Michigan Wolverines
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The Michigan Wolverines comprise 27 varsity sports teams at the University of Michigan. These teams compete in the NCAA
'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 competes in the NCAA inter-divisional Collegiate Water Polo Association
. Team colors are maize
and blue—which are different shades of "maize" and "blue" than the university at large. The winged helmet
is a recognized icon of Michigan Athletics.
In 10 of the past 14 years (through 2008-2009), Michigan has finished in the top five of the NACDA Directors' Cup, a list compiled by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics
that charts institutions' overall success in college sports. UM has finished in the top ten of the Directors' Cup standings in fourteen of the award's sixteen seasons.
The University of Michigan has won national championships in all four major sports, baseball
(2), basketball
(men's - 1), football
(11), and ice hockey
(men's - 9). The Wolverines have also won NCAA Division I national championships in women's field hockey (1), men's golf (2), men's gymnastics (4), women's softball (1), men's swimming and diving (11), men's tennis (1), and men's outdoor track and field (1).
Overall, UM's 33 official NCAA Division I titles ranks tenth all-time, behind UCLA
, Stanford University
, USC
, Oklahoma State, Arkansas
, LSU
, Texas, Penn State, and UNC
. 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' 33 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 40 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 (3), 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).
Men's athletic teams
Women's athletic teams
and 1962
and has sent 138 players to the major leagues. Michigan has appeared in the College World Series
seven times. Notable alumni include, George Sisler
, Barry Larkin
, Jim Abbott
and Arizona Diamondback's pitcher J. J. Putz. Another important figure in the history of Michigan baseball is former Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager Branch Rickey
who was the head coach for 4 years from 1910–13 and recruited Sisler to Ann Arbor. The current coach of the Michigan Wolverines is Rich Maloney. He came to the University of Michigan in 2003 and helped restore Michigan to Big Ten prominence. Michigan has won 35 Conference Championships, made 21 NCAA Tournament appearances and won those 2 national titles (See above). For 13 seasons from 1990-2002 Michigan won a lone Big Ten title (1997) and made just one NCAA appearance in 1999. In the 7 seasons since Coach Maloney arrived Michigan has made 4 NCAA appearances while winning back-to-back-to-back Conference titles in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
The men's basketball
team plays its games at Crisler Arena
. The Wolverines have won 12 Big Ten regular-season conference titles, as well as the inaugural Big Ten Tournament
in 1998, which it later forfeited due to NCAA violations. The team has appeared in the NCAA Final Four
on six occasions (1964, 1965, 1976, 1989, 1992* and 1993*) and won the National Championship in 1989 under Steve Fisher
. 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
, Loy Vaught
, Gary Grant
, Terry Mills
, Glen Rice
, Jalen Rose
, Rumeal Robinson
, Antoine Joubert, Jamal Crawford
, Juwan Howard
, Chris Webber
, Jimmy King
, Cazzie Russell, Daniel Horton, Bernard Robinson
, and Mark Hughes
.
During the 1990s, the program became involved in a scandal
involving payments from a booster named Ed Martin to four players: Chris Webber, Maurice Taylor
, Robert Traylor
, and Louis Bullock
. 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 did not make the tournament until 2009.
In April 2007, the university announced that its new head coach will be John Beilein
. In 2009
, The Wolverines made the NCAA Tournament
for the first time since 1998
, beating Clemson
in the 1st Round but falling to Oklahoma
in the 2nd Round of the Tournament.
John Beilein
directed the 2010 team to their second NCAA tournament
appearance in 3 years. The Wolverines handily defeated the Tennessee Volunteers by a score of 75-45 before falling to No. 1 Seed Duke in a 2 point decision (71-73) in the third round.
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 winning five consecutive Big Ten titles from 2002 to 2006. 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.
Michigan's football program is the most successful in college football
history. The Wolverines have won a record 887 games and have an all-time
winning percentage of .735, also the best in college football history. Michigan won the inaugural Rose Bowl
in 1902, the first college bowl game
ever played. The Wolverine football program has claimed 11 national titles.
Michigan's 11 national championships have come under the direction of five coaches. The first six were garnered by the team's first coaching superstar, Fielding H. Yost. Yost directed his "Point-a-Minute" teams to four consecutive national titles from 1901 to 1904, amassing a record of 41–0–1. Yost also led Michigan to national titles in 1918 and 1923. Yost was instrumental in the creation of Michigan Stadium
and designed it to permit its expansion to expand to a capacity of over 150,000. Yost's legacy also lives on with Yost Ice Arena
, where Michigan's men's ice hockey team plays their home games. Michigan football has won five more national titles since Yost permanently retired in 1926. The Wolverines won back-to-back titles under Harry Kipke in 1932 and 1933 and two more consecutive championships under Fritz Crisler
and Bennie Oosterbaan
in 1947 and 1948. Michigan won its most recent national title under Lloyd Carr
in 1997.
Michigan's famous football coaches include: Yost, who came to Michigan from Stanford University
in 1901, Fritz Crisler, who guided Michigan to a pair of Big Ten Conference championships and the 1947 national title, has his name carried by the home of Michigan men's basketball team, Bo Schembechler
won 13 Big Ten titles in his 21 seasons as head coach between 1969 and 1989, the first in 1969 when he beat his friend and mentor Woody Hayes
, beginning of "The Ten Year War" era of the Michigan – Ohio State football rivalry, Lloyd Carr won five Big Ten titles in his 13 seasons at the helm and posted a winning percentage of .753. His winning percentage of .779 in conference play trails only that of Schembechler in Michigan history, Rich Rodriguez
succeeded Carr following his retirement in 2007. Rodriguez coached the Wolverines through the 2010 season, compiling a record of 15–22.
Michigan Stadium
is the largest football-only stadium in the world, with an official capacity of 109,901 and an actual attendance regularly exceeding that figure. The NCAA single-game attendance record of 114,804 was set on September 10, 2011 at Michigan's inaugural night game against Notre Dame
. After a series of expansions, the stadium's capacity has continued to end in "-01" to denote an "extra seat" in honor of Fritz Crisler. Michigan Stadium has witnessed over 300 consecutive crowds of greater than 100,000, a streak that dates back to November 8, 1975.
Michigan has a major rivalry with Ohio State
, considered one of the fiercest rivalries in American sports. In a pair of ESPN
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" of 1950. The game has frequently decided the Big Ten Champion. Michigan leads the series 57–43–6. 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
; the schools' football teams compete for the Paul Bunyan Trophy
. Michigan leads the series 67–31–5.
Michigan also enjoys a spirited rivalry with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish
. Michigan leads the series 22–15–1. 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 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-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 Wolverines also have a tradition-rich history with the Minnesota Golden Gophers
. The two football teams compete for the Little Brown Jug, a five-gallon jug with the respective schools' "M"s 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 66–22–3.
became a varsity sport at Michigan in 1973. The Wolverines field hockey team won the 2001 NCAA title - the school's first national title in a women's team sport. Marcia Pankratz
served as the head coach of the program from 1996 to 2004 and returned to the position in 2009. The Wolverines recently won the 2010 Big Ten Championship, including both the regular season and tournament titles.
has been a varsity sport at Michigan since 1919. The team's first coach was elocution and oratory professor Thomas Trueblood
who served as coach from 1920-1935. Trueblood led the Michigan golf team to consecutive national championships in 1933-34 and 1934-35. Two coaches, Bert Katzenmeyer (1947–1968) and Jim Carras (1982–2002), have had tenures of at least 20 years with the program. Andrew Sapp has been the coach since 2002. In 2009, Sapp led the team to its best record in more than 50 years with 6th place finish at the NCAA championship finals. Three Michigan golfers have won the individual NCAA golf championships: John Fischer
, Chuck Kocsis
, and Dave Barclay.
has been a varsity sport at Michigan since 1976. Cheryl Stacy, a former All-American golfer for Ohio State
, took over as the team's head coach in 2009. In the fall of 2009, Stacy signed a trio of highly-rated high school golfers from Ohio, Florida and Georgia to national letters of intent for the 2010-11 academic year.
was the head coach for 36 years from 1948–1983, during which time he coached the Wolverines to two NCAA team gymnastics championships and 21 NCAA individual event championships. Since 1999, head coach Kurt Golder has led Michigan to national championships in 1999 and 2010 and the Super Six at the NCAA tournament in 10 of 11 seasons.
has been the head coach of the women's gymnastics team since 1990. Under Plocki's leadership, the Wolverines have won 16 Big Ten championships, advanced to 16 consecutive NCAA tournaments (1993–2008) and had seven seasons in which they finished in the Top 5 at the NCAA tournament.
team, which is a member of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association
, plays its home contests at Yost Ice Arena
. It is coached by Red Berenson, a former UM player. Altogether, the program has won nine NCAA national championships
(1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1964, 1996, 1998), which is also an NCAA record. In 2011, the team was invited to the NCAA tournament for a record 21st year in a row. In 2011, Michigan reached the national semi-finals (now referred to as the "Frozen Four") for an unmatched 24th time.
Vic Heyliger
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.
programs in the midwest, having been founded in 1940, the program is also the most successful athletic program at Michigan, with an .830 all-time win percentage. The program was elevated from varsity-club status to NCAA status by the university in May 2011 and will begin NCAA Division I competetion in 2012. The Wolverines previously competed at the Division I level of the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association
(MCLA), in the Central Collegiate Lacrosse Association
(CCLA). In 2008 the team became the first MCLA team to complete a season undefeated, finishing 20-0 and winning their first national championship at Texas Stadium
. The feat was repeated in 2009 with another 20-0 season and earned their second national championship with a 12-11 victory over Chapman University
at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Denver, Colorado
. In 2010, they won their third MCLA national championship in a row, defeating Arizona State University 12-11 in Denver.
In 2008 Michigan faceoff specialist Brekan Kohlitz became the first MCLA player ever selected in the Major League Lacrosse
draft when he was taken in the 5th round by the Washington Bayhawks.
Michigan head coach John Paul is in his 13th year at his alma-mater and has an overall record of 205-42 which includes 10 conference titles in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. Michigan Lacrosse is the MCLA Division I National Champions in 2008, 2009, and 2010.
has been a varsity at sport at Michigan since 1996. Mark Rothstein has been the team's coach for 18 years — since it was a club sport in 1991. Rothstein led the rowing program "from an over-achieving club squad to one of the nation's top-notch varsity rowing programs." The team has placed in the Top 10 at the NCAA tournament ten times in the past 12 years. The team's best season came in 2000-01 with a Big Ten championship and second-place finish in the NCAA tournament.
has been the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines softball team since 1985. with a career record of 1,107-393-4 (.737 winning percentage), Hutchins has more wins than any other coach in the history of the university—in both men's and women's athletics. Hutchins' teams have won 14 Big Ten championships and appeared in 19 NCAA tournaments. In June 2005, the team won the 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
to win Women's College World Series
. The decisive game was won with a Samantha Findlay walk-off home run in the 10th inning producing a 4-1 final.
(1954–82) and Jon Urbanchek
(1982–2004). Michigan swimmers and divers inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame
include Mike Barrowman
, Dick Degener, Tom Dolan
, Taylor Drysdale
, Bruce Harlan
, Harry Holiday
, Dick Kimball
, Carl Robie
, and Bob Webster
. Mike Bottom
took over as the team's head coach in 2008. In his first season as the team's head coach, Bottom led the Wolverines to a Big Ten championship and a 7th place finish at the NCAA championship.
(200-yard backstroke, 1989), Mary Fischbach (one-meter and three-meter diving, 1988), Mindy Gehrs
(400-yard individual medley, 1993), Lara Hooiveld (100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke, 1993), Alecia Humphrey (100-yard backstroke, 1994; 200-yard backstroke 1994 and 1995), Sue Cahill (400-yard individual medley, 1982), and Chris Seufert (one-meter and three-meter diving, 1977). Jim Richardson is in his 25th season as the head coach of the women's swimming and diving team.
was the coach from 1948–69 and led the Wolverines to 11 Big Ten championships and the NCAA championship in 1956-57. Brian Eisner
was the coach from 1969–99 and led the team to 16 Big Ten championships and 21 NCAA tournament appearances. Bruce Berque has been the head coach since 2004 and has led the team to four consecutive appearances in the NCAA tournament.
, winner of two gold medals at the 1912 Olympics, Brian Diemer
, 1984 Summer Olympics
bronze medalist in the steeplechase, Bill Donakowski, U.S. marathon champion in 1986, Archie Hahn
, a winner of four Olympic gold medals at the 1904 and 1906 Olympics, DeHart Hubbard, the first African-American to win an individual Olympic gold medal and a former world record holder in the long jump
, Greg Meyer
, 1983 Boston Marathon
winner, Ralph Rose
, winner of 3 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medals in three Olympic games, Kevin Sullivan, Canadian 1500 meter record holder, Eddie Tolan
, winner of two gold medals and a former world record holder in the 100-yard dash, Alan Webb
, U.S. mile record holder, and Nick Willis
, Olympic silver medalist in the 1500m at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
, who won the Boston and Chicago Marathons.
became a varsity sport at Michigan in 2001. In its first nine years, the program has placed first in the conference nine times, won eight NCAA division titles and four NCAA eastern titles, and appeared four times in the NCAA national tournament. The Wolverines finished in the Top 5 at the national tournament in 2002 and 2009. Matt Anderson has been the head coach since 2003.
has been a varsity sport at Michigan since 1921. Joe McFarland has been the Wolverines wrestling coach since 1999. The Wolverines have finished in the Top 5 in the NCAA tournament 16 times. In 2005, the Wolverines finished second at the NCAA tournament. For more than 40 years from 1925–69, Cliff Keen
was Michigan's wrestling coach. Keen coached 68 All-Americans and was one of the initial inductees into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame
. At the time of his death in 1991, he was recognized for having "the longest tenure of any coach in any sport in NCAA history."
. The men's soccer team plays Michigan State
annually for the rights to the Big Bear Trophy
, a wooden sculpture purchased by Michigan head coach Steve Burns in 2000. Recently, the men's soccer team won the 2010 Big Ten Tournament Championship, their first in program history, and advanced to the College Cup, also their first in program history.
team, which has 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.
Through the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, 204 UM students and coaches had participated in the Olympics, winning medals in every Summer Olympics
except 1896, and winning gold medals in all but four Olympiads. UM students have won a total of 135 Olympic medals: 65 gold, 32 silver, and 38 bronze. By total medal count through the year 2000, Michigan would constitute the 26th most successful country out of 122; by gold medal count, Michigan would constitute the 17th most successful country.
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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's Division I and in the Big Ten Conference
Big Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...
in all sports except men's ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
which competes in the NCAA D1 Central Collegiate Hockey Association
Central Collegiate Hockey Association
The Central Collegiate Hockey Association is a NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey college athletic conference that operates mostly in Michigan and Ohio, although it also has members in Alaska and Indiana. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. It holds its championship...
, and women's water polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
, 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 varsity water polo...
. Team colors are maize
Maize (color)
The color maize or corn refers to a shade of yellow; it is named for the cereal of the same name—maize...
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 two-toned painted design that typically has sharp outward curves over the forehead forming a wing. It is worn most popularly by the University of Michigan Wolverines.-History:...
is a recognized icon of Michigan Athletics.
In 10 of the past 14 years (through 2008-2009), Michigan has finished in the top five of the NACDA Directors' Cup, 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. NACDA boasts a membership of more than 6,100 individuals and more than 1,600 institutions throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico...
that charts institutions' overall success in college sports. UM has finished in the top ten of the Directors' Cup standings in fourteen of the award's sixteen seasons.
Championships
- For a list of national championships, see footnote
- For a list of conference championships, see footnote
The University of Michigan has won national championships in all four major sports, baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
(2), basketball
Basketball
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(men's - 1), 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...
(11), and ice hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
(men's - 9). The Wolverines have also won NCAA Division I national championships in women's field hockey (1), men's golf (2), men's gymnastics (4), women's softball (1), men's swimming and diving (11), men's tennis (1), and men's outdoor track and field (1).
Overall, UM's 33 official NCAA Division I titles ranks tenth all-time, behind UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
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, Stanford University
Stanford University
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, USC
University of Southern California
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, Oklahoma State, Arkansas
University of Arkansas
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, LSU
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, Texas, Penn State, and UNC
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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. 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' 33 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 40 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 (3), 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).
Varsity sports
The University of Michigan Athletic Department sponsors the following sports:Men's athletic teams
- BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
- BasketballBasketballBasketball 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...
- Cross CountryCross country runningCross 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...
- FootballAmerican footballAmerican 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...
- GymnasticsGymnasticsGymnastics 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...
- GolfGolfGolf 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....
- Ice HockeyIce hockeyIce hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
- LacrosseLacrosseLacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
(2011–12) - Soccer
- SwimmingSwimming (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 DivingDivingDiving 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... - TennisTennisTennis 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...
- Track & Field
- WrestlingWrestlingWrestling 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...
Women's athletic teams
- BasketballBasketballBasketball 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...
- Cross CountryCross country runningCross 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...
- Field HockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
- GolfGolfGolf 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....
- GymnasticsGymnasticsGymnastics 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...
- LacrosseLacrosseLacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
(2011-12) - RowingRowing (sport)Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
- Soccer
- SoftballSoftballSoftball 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...
- SwimmingSwimming (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 DivingDivingDiving 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... - TennisTennisTennis 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...
- Track & Field
- VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball 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...
- Water PoloWater poloWater polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
- WrestlingWrestlingWrestling 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...
Baseball
The men's baseball team won national championships in 19531953 College World Series
The 1953 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 11 to June 16. The seventh tournament's champion was Michigan, coached by Ray Fisher. The Most Outstanding Player was J.L. Smith of Texas....
and 1962
1962 College World Series
The 1962 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska from June 11 to June 16. The sixteenth tournament's champion was the University of Michigan, coached by Don Lund...
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 an annual 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. The eight teams are split into two, four-team, double-elimination brackets,...
seven times. Notable alumni include, George Sisler
George Sisler
George Harold Sisler , nicknamed "Gentleman George" and "Gorgeous George," was an American professional baseball player for 15 seasons, primarily as first baseman with the St. Louis Browns...
, Barry Larkin
Barry Larkin
Barry Louis Larkin is a retired Major League Baseball player. Larkin played shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds from 1986 to 2004 and was one of the pivotal players on the 1990 Reds' World Series championship team...
, Jim Abbott
Jim Abbott
James Anthony Abbott is a former Major League Baseball pitcher, who played despite having been born without a right hand. He played for the California Angels, the New York Yankees, the Chicago White Sox, and the Milwaukee Brewers, from 1989 to 1999.He graduated from Flint Central High School and...
and Arizona Diamondback's pitcher J. J. Putz. Another important figure in the history of Michigan baseball is former Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager Branch Rickey
Branch Rickey
Wesley Branch Rickey was an innovative Major League Baseball executive elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967...
who was the head coach for 4 years from 1910–13 and recruited Sisler to Ann Arbor. The current coach of the Michigan Wolverines is Rich Maloney. He came to the University of Michigan in 2003 and helped restore Michigan to Big Ten prominence. Michigan has won 35 Conference Championships, made 21 NCAA Tournament appearances and won those 2 national titles (See above). For 13 seasons from 1990-2002 Michigan won a lone Big Ten title (1997) and made just one NCAA appearance in 1999. In the 7 seasons since Coach Maloney arrived Michigan has made 4 NCAA appearances while winning back-to-back-to-back Conference titles in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
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 University of Michigan and in the NBA.... |
1963–1965 |
| 33 | Cazzie Russell | 1964–1966 |
| 35 | Phil Hubbard Phil Hubbard Philip "Phil" Gregory Hubbard is a former American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association from 1979 to 1989, and former Assistant Coach of the Washington Wizards under Eddie Jordan.Hubbard played high school basketball... |
1975–1979 |
| 41 | Glen Rice Glen Rice Glen Anthony Rice is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA. The 6'8" tall Rice was a three-time NBA All-Star guard/forward, ranking 11th in NBA history with 1,559 three-point field goals made during his 15-year career. As a player, Rice won an NCAA Men's Division... |
1986–1989 |
| 45 | Rudy Tomjanovich Rudy Tomjanovich Rudolph Tomjanovich, Jr. , nicknamed Rudy T., is an American retired basketball player and coach who coached the Houston Rockets to two consecutive NBA championships. He is currently a scout for the Los Angeles Lakers.-Early life:... |
1967–1970 |
The men's 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...
team plays its games at Crisler Arena
Crisler Arena
Crisler Arena, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, is the home arena for the University of Michigan men's and women's basketball teams. Constructed in 1967, the arena seats 13,751 spectators. It is named for Herbert O...
. 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. The winner of the tournament is designated the Big Ten Tournament Champion, and receives the conference's automatic...
in 1998, which it later forfeited due to NCAA violations. The team has appeared in the NCAA 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...
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 an American college basketball coach currently at San Diego State University.Fisher attended Illinois State University, where he helped lead the Redbirds to the 1967 Division II Final Four. After school, he became a high school coach in Park Forest, Illinois. In 1979, he accepted...
. 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. He played the power forward and center positions, earning an NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award in 1988. Despite his talent, Tarpley became notable during his career for being banned from the NBA because of his drug addiction...
, Loy Vaught
Loy Vaught
Loy Stephen Vaught is a retired American 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 American professional basketball player at the point guard position in the NBA.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 American professional basketball player at the power forward position.After a standout career at Romulus High School, Mills was named 1986 Mr. Basketball of Michigan...
, Glen Rice
Glen Rice
Glen Anthony Rice is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA. The 6'8" tall Rice was a three-time NBA All-Star guard/forward, ranking 11th in NBA history with 1,559 three-point field goals made during his 15-year career. As a player, Rice won an NCAA Men's Division...
, Jalen Rose
Jalen Rose
Jalen Anthony Rose is a retired American professional basketball player, who currently works as a sports analyst for the sports television network ESPN...
, Rumeal Robinson
Rumeal Robinson
Rumeal James Robinson is a retired American professional basketball player. Growing up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Robinson graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School and went on to play guard for the University of Michigan...
, Antoine Joubert, Jamal Crawford
Jamal Crawford
Jamal Crawford is an American professional basketball player who most recently played with the NBA's Atlanta Hawks. He is a 6'5" and 200 lb shooting guard–point guard...
, Juwan Howard
Juwan Howard
Juwan Antonio Howard is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association . The Heat were his eighth different NBA team. He was drafted fifth overall in the 1994 NBA Draft by the Washington Bullets...
, Chris Webber
Chris Webber
Mayce Edward Christopher "Chris" Webber, III , nicknamed C-Webb, is a retired American professional basketball player. He is a five-time NBA All-Star, a former All-NBA First Teamer, a former NBA Rookie of the Year, and a former #1 overall NBA Draftee...
, Jimmy King
Jimmy King
Jimmy Hal King is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA.-College career:He was part of the famed University of 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 and...
, Cazzie Russell, Daniel Horton, Bernard Robinson
Bernard Robinson (basketball)
Bernard Gregory Robinson, Jr. is an American professional basketball player.After a career at the University of Michigan, where he helped lead the Wolverines to the 2004 NIT title, Robinson was a second round draft pick of the Charlotte Bobcats in the 2004 NBA Draft...
, and Mark Hughes
Mark Hughes (basketball)
Mark Hughes is a retired American basketball player and current coach.He has played collegiately for University of Michigan 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 or Ed Martin scandal was a six-year investigation of the relationship between the University of Michigan, its men's basketball teams and basketball team 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 American professional basketball power forward.-College career:Taylor attended the University of Michigan. The athletic forward, from Henry Ford High School in Detroit, burst onto the national scene during the 1994 Maui Invitational with fellow freshman Maceo Baston...
, Robert Traylor
Robert Traylor
Robert DeShaun "Tractor" Traylor was an American professional basketball player.-High school and college:...
, and Louis Bullock
Louis Bullock
Louis Bullock, Jr. is an American professional basketball player. He is currently with the pro club CB Cajasol Sevilla in Spain....
. 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 did not make the tournament until 2009.
In April 2007, the university announced that its new head coach will be John Beilein
John Beilein
John Beilein is an American college basketball coach and current men's basketball head coach at the University of Michigan. He is the 16th head coach of the Michigan Wolverines. The 2010–11 season was his fourth at Michigan, with whom he has a six-year contract...
. In 2009
2008–09 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The 2008–09 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in competitive college basketball during the 2008–09 NCAA Division I season. The 2008–09 season marked the team's ninety-second consecutive season as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic...
, The Wolverines made the NCAA Tournament
2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The first and second round games were played at the following sites:First and Second Rounds: Thursday and Saturday, March 19 and 21, 2009-Qualifying teams:-Brackets:Results to date * – Denotes overtime periodAll times in U.S. EDT....
for the first time since 1998
1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 12, 1998, and ended with the championship game on March 30 at the Alamodome in San Antonio,...
, beating Clemson
2009–10 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team
The 2009–10 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team represented Clemson University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. Their head coach was Oliver Purnell. The team played its home games at Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, South Carolina and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. All games...
in the 1st Round but falling to Oklahoma
2008–09 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team
The 2008–09 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach is Jeff Capel, who was in his third year with the team...
in the 2nd Round of the Tournament.
John Beilein
John Beilein
John Beilein is an American college basketball coach and current men's basketball head coach at the University of Michigan. He is the 16th head coach of the Michigan Wolverines. The 2010–11 season was his fourth at Michigan, with whom he has a six-year contract...
directed the 2010 team to their second NCAA tournament
2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The following sites were selected to host each round of the 2011 tournament:First Four*March 15 and 16**University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, OhioSecond and third rounds*March 17 and 19**Verizon Center, Washington, D.C....
appearance in 3 years. The Wolverines handily defeated the Tennessee Volunteers by a score of 75-45 before falling to No. 1 Seed Duke in a 2 point decision (71-73) in the third round.
Cross country
The men's and women's cross countryCross 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...
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 winning five consecutive Big Ten titles from 2002 to 2006. 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.
Football
| Retired football jerseys | |
|---|---|
| Number | Player |
| 11 | Wistert brothers (Francis, Albert, and Alvin Alvin Wistert Alvin Lawrence "Moose" Wistert was an American football player. A native of Chicago, Illinois, he played college football at the tackle position for Boston University in 1946 and at the University of Michigan from 1947 to 1949... ) |
| 47 | Bennie Oosterbaan Bennie Oosterbaan Benjamin Gaylord "Bennie" Oosterbaan was a three-time first team All-American football end for the Michigan Wolverines football team, two-time All-American basketball player for the basketball team and an All-Big Ten Conference baseball player for the baseball team... |
| 48 | Gerald Ford Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974... |
| 87 | Ron Kramer Ron Kramer Ronald J. Kramer was a multi-sport college athlete and professional American football player. Before embarking on a career in the National Football League, he lettered in football, basketball, and track at the University of Michigan in the 1950s... |
| 98 | Tom Harmon Tom Harmon Thomas Dudley Harmon was a star player in American college football, a sports broadcaster, and patriarch of a family of American actors... |
Michigan's football program is the most successful in 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...
history. The Wolverines have won a record 887 games and have an all-time
NCAA division I football win-loss records
The following data is current as of the end of the 2009 season, which ended after the 2010 BCS National Championship Game. Records reflect official contest results ....
winning percentage of .735, also the best in college football history. Michigan won the inaugural Rose Bowl
1902 Rose Bowl
Originally titled the "Tournament East-West football game," what is now known as the Rose Bowl Game was first played on January 1, 1902 in Pasadena, California, starting the tradition of New Year's Day bowl games.The inaugural game featured Fielding H...
in 1902, the first college bowl game
Bowl game
In North America, a bowl game is commonly considered to refer to one of a number of post-season college football games. Prior to 2002, bowl game statistics were not included in players' career totals and the games were mostly considered to be exhibition games involving a payout to participating...
ever played. The Wolverine football program has claimed 11 national titles.
Michigan's 11 national championships have come under the direction of five coaches. The first six were garnered by the team's first coaching superstar, Fielding H. Yost. Yost directed his "Point-a-Minute" teams to four consecutive national titles from 1901 to 1904, amassing a record of 41–0–1. Yost also led Michigan to national titles in 1918 and 1923. Yost was instrumental in the creation of Michigan Stadium
Michigan Stadium
Michigan Stadium, nicknamed "The Big House," is the football stadium for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan Stadium was built in 1927 at a cost of $950,000 and had an original capacity of 72,000. Before playing football at the stadium, the Wolverines played on Ferry Field...
and designed it to permit its expansion to expand to a capacity of over 150,000. Yost's legacy also lives on with Yost Ice Arena
Yost Ice Arena
Yost Ice Arena is an indoor ice hockey arena located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is the home of the University of Michigan varsity ice hockey team which plays in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association...
, where Michigan's men's ice hockey team plays their home games. Michigan football has won five more national titles since Yost permanently retired in 1926. The Wolverines won back-to-back titles under Harry Kipke in 1932 and 1933 and two more consecutive championships under Fritz Crisler
Fritz Crisler
Herbert Orin "Fritz" Crisler was an American football coach who is best known as "the father of two-platoon football," an innovation in which separate units of players were used for offense and defense. Crisler developed two-platoon football while serving as head coach at the University of...
and Bennie Oosterbaan
Bennie Oosterbaan
Benjamin Gaylord "Bennie" Oosterbaan was a three-time first team All-American football end for the Michigan Wolverines football team, two-time All-American basketball player for the basketball team and an All-Big Ten Conference baseball player for the baseball team...
in 1947 and 1948. Michigan won its most recent national title under Lloyd Carr
Lloyd Carr
Lloyd H. Carr is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Michigan from 1995 through the 2007 season. Under Carr, the Wolverines compiled a record of 122–40 and won or shared five Big Ten Conference titles...
in 1997.
Michigan's famous football coaches include: Yost, who came to Michigan from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
in 1901, Fritz Crisler, who guided Michigan to a pair of Big Ten Conference championships and the 1947 national title, has his name carried by the home of Michigan men's basketball team, Bo Schembechler
Bo Schembechler
Glenn Edward "Bo" Schembechler, Jr. was an American football player, coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Miami University from 1963 to 1968 and at the University of Michigan from 1969 to 1989, compiling a career record of 234–65–8...
won 13 Big Ten titles in his 21 seasons as head coach between 1969 and 1989, the first in 1969 when he beat his friend and mentor Woody Hayes
Woody Hayes
Wayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Denison University , Miami University , and Ohio State University , compiling a career college football record of 238–72–10.During his 28 seasons as the head coach of the Ohio...
, beginning of "The Ten Year War" era of the Michigan – Ohio State football rivalry, Lloyd Carr won five Big Ten titles in his 13 seasons at the helm and posted a winning percentage of .753. His winning percentage of .779 in conference play trails only that of Schembechler in Michigan history, Rich Rodriguez
Rich Rodriguez
Richard A. "Rich" Rodriguez is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at the University of Arizona. Rodriguez previously served as the head football coach at Salem University , Glenville State College , West Virginia University , and the University...
succeeded Carr following his retirement in 2007. Rodriguez coached the Wolverines through the 2010 season, compiling a record of 15–22.
Michigan Stadium
Michigan Stadium
Michigan Stadium, nicknamed "The Big House," is the football stadium for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan Stadium was built in 1927 at a cost of $950,000 and had an original capacity of 72,000. Before playing football at the stadium, the Wolverines played on Ferry Field...
is the largest football-only stadium in the world, with an official capacity of 109,901 and an actual attendance regularly exceeding that figure. The NCAA single-game attendance record of 114,804 was set on September 10, 2011 at Michigan's inaugural night game against Notre Dame
2011 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 2011 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represents the University of Notre Dame in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Fighting Irish are led by second year head coach Brian Kelly and play their home games at Notre Dame Stadium...
. After a series of expansions, the stadium's capacity has continued to end in "-01" to denote an "extra seat" in honor of Fritz Crisler. Michigan Stadium has witnessed over 300 consecutive crowds of greater than 100,000, a streak that dates back to November 8, 1975.
Rivalries
| Heisman Trophy Heisman Trophy The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial... winners |
|
|---|---|
| Year | Player |
| 1940 | Tom Harmon Tom Harmon Thomas Dudley Harmon was a star player in American college football, a sports broadcaster, and patriarch of a family of American actors... |
| 1991 | Desmond Howard Desmond Howard Desmond Kevin Howard is a former NFL wide receiver, punt returner, and kickoff returner.He played football for the University of Michigan from 1989–1991 and won the Heisman Trophy in 1991... |
| 1997 | Charles Woodson Charles Woodson Charles C. Woodson is an American football cornerback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League . He played college football at the University of Michigan for the Michigan Wolverines. In 1997, Woodson led the Wolverines to a national championship... |
Michigan has a major rivalry with Ohio State
Ohio State Buckeyes football
The Ohio State Buckeyes football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of The Ohio State University. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference of the NCAA, playing at the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, formerly Division I-A, level. The team nickname is derived from the state...
, considered one of the fiercest rivalries in American sports. In a pair of ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
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" of 1950. The game has frequently decided the Big Ten Champion. Michigan leads the series 57–43–6. 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 Spartans football
The Michigan State Spartans football program represents Michigan State University in college football as members of the Big Ten Conference at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level...
; the schools' football teams compete for the Paul Bunyan Trophy
Paul Bunyan Trophy
The Paul Bunyan–Governor of Michigan Trophy is a college rivalry trophy awarded to the winner of the annual American football game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Michigan Wolverines. The winner retains possession of the trophy until the next year's game...
. Michigan leads the series 67–31–5.
Michigan also enjoys a spirited rivalry with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the football team of the University of Notre Dame. The team is currently coached by Brian Kelly.Notre Dame competes as an Independent at the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision level, and is a founding member of the Bowl Championship Series coalition. It is an...
. Michigan leads the series 22–15–1. 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 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-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 Wolverines also have a tradition-rich history with the Minnesota Golden Gophers
Minnesota Golden Gophers football
The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers are one of the oldest programs in college football history. They compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. The Golden Gophers have claimed six national championships and have an all time record of 646–481–44 as...
. The two football teams compete for the Little Brown Jug, a five-gallon jug with the respective schools' "M"s 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 66–22–3.
Field hockey
Women's field hockeyField hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
became a varsity sport at Michigan in 1973. The Wolverines field hockey team won the 2001 NCAA title - the school's first national title in a women's team sport. Marcia Pankratz
Marcia Pankratz
Marcia Anne Pankratz is a former field hockey forward from the United States, who participated in two Summer Olympics. In 1988 she finished in eighth position with Team USA, in 1996 she claimed the fifth spot.A spirited vice-captain of the USA team, Pankratz helped spark the USA squad from 1985-1996...
served as the head coach of the program from 1996 to 2004 and returned to the position in 2009. The Wolverines recently won the 2010 Big Ten Championship, including both the regular season and tournament titles.
Men's golf
Men'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....
has been a varsity sport at Michigan since 1919. The team's first coach was elocution and oratory professor Thomas Trueblood
Thomas Trueblood
Thomas Clarkson Trueblood was an American professor of elocution and oratory and the first coach of the University of Michigan golf and debate teams. He was affiliated with the University of Michigan for 67 years from 1884-1951, and was a nationally known writer and speaker on oratory and debate...
who served as coach from 1920-1935. Trueblood led the Michigan golf team to consecutive national championships in 1933-34 and 1934-35. Two coaches, Bert Katzenmeyer (1947–1968) and Jim Carras (1982–2002), have had tenures of at least 20 years with the program. Andrew Sapp has been the coach since 2002. In 2009, Sapp led the team to its best record in more than 50 years with 6th place finish at the NCAA championship finals. Three Michigan golfers have won the individual NCAA golf championships: John Fischer
John Fischer (golfer)
John W. Fischer was an American amateur golfer in the 1930s.Fischer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He won the 1932 NCAA individual golf championship and the Big Ten Conference individual championship in 1932, 1933 and 1935 while playing at the University of Michigan. He also won the 1936 U.S...
, Chuck Kocsis
Chuck Kocsis
Charles R. Kocsis was an American amateur golfer.The Golf Association of Michigan voted Chuck Kocsis the Michigan amateur golfer of the century and was a member of the first class elected into the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame...
, and Dave Barclay.
Women's golf
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....
has been a varsity sport at Michigan since 1976. Cheryl Stacy, a former All-American golfer for Ohio State
Ohio State Buckeyes
The Ohio State Buckeyes are the intercollegiate sports teams and players of The Ohio State University, named after the state tree, the Buckeye. The Buckeyes participate in the NCAA's Division I in all sports and the Big Ten Conference in most sports...
, took over as the team's head coach in 2009. In the fall of 2009, Stacy signed a trio of highly-rated high school golfers from Ohio, Florida and Georgia to national letters of intent for the 2010-11 academic year.
Men's gymnastics
The Michigan men's gymnastics team has won five NCAA championships, 15 Big Ten championships and have been invited to 31 NCAA tournaments. Newt LokenNewt Loken
Newton C. Loken was an artistic gymnast and coach of gymnastics, trampolining and cheerleading. While a member of the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's gymnastics team, Loken was NCAA all-around gymnastics champion in 1942 and the Big Ten Conference all-around champion in 1941 and 1942...
was the head coach for 36 years from 1948–1983, during which time he coached the Wolverines to two NCAA team gymnastics championships and 21 NCAA individual event championships. Since 1999, head coach Kurt Golder has led Michigan to national championships in 1999 and 2010 and the Super Six at the NCAA tournament in 10 of 11 seasons.
Women's gymnastics
Women's gymnastics has been a varsity sport at Michigan since 1976. Bev PlockiBev Plocki
Beverly "Bev" Plocki , formerly known as Beverly Fry, is an American gymnastics coach. In 22 years as the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines women’s gymnastics team , her teams have a record of 417-110-1 and have on 18 Big Ten Conference championships, and advanced to 13 straight NCAA...
has been the head coach of the women's gymnastics team since 1990. Under Plocki's leadership, the Wolverines have won 16 Big Ten championships, advanced to 16 consecutive NCAA tournaments (1993–2008) and had seven seasons in which they finished in the Top 5 at the NCAA tournament.
Ice hockey
The Wolverines ice hockeyIce hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team, which is a member of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association
Central Collegiate Hockey Association
The Central Collegiate Hockey Association is a NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey college athletic conference that operates mostly in Michigan and Ohio, although it also has members in Alaska and Indiana. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. It holds its championship...
, plays its home contests at Yost Ice Arena
Yost Ice Arena
Yost Ice Arena is an indoor ice hockey arena located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is the home of the University of Michigan varsity ice hockey team which plays in 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 men's ice hockey team in NCAA Division I and Division III. The semi-finals and finals of the Division I Championship are branded as the Frozen Four, a passing nod to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship - known...
(1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1964, 1996, 1998), which is also an NCAA record. In 2011, the team was invited to the NCAA tournament for a record 21st year in a row. In 2011, Michigan reached the national semi-finals (now referred to as the "Frozen Four") for an unmatched 24th time.
Vic Heyliger
Vic Heyliger
Victor Heyliger was a National Hockey League center and the head coach of the University of Michigan ice hockey team....
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 lacrosse
The Michigan men's lacrosse team is one of the oldest collegiate lacrosseCollege lacrosse
College lacrosse refers to lacrosse played by student athletes at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. In both countries, men's field lacrosse and women's lacrosse are played in both the varsity and club levels...
programs in the midwest, having been founded in 1940, the program is also the most successful athletic program at Michigan, with an .830 all-time win percentage. The program was elevated from varsity-club status to NCAA status by the university in May 2011 and will begin NCAA Division I competetion in 2012. The Wolverines previously competed at the Division I level of the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association
Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association
The Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association is a national organization of non-NCAA, men's college lacrosse programs. The MCLA oversees game play and conducts national championships for over 200 teams in ten conferences throughout the United States and Canada...
(MCLA), in the Central Collegiate Lacrosse Association
Central Collegiate Lacrosse Association
The Central Collegiate Lacrosse Association is a lacrosse-only athletic conference affiliated with the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association...
(CCLA). In 2008 the team became the first MCLA team to complete a season undefeated, finishing 20-0 and winning their first national championship at Texas Stadium
Texas Stadium
Texas Stadium was a football stadium in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The stadium opened on September 17, 1971.Built to replace the aging Cotton Bowl, it was the home field of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, and had a seating capacity of 65,675...
. The feat was repeated in 2009 with another 20-0 season and earned their second national championship with a 12-11 victory over Chapman University
Chapman University
Chapman University is a private, non-profit university located in Orange, California affiliated with the Christian Church . Known for its blend of liberal arts and professional programs, Chapman University encompasses seven schools and colleges: Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media...
at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
. In 2010, they won their third MCLA national championship in a row, defeating Arizona State University 12-11 in Denver.
In 2008 Michigan faceoff specialist Brekan Kohlitz became the first MCLA player ever selected in the Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse, or MLL, is a professional men's field lacrosse league that is made up of five teams in the United States and one team in Canada.- History :...
draft when he was taken in the 5th round by the Washington Bayhawks.
Michigan head coach John Paul is in his 13th year at his alma-mater and has an overall record of 205-42 which includes 10 conference titles in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. Michigan Lacrosse is the MCLA Division I National Champions in 2008, 2009, and 2010.
Women's rowing
Women's rowingCollege rowing (United States)
Rowing is one of the oldest intercollegiate sports in the United States. However, rowers comprise only 2.2% of total college athletes. This may be in part because of the status of rowing as an amateur sport and because not all universities have access to suitable bodies of water. In the 2002-03...
has been a varsity at sport at Michigan since 1996. Mark Rothstein has been the team's coach for 18 years — since it was a club sport in 1991. Rothstein led the rowing program "from an over-achieving club squad to one of the nation's top-notch varsity rowing programs." The team has placed in the Top 10 at the NCAA tournament ten times in the past 12 years. The team's best season came in 2000-01 with a Big Ten championship and second-place finish in the NCAA tournament.
Softball
Carol HutchinsCarol Hutchins
Carol "Hutch" Hutchins is an American softball coach. In 27 years as the head coach of Michigan Wolverines softball , she has more than 1,200 career wins, more than any other coach in University of Michigan history in any sport, male or female...
has been the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines softball team since 1985. with a career record of 1,107-393-4 (.737 winning percentage), Hutchins has more wins than any other coach in the history of the university—in both men's and women's athletics. Hutchins' teams have won 14 Big Ten championships and appeared in 19 NCAA tournaments. In June 2005, the team won the Division 1 NCAA Softball Championship, defeating two-time defending champion and perennial softball power UCLA
UCLA Bruins
The UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California, Los Angeles . The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Pacific-12 Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation . For football, they are in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I...
two games to one. Michigan is the first school east of the Mississippi River
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...
to win Women's College World Series
Women's College World Series
The Women's College World Series is the final portion of the NCAA Division I Softball Championship for college softball in the United States. The tournament format consists of two four-team double-elimination brackets. The winners of each bracket then compete in a best-of-three title game series...
. The decisive game was won with a Samantha Findlay walk-off home run in the 10th inning producing a 4-1 final.
Men's swimming and diving
Men's swimming and diving has been a varsity sport at Michigan since 1921. With 18 national championships, including the 1995 NCAA championship, the Michigan men's swimming and diving team has won more national championships than any other varsity sport in the history of the university. In addition to its 18 national championships, the team has finished in the Top 5 nationally 48 times. The team's swimmers have also won 145 individual NCAA championships. Three head coaches have led the squad for a combined 77 years: Matt Mann (1925–54), Gus StagerGus Stager
Augustus P. "Gus" Stager, Jr. was the swimming coach for the 1960 U.S. Olympic team and the swimming coach at the University of Michigan for 25 years . His Michigan swimming teams won four NCAA national championships in 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1961...
(1954–82) and Jon Urbanchek
Jon Urbanchek
Jon Urbanchek is an American swimming coach, best known for his 22-year tenure as the Men's Swimming & Diving Head Coach for the University of Michigan...
(1982–2004). Michigan swimmers and divers inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame
International Swimming Hall of Fame
The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of swimming in the United States and around...
include Mike Barrowman
Mike Barrowman
Michael Ray Barrowman is an American former swimmer, one of the pioneers of the "Wave-Style" Breaststroke technique. Prior to attending University of Michigan, he trained with Rockville-Montgomery Swim Club and Curl-Burke Swim Club in Maryland.He placed 4th in the 1988 Summer Olympics in the...
, Dick Degener, Tom Dolan
Tom Dolan
Tom Dolan is a swimmer from the United States, who won a gold medal and silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
, Taylor Drysdale
Taylor Drysdale
Taylor Drysdale was an American former backstroke swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Indianapolis and died in Orlando, Florida....
, Bruce Harlan
Bruce Harlan
Bruce Harlan was a diver from the United States and Olympic champion. He represented his native country at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he received one gold medal and one silver medal....
, Harry Holiday
Harry Holiday
Harry Holiday, Jr. was a world record holder in the backstroke at the University of Michigan in the 1940s and the president of steelmaker American Rolling Mill Co. from 1974-1986....
, Dick Kimball
Dick Kimball
Dick Kimball is an American former diving champion and diving coach at the University of Michigan. He was the NCAA springboard champion in 1957 and the Professional World Diving champion in 1963. He coached the University of Michigan diving team from 1958-2002 and also coached the U.S. Olympic...
, Carl Robie
Carl Robie
Carl Robie was an American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. He won a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and one gold in 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico...
, and Bob Webster
Bob Webster
Robert David Webster is an American former diving champion who won gold medals at both the 1960 and 1964 Olympic games in the 10-meter platform event. He also won a gold medal at the 1963 Pan American Games and finished first in every platform diving event he entered from 1960 to 1964...
. Mike Bottom
Mike Bottom
Mike Bottom is the ninth head coach in the 87-year history of the University of Michigan men’s swimming program and one of the world's most recognized swimming coaches...
took over as the team's head coach in 2008. In his first season as the team's head coach, Bottom led the Wolverines to a Big Ten championship and a 7th place finish at the NCAA championship.
Women's swimming and diving
Women's swimming and diving has been a varsity sport at Michigan since 1974. The team has won 19 Big Ten championships, including 12 consecutive championships from 1986-1998. The team has also finished in the Top 10 teams nationally 17 times. The team's best finish came in the 1994-95 season with a second place finish in the national tournament. The team has produced several national individual champions, including Julie Bachman (one-meter and three-meter diving, 1978), Emily Brunemann (1,650-yard freestyle, 2008), Ann CollotonAnn Colloton
Ann Colloton is a former competitive swimmer. She was a five-time Big Ten Conference champion, an eight-time All-American, and the NCAA breaststroke champion in 1989. She was the first athlete in University of Michigan history to be twice named female athlete of the year and was also named...
(200-yard backstroke, 1989), Mary Fischbach (one-meter and three-meter diving, 1988), Mindy Gehrs
Mindy Gehrs
Melinda Anne "Mindy" Gehrs is a former All-American swimmer who was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in January 2009.-Youth in Oak Ridge, Tennessee:...
(400-yard individual medley, 1993), Lara Hooiveld (100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke, 1993), Alecia Humphrey (100-yard backstroke, 1994; 200-yard backstroke 1994 and 1995), Sue Cahill (400-yard individual medley, 1982), and Chris Seufert (one-meter and three-meter diving, 1977). Jim Richardson is in his 25th season as the head coach of the women's swimming and diving team.
Men's tennis
Michigan's men's tennis team was formed in 1893. Between 1948 and 1999, the team had two head coaches. William MurphyWilliam Murphy (tennis)
William E. "Bill" Murphy was an American championship tennis player and coach. In 1938 and 1939, Murphy and his twin brother, Chet, won consecutive Big Ten Conference doubles championships while competing for the University of Chicago. Murphy also won a 1939 singles title at the Western Tennis...
was the coach from 1948–69 and led the Wolverines to 11 Big Ten championships and the NCAA championship in 1956-57. Brian Eisner
Brian Eisner
Brian Eisner is an American tennis player and coach. He played collegiate tennis at Michigan State University from 1960 to 1962. From 1963 to 1969, he was the head tennis coach at the University of Toledo. During his 30 years as the head coach of the men's tennis team at the University of...
was the coach from 1969–99 and led the team to 16 Big Ten championships and 21 NCAA tournament appearances. Bruce Berque has been the head coach since 2004 and has led the team to four consecutive appearances in the NCAA tournament.
Women's tennis
Women's tennis was established as a varsity sport in 1973. Bitsy Ritt was the head coach for 22 years from 1984–2006 and led the team to eight NCAA tournament berths in eight of her last 11 years as head coach. The current head coach is Ronni Bernstein who has led the team to NCAA tournament berths in her first two years with the program.Men's track and field
The men's track and field team has won 57 Big Ten men's team titles and one NCAA team championship. Notable alumni include Ralph CraigRalph Craig
Ralph Cook Craig was an American athlete, winner of the sprint double at the 1912 Summer Olympics.Craig was born in Detroit, Michigan. Initially a hurdler, he developed into a sprinter at the University of Michigan...
, winner of two gold medals at the 1912 Olympics, Brian Diemer
Brian Diemer
Brian Lee Diemer was an American track and field athlete, who mainly competed in the 3000 metre steeplechase during his career. 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, U.S. marathon champion in 1986, Archie Hahn
Archie Hahn
Charles Archibald "Archie" Hahn was a German-American athlete, and one of the best sprinters in the early 20th century....
, a winner of four Olympic gold medals at the 1904 and 1906 Olympics, DeHart Hubbard, the first African-American to win an individual Olympic gold medal and a former world record holder in the 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...
, Greg Meyer
Greg Meyer
Greg Meyer is best known for his accomplishments in distance running. Most notably, he is the last American male to win the Boston Marathon.-Education:...
, 1983 Boston Marathon
Boston Marathon
The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon hosted by the U.S. city of Boston, Massachusetts, on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897 and inspired by the success of the first modern-day marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics, the Boston Marathon is the world's oldest...
winner, Ralph Rose
Ralph Rose
Ralph Waldo Rose was an American track and field athlete.He was born in Healdsburg, California....
, winner of 3 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medals in three Olympic games, Kevin Sullivan, Canadian 1500 meter record holder, Eddie Tolan
Eddie Tolan
Thomas Edward "Eddie" Tolan , nicknamed the "Midnight Express", was an American track and field athlete who compete in the Sprints. He set world records in the 100 yard dash and 100 meters event and Olympic records in the 100 meters and 200 meters events...
, winner of two gold medals and a former world record holder in the 100-yard dash, Alan Webb
Alan Webb (athlete)
Alan Webb is an American athlete. He holds the American record in the mile, with a time of 3:46.91. He competes professionally for Nike.-High school:...
, U.S. mile record holder, and Nick Willis
Nick Willis
Nicholas Ian Willis MNZM is a New Zealand middle distance runner. He won the silver medal in the 1500m at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing with a time of 3:34.16 minutes. He was a gold medallist in the 1500 metres at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and a bronze medallist at the 2010...
, Olympic silver medalist in the 1500m at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
Women's track and field
Women's track and field was established as a varsity sport in 1978. The team has won 15 Big Ten titles (eight outdoor and seven indoor). James Henry has been the head coach since 1984. The Wolverines have had their strongest finishes in the NCAA tournament in recent years—finishing third in the 2007 outdoor tournament and third in the 2008 indoor tournament. Notable alumna include Lisa Larsen Weidenbach RainsbergerLisa Rainsberger
Lisa Larsen Rainsberger, previously known as Lisa Larsen Weidenbach, is a distance runner. As of 2010, she is the last American woman to have won the Boston Marathon. She is a member of the University of Michigan Track and Field and Road Runners of America Halls of Fame. Her marathon times were...
, who won the Boston and Chicago Marathons.
Women's water polo
Women's water poloWater polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
became a varsity sport at Michigan in 2001. In its first nine years, the program has placed first in the conference nine times, won eight NCAA division titles and four NCAA eastern titles, and appeared four times in the NCAA national tournament. The Wolverines finished in the Top 5 at the national tournament in 2002 and 2009. Matt Anderson has been the head coach since 2003.
Wrestling
WrestlingCollegiate wrestling
Collegiate wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the collegiate and university level in the United States. Collegiate wrestling emerged from the folk wrestling styles practised in the early history of the United States...
has been a varsity sport at Michigan since 1921. Joe McFarland has been the Wolverines wrestling coach since 1999. The Wolverines have finished in the Top 5 in the NCAA tournament 16 times. In 2005, the Wolverines finished second at the NCAA tournament. For more than 40 years from 1925–69, Cliff Keen
Cliff Keen
Clifford Patrick Keen was an American coach who served as the head coach of the University of Michigan collegiate wrestling team from 1925 to 1970. He led the Michigan Wolverines to 13 Big Ten Conference championships, and coached 68 All-American wrestlers...
was Michigan's wrestling coach. Keen coached 68 All-Americans and was one of the initial inductees into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame
National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
The National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on the campus of Oklahoma State University. The museum opened on September 11, 1976...
. At the time of his death in 1991, he was recognized for having "the longest tenure of any coach in any sport in NCAA history."
Other sports
Other varsity teams include: men's and women's soccer, women's basketball, and women's volleyballVolleyball
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...
. The men's soccer team plays Michigan State
Michigan State Spartans
The Michigan State Spartans are the athletic team that represent Michigan State University. The school's athletic program includes 25 varsity sports teams. Their mascot is a Spartan warrior named Sparty, and the school colors are green and white...
annually for the rights to the Big Bear Trophy
Big Bear Trophy
The Big Bear Trophy is presented to the winner of the annual Michigan-Michigan State men's soccer game. The trophy originated in 2000 when Michigan head coach Steve Burns purchased the wooden bear sculpture to commemorate the rivalry...
, a wooden sculpture purchased by Michigan head coach Steve Burns in 2000. Recently, the men's soccer team won the 2010 Big Ten Tournament Championship, their first in program history, and advanced to the College Cup, also their first in program history.
Club sports
The University of Michigan offers a wide variety of club sports The University and Athletics Department surrent has five Varsity Club Programs: Men's and Women's Lacrosse, Men's Rowing, Women's Synchronized Skating, Women's Synchronized SwimmingSynchronized skating
The University of Michigan is also home to an internationally competitive synchronized skatingSynchronized skating
Synchronized skating or synchronised skating, a large and fast-growing discipline, consists of 8—20 athletes skating on ice at one time moving as one flowing unit at high speeds...
team, which has 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.
NCAA Division I: Director's Cup (renamed Learfield Sports Directors' Cup)
Michigan has ranked #1 in the Big10 rankings in 11 out of the last 18 years ending in 2010-2011; the university has ranked in the top 5 nationally a total of 10 years during that 18 year span.| Year | Rank: National | Rank: Big 10 |
|---|---|---|
| 1993-94 | 9th | 2nd |
| 1994-95 | 7th | 1st |
| 1995-96 | 5th | 1st |
| 1996-97 | 11th | 2nd |
| 1997-98 | 5th | 1st |
| 1998-99 | 6th | 3rd |
| 1999-00 | 3rd | 1st |
| 2000-01 | 4th | 1st |
| 2001-02 | 6th | 1st |
| 2002-03 | 4th | 2nd |
| 2003-04 | 2nd | 1st |
| 2004-05 | 4th | 1st |
| 2005-06 | 24th | 5th |
| 2006-07 | 4th | 1st |
| 2007-08 | 3rd | 1st |
| 2008-09 | 5th | 1st |
| 2009-10 | 25th | 5th |
| 2010-11 | 15th | 3rd |
Olympians
- See footnote
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. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...
except 1896, and winning gold medals in all but four Olympiads. UM students have won a total of 135 Olympic medals: 65 gold, 32 silver, and 38 bronze. By total medal count through the year 2000, Michigan would constitute the 26th most successful country out of 122; by gold medal count, Michigan would constitute the 17th most successful country.
| Last | First | Year | Sport | Event | Medal | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson | Jack | 2010 | Hockey | defenseman | Silver | USA |
| Davis Meryl Davis Meryl Davis is an American ice dancer. With partner Charlie White, she is the 2011 World champion, 2010 Olympic silver medalist, the 2010 World silver medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final champion, two-time Four Continents champion and three-time U.S... /White |
Meryl/Charlie | 2010 | Skating | Ice Dancing | Silver | USA |
| Willis | Nick | 2008 | Track | 1500m | Silver | New Zealand |
| Vanderkaay Peter Vanderkaay Peter Vanderkaay is an American middle-distance freestyle swimmer. He is a three-time Olympic medalist.-Personal life:... |
Peter | 2008 | Swimming | 4x200M Free relay | Gold | USA |
| Vanderkaay Peter Vanderkaay Peter Vanderkaay is an American middle-distance freestyle swimmer. He is a three-time Olympic medalist.-Personal life:... |
Peter | 2008 | Swimming | 200M Freestyle | bronze | USA |
| Jacobson | Sada | 2008 | Fencing | Team Sabre | bronze | USA |
| Jacobson | Sada | 2008 | Fencing | Individual Sabre | Silver | USA |
| Armstrong | Betsey | 2008 | Water Polo | Silver | USA | |
| Jacobson | Sada | 2004 | Fencing | Individual Sabre | bronze | USA |
| Abbott | Jim | 1988 | baseball | gold | USA | |
| Arsenault | Samantha | 2000 | swimming | 800 m freestyle relay | gold | USA |
| Barrowman Mike Barrowman Michael Ray Barrowman is an American former swimmer, one of the pioneers of the "Wave-Style" Breaststroke technique. Prior to attending University of Michigan, he trained with Rockville-Montgomery Swim Club and Curl-Burke Swim Club in Maryland.He placed 4th in the 1988 Summer Olympics in the... |
Mike | 1992 | swimming | 200 m breaststroke | gold | USA |
| Barton Greg Barton Greg Barton is an American sprint kayaker who competed from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s.... |
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 Borges Gustavo França Borges Gustavo França Borges Gustavo França Borges (born December 2, 1972 in Ribeirão Preto is a former international top swimmer from Brazil. He participated in four Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992... |
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 |
| Brost | Todd | 1992 | Hockey | Silver | Canada | |
| 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 Dolan Tom Dolan is a swimmer from the United States, who won a gold medal and silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics... |
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 Hahn Charles Archibald "Archie" Hahn was a German-American athlete, and one of the best sprinters in the early 20th century.... |
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 | 440 yd (402.3 m) breaststroke | 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 Namesnik Eric John Namesnik was an Olympic swimmer for the United States.-Biography:He was born and raised in the town of Butler, Pennsylvania. Namesnik won silver medals in the 400-meter individual medley at both the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics... |
Eric | 1996 | swimming | 400 m ind. medley | silver | USA |
| Orwig | Bernice | 2000 | water polo | silver | USA | |
| Phelps Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions... |
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 |
| Phelps | Michael | 2008 | swimming | 200 m ind. medley | gold | USA |
| Phelps | Michael | 2008 | swimming | 100 m butterfly | gold | USA |
| Phelps | Michael | 2008 | swimming | 4x100 m medley relay | gold | USA |
| Ray Elise Ray Mary Elise Ray is an American gymnast who represented the United States at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and the 1999 World Championships.-Biography and early career:... |
Elise | 2000 | Gymnastics | bronze | 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 American track and field athlete who compete in the Sprints. He set world records in the 100 yard dash and 100 meters event and Olympic records in the 100 meters and 200 meters events... |
Eddie | 1932 | track | 100 meters | gold | USA |
| Tolan Eddie Tolan Thomas Edward "Eddie" Tolan , nicknamed the "Midnight Express", was an American track and field athlete who compete in the Sprints. He set world records in the 100 yard dash and 100 meters event and Olympic records in the 100 meters and 200 meters 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 American former diving champion who won gold medals at both the 1960 and 1964 Olympic games in the 10-meter platform event. He also won a gold medal at the 1963 Pan American Games and finished first in every platform diving event he entered from 1960 to 1964... |
Bob | 1960 | diving | platform | gold | USA |
| Webster Bob Webster Robert David Webster is an American former diving champion who won gold medals at both the 1960 and 1964 Olympic games in the 10-meter platform event. He also won a gold medal at the 1963 Pan American Games and finished first in every platform diving event he entered from 1960 to 1964... |
Bob | 1964 | diving | platform | gold | USA |
| White | Robert | 1956 | hockey | bronze | Canada | |
| Wouda | Marcel | 2000 | swimming | 800 m freestyle relay | bronze | the Netherlands |
Athletic directors
| Athletic director | Years |
|---|---|
| Charles A. Baird Charles A. Baird Charles A. Baird was an American football manager, university athletic director, and banker.He was the manager of the University of Michigan football team from 1893 to 1895 and the school's first athletic director from 1898 to 1909. During his time as Michigan's athletic director, he was... |
1898–1909 |
| Philip Bartelme Philip Bartelme Philip George Bartelme , also known as P.G. Bartelme and sometimes spelled "Barthelme", was the second athletic director of the University of Michigan, holding the position from 1909-1921... |
1909–1921 |
| Fielding H. Yost | 1921–1940 |
| Fritz Crisler Fritz Crisler Herbert Orin "Fritz" Crisler was an American football coach who is best known as "the father of two-platoon football," an innovation in which separate units of players were used for offense and defense. Crisler developed two-platoon football while serving as head coach at the University of... |
1941–1968 |
| Don Canham Don Canham Donald Canham was a track and field athlete and coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the athletic director at the University of Michigan from 1968 to 1988. There, he became nationally renowned for his ability to market and sell products bearing the name or logo of the school... |
1968–1988 |
| Bo Schembechler Bo Schembechler Glenn Edward "Bo" Schembechler, Jr. was an American football player, coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Miami University from 1963 to 1968 and at the University of Michigan from 1969 to 1989, compiling a career record of 234–65–8... |
1988–1990 |
| Jack Weidenbach | 1990–1994 |
| Joe Roberson | 1994–1997 |
| Tom Goss | 1997–2000 |
| William C. Martin William C. Martin William C. "Bill" Martin was University of Michigan Department of Intercollegiate Athletics Director from 2000 to 2010.Martin is president of the United States Sailing Foundation and also served as president of the U.S. Sailing Association, the national governing body of the sport of sailing from... |
2000–2010 |
| David Brandon David Brandon David A. Brandon is the director of intercollegiate athletics for the University of Michigan. He was formerly chairman of the board, chief executive officer, and manager of Domino's Pizza. He is also a former regent of the University of Michigan. Brandon took over Domino's in March 1999 when... |
2010– |
External links
- GoBlue (University of Michigan Athletics official website)
- Athletics and Recreation webpage. University of Michigan official website
- University of Michigan Athletics History. Bentley Historical Library (archives of the University of Michigan and the Michigan Athletic Department) website