San Francisco State Gators | |
University | San Francisco State University |
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Conference(s) | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
NCAA | Division II |
Athletics director | Dr. Michael J. Simpson |
Location | San Francisco, CA |
Varsity teams | 11 |
Football stadium | Cox Stadium |
Basketball arena | Main Gymnasium |
Nickname | Gators |
Fight song | "State Victory Song" |
Colors | Purple and Gold
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Homepage | sfstategators.com |
The San Francisco State Gators are the athletic teams that compete at San Francisco State University in San Francisco, California. The nickname applies to the college's intercollegiate NCAA Division-II teams and club sports. The nickname was published in the student newspaper "the Leaf",[1] but was long referred to in media alternatively as the "Staters"[2] and the "Golden Gaters".[3]
The Gators have had a total of 275 athletes earn All-American honors and 32athletes earn Academic All-American honors. 14 Gators have earned an Individual NationalTitle in their respective sport.[4]
The college has men's teams in basketball, baseball, cross country, soccer and wrestling and women's teams in basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, track & field and volleyball.[5] Most teams compete in the California Collegiate Athletic Association, but the wrestling team competes in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The school also offers a number of club sports.
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San Francisco State fielded a football program from 1931 until it was discontinued in 1994.[6]
In the late 70’s and early 80’s, the women’s basketball team had a string of nine straight post- season appearances.[7]
San Francisco State Baseball has a long history going back well into the 1930s when coached by Hal Harden and having a "record-breaking" season in 1938 according to the Berkeley Daily Gazette[8]
San Francisco State has fielded a co-ed club rugby side, the Gators Rugby Football Club, founded in 2005.[9] The Gators side hope to be accepted into the Northern California Rugby Football Union division, needing to play every weekend with a full team,receive a unanimous vote in by all coaches in the division in order to be brought in. After meeting all the requirements thus far, with a current record of 16-2 this season, the side is expecting to be inducted into the Division II NCRFU. After a long effort to achieve activation through affiliation with the university as a club sport, competing at Ocean View Park,[10] both the men's and women's' sides were able to attain affiliation by 2009.[11] The student-run clubs compete against both university and non-university sides, including the SF Fog, St. Mary's, USF, and Santa Clara.[12]
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