| Simon Fraser Clan (Formerly "Simon Fraser Clansmen") |
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| University | Simon Fraser University |
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| Conference | GNAC |
| Athletics director | Dr. Milton Richards |
| Location | Burnaby, BC |
| Varsity teams | 17 |
| Football stadium | Terry Fox Field |
| Basketball arena | West Gymnasium |
| Mascot | McFogg the Dog |
| Nickname | Clan (Formerly "Clansmen") |
| Colors | Red and Blue
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| Homepage | SFU Clan |
Simon Fraser Clan are the athletic teams that represent Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. SFU's teams formerly played in the United States National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for all sports. In 1997, Simon Fraser sought to join the U.S. NCAA as a Division II school, but was turned down.[1] After this, SFU decided in 2000-01 to partially transfer to Canadian Interuniversity Sport. Before the transfer, SFU did not compete in Canadian football, instead playing American football.
On July 10, 2009 the NCAA approved SFU's bid to join NCAA Division II starting in 2011-12, where SFU intended to compete in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. However, Canada West, the CIS association the SFU teams were scheduled to play in, issued a probation on all SFU teams for the 2010-11 season, leading to speculation that Clan teams would not have conference to play in. Fortunately, GNAC admitted SFU one year earlier than planned as a full conference member in time for the 2010-2011 season.[2]
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SFU currently competes in the following sports (affiliations included):
SFU is the only school to have finished in the top five of the NAIA division of the NACDA Director's Cup, an award given to the top overall college sports program in the United States, in each year since the award was first given to NAIA schools in 1996. The Clan won the NAIA Cup consecutively from 1997 through 2001, and again in 2004. The last win was especially impressive because it occurred after SFU partially transferred to CIS.
Oddly, the SFU Clan holds the NAIA record for most All-Americans and U.S. National Champions (individual).
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| First season | 1965 | ||
| Head coach | Dave Johnson | ||
| 5th year, 7–26 (.212) | |||
| Home stadium | Terry Fox Field | ||
| Stadium capacity | temporary bleachers[3] | ||
| Stadium surface | FieldTurf | ||
| Conference | GNAC | ||
| All-time record | – | ||
| Postseason bowl record | 1–1 | ||
| Claimed national titles | 0 | ||
| Conference titles | 1 | ||
| Current uniform | |||
| Colors | Red and Blue | ||
| Mascot | McFogg the Dog | ||
| Website | athletics.sfu.ca | ||
After playing eight seasons in the Canada West Conference of the CIS, the Simon Fraser Clan Football team began competing in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference in the NCAA's Division II in 2010.
| Year | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Highest# | Final° | ||
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| National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) (1965–2001) | |||||||||
| Canada West (CIS) (2002–2009) | |||||||||
| 2002 | Chris Beaton | 2–6 | 6th | ||||||
| 2003 | Chris Beaton | 5–3 | 2nd | W Canada West semi-final W Hardy Trophy L Uteck Bowl |
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| 2004 | Chris Beaton | 3–5 | 6th | ||||||
| 2005 | Chris Beaton | 0–7–1 | 7th | ||||||
| 2006 | Frank Boehres | 0–7–1 | 7th | ||||||
| 2007 | Dave Johnson | 0–8 | 7th | ||||||
| 2008 | Dave Johnson | 5–3 | 4th | W Canada West semi-final L Hardy Trophy |
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| 2009 | Dave Johnson | 1–6(*) | 7th | ||||||
| CIS: | 16–47–2 | ||||||||
| Great Northwest (NCAA Division II) (2010–present) | |||||||||
| 2010 | Dave Johnson | 1–9 (0–9 NCAA) | 0–8 | 5th | |||||
| 2011 | Dave Johnson | 3–7 | 2–6 | 4th | |||||
| NCAA: | 3–16 | 2–14 | |||||||
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| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. °Final rank. Since 2000, the final rankings were released following the playoffs. |
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(*) In 2009, two victories were nullified because CWUAA accused SFU for having ineligible players in both games. However, SFU argued that they followed CWUAA's guidelines perfectly and that the player was eligible at the time of the accusation.
Simon Fraser University holds the record for the most players selected in the Canadian Football League Draft since 1965, when the athletics program first began. Moreover, SFU holds the record for most first round selections with 31 and most first overall selections with five.[5]
As of the end of the 2011 CFL season, ten former Clan players are on CFL teams' rosters:
A few team highlights:
Simon Fraser Clan currently does not have a fight song. However, there is rumour that a group of students and staffs are working on one.
1987 - NAIA National Finalists 1983 - NAIA National Champions 1982 - NAIA National Champions 1980 - NAIA National Finalists 1976 - NAIA National Champions 1975 - NAIA National Finalists
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