Michigan Wolverines
Michigan Wolverines | |
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Alumni Field at The Wilpon Complex | |
Soccer stadium | U-M Soccer Stadium |
Lacrosse stadium | U-M Lacrosse Stadium |
Other venues |
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Nickname | Wolverines |
Fight song | The Victors |
Cheer | "Let's Go Blue!" |
Colors | Maize and blue[1] |
Website | mgoblue |
The Michigan Wolverines comprise 29 varsity sports teams at the University of Michigan. These teams compete in the NCAA's Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all sports except women's water polo, which competes in the NCAA inter-divisional Collegiate Water Polo Association. Team colors are maize and blue, though these are different shades of "maize" and "blue" from those used by the university at large.[2] The winged helmet is a recognized icon of Michigan Athletics.[3]
In 13 of the previous 22 years (as of the end of 2021–22), Michigan has finished in the top five of the NACDA Directors' Cup, a list compiled by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics that charts institutions' overall success in college sports. UM has finished in the top ten of the Directors' Cup standings in twenty-two of the award's twenty-eight seasons (through 2022); tied for 4th best nationally.
Sports sponsored
Men's sports | Women's sports |
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Baseball | Basketball |
Basketball | Cross country |
Cross country | Field hockey |
Football | Golf |
Golf | Gymnastics |
Gymnastics | Lacrosse |
Ice hockey | Rowing |
Lacrosse | Soccer |
Soccer | Softball |
Swimming & diving | Swimming & diving |
Tennis | Tennis |
Track & field† | Track & field† |
Wrestling | Volleyball |
Water polo | |
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor. |
The University of Michigan Athletic Department sponsors teams in 14 men's and 15 women's NCAA sanctioned sports.
Baseball
The men's baseball team won national championships in
Basketball
Men's basketball
Retired basketball jerseys | ||
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Number | Player | Years |
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22 | Bill Buntin | 1963–1965 |
33 | Cazzie Russell | 1964–1966 |
35 | Phil Hubbard | 1975–1979 |
41 | Glen Rice | 1986–1989 |
45 | Rudy Tomjanovich | 1967–1970 |
The men's basketball team plays its games at
During the 1990s, the program became involved in a scandal involving payments from a booster named Ed Martin to four players: Chris Webber, Maurice Taylor, Robert Traylor, and Louis Bullock. The scandal ultimately resulted in four years' probation and a self-imposed ban from postseason play in the 2002–03 season. UM also voluntarily vacated regular season wins and NCAA tournament games from selected past seasons. Vacating the results of 113 games won while the four players were eligible, including the 1992 and 1993 Final Fours, the entire 1992–93 season, and all seasons from fall 1995 through spring 1999. After the scandal, Michigan men's basketball would then go 10 years without making the NCAA tournament from 1999 to 2008.[6] They would eventually end the drought in 2009 under then-head coach John Beilein. In 2013, the program would reach its first Final Four in 20 years before falling to Louisville in the national championship, 82–76. The program reached another Final Four in 2018, its second under Beilein. The team would once again reach the championship game, but instead fall to the Villanova Wildcats men's basketball. Beilein would accept a position as the Cleveland Cavaliers head coach after 12 years at Michigan. His replacement for the following season would be alumnus Juwan Howard.
Women's basketball
Michigan traveled to St. Thomas for the
The women's basketball team is coached by Kim Barnes Arico, who became the head coach in 2012. Formerly the head coach of the St. John's Red Storm, Arico was named the Big East Conference Coach of the Year for 2012.[11]
Cross country
The men's and women's cross country teams have been nationally renowned since 1974 when Ron Warhurst started coaching the men, and more recently as alum Mike McGuire took on the women's team in 1991. The women's team has qualified for the NCAA championships every year but two since 1988, finishing 2nd in 1994, and winning five consecutive Big Ten titles from 2002 to 2006.[12] The men's team has qualified for the NCAA 24 times in the last 34 years, with a highest finish of 4th. Michigan men have won seven Big Ten titles in that period.
Football
The Wolverines have won a record 1,004 games and have the most all-time wins and the second highest winning percentage in college football history, Ohio State. Michigan won the inaugural Rose Bowl in 1902, the first college bowl game ever played. The Wolverine football program has claimed 12 national titles.[13]
Michigan's 12 national championships have come under the direction of six coaches. The first six were garnered by the team's first coaching superstar, Fielding H. Yost. Yost directed his "Point-a-Minute" teams to four consecutive national titles from 1901 to 1904, amassing a record of 41–0–1. Yost also led Michigan to national titles in 1918 and 1923. Yost was instrumental in the creation of Michigan Stadium and designed it to permit its expansion to expand to a capacity of over 150,000. Yost's legacy also lives on with Yost Ice Arena, where Michigan's men's ice hockey team plays their home games. Michigan football has won six more national titles since Yost permanently retired in 1926. The Wolverines won back-to-back titles under Harry Kipke in 1932 and 1933 and two more consecutive championships under Fritz Crisler and Bennie Oosterbaan in 1947 and 1948. Michigan then won a national title under Lloyd Carr in 1997. Michigan won its most recent national title under Jim Harbaugh in 2023.
Michigan's famous football coaches include: Yost, who came to Michigan from
Rivalries
Heisman Trophy winners | |
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Year | Player |
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1940 | Tom Harmon |
1991 | Desmond Howard |
1997 | Charles Woodson |
Michigan has a major rivalry with Ohio State, considered one of the fiercest rivalries in American sports. In a pair of ESPN fan polls, in 2000 and 2003, the Michigan–Ohio State series was voted the greatest rivalry in sports in America.[14] Michigan's meeting with Ohio State is almost always the last game of the two schools' regular seasons and has provided many memorable contests, such as the "Snow Bowl" of 1950. The game has frequently decided the Big Ten Champion. As of 2023, Michigan leads the series 61–51–6. The contest on November 18, 2006 marked the first time ever these teams had been ranked No. 1 and No. 2 going into the game, and the first time they were both undefeated since 1973. The 2007 college football match-up between Ohio State and Michigan was predicted to be the No. 2 college football game to watch in 2007 by SI.com's "Top 20 Games To Watch in 2007" list.[15]
Michigan has a spirited rivalry with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Michigan leads the series 25–17–1. The two schools are among the top college football programs in all-time wins (Michigan first, Notre Dame fifth) and winning percentage (Michigan third, Notre Dame fourth) in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A), so it is perhaps fitting that when college football was in its infancy, students from the University of Michigan traveled to South Bend to teach the game to students there.
Michigan also has an intrastate rival in
The Wolverines also have a tradition-rich history with the Minnesota Golden Gophers. The two football teams compete for the Little Brown Jug, a five-gallon jug with the respective schools' "M"s on either side and the scores of previous games down the middle. The Little Brown Jug was the first trophy played for between college football teams. Through 2023, Michigan leads the Brown Jug series 77–25–3.
Field hockey
Women's field hockey became a varsity sport at Michigan in 1973.[16] The Wolverines field hockey team won the 2001 NCAA title, which was the school's first national title in a women's team sport.[17] Marcia Pankratz served as the head coach of the program from 1996 to 2004 and returned to the position in 2009.[16] The Wolverines have won a total of eight Big Ten regular season titles and five Big Ten tournaments.[16]
Golf
Men's golf
Men's golf has been a varsity sport at Michigan since 1919. The team's first coach was elocution and oratory professor
Women's golf
Women's golf has been a varsity sport at Michigan since 1976. Cheryl Stacy, a former All-American golfer for Ohio State, took over as the team's head coach in 2009.[20] In the fall of 2009, Stacy signed a trio of highly rated high school golfers from Ohio, Florida and Georgia to national letters of intent for the 2010–11 academic year.[21]
The Wolverines won their first Big Ten Championship in 2022 by four shots with a total of 857.[22]
Gymnastics
Men's gymnastics
The Michigan men's gymnastics team has won 6 NCAA championships, 18 Big Ten championships and have been invited to 33 NCAA tournaments. Newt Loken was the head coach for 36 years from 1948 to 1983, during which time he coached the Wolverines to two NCAA team gymnastics championships, two NCAA team trampoline championships, and 21 NCAA individual event championships.[23][24] Since 1999, head coach Kurt Golder has led Michigan to national championships in 1999, 2010, 2013, 2014 and the Super Six at the NCAA tournament in 13 of the last 14 seasons.
Until 1969, men's trampoline was one of the events that comprised the NCAA gymnastics championships. At that time, the event was removed in order to conform to the international gymnastics itinerary. The NCAA then bestowed a separate national title in trampoline for two years, both won by Michigan.[25][26]
Women's gymnastics
Women's gymnastics has been a varsity sport at Michigan since 1976.
Ice hockey
Hobey Baker Award winners | |
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Year | Player |
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1997 | Brendan Morrison |
2008 | Kevin Porter |
2023 | Adam Fantilli |
The Wolverines
Vic Heyliger led Michigan to a record six NCAA titles, including the first one in college hockey history in 1948. Heyliger, who played for the Wolverines from 1935 to 1937, also won national titles as Michigan coach in 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955 and 1956. He was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 1974, in recognition of his lifetime achievement. Heyliger is considered instrumental in getting the NCAA Tournament off the ground. Following the 1946–47 season, Heyliger wrote to each of the college coaches around the country to see if they would be interested in creating a national tournament. They obliged and the inaugural four-team NCAA tournament began the following season in 1948. Heyliger was 228–61–13 as head coach at Michigan, and his .776 winning percentage is the best at the school. His only losing season was his first year, 3–6 in 1944–45.
In 1980, Heyliger was inducted into the University of Michigan Hall of Honor. The Vic Heyliger Trophy has been given out at the end of each season by the Michigan hockey team to recognize its most outstanding defenseman.
Lacrosse
Women's Lacrosse
Men's lacrosse
The Michigan men's lacrosse team is one of the oldest
Women's rowing
Women's
Soccer
Men's soccer
The men's soccer team plays
Women's soccer
The women's soccer team has played at the varsity level since 1994 and has twice won the Big Ten conference tournament, in 1997 and 1999.
Softball
Swimming and diving
The men's and women's swimming and diving teams, which had been coached separately, were combined in August 2012 by the University of Michigan Athletic Department.
Men's swimming and diving
Men's swimming and diving has been a varsity sport at Michigan since 1921.
Women's swimming and diving
Women's swimming and diving has been a varsity sport at Michigan since 1974. The team has won 19 Big Ten championships, including 12 consecutive championships from 1986 to 1998. The team has also finished in the Top 10 teams nationally 17 times. The team's best finish came in the 1994–95 season with a second-place finish in the national tournament.[42] The team has produced several national individual champions, including Julie Bachman (one-meter and three-meter diving, 1978), Emily Brunemann (1,650-yard freestyle, 2008), Ann Colloton (200-yard backstroke, 1989), Mary Fischbach (one-meter and three-meter diving, 1988), Mindy Gehrs (400-yard individual medley, 1993), Lara Hooiveld (100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke, 1993), Alecia Humphrey (100-yard backstroke, 1994; 200-yard backstroke 1994 and 1995), Sue Cahill (400-yard individual medley, 1982), and Chris Seufert (one-meter and three-meter diving, 1977).[43] Jim Richardson is in his 25th season as the head coach of the women's swimming and diving team.[44]
Tennis
Men's tennis
Michigan's men's tennis team was formed in 1893. Between 1948 and 1999, the team had two head coaches.
Bruce Berque was the head coach from 2004 to 2014 and led the team to four consecutive appearances in the NCAA tournament. The current coach is Adam Steinberg.[48]
Women's tennis
Women's tennis was established as a varsity sport in 1973. Bitsy Ritt was the head coach for 22 years from 1984 to 2006 and led the team to NCAA tournament berths in 8 of her last 11 years as head coach. The current head coach is Ronni Bernstein who has led the team to NCAA tournament berths in her first two years with the program.[49]
Track and field
Men's track and field
The men's track and field team has won 57 Big Ten men's team titles and one NCAA team championship.
Women's track and field
Women's track and field was established as a varsity sport in 1978. The team has won 18 Big Ten titles (eight outdoor and ten indoor). James Henry has been the head coach since 1984. The Wolverines have had their strongest finishes in the NCAA chaampionship meet in recent years—finishing third outdoors in 2007 and third indoors in 2008.[51] Notable alumna include Lisa Larsen Weidenbach Rainsberger, who won the Boston and Chicago Marathons.[52]
Women's volleyball
The women's volleyball program at the University of Michigan began in 1973. Mark Rosen has been the head coach since 1999 and has led the team to the NCAA Tournament in 18 of his 22 years as head coach, as well as took the program to its first-ever national semifinal in the NCAA Tournament in 2012.
Women's water polo
Women's water polo became a varsity sport at the University of Michigan in 2001. In its first nine years, the program has placed first in the conference nine times, won eight NCAA division titles and four NCAA eastern titles, and appeared four times in the NCAA national tournament. The Wolverines finished in the Top 5 at the national tournament in 2002 and 2009.
In the spring of 2014, the Athletic Department hired Dr. Marcelo Leonardi as their new head coach. The Wolverines enter their 15th season in 2015.
Wrestling
Wrestling has been a varsity sport at Michigan since 1921. The Wolverines have finished in the Top 5 in the NCAA tournament 19 times.[56] Home dual meets and tournaments take place at Cliff Keen Arena, dedicated and named after longtime wrestling coach Cliff Keen, who coached the team from 1925 until 1970 and led the Wolverines wrestling team to 13 Big Ten Conference championships. The Michigan wrestling team has produced 175 individual NCAA All-Americans dating back to 1928, has 22 individual NCAA Championships for the university, and made two winners of the NCAA Most Outstanding Wrestler Award (1940, 1978).[57]
A few notable former Wolverine wrestlers include Olympic gold medalist
Sponsorship
Michigan Athletics announced in July 2015 that it would switch from sponsorship by
Varsity club sports
In 2000, athletic director Bill Martin announced the creation of a special level for sports at Michigan called Varsity Club status. The new system was established to recognize and increase support for club sports teams that have reached a level of budget, organization and competition that is similar to varsity levels. Varsity club squads are not necessarily closer to being elevated to full varsity status, and will remain for the time being primarily self-funded and administered through the Department of Recreational Sports. However, the designation will give these teams a closer relationship to the U-M athletic department.[64] The Varsity Club status has proven to be a launching pad for sports to eventually become varsity sports at Michigan. In May 2011, men's and women's lacrosse were officially granted varsity status. Men's lacrosse began their first season of NCAA competition in 2012, and the women's program began varsity competition in 2014.
Current varsity club sports:
- Men's rowing
- Women's synchronized skating
- Women's synchronized swimming
Club sports
The Club Sports Program at the University of Michigan, administered by the Department of Recreational Sports, comprises 37 club sports. Each club sport is a student-led organization composed primarily of students, faculty, and staff. Each club is formed, developed, governed, and administered by the student membership of that particular club, working with the Club Sports Program staff.
The club sports programs include:
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Boxing
The men's and women's boxing teams compete as part of the United States Intercollegiate Boxing Association. The men's team won the USIBA national championship in 2014 and 2017, while the women's team won four straight championships from 2015 to 2018[65] and was the runner-up in the 2022 tournament.[66] Michigan also hosted the 2015 USIBA tournament.[65]
Rugby
The University of Michigan Rugby Football Club plays
Athletic facilities
Facility | Tenant | Capacity | Constructed | Notes |
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Alumni Field at Carol Hutchins Stadium | Softball | 2,800 | 2008 | Alumni Field was built in 1982. It is part of the Wilpon Baseball and Softball Complex. In 2023, the stadium was named after former longtime softball coach Carol Hutchins. |
Belleville Lake | Women's rowing | N/A | 1999 | The Michigan Boathouse was built in 1999 and is the facility the rowing team uses. The men's team is a club sport and uses separate facilities on Argo Pond. |
Cliff Keen Arena | Men's gymnastics, women's volleyball, wrestling | 1,800 | 1956 | Originally named Matt Mann Pool and was home to the men's and women's swimming and diving teams from 1956 to 1988. It was converted into an arena and named Varsity Arena in 1988. It was dedicated and named after longtime wrestling coach Cliff Keen in 1990. |
Crisler Center | Men's basketball, women's basketball, women's gymnastics | 12,707 | 1967 | Was known as Crisler Arena until December 22, 2011. |
Donald B. Canham Natatorium | Swimming and diving, women's water polo | 1,200 | 1988 | |
Ferry Field | Men's outdoor track and field, women's outdoor track and field | N/A | 1906 | Former home to the Michigan football team from 1906 to 1926. |
Michigan Stadium | Football | 107,601 | 1927 | Former home to Michigan field hockey, men's lacrosse, and women's lacrosse. |
Phyllis Ocker Field | Field hockey | 500 | 1995 | |
Ray Fisher Stadium | Baseball | 4,000 | 2008 | Ray Fisher Stadium was built in 1923. It is part of the Wilpon Baseball and Softball Complex. |
U-M Golf Course | Men's cross country, women's cross country, men's golf, women's golf | N/A | 1931 | One of six of golf courses designed by Alister MacKenzie. |
U-M Indoor Track Building | Men's indoor track and field, women's indoor track and field | N/A | 1974 | |
U-M Lacrosse Stadium | Men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse | 2,000 | 2017 | |
U-M Soccer Stadium | Men's soccer, women's soccer | 2,200 | 2010 | Part of the U-M Soccer Complex. |
Varsity Tennis Center | Men's tennis, women's tennis | Indoor: 632 Outdoor: 600 | 1997 | The indoor tennis building is named the Preston Robert Tisch Building and the outdoor tennis courts are named William Clay Ford Outdoor Courts. |
Yost Ice Arena | Men's ice hockey | 5,800[73] | 1923 | Opened in 1923 as Yost Fieldhouse. The hockey team moved in during the 1973–74 season. |
Other facilities
Facility | Sport | Constructed | Notes |
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Al Glick Fieldhouse | Football | 2009 | Al Glick Fieldhouse is the largest indoor football practice facility in the world.[74] |
Bahna Wrestling Center | Wrestling | 2009 | Training and practice facility for the wrestling team. |
Donald R. Shepherd Training Center | Women's Gymnastics | 2002 | Training and practice facility for the women's gymnastics team. |
Junge Family Champions Center | Multiple | 2005 | Center used for press conferences for the football, men's & women's basketball and men's ice hockey programs. As well as major athletic announcements and banquets.[75] |
Newt Loken Training Center | Men's Gymnastics | 1913 | Training and practice facility for the men's gymnastics team. |
Oosterbaan Fieldhouse | Named after former player and coach Bennie Oosterbaan it now serves as the current home for the men's and women's lacrosse team, as well as a practice facility to several other sports. Baseball, Men's and Women's Lacrosse, Softball, Men's and Women's Soccer, | 1980 | Multi-sport indoor practice facility with a FieldTurf surface. |
Weisfeld Family Golf Center | Men's and Women's Golf | 2012 | Indoor practice facility for the Men's and Women's Golf teams. It is the first Geothermal building on campus.[76] |
William Davidson Player Development Center | Men's and Women's Basketball | 2011 | Training and practice facility the Men's and Women's Basketball teams. Part of Crisler Center. |
Championships
NCAA team championships
Michigan has won 39 NCAA team national championships.[77]
- Men's (36)
- Baseball(2): 1953, 1962
- Basketball(1): 1989
- Gymnastics(6): 1963, 1970, 1999, 2010, 2013, 2014
- Ice Hockey(9): 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1964, 1996, 1998
- Swimming(12): 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1995, 2013
- Tennis (1): 1957
- Outdoor Track & Field(1): 1923
- Trampoline (2): 1969,[80][81] 1970[82]
- Women's (3)
- Field Hockey(1): 2001
- Gymnastics(1): 2021
- Softball (1): 2005
† The NCAA started sponsoring the intercollegiate golf championship in 1939, but it retained the titles from the 41 championships previously conferred by the National Intercollegiate Golf Association in its records.
- See also:
- List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships
- Big Ten Conference NCAA national team championships
Other national team championships
- Below are the 19 national team titles that were not bestowed by the NCAA[80] (although seven were unofficial NCAA championships):
- Men's
UM's official NCAA Division I national championships have come from 11 different sports – this broad-based success is the fifth most in the NCAA record book. Only UCLA and Stanford, each with titles in 16 varying sports, USC in 15, and Texas in 12, have more diverse championship histories than the Wolverines.
University of Michigan teams have also been national runners-up 41 times in 14 different sports: baseball (1), men's basketball (6), women's cross country (1), field hockey (2), men's golf (3), men's gymnastics (2), women's gymnastics (2), men's ice hockey (3), rowing (2), softball (1), men's swimming and diving (10), women's swimming and diving (1), men's outdoor track and field (1), and wrestling (6).[90]
- See also:
- List of Big Ten Conference National Championships
- List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championships
NCAA Division I Directors' Cup
In the NCAA Division I Director's Cup (renamed Learfield Sports Directors' Cup), Michigan has ranked No. 1 in the Big Ten rankings in 16 out of the last 28 years ending in 2021–22; the university has ranked in the top 5 nationally a total of 15 years during that 28-year span.
Year | Rank: National | Rank: Big Ten |
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1993–94 | 9th | 2nd |
1994–95 | 7th | 1st |
1995–96 | 5th | 1st |
1996–97 | T–11th | 2nd |
1997–98 | 5th | 1st |
1998–99 | 6th | 3rd |
1999–00 | 3rd | 1st |
2000–01 | 4th | 1st |
2001–02 | 6th | 1st |
2002–03 | 4th | 2nd |
2003–04 | 2nd | 1st |
2004–05 | 4th | 1st |
2005–06 | 24th | 5th |
2006–07 | 4th | 1st |
2007–08 | 3rd | 1st |
2008–09 | 5th | 1st |
2009–10 | 25th | 5th |
2010–11 | 15th | 3rd |
2011–12 | 10th | 2nd |
2012–13 | 4th | 1st |
2013–14 | 13th | 2nd |
2014–15 | 19th | 4th |
2015–16 | 3rd | 2nd |
2016–17 | 6th | 2nd |
2017–18 | 6th | 1st |
2018–19 | 2nd | 1st |
2019–20 | Not awarded because of the COVID-19 pandemic[91] | |
2020–21 | 3rd | 1st |
2021–22 | 3rd | 1st |
University | Top 10 rankings (1993–2022) |
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Stanford | 28 |
Florida | 28 |
UCLA | 24 |
Michigan | 23 |
North Carolina | 23 |
Texas | 23 |
USC | 17 |
Olympians
Through the 2008 Summer Olympics, 204 UM students and coaches had participated in the Olympics, winning medals at each Summer Olympic Games except 1896, and winning gold medals in all but four Olympiads. Through the year 2020, UM students/student-coaches (e.g., notably, Michael Phelps) have won a total of 185 Olympic medals: 85 Golds, 48 Silvers, and 52 Bronzes.[92]
Last | First | Year | Sport | Event | Medal | Country |
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Abbott | Jim | 1988 | baseball | gold | USA | |
Amine | Myles | 2020 | wrestling | 86k freestyle | bronze | San Marino |
Armstrong |
Betsey | 2008 | water polo | silver | USA | |
Arsenault | Samantha | 2000 | swimming | 800 m freestyle relay | gold | USA |
Barrowman | Mike | 1992 | swimming | 200 m breaststroke | gold | USA |
Barton | Greg | 1984 | kayaking | 1000 m single | bronze | USA |
Barton | Greg | 1988 | kayaking | 1000 m single | gold | USA |
Barton | Greg | 1988 | kayaking | 1000 m double | gold | USA |
Barton | Greg | 1992 | kayaking | 1000 m single | bronze | USA |
Bernard | Kent | 1964 | track | 4 × 100 m relay | bronze | Tri.-Tobago |
Boggs | Phil | 1976 | diving | 3 meter | gold | USA |
Booker | James | 1924 | track | pole vault | bronze | USA |
Borges | Gustavo | 1992 | swimming | 100 m freestyle | silver | Brazil |
Borges | Gustavo | 1996 | swimming | 100 m freestyle | bronze | Brazil |
Borges | Gustavo | 1996 | swimming | 200 m freestyle | silver | Brazil |
Borges | Gustavo | 2000 | swimming | 100 m freestyle | bronze | Brazil |
Brost | Todd | 1992 | ice hockey | silver | Canada | |
Brundage | Jennifer | 2000 | softball | gold | USA | |
Chidester | Amanda | 2020 | softball | silver | USA | |
Christy | Jim | 1932 | swimming | 1500 m freestyle | bronze | USA |
Clawson | John | 1968 | basketball | gold | USA | |
Coe | William | 1904 | track | shot put | silver | USA |
Corson | Marilyn | 1968 | swimming | 400 m freestyle relay | bronze | USA |
Craig | Ralph | 1912 | track | 100 meters | gold | USA |
Craig | Ralph | 1912 | track | 200 meters | gold | USA |
Darnton | William | 1960 | swimming | 400 m medley relay | gold | USA |
Davies | John | 1952 | swimming | 200 m breaststroke | gold | Australia |
Davis/White | Meryl/Charlie | 2014 | skating | ice dancing | gold | USA |
Davis/White | Meryl/Charlie | 2010 | skating | ice dancing | silver | USA |
Degener | Richard | 1932 | diving | springboard | bronze | USA |
Degener | Richard | 1936 | diving | springboard | gold | USA |
DeLoof | Catie | 2020 | swimming | 400 m freestyle relay | bronze | USA |
Diemer | Brian | 1984 | track | 3000 m steeplechase | bronze | USA |
Doherty | Ken | 1928 | track | decathlon | bronze | USA |
Dolan | Tom | 1996 | swimming | 400 m ind. medley | gold | USA |
Dolan | Tom | 2000 | swimming | 400 m ind. medley | gold | USA |
Dolan | Tom | 2000 | swimming | 200 m ind. medley | silver | USA |
Downie | Gordon | 1976 | swimming | 800 m freestyle relay | bronze | Great Britain |
Duenkel | Ginny | 1964 | swimming | 100 m freestyle | bronze | USA |
Duenkel | Ginny | 1964 | swimming | 400 m backstroke | gold | USA |
Dvorak | Charles | 1904 | track | pole vault | gold | USA |
Dvorak | John | 1900 | track | pole vault | silver | USA |
Fraser | Steve | 1984 | wrestling | Greco-Roman | gold | USA |
Gaxiola | Álvaro | 1968 | diving | platform | silver | Mexico |
Gillanders | Dave | 1960 | swimming | 200 m butterfly | bronze | USA |
Gillanders | Dave | 1960 | swimming | 400 m medley relay | gold | USA |
Gorski | Mark | 1984 | cycling | 1000 m sprint | gold | USA |
Hagelin | Carl | 2014 | ice hockey | silver | Sweden | |
Hahn | Archie | 1904 | track | 60 meters | gold | USA |
Hahn | Archie | 1904 | track | 100 meters | gold | USA |
Hahn | Archie | 1904 | track | 200 meters | gold | USA |
Hahn | Archie | 1906 | track | 100 meters | gold | USA |
Handy | H. J. "Jam" | 1904 | swimming | 440 yd (400 m) breaststroke | bronze | USA |
Handy | H. J. "Jam" | 1924 | water polo | bronze | USA | |
Hanley | Dick | 1956 | swimming | 800 m freestyle relay | silver | USA |
Harlan | Bruce | 1948 | diving | 3 meter | bronze | USA |
Harlan | Bruce | 1948 | diving | platform | silver | USA |
Harlock | Dave | 1994 | ice hockey | silver | Canada | |
Haughey | Siobhán | 2020 | swimming | 100 m freestyle | silver | Hong Kong |
Haughey | Siobhán | 2020 | swimming | 200 m freestyle | silver | Hong Kong |
Hayes | Howard | 1900 | track | 800 meters | silver | USA |
Herland | Doug | 1984 | rowing | pairs with coxswain | bronze | USA |
Hubbard | Phil | 1976 | basketball | gold | USA | |
Hubbard | William DeHart | 1924 | track | long jump | gold | USA |
Ikola | Willard | 1956 | ice hockey | silver | USA | |
Garrels | John | 1908 | track | shot put | bronze | USA |
Garrels | John | 1908 | track | 110 meter hurdles | silver | USA |
Jacobson | Sada | 2004 | fencing | individual sabre | bronze | USA |
Jacobson | Sada | 2008 | fencing | team sabre | bronze | USA |
Jacobson | Sada | 2008 | fencing | individual sabre | silver | USA |
Johnson | Carl | 1920 | track | long jump | silver | USA |
Johnson | Jack | 2010 | ice hockey | silver | USA | |
Johnson | Kate | 2004 | rowing | eight | silver | USA |
Jones | Burwell | 1952 | swimming | 800 m freestyle relay | gold | USA |
Kennedy | Bill | 1972 | swimming | 400 m medley relay | bronze | Canada |
Ketchum | Dan | 2004 | swimming | 800 m freestyle relay | gold | USA |
Kimball | Bruce | 1984 | diving | platform | silver | USA |
King | Micki | 1972 | diving | 3 meter | gold | USA |
Kraenzlein | Alvin | 1900 | track | 60 meter dash | gold | USA |
Kraenzlein | Alvin | 1900 | track | 110 meter hurdles | gold | USA |
Kraenzlein | Alvin | 1900 | track | 220 meter hurdles | gold | USA |
Kraenzlein | Alvin | 1900 | track | long jump | gold | USA |
Landström | Eeles | 1960 | track | pole vault | bronze | Finland |
Lang | Brent | 1988 | swimming | 400 m freestyle relay | gold | USA |
Larkin | Barry | 1984 | baseball | silver | USA | |
Mac Neil | Maggie | 2020 | swimming | 100 m butterfly | gold | Canada |
Mac Neil | Maggie | 2020 | swimming | 400 m freestyle relay | silver | Canada |
Mac Neil | Maggie | 2020 | swimming | 400 m medley relay | bronze | Canada |
Mahoney | Bill | 1972 | swimming | 400 m medley relay | bronze | Canada |
Malchow | Tom | 1996 | swimming | 200 m butterfly | silver | USA |
Malchow | Tom | 2000 | swimming | 200 m butterfly | gold | USA |
Merriott | Ron | 1984 | diving | 3 meter | bronze | USA |
Matchefts | John | 1956 | ice hockey | silver | USA | |
McClatchey | Alan | 1976 | swimming | 800 m freestyle relay | bronze | Great Britain |
McLean | John | 1900 | track | high hurdles | silver | USA |
Namesnik | Eric | 1992 | swimming | 400 m ind. medley | silver | USA |
Namesnik | Eric | 1996 | swimming | 400 m ind. medley | silver | USA |
Orwig | Bernice | 2000 | water polo | silver | USA | |
Phelps | Michael | 2004 | swimming | 200 m ind. medley | gold | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2004 | swimming | 400 m ind. medley | gold | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2004 | swimming | 100 m butterfly | gold | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2004 | swimming | 200 m butterfly | gold | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2004 | swimming | 200 m freestyle | bronze | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2004 | swimming | 400 m freestyle relay | bronze | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2004 | swimming | 800 m freestyle relay | gold | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2004 | swimming | 400 m medley relay | gold | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2008 | swimming | 400 m ind. medley | gold | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2008 | swimming | 400 m freestyle relay | gold | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2008 | swimming | 200 m freestyle | gold | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2008 | swimming | 200 m butterfly | gold | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2008 | swimming | 800 m freestyle relay | gold | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2008 | swimming | 200 m ind. medley | gold | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2008 | swimming | 100 m butterfly | gold | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2008 | swimming | 400 m medley relay | gold | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2008 | swimming | 100 m butterfly | gold | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2012 | swimming | 800 m freestyle relay | gold | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2012 | swimming | 400 m medley relay | gold | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2012 | swimming | 100 m butterfly | gold | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2012 | swimming | 200 m ind. medley | gold | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2012 | swimming | 200 m butterfly | silver | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2012 | swimming | 400 m freestyle relay | silver | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2016 | swimming | 200 m butterfly | gold | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2016 | swimming | 200 m ind. medley | gold | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2016 | swimming | 400 m freestyle relay | gold | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2016 | swimming | 800 m freestyle relay | gold | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2016 | swimming | 400 m medley relay | gold | USA |
Phelps | Michael | 2016 | swimming | 100 m butterfly | silver | USA |
Ray | Elise | 2000 | gymnastics | team | bronze | USA |
Riviere | Jayde | 2020 | soccer | gold | Canada | |
Roberts | Trish | 1976 | basketball | bronze | USA | |
Robie | Carl | 1964 | swimming | 200 m butterfly | silver | USA |
Robie | Carl | 1968 | swimming | 200 m butterfly | gold | USA |
Rose | Ralph | 1904 | track | shot put | gold | USA |
Rose | Ralph | 1904 | track | discus | silver | USA |
Rose | Ralph | 1904 | track | hammer | bronze | USA |
Rose | Ralph | 1908 | track | shot put | gold | USA |
Rose | Ralph | 1912 | track | shot put | silver | USA |
Rose | Ralph | 1912 | track | shot put-combined | gold | USA |
Rydze | Dick | 1972 | diving | platform | silver | USA |
Samson | Paul | 1928 | swimming | 800 m freestyle relay | gold | USA |
Schule | Fred | 1904 | track | 110 meter hurdles | gold | USA |
Seufert | Chris | 1984 | diving | platform | silver | USA |
Smoke | Marcia Jones | 1964 | kayaking | 500 m singles | bronze | USA |
Sohl | Robert | 1948 | swimming | 220 m breaststroke | bronze | USA |
Spillane | Joan | 1960 | swimming | 400 m freestyle relay | gold | USA |
Spillane | Joan | 1960 | swimming | 400 m medley relay | gold | USA |
Thompson | Chris | 2000 | swimming | 1500 m freestyle | bronze | USA |
Tolan | Eddie | 1932 | track | 100 meters | gold | USA |
Tolan | Eddie | 1932 | track | 200 meters | gold | USA |
Vanderkaay | Peter | 2004 | swimming | 800 m freestyle relay | gold | USA |
Vanderkaay | Peter | 2008 | swimming | 800 m freestyle relay | gold | USA |
Vanderkaay | Peter | 2008 | swimming | 200 m freestyle | bronze | USA |
Webster | Bob | 1960 | diving | platform | gold | USA |
Webster | Bob | 1964 | diving | platform | gold | USA |
Willis | Nick | 2008 | track | 1500 meters | silver | New Zealand |
Willis | Nick | 2016 | track | 1500m | bronze | New Zealand |
White | Robert | 1956 | ice hockey | bronze | Canada | |
Wouda | Marcel | 2000 | swimming | 800 m freestyle relay | bronze | the Netherlands |
Zadorsky | Shelina | 2020 | soccer | gold | Canada |
Athletic directors
Athletic director | Years |
---|---|
Charles A. Baird | 1898–1909 |
Philip Bartelme | 1909–1921 |
Fielding H. Yost | 1921–1940 |
Fritz Crisler | 1941–1968 |
Don Canham | 1968–1988 |
Bo Schembechler | 1988–1990 |
Jack Weidenbach | 1990–1994 |
Joe Roberson | 1994–1997 |
Tom Goss | 1997–2000 |
William C. Martin
|
2000–2010 |
Dave Brandon | 2010–2014 |
Jim Hackett | 2014–2016 |
Warde Manuel | 2016–present |
Mascot
The Michigan Wolverines is one of the few college sports teams that does not have a live or costumed mascot, largely for reasons of tradition.[93] In the late 1920s, the Wolverines did have an unofficial mascot – Biff, the Michigan Wolverine. The first Biff was a stuffed wolverine. The second Biff was a live wolverine, who had a companion named Bennie, but the two mustelids grew to become too ferocious to be taken to games, which ended their career as mascots.[94]
See also
- List of college athletic programs in Michigan
- Big Ten Athlete of the Year
- University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor
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