Big 8 Conference, Iowa State University won 25 Conference titles in Track and Cross Country under the leadership of...
is part of the Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
under the leadership of Corey Ihmels. Iowa State has had success in women's track and field, winning 9 conference titles and making 24 NCAA appearances in indoor and outdoor events.
Gymnastics
Iowa State Women's Gymnastics program has won two Big 12 titles in the past ten years (2000, 2006) and made an appearance in the NCAA "Super Six" gymnastics championship (2006). Iowa State has also won two Big 8 conferenceBig Eight Conference
The Big Eight Conference, a former NCAA-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored football, was formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association by its charter member schools: the University of Kansas, University of Missouri, University...
titles in 1975 and 1977. Iowa State women's gymnastics are coached by Jay Ronayne who is 18-24-1 overall since hired in 2007.
Soccer
Iowa State's newest sport is soccer. It was officially named a Cyclone sport in 1996 and has built a 98-118-19 overall record including one NCAA tournament appearance in 2005. Iowa State Cyclone soccer is led by second year (2009–2010) Head Coach, Wendy Dillinger.Softball
Iowa State Women's Softball is coached by Stacy Gemeinhardt-Cesler (2006–present), who has a 65-72 record at Iowa State and 218-148 overall. Iowa State's softball team has an all time record of 743-693-5 and is 53-168 in Big 12 play. The softball team plays at the Southwest Athletic Complex and practices there and at the Bergstrom Indoor Practice Facility.Swimming & Diving
Iowa State Swimming & Diving is coached by Duane Sorenson, who is 61-55 in his 13th season at Iowa State (1996–present). Iowa State has won one Big 8 conferenceBig Eight Conference
The Big Eight Conference, a former NCAA-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored football, was formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association by its charter member schools: the University of Kansas, University of Missouri, University...
title in 1974, and has a 165-154 all time record. The swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
&diving
Diving
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
team trains and competes in Beyer Pool on ISU's campus.
Tennis
Iowa State Women's Tennis is coached by first year head coach Armando Espinosa. Iowa State Tennis team has had a 100% graduation rate over the past 16 years and the programs athletes consistently post some of the highest GPA's of all Iowa State athletes.Volleyball
Head Coach Christy Johnson-Lynch has led Iowa State to one of the most impressive turn-arounds ever. Since taking over the program in 2005, Johnson-Lynch has coached the Cyclones to a 105-58 (.644) record, including four NCAA tournament appearances and the programs first ever national ranking. The Cyclones' four NCAA tournament appearances include a second round appearance in 2006, a Sweet 16 appearance in 2007, an Elite 8 appearance in 2008, and another Sweet 16 appearance in 2009. The Cyclone fans have recognized the success and in 2009, ISU ranked 9th in the country for attendance. After upsetting 8th ranked WisconsinWisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
in the second round in 2007, the Cyclones earned their first-ever national ranking at the No. 18 spot in the AVCA Coaches Poll. In 2009 the Cyclones reached an all-time high ranking of 5th. Overall, Iowa State has a 619-650-10 record, a 151-281 conference record, and a 9-5 NCAA tournament record.
Championships
Iowa State has won thirteen NCAA National Team Championships in three sports. By far Iowa State's most successful sport is Wrestling, which in spite having not won a national title for over twenty year, has continued to remain a contender for the national title. In Wrestling, Iowa State has finished as runners up for the National title numerous times, their last being in 2007.Despite Iowa State's success in Wrestling, their most resent NCAA National Team Championship was in Men's Cross Country in 1994. Iowa State is not known as a national powerhouse in Cross Country, however, it is not unusual for the ISU Cross Country team to make into the NCAA tournament.
Probably the more unusual titles that Iowa State has won is in Men's Gymnastics. A highly successful period of Men's Gymnastics, led ISU to 3 national titles in 4 years. Men's gymnastics is no longer a sport sponsored by Iowa State.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"; border="1";
! Titles !! Sport !! Year
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:#A71930; color:#FDC82F;" | National Championships
(NCAA unless indicated)
|-
| 8 || Wrestling || 1933, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1987
|-
| 5 || Women's Cross Country || 1975(AIAW), 1976(AIAW), 1977(AIAW), 1978(AIAW), 1981(AIAW)
|-
| 3 || Men's Gymnastics || 1971, 1973, 1974
|-
| 2 || Men's Cross Country || 1989, 1994
|-
! colspan="2" style="color: #A71930; background-color: #FDC82F;" | 18 Total !! colspan="1" style="text-align:left" | NCAA: 13
AIAW: 5
|-
! colspan="8" style="background:#A71930; color:#FDC82F;" | Conference Championships
|-
| 20 || Men's Swimming || MVC: 1929, 1931, 1932
Big 6: 1933, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1947
Big 7: 1948, 1949, 1951, 1954
Big 8: 1967, 1976, 1977, 1995
|-
| 14 || Wrestling || Big 6: 1933, 1937, 1941, 1947
Big 7: 1958
Big 8: 1970, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1987
Big 12: 2007, 2008, 2009
|-
| 12 || Men's Outdoor Track&Field || Big 6: 1944, 1945
Big 8: 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
|-
| 10 || Men's Basketball || Big 6: 1935, 1941, 1944, 1945
Big 7: 1955
Big 8: 1959, 1996
Big 12: 2000(2), 2001
|-
| 10 || Men's Gymnastics || Big 8: 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
|-
| 9 || Women's Cross Country || Big 8: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1990
Big 12: 2011
|-
| 8 || Men's Indoor Track&Field || Big 6: 1944, 1945, 1946
Big 8: 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993
|-
| 6 || Women's Outdoor Track&Field || Big 8: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
|-
| 5 || Women's Indoor Track&Field || Big 8: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979
|-
| 4 || Baseball || Big 6: 1936
Big 7: 1957
Big 8: 1970, 1971
|-
| 4 || Women's Gymnastics || Big 8: 1975, 1977
Big 12: 2000, 2006
|-
| 3 || Football || MVC: 1911, 1912
Big 12: 2004 (North)
|-
| 3 || Men's Golf || Big 6: 1940, 1947, 1953
|-
| 3 || Women's Basketball || Big 12: 2000(2), 2001
|-
| 2 || Men's Cross Country || Big 8: 1989, 1994
|-
| 1 || Women's Golf || Big 8: 1993
|-
| 1 || Women's Swimming & Diving || Big 8: 1974
|-
! colspan="2" style="color: #A71930; background-color: #FDC82F;" | 115 Total !! colspan="1" style="text-align:left" | MVC: 5
Big 6: 26
Big 7: 7
Big 8: 64
Big 12: 13
|}
Facilities
James H. Hilton Coliseum is a 14,356-seat multi-purpose arena
Arena
An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...
in Ames, Iowa. The arena, which is part of the Iowa State Center
Iowa State Center
The Iowa State Center is located just southeast of Iowa State University's central campus in Ames, Iowa. It is a complex of cultural and athletic venues...
, opened in 1971. It is home to the Iowa State University Cyclones basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, wrestling, gymnastics and volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
teams. The building was specifically built to hold in sound with a solid concrete structure, steel doors, and a crowd that sits just a few feet from the court. During big games, players from opposing teams, as well as Iowa State, have even said that the floor has shaken due to the loudness of the crowd. A record basketball crowd of 15,000 saw the Cyclones post a 97-94 win over Iowa in 1971.
Jack Trice Stadium
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
in Ames, Iowa. It is primarily used for college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
, and is the home field of the Iowa State University Cyclones
Iowa State Cyclones football
The Iowa State Cyclones football team represents Iowa State University in college football. The Cyclones compete in the Big 12 Conference in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. ISU started playing football in 1892, however, it did not become an official sport until 1894...
. It opened on September 20, 1975 (with a win against Air Force
Air Force Falcons football
The Air Force Falcons are a college football team from the United States Air Force Academy, located just outside of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The team competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the NCAA Division I and the Mountain West Conference.-Style:...
), and with hillside tickets it officially has 55,000 seats. The current record for single-game attendance, 56,795, was set on September 8, 2007 when the Cyclones played Northern Iowa
Northern Iowa Panthers
The Northern Iowa Panthers are the athletic teams of the University of Northern Iowa. The university is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference and competes in NCAA Division I, fielding 15 varsity teams in 11 sports:...
. In 1997, the stadium was named in honor of Jack Trice
Jack Trice
Johnny "Jack" Trice was a football player who became the first African-American athlete from Iowa State College...
, ISU's first African American
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
athlete and the school's first athletics-related fatality. The stadium is the only one in Division I-A named for an African American individual.
Veenker Memorial Golf Course
Iowa State Cyclones golf
The Iowa State Cyclones men's and women's golf teams compete and practice at the Veenker Memorial Golf Course in Ames, Iowa. Combined, the two Iowa State Cyclones teams have won three conference team titles and have made 19 NCAA appearances.-Men's:...
The 6,543-yard, par-72, George Veenker Memorial Golf Course is located just two blocks north of the Iowa State campus. The 18-hole course was constructed in 1938 from the design of world renowned golf course architect, Perry Maxwell. The course hosted the conference championships in 1982 and 1989, two regional AIAW championships, and hosts the annual Iowa Masters Championship. It also hosted the 1949 NCAA national championship.
Sukup Basketball Complex
Opened in September 2009, Iowa State's new basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
practice facility is located on 2 acres (8,093.7 m²) of land (in west Ames, Iowa) that was donated by a local developer, Dickson Jensen. The $8 million, 36000 square feet (3,344.5 m²) facility, includes two separate 10,000 square- foot gymnasiums for both men's
Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
The Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represents Iowa State University and competes in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I.-Johnny Orr era :...
and women's
Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball
The Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team represents Iowa State University and competes in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I. Iowa State's women's basketball team is 569-502 overall and 20-13 in post-season play.-Overview:...
basketball programs, as well as separate lounges and locker rooms, a theater room, a medical treatment area, and coaches' offices and conference rooms.
Bergstrom Indoor Facility
Jack Trice Stadium
Jack Trice Stadium is a stadium, in Ames, Iowa, United States. It opened on September 20, 1975 making it the newest stadium in the Big 12 Conference...
and is part of the Johnny Majors
Johnny Majors
Johnny Majors is a former American football player and coach. A standout halfback at the University of Tennessee, he was an All-American in 1956 and a two-time winner of the Southeastern Conference Most Valuable Player award, in 1955 and 1956. He finished second to Paul Hornung in voting for...
Practice Complex. The facility cost $9.6 million to build and was funded by private gifts to the athletic department and ISU Foundation.
Beyer Hall
Beyer Hall is home to Iowa State's women's swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
and diving
Diving
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
team and women's gymnastics team (men's swimming and diving and gymnastics teams have been discontinued at Iowa State). The swimming and diving team practices and holds competition in the Beyer Pool, a six lane, T-shaped, 25-yard competitive pool with an attached diving well, and seating for approximately 800 spectators. The Beyer Pool has hosted the 1963 and 1971 NCAA meets, as well as numerous conference championships. Though the gymnastics team competes in Hilton Coliseum
Hilton Coliseum
James H. Hilton Coliseum is a 14,356-seat multi-purpose arena in Ames, Iowa. The arena opened in 1971. It is home to the Iowa State University Cyclones men's and women's basketball teams, wrestling, gymnastics and volleyball teams.-Overview:...
, they practice across the hall from Beyer Pool in the Amy and Dennis Pyle Family Gymnastics Facility. Renovated in 2002, the practice facility is used by collegiate and elementary athletes alike.
Cross Country Course
The $250,000, Iowa State Cross Country Course was dedicated in 1995 and was host of the NCAA Division I Cross Country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
Championships that fall, and again in 2000. The course runs through the Iowa State Arboretum
Arboretum
An arboretum in a narrow sense is a collection of trees only. Related collections include a fruticetum , and a viticetum, a collection of vines. More commonly, today, an arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study...
and was the first course in the nation designed exclusively for competitive cross country racing.
Hixson-Lied Student Success Center
ISU Soccer Complex
Built in 1995 when women's soccer was added as an official sport at Iowa State, the ISU Soccer Complex sits just east of the Lied Recreation Athletics Center. Permanent lighting was installed in 2004 at a cost of $170,000 and a team meeting room was added in 2005. The Iowa State Soccer team practices in the [Bergstrom Indoor Facility] during bad weather or field conditions.
Jacobson Athletic Building
Located off the north end zone
End zone
In gridiron-based codes of football, the end zone refers to the scoring area on the field. It is the area between the end line and goal line bounded by the sidelines. There are two end zones, each being on an opposite side of the field...
of Jack Trice Stadium
Jack Trice Stadium
Jack Trice Stadium is a stadium, in Ames, Iowa, United States. It opened on September 20, 1975 making it the newest stadium in the Big 12 Conference...
, The Jacobson Athletic Building houses all football offices, locker rooms, meeting rooms, strength and conditioning room, and sports medicine
Sports medicine
Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness, treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise...
room. In addition to football, it also houses administrative and coaches offices (except men's and women's basketball). The administrative and football offices were renovated in 2008 with the renovation to the Jack Trice Stadium
Jack Trice Stadium
Jack Trice Stadium is a stadium, in Ames, Iowa, United States. It opened on September 20, 1975 making it the newest stadium in the Big 12 Conference...
.
Lied Recreation Center
Mondo
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track has eight 42-inch lanes, making it the largest and one of the fastest indoor surfaces in the world. There is portable seating for 2,000 spectators and also includes two long jump
Long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...
/triple jump
Triple jump
The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...
pits and a pole vault
Pole vault
Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...
runway. The facility also includes showers, sauna
Sauna
A sauna is a small room or house designed as a place to experience dry or wet heat sessions, or an establishment with one or more of these and auxiliary facilities....
s, steam room
Steam room
A steam room is an enclosed space with large amounts of high temperature steam, creating a high humidity environment. People sit in this room in a similar way to a sauna , for relaxation and purported benefits to health and well being. They can be commonly found in gyms, sanitariums and health...
s, and a sports medicine
Sports medicine
Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness, treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise...
center.
Southwest Athletic Complex
The Southwest Athletic Complex is home to multiple sport facilities including: baseball, softball, track and field, and cross country (technically the ISU cross country course is separate, but it runs around and through the athletic complex). The baseball stadium, Capp Timm Field, is still used by university sport clubs, but is no longer used for official athletic competition since the baseball was dropped in 2002. The Southeast Athletic Complex has been home for the softball team since 1980. The softball facility was renovated in 2004, with new bleachers with seating for 500 spectators, a new backstop wall, and new netting. Track and Field also holds outdoor competitions in the athletic complex.
Club sports
Iowa State also has a number of club sports. Most are sports not sponsored by the university's athletic department or NCAA Division I athletics, others are supplementary to ISU sports and allow students a chance to compete but not at a Division I level.A number of clubs experience much notability on campus and nationwide: ISU baseball
Iowa State Cyclones baseball
Iowa State Cyclones baseball was formerly fielded by Iowa State University from 1892 until the conclusion of the 2001 season. Iowa State ceased to field a team because of what former Iowa State Athletic Director Bruce Van De Velde termed "budget cuts". This was announced on April 2, 2001...
was cut by the school's athletic department in 2000; but it continues, as a club sport, to provides students with the opportunity to attend ISU and play competitive baseball. Iowa State Men's Hockey is non-scholarship sport since it is not considered a recreation sports like other club sports. ISU has been an American Collegiate Hockey Association
American Collegiate Hockey Association
The American Collegiate Hockey Association is the national governing body of non-varsity college ice hockey in the U.S. The organization provides structure, regulations, promotes the quality of play, sponsors National Awards and National Tournaments....
(ACHA) powerhouse since its inception, the team has many ACHA Frozen Four appearances and was the ACHA Nation Championship in 1992. ISU Rodeo is a member of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association
National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association
The National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association, based in Walla Walla, WA, was established in 1949. NIRA sanctions more than 100 college rodeos every year in the United States, and represents over 3,500 student athletes attending more than 135 member colleges and universities...
(NIRA) and is one of the oldest collegiate rodeo athletic events in the US.
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Traditions
MascotUniversity of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
on November 12, 2005 a tornado touched down in Ames, Iowa and forced fans to either stand out in the parking lot and watch the storm or flee to shelter in Hilton Coliseum. It created such an atmosphere that Iowa State was able to win over the favored Buffaloes
Colorado Buffaloes
The University of Colorado Boulder sponsors 16 varsity sports teams. Both men's and women's team are called the Buffaloes or Golden Buffaloes . "Lady Buffs" referred to the women's teams beginning in the 1970s, but was officially dropped in 1993...
30–16. When asked about the event, Colorado coach Gary Barnett said, "I thought we had a pretty good mascot. But when we showed up at Iowa State and they had a real tornado, that's the real deal."
Colors
██ Cardinal
Cardinal (color)
Cardinal is a vivid red, which gets its name from the cassocks worn by Catholic cardinals...
██ Gold
Originally silver, yellow, and black, the school colors were changed to cardinal
Cardinal (color)
Cardinal is a vivid red, which gets its name from the cassocks worn by Catholic cardinals...
and gold in 1899 to make dyeing sweater
Sweater
A sweater, jumper, pullover, sweatshirt, jersey or guernsey is a garment intended to cover the torso and arms. It is often worn over a shirt, blouse, T-shirt, or other top, but may also be worn alone as a top...
s easier. A council was formed in October 1899 with the purpose of finding new colors that would be suitable for sweaters. The council reported in favor of cardinal sweaters with gold lettering. According to cyclones.com (Iowa State Athletics official website), the Iowa State teams were originally known as the "Cardinals", though there is no other evidence to support it, it is assumed that the cardinal color was derived from the original team name.
Cheers
ISU Fights
ISU Fights
"ISU Fights" is the fight song of Iowa State University. The song is often played at sporting events, and otherwise it is mostly only sung by the Iowa Statesmen, the official men's choir of Iowa State, which generally sings the song at the end of their concerts, as part of a collection of school...
is the official fight song
Fight song
A fight song is primarily an American and Canadian sports term, referring to a song associated with a team. In both professional and amateur sports, fight songs are a popular way for fans to cheer for their team...
for Iowa State University:
O we will fight, fight, fight for Iowa State,
And may her colors ever fly.
Yes, we will fight with might for Iowa State,
With a will to do or die,
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Loyal sons forever true,
And we will fight the battle through.
And when we hit that line we'll hit it hard every yard for I. S. U!
Rivals
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
Hawkeyes. Though the two teams started playing each other in 1894 (in football), the Cy-Hawk Trophy
Cy-Hawk Trophy
The Cy-Hawk Trophy is the trophy awarded to the winner of the American college football intra-state rivalry game played annually between Big 12 Conference member Iowa State Cyclones of Iowa State University and the University of Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference.Conceived and created as a...
was not introduced until 1977 when the two teams met for the first time in 43 years. The trophy was donated by the Des Moines Athletic Club, and is awarded to the victor of the annual football game. The trophy features a football player in the classic running back
Running back
A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...
pose, with the Cyclone's and Hawkeye's logos.
Started in 2004, the annual Hy-Vee
Hy-Vee
Hy-Vee is an employee-owned chain of supermarkets located in the Midwestern United States. Over 100 of its supermarkets are located in Iowa, with additional stores in Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and now Madison, Wisconsin...
Cy-Hawk Series gives points to the Hawkeyes and Cyclones based on wins in 11 sports and academic achievement. Each team is awarded 2 points for a win (except football which gets 3 points), 1 point for a tie, and 2 points for having athletes average GPA better than national average. At the end of the year all the points are added and the team with the most points wins the series for that year and bragging rights.
When the coaches’ field phones were tested prior to the 1959 Iowa State-Missouri football game in Ames, Iowa, it was found that the teams could hear one another. The problem was solved by game time, but not without considerable worry on the part of the coaching staff. The Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Bell Telephone Company
The Bell Telephone Company, a common law joint stock company, was organized in Boston, Massachusetts on July 9, 1877 by Alexander Graham Bell's father-in-law Gardiner Greene Hubbard, who also helped organize a sister company — the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company...
of Ames had a trophy made after the field phone controversy and it continues to be presented today to the winner of the game between ISU and Mizzou. An odd sidelight to the whole affair was that the same thing happened to Missouri later that year in a game played at Columbia, Mo.