| Northern Iowa Panthers | |
| University | University of Northern Iowa |
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| Conference(s) | Missouri Valley Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference |
| NCAA | Division I (FCS) |
| Athletics director | Troy Dannen [1] |
| Location | Cedar Falls, IA |
| Varsity teams | 15 |
| Football stadium | UNI-Dome |
| Basketball arena | McLeod Center |
| Mascot | TC Panther |
| Nickname | Panthers |
| Fight song | UNI Fight |
| Colors | Purple and Gold
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| Homepage | www.unipanthers.com |
The Northern Iowa Panthers are the athletic teams of the University of Northern Iowa. The university is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference and competes in NCAA Division I, (Division I FCS in football) fielding 15 varsity teams in 11 sports:
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The school's mascot is the Panther. They participate in the NCAA's Division I (I-FCS for football) in the Missouri Valley Football Conference (formerly the Gateway Football Conference), as an independent in wrestling and in the Missouri Valley Conference for all other sports. Northern Iowa previously competed in the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, North Central Conference, and the Mid-Continent Conference.
Hail our Panthers, we are ever loyal, Showing our strength and unity. As we rise, we firmly stand behind you, Urge you on to victory. Rah! Rah! Rah! As you lead us on to fame and honor, Fight! Fight! Fight! will be our cry. So, give us a yell, Ho! the purple and the gold, Victory for UNI!
Words by Godfrey Stych, Men's Gymnastics Coach
| Season | Seed | Eliminated Round |
Teams Defeated | Lost to |
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| 1962 (College Division) | N/A | 2nd Round | Hamline | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| 1964 (College Division) | N/A | 4th Place | Washington University Mankato State Southeast Missouri |
Evansville North Carolina A&T |
| 1979 (College Division) | N/A | 2nd Round | Nebraska-Omaha | Wisconsin-Green Bay |
| 1990 | (14) | 2nd Round | (3) Missouri | (6) Minnesota |
| 2004 | (14) | 1st Round | — | (3) Georgia Tech |
| 2005 | (11) | 1st Round | — | (6) Wisconsin |
| 2006 | (10) | 1st Round | — | (7) Georgetown |
| 2009 | (12) | 1st Round | — | (5) Purdue |
| 2010 | (9) | 3rd Round(Sweet 16) | (8) UNLV (1) Kansas |
(5) Michigan State |
| Coach | Record | When Coached | No. of Years |
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| Tanya Warren | 41-52 | 2007–Present | Current |
| Tony DiCecco | 183-161 | 1995–2007 | 12 years |
| Wanda Green | 78-59 | 1968–1978 | 10 years |
| J.D. Anderson | 59-55 | 1980–1984 | 4 years |
| Kim Mayden | 36-96 | 1984–1989 | 5 years |
| Terri Lasswel | 35-125 | 1989–1995 | 6 years |
| Sandra Williamson | 7-40 | 1978–1980 | 2 years |
| Season | Seed | Eliminated Round |
Teams Defeated | Lost to |
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| 2010 | (16) | 1st Round | — | (1) Nebraska |
UNI's men's baseball program was discontinued after the 2008-2009 season.
On September 8, 1931, the following appeal appeared in the student newspaper, the College Eye, under the headline "Contest Started for School Name":
"Who wants to be called Tutors, Pedagogues, and Teachers all the time? Every leading school in the country has some name by which they are known in the realm of sport. Iowa is known as the Hawkeyes, Minnesota as Gophers, Chicago as Maroons, and so forth. Why not give Iowa State Teachers College a name which signifies something characteristic about the school besides the fact that it is a teachers college?"
The article goes on to note that entries would be judged by a member of the Department of Physical Education, other faculty, and students.
When the contest was announced, the Iowa State Teachers College had already been participating in intercollegiate athletics on a regular and organized basis for over thirty-five years. Teachers College teams had participated in contests with other Iowa colleges, and occasionally with teams from outside the state, in baseball, football, basketball, and track and field. Until the end of World War I, students certainly did get excited about these contests, but they probably took just as much pleasure in the success of the school's debate and oratorical teams. The school's sole mission, the preparation of teachers, tended to attract many more women than men to the Teachers College. And, consequently, the school did not have an abundance of material from which to draw its athletes in the days when only men participated in intercollegiate athletics. Following the war, however, the college made a distinct effort to attract men to the teaching profession. An important part of this effort was the addition of physical education courses to the curriculum that would help to prepare men for teaching positions that included athletics coaching responsibilities. Improved athletics facilities, including the construction of the West Gymnasium, showed that the school was taking a more serious attitude toward intercollegiate athletics.
On September 18, 1931, the College Eye announced that Paul Bender, acting head of the Department of Physical Education for Men; George Holmes, professor of journalism; Robert Burley, president of the Student Council; and the sports editor of the College Eye would judge entries. The winner would receive a leather briefcase from the Berg Drug Company. Second place would be a dresser alarm clock from Chase Jewelry Store. Third place would be a season football pass.
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