Minnesota Golden Gophers

Minnesota Golden Gophers
University	University of Minnesota
Conference	Big Ten
NCAA	Division I / FBS
Athletic director	Beth Goetz (interim)
Location	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Varsity teams	23
Football stadium	TCF Bank Stadium
Basketball arena	Williams Arena
Ice hockey arena	Mariucci Arena (men) Ridder Arena (women)
Baseball stadium	Siebert Field
Soccer stadium	Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium
Mascot	Goldy Gopher
Nickname	Golden Gophers
Fight song	Minnesota Rouser
Colors	Maroon and Gold[1]
Website	www.gophersports.com

The Minnesota Golden Gophers (commonly shortened to Gophers or Gophs) are the college sports team of the University of Minnesota. The university fields both men's and women's teams in basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, swimming, tennis, and track and field. Men's-specific sports include baseball, football, and wrestling. Women's-specific sports include rowing, soccer, softball, and volleyball.

In women's ice hockey, the Gophers belong to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. In all other sports, they belong to the Big Ten Conference. Most of the facilities that the teams use for training and competitive play are located on the East Bank of the Minneapolis campus. There are arenas for men and women basketball (Williams Arena) as well as hockey (Mariucci Arena and Ridder Arena). The Gopher football team began playing at TCF Bank Stadium in September 2009. The women's soccer team plays on the St. Paul campus in Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium.

The Cheerleaders and the Dance Team are also part of the university's athletic department; they are present at events for basketball, hockey, football, and volleyball.

During the 2006–2007 academic year, the Golden Gophers wrestling team won the NCAA national championship and the Big Ten team title. The Golden Gophers also won conference championships in men's hockey, men's golf, women's rowing, men's swimming and diving, and women's indoor track and field.

Traditions

Maroon and Gold

In 1880, the University of Minnesota was preparing for spring graduation. For the previous 29 years, different graduation colors were used every ceremony. In spring 1880, President Folwell began a tradition of common school colors at the University. He asked an English instructor, Mrs. Augusta Smith, to select proper colors to use for graduation ribbons and other occasions. She chose maroon and gold, which made a favorable impression on the students and faculty in 1880. As the years passed and without any kind of formal action, maroon and gold became the official school colors.

Goldy Gopher, team mascot.

The "Golden" Gophers

The Gopher mascot is a tradition as old as the state. Minnesota was tabbed the “Gopher State” in 1857 after a satirizing cartoon, depicting nine gophers with the heads of local politicians pulling a locomotive, was published.^[2] The story was over legislative action for a $5 million railroad proposal in western Minnesota. Later, the University picked up the nickname.

The “Golden” adjective has not always been a part of the Gopher nickname. During the 1930s, the Gophers wore gold jerseys and pants. Legendary KSTP radio announcer Halsey Hall coined the term “Golden Gophers” in reference to the team’s all-gold attire on the field. From 1932 through 1941, Minnesota compiled an impressive record, losing only 12 games and winning seven Big Ten titles and five national championships—a true “golden” decade of Gopher football.

School songs

School songs for the university include Minnesota Rouser, Minnesota March, Go Gopher Victory, Our Minnesota, Minnesota Fight, Hail! Minnesota, and the Battle Hymn of the Republic.

National team championships

As of March 20, 2016, the Minnesota Gophers have 19 NCAA national championships.^[3]

• Men's (13)
  • Baseball (3): 1956, 1960, 1964
  • Golf (1): 2002
  • Ice Hockey (5): 1974, 1976, 1979, 2002, 2003
  • Outdoor Track & Field (1): 1948
  • Wrestling (3): 2001, 2002, 2007
• Women's (6)
  • Ice Hockey (6): 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
• See also:
  • List of Big Ten Conference National Championships
  • List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships
  • Big Ten Conference NCAA national team championships

Below are 13 national team titles that were not bestowed by the NCAA^[4]

• Men's:
  • Basketball (3): 1902, 1903, 1919
  • Football (7): 1904, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1960
  • Ice Hockey (2): 1929,^[5] 1940^[6][7]
• Women's:
  • Ice Hockey (1): 2000

Notes: With the exception of football, national championships are awarded by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The NCAA itself does not award a championship for Division I-A football. The NCAA began awarding national championships for men's basketball in 1939; previous champions were retroactively named by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.^[8] The NCAA began awarding national championships for men's ice hockey in 1948; previous championships were awarded by the Amateur Athletic Union and by the National Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The NCAA began awarding national championships for women's ice hockey in 2001; previous championships were awarded by the American Women's College Hockey Alliance.

Baseball

• National Championships (3):

1956, 1960, 1964

• NCAA Tournament Appearances (30):

1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010

• Big Ten Regular Season Championships (22):

1933, 1935, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010

• Big Ten Conference Tournament Championships (8):

1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2010

Men's basketball

• Big Ten Regular Season Championships (8):

1906, 1907, 1911, 1917, 1919, 1937, 1972, 1982

• NCAA Tournament Appearances (8):

1972, 1982, 1989, 1990, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2013

• Sweet 16 Appearances (3):

1982, 1989, 1990

• Elite 8 Appearances (1):

1990

• NIT Appearances (12):

1973, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2014

• NIT Championships (2):

1993, 2014

Note: A 1997 Big Ten regular season championship, NCAA Tournament appearances in 1994, 1995, 1997 (Final Four), and 1999, as well as NIT appearances in 1996 and 1998 (Championship) were vacated due to NCAA sanctions.^[9][10]

Women's basketball

• NCAA Tournament Appearances (8):

1994, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009

• Sweet 16 Appearances (3):

2003, 2004, 2005

• Elite 8 Appearances (1):

2004

• Final Four Appearances (1):

2004

Men's cross country

• Big Ten Team Championships (4):

1909, 1914, 1964, 1969

Women's cross country

Women's Cross Country Team runs the OZ invitational on the Les Bolstad Golf Course.

• Big Ten Team Championships (2):

2007, 2008

Football

• National Championships (7):

1904, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1960

• Big Ten Conference Championships (18):

1900, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1915, 1927, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1960, 1967

• Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest Championships (2):

1892, 1893

• Bowl Games (15):

Rose – 1961, 1962

Hall of Fame – 1977

Independence – 1985

Liberty – 1986

Sun – 1999, 2003

Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas – 2012, 2013

MicronPC.com – 2000

Music City – 2002, 2004, 2005

Insight – 2006, 2008, 2009

• Bowl game victories: 1962 Rose, 1985 Independence, 2002 Music City, 2003 Sun, 2004 Music City

Traveling trophies

• The Little Brown Jug – Accidentally left in Minnesota back in 1903 by Michigan coach Fielding H. Yost, it is painted with the victories of the two teams.
• Floyd of Rosedale – Since 1935 the Gophers and the Iowa Hawkeyes have fought to win this bronze pig. The Gophers won the 2010 and 2011 match up for the pig, upsetting the favored Hawkeyes at TCF Bank Stadium.
• Paul Bunyan's Axe – Minnesota and the Wisconsin Badgers have passed this trophy back and forth since 1948, although it records the two teams' encounters since 1890.
• Governor's Victory Bell – The bell was created to commemorate the 1993 entrance of Penn State's Nittany Lions into the Big Ten.
• $5-Bits-O-Broken-Chair Trophy - The newest of the five trophies. From a 2014 exchange on Twitter, Goldy Gopher created a trophy with a parody account of the then coach of Nebraska Bo Pelini.

Golf

Men's golf National Championships (1): 2002 Individual National Champions (2): 1944 - Louis Lick 1998 - James McLean Big Ten Team Championships (8): 1929, 1938, 1963, 1972, 2002, 2003, 2007 (co-champions), 2014

Women's golf Big Ten Team Championships (1): 1989

Gymnastics

Men's gymnastics Big Ten Team Championships (21): 1903, 1907, 1910, 1925, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995

Women's gymnastics Big Ten Team Championships (5): 1988, 1989, 1991, 1998, 2006

Men's ice hockey

• National Championships (2 pre-NCAA, 5 NCAA):

1929,^[11] 1940,^[12] 1974, 1976, 1979, 2002, 2003

• WCHA Regular Season Championships (14):

1953, 1954, 1970, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013

• Big Ten Regular Season Championships (2):

2013–14

2014–15

• Big Ten Tournament Championships (1):

2015

• WCHA Tournament Championships (14):

1961, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2007

• NCAA Frozen Four Appearances (21):

1953, 1954, 1961, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2014

Women's ice hockey

• National Championships (7):

2000 (AWCHA), 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016

• WCHA Regular Season Championships (8):

2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014

• WCHA Tournament Championships (6):

2002, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014

• NCAA Frozen Four Appearances (12):

2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Women's rowing

• Big Ten Championships (1):

2007

Women's soccer

• Big Ten Championships (3):

1995, 1997, 2008

Softball

• Big Ten Regular Season Championships (3):

1986, 1988, 1991

• Big Ten Tournament Championships (2):

1999, 2014

• Women's College World Series appearances (2):

1976, 1978^[13]

Spirit Squads

Dance Team

• National Championships (8):

2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

Swimming

Men's swimming Big Ten Team Championships (9): 1922, 1926, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007

Women's swimming Big Ten Team Championships (7): 1999, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

Men's tennis

• Big Ten Team Championships (15):

1910, 1911, 1912, 1918, 1932, 1933, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2015

Men's track

Outdoor track and field National Championships (1): 1948 Big Ten Team Championships (6): 1949, 1968, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2009, 2010

Indoor track and field Big Ten Team Championships (4): 1998, 2009, 2010, 2011

Women's track

Outdoor track and field Big Ten Team Championships (1): 2006

Indoor track and field Big Ten Team Championships (2): 2007, 2008, 2009

Volleyball

• Big Ten Championships (2):

2002, 2015

• NCAA Tournament Appearances (20):

1989, 1993, 1996–97, 1999, 2000–13, 2015

• Sweet 16 Appearances (15):

1989, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015

• Final Four Appearances (4):

2003, 2004, 2009, 2015

Wrestling

• National Championships (3):

2001, 2002, 2007

• Big Ten Team Championships (13):

1910, 1912, 1913, 1941, 1957, 1959, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014

Notable non varsity sports

Rugby

Minnesota rugby plays Division 1 college rugby in the Big Ten Universities conference against traditional Big 10 rivals such as Wisconsin and Iowa.^[14] Minnesota qualified for the national playoffs in 2008, and finished the 2008 season ranked 7th in the nation.^[15] Some of Minnesota's games have been well attended by fans, with the team drawing as many as 6,000 fans to watch the team play at TCF Bank Stadium.^[16]

Notable athletes and coaches

Baseball

John Anderson[17] Harry Elliott[18][19] Brent Gates[20] Jack Hannahan[21] Mark Merila[22] Paul Molitor[23] Denny Neagle[24]

Greg Olson[25] Glen Perkins[26] Robb Quinlan[27] Dick Siebert – coach[28] Terry Steinbach[29] Dave Winfield (also played basketball at Minnesota)[30] Dan Wilson[31]

Basketball

Men's Ron Behagen – Former NBA player[32] Walter Bond – Former NBA player, and motivational speaker[33] Randy Breuer – Former NBA player[34] Jim Brewer (basketball) – Former NBA player[35] Willie Burton – Former NBA player[36] Archie Clark – Former NBA player[37] Louis 'Doc' Cooke, coach (1897–1924)[38] Bud Grant – Former NBA player, NFL player and longtime Hall of Fame head coach of the Minnesota Vikings[39] Clem Haskins – coach[40] Lou Hudson – Former NBA player[41] Kris Humphries – NBA player[42] Sam Jacobson – Former NBA player[43] Bobby Jackson – NBA player[44] Mark Landsberger – Former NBA player[45] Voshon Lenard – Former NBA player[46] Kevin McHale – Basketball Hall of Famer and former President of Basketball Operations / Head Coach of the Houston Rockets[47]

Mark Olberding – Former NBA player[48] Joel Przybilla – Center, Portland Trail Blazers[49] Flip Saunders – NBA head coach[50] Tubby Smith – Former head coach[51] John Thomas – Former NBA player[52] Mychal Thompson – Former NBA player[53] Trent Tucker – Former NBA player[54] Ray Williams (basketball) – Former NBA player[55] Trevor Winter[56] Women's Janel McCarville – Center, Minnesota Lynx[57] Linda Roberts[58] Carol Ann Shudlick[59] Lindsay Whalen – Point guard, Minnesota Lynx[60] Emily Fox[61] Linda Hill-MacDonald – Former head coach[62]

Football

Players Asad Abdul-Khaliq – Quarterback, Chicago Rush[63] Dominique Barber – Safety, Houston Texans[64] Marion Barber Jr. – Former NFL running back[65] Marion Barber III – Running back, Chicago Bears[66] Bert Baston - All-American, elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. Awarded Navy Cross in WWI for extraordinary heroism.[67] Bobby Bell – Pro Football Hall of Famer[68] Phil Bengtson – Former NFL head coach[69] Bernie Bierman – Member of the College Football Hall of Fame[70] McKinley Boston – Former NFL Defensive end/Linebacker[71] Jack Brewer – Safety, Arizona Cardinals[72] Win Brockmeyer – Former high school football head coach[73] Tom Brown- 1960 Outland Trophy winner, member of the College Football Hall of Fame[74] Gino Cappelletti – Former AFL Wide Receiver/Placekicker, AFL all-time leading scorer[75] Tyrone Carter – Defensive back, San Diego Chargers, 1999 Jim Thorpe Award winner[76] Tony Dungy – Quarterback for U in the mid-1970s; Former NFL safety for Pittsburgh Steelers, former head coach of the Indianapolis Colts & 1st African-American coach to win a Super Bowl[77] Mark Dusbabek – Former NFL Linebacker[78] Carl Eller – Pro Football Hall of Famer[79] Greg Eslinger – Center, Denver Broncos, 2005 Outland Trophy and Rimington Trophy winner[80] George Gibson – Former NFL offensive guard and head coach[81] Paul Giel – Member of the College Football Hall of Fame also was U's AD from 1972 to 1988 and played Major League Baseball[82] Bud Grant – Pro Football Hall of Famer & Canadian Football Hall of Fame[83] Ben Hamilton – Offensive guard, Denver Broncos[84] Ed Hawthorne – Defensive tackle, Miami Dolphins[85] Mike Hohensee – Head coach, Chicago Rush[86] Herb Joesting – Member of the College Football Hall of Fame[87] Rhys Lloyd – Kicker, Carolina Panthers[88] Bob McNamara – Former Running Back, Winnipeg Blue Bombers & Denver Broncos[89] John McGovern, College Football Hall of Fame, quarterback[90] Laurence Maroney – Running back, Denver Broncos[91] Bobby Marshall – One of the first two African-American to play in the NFL, member of the College Football Hall of Fame[92] Karl Mecklenburg – Former NFL linebacker[93] Willie Middlebrooks – Defensive back, Toronto Argonauts[94]

Bronko Nagurski – Pro Football Hall of Famer (charter member), member of the College Football Hall of Fame[95] Leo Nomellini – Pro Football Hall of Famer[96] Derek Rackley – Tight end, Atlanta Falcons[97] Darrell Reid – Defensive Tackle, Indianapolis Colts[98] Karon Riley – Defensive end, Washington Redskins[99] Charlie Sanders - tight end, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame[100] Cory Sauter – Former NFL quarterback[101] Jeff Schuh – Retired Linebacker[102] Mark Setterstrom – Offensive guard, St. Louis Rams[103] Bruce Smith – 1941 Heisman Trophy winner, member of the College Football Hall of Fame[104] Sandy Stephens – First African-American major-college All-American quarterback[105] Thomas Tapeh – Former NFL Fullback[106] Ryan Thelwell – Wide Receiver, BC Lions[107] Darrell Thompson – Former NFL Running back[108] Rick Upchurch – Former NFL wide receiver[109] Ben Utecht – Tight end, Tennessee Titans[110] Bud Wilkinson – Member of the College Football Hall of Fame[111] Jeff Wright – Former Minnesota Viking Defensive back[112] Eric Decker – Denver Broncos[113] Marcus Sherels - Minnesota Vikings Cornerback/Punt Returner[114] Simoni Lawrence - Minnesota Vikings Linebacker Coaches Bernie Bierman[115] Tim Brewster[116] Fritz Crisler[117] William Heffelfinger[118] Wesley Fesler[119] George Hauser[120] Lou Holtz[121] Jerry Kill[122] Glen Mason[123] William H. Spaulding[124] Clarence Spears[125] Jim Wacker[126] Murray Warmath[127] Henry L. Williams[128]

Golf

• Tom Lehman^[129]
• James McLean^[130]

Gymnastics

• Newt Loken^[131]
• Marie Roethlisberger
• John Roethlisberger^[132]

Hockey

Men's

Wendell Anderson[133] Keith Ballard[134] Kellen Briggs[135] Herb Brooks[136] Aaron Broten[137] Neal Broten[138] Kris Chucko[139] Ben Clymer[140]

Mike Crowley[141] Alex Goligoski[142] Tim Harrer[143] Steve Janaszak[144] Bob Johnson Phil Kessel[145] Trent Klatt[146] Reed Larson[147] Nick Leddy[148]

Jordan Leopold[149] Don Lucia[150] John Mariucci[151] Paul Martin[152] John Mayasich[153] Joe Micheletti[154] Pat Micheletti[155] Lou Nanne[156]

Ryan Potulny[157] Johnny Pohl[158] William "Buzz" Schneider[159] Robb Stauber[160] Jeff Taffe[161] Thomas Vanek[162] Phil Verchota[163] Blake Wheeler[164] Doug Woog[165]

Women's

• Winny Brodt^[166]
• Natalie Darwitz^[167]
• Courtney Kennedy^[168]
• Gisele Marvin^[169]
• Noora Raty^[170]
• Jenny Schmidgall-Potter^[171]
• Krissy Wendell^[172]

Soccer

• Mikki Denney Wright^[173] – Coach
• Jennifer McElmury^[174]
• Samuel Winter

Softball

• Kim Niederluecke

Swimming

• Justin Mortimer

Track and Field

Women's

• Heather Dorniden
• Gabriele Grunewald
• Alicia Rue

Men's

• Steve Plasencia, Head Coach
• Paul Thornton, Assistant Coach
• Scott Bennett, Assistant Coach
• Roy Griak, Administrative Assistant
• Hassan Mead

NCAA Champions Indoor

• Ron Backes 1986 (Shot Put, 68–11¼)
• Martin Eriksson 1993 (Pole Vault, 18–0½)
• Vesa Rantanen 1998 (Pole Vault, 18–2½)

NCAA Champions Outdoor

• Jack DeField 1942 (Pole Vault, 14–1)
• Bob Fitch 1942 (Discus, 164–8½)
• Jack DeField 1943 (Pole Vault, 14–1)
• Fortune Gordien 1946 (Discus, 153–10¾)
• Fortune Gordien 1947 (Discus, 173–3)
• Fortune Gordien 1948 (Discus, 164–0¼)
• Lloyd LaMois 1948 (Triple Jump, 45–10)
• Garry Bjorklund 1971 (Six Mile, 27:43.1)
• Adam Steele 2003 (400m, 44.57)

Current Roster of the Minnesota Gophers Track & Field team 2009–2010

Wrestling

• Verne Gagne – NCAA champion, owner of the defunct American Wrestling Association and its former heavyweight champion (10 times), member of Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, and several others.
• Cole Konrad – 2 time undefeated, NCAA individual champion at 285 lbs; current mixed martial artist and the Bellator Heavyweight Champion^[175]
• Nik Lentz, wrestler; current mixed martial artist for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (featherweight)^[176]
• Brock Lesnar – Former UFC Heavyweight Champion and former WWE champion.
• J Robinson – Current coach
• Dustin Schlatter – 79–2 record in two seasons with the Gophers
• Jacob Volkmann – 3-time all-American, current UFC fighter.

Profession wrestling

• Shelton Benjamin – Former WWE Superstar

Athletic directors

Note: From 1974 to 2002, there were separate athletic departments for men and women's sports.

1922–30 Fred Leuhring 1930–32 Herbert O. (Fritz) Crisler 1932–41 Frank G. McCormick 1941–45 Lou Keller (acting) 1945–50 Frank G. McCormick 1950–63 Ike J. Armstrong 1963–71 Marshall J. Ryman 1971–88 Paul Giel (men's) 1974–76 Belmar Gunderson (women's) 1976–81 Vivian M. Barfield (women's) 1981–82 M. Catherine Mathison (women's interim)

1982–88 Merrily Dean Baker (women's) 1988–89 Holger Christiansen (men's interim) 1988–2002 Chris Voelz (women's) 1989–91 Rick Bay (men's) 1991–92 Dan Meinert (men's interim) 1992–95 McKinley Boston (men's) 1995–99 Mark Dienhart (men's) 1999–2002 Tom Moe (men's) 2002–2012 Joel Maturi 2012–2015 Norwood Teague

Facilities

Current facilities Baseline Tennis Center — tennis Bierman Track and Field Stadium — track Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium — women's soccer Gibson-Nagurski Football Complex Jane Sage Cowles Stadium — softball Les Bolstad Golf Course — golf, cross country Mariucci Arena — men's hockey Ridder Arena — women's hockey Siebert Field — baseball Sports Pavilion — gymnastics, volleyball, wrestling TCF Bank Stadium — football Williams Arena — basketball, wrestling U of M Boathouse — rowing University Aquatic Center — swimming and diving University Fieldhouse[177]

Former facilities Northrop Field (1899–1923) Memorial Stadium (1924–1981) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1982-2014)

See also

• List of college athletic programs in Minnesota

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