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The Michigan Wolverines comprise 24 varsity sports teams at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan is a public university research university located in the state of Michigan. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan, which also includes two regional campuses in University of Michigan-Flint and University of Michigan-Dearborn....
. These teams compete in the NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a voluntary association of about 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and University in the United States ....
's Division I
Division I

Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States....
 and in the Big Ten Conference
Big Ten Conference

The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I list of college athletic conferences. Its eleven member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Iowa and Minnesota in the west to Pennsylvania in the east....
 in all sports except men's ice hockey
Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
 which competes in the NCAA D1 Central Collegiate Hockey Association
Central Collegiate Hockey Association

The Central Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates mostly in Michigan and Ohio, although it also has members in Alaska, Indiana and Nebraska....
, and women's water polo
Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. It is the oldest continuous Olympic team sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper with a maximum of six substitutes....
, which competes in the NCAA inter-divisional Collegiate Water Polo Association
Collegiate Water Polo Association

The Collegiate Water Polo Association is a conference of colleges and universities in the Eastern United States that compete in water polo. Additionally to the varsity teams listed below, the CWPA also sponsors competition between the numerous club teams across the nation....
. Team colors are maize
Maize (color)

The color maize or corn usually refers to a shade of yellow; it is named for the cereal of the same name?maize. In public usage, maize can be applied to a variety of shades, ranging from light yellow to a dark shade that borders on orange ....
 and blue—which are different shades of "maize" and "blue" than the university at large. The Winged Helmet
Winged Football Helmet

The winged football helmet is a helmet bearing a distinctive painted design and used by some American football teams. Fritz Crisler first debuted the winged helmet at Princeton University in 1935....
 is a recognized icon of Michigan Athletics.

In seven of the past 10 years, Michigan has finished in the top six of the NACDA Director's Cup
NACDA Director's Cup

The NACDA Learfield Sports Directors' Cup is an List of prizes, medals, and awards given annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the colleges and universities with the most success in collegiate athletics....
, a list compiled 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....
 that charts institutions' overall success in college sports.






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The Michigan Wolverines comprise 24 varsity sports teams at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan is a public university research university located in the state of Michigan. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan, which also includes two regional campuses in University of Michigan-Flint and University of Michigan-Dearborn....
. These teams compete in the NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a voluntary association of about 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and University in the United States ....
's Division I
Division I

Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States....
 and in the Big Ten Conference
Big Ten Conference

The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I list of college athletic conferences. Its eleven member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Iowa and Minnesota in the west to Pennsylvania in the east....
 in all sports except men's ice hockey
Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
 which competes in the NCAA D1 Central Collegiate Hockey Association
Central Collegiate Hockey Association

The Central Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates mostly in Michigan and Ohio, although it also has members in Alaska, Indiana and Nebraska....
, and women's water polo
Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. It is the oldest continuous Olympic team sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper with a maximum of six substitutes....
, which competes in the NCAA inter-divisional Collegiate Water Polo Association
Collegiate Water Polo Association

The Collegiate Water Polo Association is a conference of colleges and universities in the Eastern United States that compete in water polo. Additionally to the varsity teams listed below, the CWPA also sponsors competition between the numerous club teams across the nation....
. Team colors are maize
Maize (color)

The color maize or corn usually refers to a shade of yellow; it is named for the cereal of the same name?maize. In public usage, maize can be applied to a variety of shades, ranging from light yellow to a dark shade that borders on orange ....
 and blue—which are different shades of "maize" and "blue" than the university at large. The Winged Helmet
Winged Football Helmet

The winged football helmet is a helmet bearing a distinctive painted design and used by some American football teams. Fritz Crisler first debuted the winged helmet at Princeton University in 1935....
 is a recognized icon of Michigan Athletics.

In seven of the past 10 years, Michigan has finished in the top six of the NACDA Director's Cup
NACDA Director's Cup

The NACDA Learfield Sports Directors' Cup is an List of prizes, medals, and awards given annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the colleges and universities with the most success in collegiate athletics....
, a list compiled 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....
 that charts institutions' overall success in college sports. UM has finished in the top eleven of the Directors' Cup standings in each of the award's twelve seasons and has placed in the top six in each of the last eight seasons.

Championships

The University of Michigan is one of only two schools (University of Minnesota) in NCAA history to win at least one national championship in all four of these sports: baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
 (2), basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
 (men's - 1), football
American football

American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play....
 (11), and ice hockey
Hockey

Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round, rubber or heavy plastic disc called a Hockey puck, into the opponent's net or goal, using a hockey stick....
 (men's - 9). The Wolverines have won NCAA Division I national championships in women's field hockey (1), men's golf (2), men's gymnastics (3), women's softball (2), men's swimming and diving (11), men's tennis (1), and men's outdoor track and field (1).

Overall, UM's 32 official NCAA Division I titles ranks tenth all-time, trailing only UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, California, United States....
, Stanford University
Stanford University

Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private university research university located in Stanford, California, California, United States....
, USC
University of Southern California

The University of Southern California is a private university, nonsectarian, research university located in the University Park, Los Angeles, California neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, California, United States....
, Oklahoma State, Arkansas
University of Arkansas

The University of Arkansas, often shortened to U of A or just UA, is a public co-educational land-grant university. It is the Flagship#University campuses campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas....
, LSU
Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a state university, coeducational, Level l Research University located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System....
, Texas, Penn State, and UNC
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public university research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States....
. In NCAA D1 men's sports only, UM ranks sixth all-time in championships behind USC, UCLA, Stanford, Oklahoma State, and Arkansas. UM's official NCAA Division I national championships have come from ten different sports — this broad-based success matches the University of Texas for fourth place in the NCAA record book. Only UCLA and Stanford, each with titles in 16 varying sports, and USC in 15, have more diverse championship histories than the Wolverines.

The Wolverines' 32 official NCAA D1 titles are complemented by seven unofficial NCAA men's swimming and diving championships from 1927 through 1936, when no team championships were awarded; by men's trampoline NCAA titles in 1969 and 1970; and, by 11 unofficial NCAA/NCAA Division I football "consensus" championships recognized by the university, for a total of 52 national championships. In four additional seasons national number one rankings by at least one recognized authority were given to the UM football team.

University of Michigan teams have also been national runners-up an incredible 39 times in 13 different sports: men's basketball (4), women's cross country (1), women's field hockey (1), men's golf (4), men's gymnastics (2), women's gymnastics (2), men's ice hockey (2), women's rowing (1), women's synchronized swimming (2 in AIAW), men's swimming and diving (13), women's swimming and diving (1), men's outdoor track and field (1), and wrestling (5).

Football

Retired football jerseys
Number Player
11 Wistert brothers
(Francis, Albert, and Alvin
Alvin Wistert

Alvin "Moose" Wistert was an American football player. He played college football for the University of Michigan Michigan Wolverines. He was the last of the three Wistert brothers who were named All-American Offensive tackle at Michigan and later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame....
)
47 Bennie Oosterbaan
Bennie Oosterbaan

Benjamin Gaylord "Bennie" Oosterbaan was a three-time first team College Football All-America Team American football end for the Michigan Wolverines football team, two-time All-American basketball player for the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team and an All-Big Ten Conference baseball player for the Michigan Wolverines baseball team....
48 Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974....
87 Ron Kramer
Ron Kramer

Ronald J. Kramer is a former American football player for the University of Michigan and in the National Football League.Kramer began his sports career playing for East Detroit High School in Eastpointe, Michigan....
98 Tom Harmon
Tom Harmon

Thomas Dudley Harmon was a star player in United States college football, a sports broadcaster, and patriarch of a family of American actors. As a player, he won the Heisman Trophy and is considered by some to be the greatest football player in Michigan Wolverines history....
The best-supported of the Michigan varsity teams is the football
College football

College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American University, colleges, and United States military academies....
 team. Michigan's football program is among the most successful in college football history. Michigan won the first Rose Bowl game in 1902, has won an NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a voluntary association of about 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and University in the United States ....
-record 872 games and has an all-time
College football's ten most victorious programs

Success of a college football program can be measured subjectively or through objective numerical criteria. Two numerical methods for determining college football's ten most victorious programs are the total number of wins the program has achieved, and their winning percentage over their history....
 winning percentage of .740, also an NCAA record. The Wolverine football program has claimed 11 national titles.

Michigan's famous football coaches include Fielding Yost
Fielding Yost

Fielding Harris Yost was an American football coach best known for his long tenure at the University of Michigan. He was born in Fairview, West Virginia....
, Fritz Crisler
Fritz Crisler

Herbert Orin "Fritz" Crisler was a head American football coach, best known for his tenure at the University of Michigan from 1938 to 1947. He also coached at the University of Minnesota and Princeton University ....
, Bo Schembechler
Bo Schembechler

Glenn Edward "Bo" Schembechler Jr. was an United States college football coach best known as the head coach at the University of Michigan, where he coached the Michigan Wolverines football from 1969 through the 1989 season....
 and Lloyd Carr
Lloyd Carr

Lloyd H. Carr was the head coach of the University of Michigan Michigan Wolverines football, a job he held from 1995 until January 2008. Under Carr, the Michigan Wolverines football record was 122–40, they won or shared five Big Ten Conference titles , and the 1997 Michigan Wolverines football team was declared the Associated Press nat...
. Their current coach is Rich Rodriguez
Rich Rodriguez

Rich "Coach Rod" Rodriguez is the head coach college football coach at the Michigan Wolverines football. Prior to moving to Michigan, he was the head coach at West Virginia University for seven seasons....
, who was hired after former head coach Lloyd Carr
Lloyd Carr

Lloyd H. Carr was the head coach of the University of Michigan Michigan Wolverines football, a job he held from 1995 until January 2008. Under Carr, the Michigan Wolverines football record was 122–40, they won or shared five Big Ten Conference titles , and the 1997 Michigan Wolverines football team was declared the Associated Press nat...
 announced his retirement on November 19, 2007.

Michigan Stadium
Michigan Stadium

Michigan Stadium, nicknamed The Big House, is the American football stadium for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michigan....
 is the largest football-only stadium in the world, with an official capacity of 107,501, and with attendance regularly exceeding 110,000. The NCAA single-game attendance record is 112,118 at the 2003 contest with Ohio State. The capacity, after each expansion, has always been listed as "-01", with the "extra seat" being in honor of Fritz Crisler. The University of Michigan Board of Regents has approved an expansion project for the stadium widely known as the “Big House”. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2007 and be completed prior to the 2010 season. The expansion project will accommodate home games for the 2007-2009 seasons. The plan is to build a new press box, add luxury boxes, widen aisles and seats, and increase capacity to over 108,000. Michigan Stadium has witnessed over 200 consecutive crowds of greater than 100,000 - a streak that dates back to 1975.

Rivalries

Thebighouse
Heisman Trophy
Heisman Trophy

The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , was named after the former college football coach John Heisman, is awarded annually by the Heisman Trophy Trust to the most outstanding player in collegiate football....
 winners
Year Player
1940 Tom Harmon
Tom Harmon

Thomas Dudley Harmon was a star player in United States college football, a sports broadcaster, and patriarch of a family of American actors. As a player, he won the Heisman Trophy and is considered by some to be the greatest football player in Michigan Wolverines history....
1991 Desmond Howard
Desmond Howard

Desmond Kevin Howard is a former American football wide receiver, punt returner, and kickoff returner in the National Football League.He played for the Washington Redskins , Jacksonville Jaguars , Green Bay Packers , Oakland Raiders and Detroit Lions ....
1997 Charles Woodson
Charles Woodson

Charles Woodson is an American football cornerback for the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at the University of Michigan for the Michigan Wolverines....
Michigan has a major rivalry
Michigan-Ohio State rivalry

The Michigan-Ohio State rivalry is the intense sports rivalry between the Michigan Wolverines football and Ohio State Buckeyes football American football teams....
 with Ohio State
Ohio State University

The Ohio State University is a public university research university in the state of Ohio. It was founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the List of largest United States universities by enrollment in the United States....
, considered one of the fiercest rivalries in American sports. In a pair of ESPN
ESPN

ESPN is a United States cable television Television network dedicated to Broadcasting of sports events and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day....
 fan polls, in 2000 and 2003, the Michigan-Ohio State series was voted the greatest rivalry in sports in America. Michigan's meeting with Ohio State is almost always the last game of the two schools' regular seasons and has provided many memorable contests, such as the "Snow Bowl
Snow Bowl

The Snow Bowl is the nickname given to a game of American football played on November 25, 1950, between the college teams of the University of Michigan and Ohio State University....
" of 1950. The game has frequently decided the Big Ten champion. Michigan leads the series 57-41-6. The contest on November 18, 2006 marked the first time ever these teams had been ranked #1 and #2 going into the game, and the first time they were both undefeated since 1973. The 2007 college football match-up between Ohio State and Michigan was predicted to be the #2 college football game to watch in 2007 by SI.com's "Top 20 Games To Watch In 2007" list.

Michigan has an intrastate rival in Michigan State
Michigan State University

Michigan State University is a public university research university in East Lansing, Michigan, Michigan United States. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act....
; the schools' football teams compete for the Paul Bunyan Trophy
Paul Bunyan Trophy

The Paul Bunyan-Governor of Michigan Trophy is a List of trophies awarded in U.S. college football awarded to the winner of the annual American football game between the Michigan Wolverines football and the Michigan State Spartans football....
. Michigan leads the series 67–28–5.

Michigan also enjoys a spirited rivalry with the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a private Roman Catholic Church University located in Notre Dame, Indiana, USA. It was founded by Father Edward Sorin, Congregation of Holy Cross, who was also the school's first president....
. Michigan leads the series 20–15–1. The two schools are among the top college football programs in all-time wins (Michigan first, Notre Dame third) and winning percentage (Michigan first, Notre Dame second) in the Division 1 Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division 1-A), so it is perhaps fitting that when college football was in its infancy, students from the University of Michigan traveled to South Bend to teach the game to students there. The schools went on to play each other often in the early years of American college football until after 8 losses, Notre Dame finally angered Michigan by winning in 1909. Michigan refused to play them again until a 1942 win. They played again in 1943, but once again the Irish angered Michigan with a win and they didn't play again until 1978. Since 1978 Michigan is 11-13-1 against Notre Dame, but Michigan continues to play them now as mutual respect has enhanced the rivalry.

The Wolverines also have a tradition-rich history with the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public university research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States....
. The two football teams compete for the Little Brown Jug
Little Brown Jug (football)

The Little Brown Jug is awarded to the winner of each college football game between Minnesota Golden Gophers football and Michigan Wolverines football and is the oldest rivalry trophy, and one of the oldest rivalry games, in college football....
, a five-gallon jug with the respective schools' "M" on either side and the scores of previous games down the middle. The Little Brown Jug was the first trophy played for between college football teams. Michigan leads the series 69–24–3.

Ice hockey


The Wolverines ice hockey
Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
 team, which is a member of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association
Central Collegiate Hockey Association

The Central Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates mostly in Michigan and Ohio, although it also has members in Alaska, Indiana and Nebraska....
, plays its home contests at Yost Ice Arena
Yost Ice Arena

Yost Ice Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan is an indoor ice hockey Ice hockey rink located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michigan. It is the home of the University of Michigan varsity ice hockey team which plays for the Central Collegiate Hockey Association ....
. It is coached by Red Berenson, a former UM player. Altogether, the program has won nine NCAA national championships
NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship

The annual NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship tournament determines the top ice hockey team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and Division III....
 (1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1964, 1996, 1998), which is also an NCAA record. In 2008, the team was invited to the NCAA tournament for a record 18th year in a row. Michigan has reached the national semi-finals (now referred to as the "Frozen Four") an unprecedented 23 times.

Vic Heyliger
Vic Heyliger

Victor Heyliger was a National Hockey League centre and the head coach of the University of Michigan ice hockey team.Born in Concord, Massachusetts, he attended the Lawrence Academy at Groton in Groton, Massachusetts and as an All-American at Michigan set a school record of 116 goals....
 led Michigan to a record six NCAA titles, including the first one in college hockey history in 1948. Heyliger, who played for the Wolverines from 1935-37, also won national titles as Michigan coach in 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955 and 1956. He was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 1974, in recognition of his lifetime achievement. Heyliger is considered instrumental in getting the NCAA tournament off the ground. Following the 1946–47 season, Heyliger wrote to each of the college coaches around the country to see if they would be interested in creating a national tournament. They obliged and the inaugural four-team NCAA tournament began the following season in 1948. Heyliger was 228–61–13 as head coach at Michigan, and his .776 winning percentage is the best at the school. His only losing season was his first year, 3–6 in 1944–45.

In 1980, Heyliger was inducted into the University of Michigan Hall of Honor. The Vic Heyliger Trophy has been given out at the end of each season by the Michigan hockey team to recognize its most outstanding defenseman.

Men's basketball

Retired basketball jerseys
Number Player Years
22 Bill Buntin
Bill Buntin

William L. "Bill" Buntin was an American basketball player. He played collegiately for the Michigan Wolverines and in the National Basketball Association....
 		 1963-1965
33 Cazzie Russell
Cazzie Russell

Cazzie Lee Russell is a former pro basketball player and coach.Russell played college basketball at the University of Michigan, where he led the Michigan Wolverines to three consecutive Big Ten Conference titles and to Final Four appearances in 1964_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament#Final_Four and 1965_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_...
 		 1964-1966
35 Phil Hubbard
Phil Hubbard

Philip "Phil" Gregory Hubbard is a former United States professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association from 1979 to 1989, and current Assistant Coach of the Washington Wizards....
 		 1975-1979
41 Glen Rice
Glen Rice

Glen Anthony Rice is a retired United States professional basketball player of the National Basketball Association. Rice was a three-time NBA All-Star Game shooting guard/small forward well known for his pinpoint shooting accuracy, List of most three-point field goals made in National Basketball Association history with 1,559 three-point fie...
 		 1986-1989
45 Rudy Tomjanovich
Rudy Tomjanovich

Rudolph Tomjanovich, Jr. , nicknamed Rudy T., is an United States former basketball player and coach. He is currently a scout for the Los Angeles Lakers....
 		 1967-1970
The men's basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
 team plays its games at Crisler Arena
Crisler Arena

Crisler Arena, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michigan, United States, is the home arena for the University of Michigan men's and women's college basketball teams....
. The Wolverines have won 12 Big Ten regular-season conference titles, as well as the inaugural Big Ten Tournament
Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament is held annually at the end of the men's college basketball regular season. The tournament has been played each year since 1998....
 in 1998, which it later forfeited due to NCAA violations. The team has appeared in the NCAA Final Four
Final four

Final four is a sports term that is commonly applied to the last four teams remaining in a playoff tournament, most notably college basketball. Typically it refers to a tournament format where four teams play two rounds of single-elimination games, resulting in a single champion....
 on six occasions (1964, 1965, 1976, 1989, 1992* and 1993*) and won the national championship in 1989 under Steve Fisher
Steve Fisher

Steve Fisher is a basketball coach currently at San Diego State University.Fisher attended Illinois State University, where he helped lead the Redbirds to the 1969 Division II Final Four....
. The program later forfeited its 1992 and 1993 Final Four appearances due to NCAA violations. Other notable players who played for Michigan include Roy Tarpley
Roy Tarpley

Roy James Tarpley is an American former professional basketball player, who was notable during his career for being banned from the National Basketball Association....
, Loy Vaught
Loy Vaught

Loy Stephen Vaught is a retired United States professional basketball player who spent ten seasons in the NBA, primarily with the Los Angeles Clippers....
, Gary Grant
Gary Grant

Gary Grant is a retired United States professional basketball player at the point guard position in the National Basketball Association.Gary "The General" Grant played for Canton McKinley High School and collegiately at the University of Michigan....
, Terry Mills
Terry Mills

Terry Richard Mills is a retired United States professional basketball player at the power forward position.After a standout career at Romulus High School, Mills was named 1986 Mr....
, Glen Rice
Glen Rice

Glen Anthony Rice is a retired United States professional basketball player of the National Basketball Association. Rice was a three-time NBA All-Star Game shooting guard/small forward well known for his pinpoint shooting accuracy, List of most three-point field goals made in National Basketball Association history with 1,559 three-point fie...
, Jalen Rose
Jalen Rose

Jalen Anthony Rose is a retired United States professional basketball player. In college, he was a member of the University of Michigan Michigan Wolverines' "Fab Five " that reached the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA Men's D...
, Rumeal Robinson
Rumeal Robinson

Rumeal James Robinson is a retired United States professional basketball player at the guard position. He grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts and graduated from Rindge and Latin High School....
, Antoine Joubert, Jamal Crawford
Jamal Crawford

Aaron Jamal Crawford is an United States professional basketball player who plays with the National Basketball Association's Golden State Warriors....
, Juwan Howard
Juwan Howard

Juwan Antonio Howard is an United States professional basketball player, currently playing for the Charlotte Bobcats of the National Basketball Association....
, Chris Webber
Chris Webber

Mayce Edward Christopher Webber, III , better known as Chris Webber and nicknamed C-Webb, is a retired United States professional basketball player....
, Jimmy King
Jimmy King

Jimmy Hal King is a retired United States professional basketball player in the NBA.He was part of the famed University of Michigan Michigan Wolverines Fab Five along with Ray Jackson, current NBA player Juwan Howard, and former NBA players Chris Webber and Jalen Rose, that reached the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and...
, Cazzie Russell
Cazzie Russell

Cazzie Lee Russell is a former pro basketball player and coach.Russell played college basketball at the University of Michigan, where he led the Michigan Wolverines to three consecutive Big Ten Conference titles and to Final Four appearances in 1964_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament#Final_Four and 1965_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_...
, Daniel Horton
Daniel Horton

Daniel Horton is a professional basketball player. He is a 6'3" 205 pound Guard .He graduated in 2002 from Cedar Hill High School in Cedar Hill, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, Texas and was named to the 2002 McDonald's High School All-American team....
, Bernard Robinson
Bernard Robinson

Bernard Robinson may refer to:*Bernard Robinson *Bernard Robinson , basketball player with the New Orleans Hornets*Bernard Robinson *Bernard Robinson , world champion kickboxer and Guinness World Record holder...
, and Mark Hughes
Mark Hughes (basketball)

Mark Hughes is a retired United States basketball player and current coach.He has played collegiately for Michigan Wolverines and was the captain of the 1989 NCAA Championship team....
.

During the 1990s, the program became involved in a scandal
University of Michigan basketball scandal

The University of Michigan basketball scandal was a six-year investigation of the relationship between the University of Michigan, its Michigan Wolverines men's basketball and Booster Ed Martin....
 involving payments from a booster named Ed Martin to four players: Chris Webber, Maurice Taylor
Maurice Taylor

Maurice De Shawn Taylor is an United States professional basketball player at the power forward position. He is currently playing with the Serie A Euroleague club Olimpia Milano....
, Robert Traylor
Robert Traylor

Robert DeShaun "Tractor" Traylor is an United States professional basketball player.Traylor was a McDonald's All-American the same year as Kevin Garnett, Vince Carter and Paul Pierce....
, and Louis Bullock
Louis Bullock

Louis Bullock, Jr. is an United States professional basketball player. He is currently with the pro club Real Madrid Baloncesto....
. The scandal ultimately resulted in four years' probation and a self-imposed ban from postseason play in the 2002-03 season. UM also voluntarily forfeited regular season games and "vacated" NCAA tournament games from selected past seasons. Vacating the results of 114 games won while the four players were eligible, including the 1992 and 1993 Final Fours, the entire 1992–93 season, and all seasons from fall 1995 through spring 1999. Since the scandal Michigan basketball has posted a 144–131 record and has not made the NCAA tournament.
In April 2007, the university announced that its new head coach will be John Beilein
John Beilein

John Beilein is the men's basketball head coach at the University of Michigan. He is the 16th head coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team....
.

Other sports

Michigan has a world-renowned men's swimming program, which won the 1995 NCAA championship and has produced a number of Olympic medalists. The men’s swimming and diving teams have won 11 NCAA and NCAA Division I national titles and 147 individual titles.

The men's baseball team won national championships in 1953 and 1962 and has sent 138 players to the major leagues. Michigan has appeared in the College World Series
College World Series

The College World Series or CWS is a baseball tournament held in Omaha, Nebraska that is the culmination of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, which determines the NCAA Division I college baseball champion....
 seven times.

Michigan's field hockey
Field hockey

Field hockey is a team sport in which a team of players attempt to score Goal by hitting, pushing or flicking the ball with hockey sticks into the opposing team's goal....
 program won the 2001 NCAA title - the school's first national title in a women's team sport.

In June 2005, Michigan's women's softball
Softball

Softball is a Team sport sport popular especially in the United States. It is a direct descendant of baseball and the rules of both sports are substantially similar....
 team won the 2005 Division 1 NCAA Softball Championship, defeating two-time defending champion and perennial softball power UCLA two games to one. Michigan is the first school east of the Mississippi River
Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the longest river in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico....
 to win this title. The decisive game was won in dramatic fashion, with a home run in the 10th inning for a 4-1 final.

In 2008, the women's gymnastics team was invited to the NCAA championship tournament for the 16th consecutive year .

The men's and women's cross country
Cross country running

Cross Country running is a sport in which runners compete to complete a course over open or rough terrain. The courses used at these events may include Poaceae, mud, woodlands, and water....
 teams have been nationally renowned since 1974 when Ron Warhurst started coaching the men, and more recently as alum Mike McGuire took on the women's team in 1991. The women's team has qualified for the NCAA championships every year but two since 1988, finishing 2nd in 1994, and has won the last five Big Ten titles.. The men's team has qualified for the NCAA 24 times in the last 34 years, with a highest finish of 4th. Michigan men have won seven Big 10 titles in that period.

Legendary athletic director Donald Canham coached the track/field
Athletics (track and field)

Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
 team from 1949 to 1968, along with the cross country team. The men's team has won 56 Big Ten men's team titles indoors and out. Notable alumni include Greg Meyer
Greg Meyer

Greg Meyer is best known for his accomplishments in distance running. Most notably, he is the last United States male to win the Boston Marathon....
, 1983 Boston Marathon
Boston Marathon

The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon sporting event hosted by the city of Boston, Massachusetts, on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April....
 champ, Brian Diemer
Brian Diemer

Brian Lee Diemer was an United States athlete who mainly competed in the 3000 metre steeplechase.He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1983 after winning the NCAA Indoor Track and Field 2 mile championship, held in nearby Detroit, and the Outdoor steeplechase....
, 1984 Summer Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984....
 bronze medalist in the steeplechase, Bill Donakowski, US Marathon champion in 1986, Kevin Sullivan, Canadian 1500 meter record holder, and Alan Webb
Alan Webb (athlete)

Alan Webb is an United States track athletics . He holds the American record in the mile, with a time of 3:46.91. He competes professionally for Nike, Inc., and is coached by Scott Raczko....
, U.S. mile record holder. The women's team has won 15 Big Ten titles. Most notable alumna is Lisa Larsen Weidenbach Rainsberger, who won the Boston and Chicago Marathons. She qualified for the 1980 Olympic team in swimming but the U.S. did not go to Moscow. She then finished 4th in the Marathon Olympic Trials three times in 1984, 1988 and 1992, again missing the Olympics.

The University of Michigan is also home to an internationally competitive synchronized skating
Synchronized skating

Synchronized skating or synchronised skating, a large and fast-growing discipline, consists of 8-20 sportspersons ice skating on ice at one time moving as one flowing unit at high speeds....
 team, who have medaled at competitions around the world. The Wolverines synchronized skating program consists of a senior team, which competes internationally as well as a collegiate level team which is competitive among the top university and collegiate teams from around the United States.

Other varsity teams include: golf
Golf

Golf is a sport in which players using many types of Golf club including wood , iron , and putter , attempt to hit golf ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes....
, rowing
Sport rowing

Rowing is a sport in which athletes racing against each other on rivers, lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline....
, soccer, diving
Diving

Diving refers to the sport of performing acrobatics while jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard of a certain height. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games....
, tennis
Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
, volleyball
Volleyball

Volleyball is an Olympic Games team sport in which two teams of 6 active 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....
, water polo
Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. It is the oldest continuous Olympic team sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper with a maximum of six substitutes....
, and wrestling
Collegiate wrestling

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.

Olympians

Through the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, 204 UM students and coaches had participated in the Olympics, winning medals in every Summer Olympics
Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee....
 except 1896, and winning gold medals in all but four Olympiads. UM students have won a total of 120 Olympic medals
Michigan Wolverines

The Michigan Wolverines comprise 24 varsity sports teams at the University of Michigan. These teams compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all sports except men's ice hockey which competes in the NCAA D1 Central Collegiate Hockey Association, and women's water polo, which compete...
: 57 gold, 28 silver, and 36 bronze. By total medal count, Michigan would constitute the 26th most successful country out of 122; by gold medal count, Michigan would constitute the 17th most successful country.

Michigan Olympians

LastFirstYearSportEventMedalCountry
Abbott Jim 1988 baseball gold USA
Arsenault Samantha 2000 swimming 800 m freestyle relay gold USA
Balls Claud 1969 swimming 699 m freestyle relay bronze Canada
Barrowman Mike 1992 swimming 200 m breaststroke gold USA
Barton Greg 1984 kayaking 1000 m single bronze USA
Barton Greg 1988 kayaking 1000 m single gold USA
Barton Greg 1988 kayaking 1000 m double gold USA
Barton Greg 1992 kayaking 1000 m single bronze USA
Bernard Kent 1964 track 4x100 m relay bronze Tri.-Tobago
Boggs Phil 1976 diving 3 meter gold USA
Booker James 1924 track pole vault bronze USA
Borges Gustavo 1992 swimming 100 m freestyle silver Brazil
Borges Gustavo 1996 swimming 100 m freestyle bronze Brazil
Borges Gustavo 1996 swimming 200 m freestyle silver Brazil
Borges Gustavo 2000 swimming 100 m freestyle bronze Brazil
Brundage Jennifer 2000 softball gold USA
Christy Jim 1932 swimming 1500 m freestyle bronze USA
Clawson John 1968 basketball gold USA
Coe William 1904 track shot put silver USA
Corson Marilyn 1968 swimming 400 m freestyle relay bronze USA
Craig Ralph 1912 track 100 meters gold USA
Craig Ralph 1912 track 200 meters gold USA
Darnton William 1960 swimming 400 m medley relay gold* USA
Davies John 1952 swimming 200 m breaststroke gold Australia
Degener Richard 1932 diving springboard bronze USA
Degener Richard 1936 diving springboard gold USA
Diemer Brian 1984 track 3000 m steeplechase bronze USA
Doherty Ken 1928 track decathlon bronze USA
Dolan Tom 1996 swimming 400 m ind. medley gold USA
Dolan Tom 2000 swimming 400 m ind. medley gold USA
Dolan Tom 2000 swimming 200 m ind. medley silver USA
Downie Gordon 1976 swimming 800 m freestyle relay bronze Great Britain
Duenkel Ginny 1964 swimming 100 m freestyle bronze USA
Duenkel Ginny 1964 swimming 400 m backstroke gold USA
Dvorak Charles 1904 track pole vault gold USA
Dvorak John 1900 track pole vault silver USA
Fraser Steve 1984 wrestling Greco-Roman gold USA
Gaxiola Alvaro 1968 diving platform silver Mexico
Gillanders Dave 1960 swimming 200 m butterfly bronze USA
Gillanders Dave 1960 swimming 400 m medley relay gold* USA
Gorski Mark 1984 cycling 1000 m sprint gold USA
Hahn Archie 1904 track 60 meters gold USA
Hahn Archie 1904 track 100 meters gold USA
Hahn Archie 1904 track 200 meters gold USA
Hahn Archie 1906 track 100 meters gold USA
Handy H. J. "Jam" 1904 swimming bronze USA
Handy H. J. "Jam" 1924 water polo bronze USA
Hanley Dick 1956 swimming 800 m freestyle relay silver USA
Harlan Bruce 1948 diving 3 meter bronze USA
Harlan Bruce 1948 diving platform silver USA
Harlock Dave 1994 hockey silver Canada
Hayes Howard 1900 track 800 meters silver USA
Herland Doug 1984 rowing pairs with coxswain bronze USA
Hubbard Phil 1976 basketball gold USA
Hubbard William DeHart 1924 track long jump gold USA
Ikola Willard 1956 hockey silver USA
Garrells John 1908 track shot put bronze USA
Garrells John 1908 track 110 meter hurdles silver USA
Johnson Carl 1920 track long jump silver USA
Johnson Kate 2004 rowing eight silver USA
Jones Burwell 1952 swimming 800 m freestyle relay gold* USA
Kennedy Bill 1972 swimming 400 m medley relay bronze* Canada
Ketchum Dan 2004 swimming 4x200 m free. relay gold USA
Kimball Bruce 1984 diving platform silver USA
King Micki 1972 diving 3 meter gold USA
Kraenzlein Alvin 1900 track 60 meter dash gold USA
Kraenzlein Alvin 1900 track 110 meter hurdles gold USA
Kraenzlein Alvin 1900 track 220 meter hurdles gold USA
Kraenzlein Alvin 1900 track long jump gold USA
Landstrom Eeles 1960 track pole vault bronze Finland
Lang Brent 1988 swimming 400 m freestyle relay gold USA
Larkin Barry 1984 baseball silver USA
Mahoney Bill 1972 swimming 400 m medley relay bronze Canada
Malchow Tom 1996 swimming 200 m butterfly silver USA
Malchow Tom 2000 swimming 200 m butterfly gold USA
Mariott Ron 1984 diving 3 meter bronze USA
Matchefts John 1956 hockey silver USA
McClatchey Alan 1976 swimming 800 m freestyle relay bronze Great Britain
McLean John 1900 track high hurdles silver USA
Namesnik Eric 1992 swimming 400 m ind. medley silver USA
Namesnik Eric 1996 swimming 400 m ind. medley silver USA
Orwig Bernice 2000 water polo silver USA
Phelps Michael 2004 swimming 200 m ind. medley gold USA
Phelps Michael 2004 swimming 400 m ind. medley gold USA
Phelps Michael 2004 swimming 100 m butterfly gold USA
Phelps Michael 2004 swimming 200 m butterfly gold USA
Phelps Michael 2004 swimming 200 m freestyle bronze USA
Phelps Michael 2004 swimming 4x100 m free relay bronze USA
Phelps Michael 2004 swimming 4x200 m free. relay gold USA
Phelps Michael 2004 swimming 4x100 m medley relay gold USA
Phelps Michael 2008 swimming 400 m ind. medley gold USA
Phelps Michael 2008 swimming 4x100 m free relay gold USA
Phelps Michael 2008 swimming 200 m freestyle gold USA
Phelps Michael 2008 swimming 200 m butterfly gold USA
Phelps Michael 2008 swimming 4x200 m free relay gold USA
Roberts Trish 1976 basketball bronze USA
Robie Carl 1964 swimming 200 m butterfly silver USA
Robie Carl 1968 swimming 200 m butterfly gold USA
Rose Ralph 1904 track shot put gold USA
Rose Ralph 1904 track discus silver USA
Rose Ralph 1904 track hammer bronze USA
Rose Ralph 1908 track shot put gold USA
Rose Ralph 1912 track shot put silver USA
Rose Ralph 1912 track shot put-combined gold USA
Rydze Dick 1972 diving platform silver USA
Samson Paul 1928 swimming 800 m free. relay gold* USA
Schule Fred 1904 track 110 meter hurdles gold USA
Seufert Chris 1984 diving platform silver USA
Smoke Marcia Jones 1964 kayaking 500 m singles bronze USA
Sohl Robert 1948 swimming 220 m breaststroke bronze USA
Spillane Joan 1960 swimming 400 m freestyle relay gold USA
Spillane Joan 1960 swimming 400 m medley relay gold* USA
Thompson Chris 2000 swimming 1500 m freestyle bronze USA
Tolan
Eddie Tolan

Thomas Edward "Eddie" Tolan , nicknamed the "Midnight Express" was an United States Athletics and Sprint . He set world records in the 100-yard dash and 100-meter event and Olympic records in the 100-meter and 200-meter events....
 		Eddie 1932 track 100 meters gold USA
Tolan
Eddie Tolan

Thomas Edward "Eddie" Tolan , nicknamed the "Midnight Express" was an United States Athletics and Sprint . He set world records in the 100-yard dash and 100-meter event and Olympic records in the 100-meter and 200-meter events....
 		Eddie 1932 track 200 meters gold USA
Vanderkaay Peter 2004 swimming 4x200 m free. relay gold USA
Webster
Bob Webster

Robert David Webster is an United States former diving champion who won gold medals at both the 1960 Summer Olympics and 1964 Summer Olympics in the 10-meter diving platforms event....
 		Bob 1960 diving platform gold USA
Webster
Bob Webster

Robert David Webster is an United States former diving champion who won gold medals at both the 1960 Summer Olympics and 1964 Summer Olympics in the 10-meter diving platforms event....
 		Bob 1964 diving platform gold USA
White Robert 1956 hockey bronze Canada
Wouda Marcel 2000 swimming 800 m freestyle relay bronze the Netherlands


See also

  • University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor
    University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor

    The University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor, founded in 1978 by the University of Michigan's "M" Club, recognizes athletes, coaches and administrators who have made significant contributions to the university's athletic programs....


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