Chicago State Cougars

Chicago State Cougars
University Chicago State University
Conference Western Athletic Conference
NCAA Division I
Athletic director Denisha Hendricks
Location Chicago, Illinois
Varsity teams 13
Basketball arena Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center
Baseball stadium Cougar Stadium
Soccer stadium Ray and Joan Kroc Stadium
Other arenas Dickens Athletic Center (volleyball)
Nickname Cougars
Colors Green and White[1]
         
Website www.gocsucougars.com
Western Athletic Conference in Chicago State's colors

The Chicago State Cougars are the varsity athletic teams representing Chicago State University of Chicago, Illinois in intercollegiate athletics. The university currently sponsors twelve varsity teams.[2] The Cougars compete in NCAA Division I and are members of the Western Athletic Conference, joining that conference on July 1, 2013.[2]

Teams

A member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC)[v 1], Chicago State University currently sponsors teams in seven men's and eight women's teams in NCAA sanctioned sports. [4]

Men's Intercollegiate Sports Team Article Head Coach Women's Intercollegiate Sports Team Article Head Coach
Baseball Steve Joslyn Basketball Cougars women's basketball Angela Jackson
Basketball Cougars men's basketball Tracy Dildy Cross Country Steve Powenski
Cross Country Steve Powenski Golf Angela Dehning
Golf Robert Jan Soccer Vacant
Soccer [v 2] None Tennis Jack Barton
Tennis Jack Barton Track & Field (Indoor & Outdoor) Craig Collins
Track & Field (Indoor & Outdoor) Craig Collins Volleyball Brandon Reeves
Notes
  1. ↑ With the school's current financial situation and the needs of the athletic program, in April 2016, the University Budget Committee recommended that the Athletic Department "... study the benefits of being Division 1 or another division." [3]
  2. ↑ When CSU joined the WAC, the school was to inaugurate men's and women's soccer by the 2014 season. The women's team began competing on schedule, but the men's has seen repeated delays. Men's soccer was finally budgeted for the 2016–17 school year, however, the ongoing State of Illinois budgetary crisis and the school's own critical financial problems have set this back once more.

Program history

Melvin Bland was the first CSU student athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Tyrone Everhart also was a NAIA Honorable Mention All-American wrestler the same year. Fred Evans as a sophomore became the first black swimmer ever to win a National Championship in 1975.[5] The Chicago State University Ice Hockey Team produced 2 NCAA Division 2 All-Americans in the 1975–76 season. George Hansen and Bob Janecyk were selected in 1975–76 to the NCAA (College Division) West All-American Team. Janecyk was selected two more times designated as an NCAA (College Division) West All-American Team goaltender for CSU in 1976–77 and 1977–78. He went on to play for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League.[6] The first NAIA District #20 Championship Team in any sport was the 1975 wrestling team, which captured the NAIA District #20 Championship coached by Dr. James G. Pappas. The Cougar Wrestling Team also won District #20 titles in 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980.

In 1984, the CSU Men's Basketball Team captured third place at the NAIA National Championships.[7] The team's performance throughout the tournament was as follows:

Chicago State (Ill.) 79, Franklin Pierce (N.H.) 62

Chicago State 105, Kearney State (Neb.) 104 2OT

Chicago State 68, Chaminade (Hawaii) 66 (Quarterfinals)

Fort Hays State (Kan.) 86, Chicago State 84 OT (Semifinals)

Chicago State 86, Westmont (Calif.) 82 OT (3rd)

NAIA honors and All-Americans

References

  1. ↑ Chicago State University Brand Style Guide (PDF). September 1, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "The Official Site of Chicago State Athletics - Chicago State University Joins Western Athletic Conference". Gocsucougars.com. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  3. ↑ "University Budget Committee minutes" (PDF). Chicago State University. April 26, 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Official Site of Chicago State Athletics". Gocsucougars.com. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  5. ↑ Company, Johnson Publishing (June 1975). "Ebony".
  6. ↑ "Bob Janecyk". Hockeygoalies.org. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  7. ↑ "NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. December 23, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
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