michigan state michigan state athletic teams represent school athletic program includes varsity sports teams mascot warrior named school colors green white university ncaa division football participate members varsity sports offers varsity sports men women university athletic director promoted position january replaced served head hockey coach retiring record football team won shared national championships won rose bowl men basketball team won men ice hockey team won national titles history institution changed agricultural school teams referred looking agricultural roots held contest find new nickname decided teams michigan michigan state sport officials headed local sports writers went entries met longtime supporters find better heroic decided suggested brothers pete nick natives greece brothers met officials restaurant renamed famous told story war greece warriors held thousands persian warriors led today family honors michigan state men basketball football teams trophies awarded players faculty began families coffee cup restaurants story highlighted popular book entitled tradition continues authored constantine page coincidence compared land grant colleges schools ancient heroic historic precedent quickly caught teams new nickname later changed lyrics fight song reflect change college sports teams college grew size looked join major collegiate conference university_of_chicago eliminated varsity football withdrew big president lobbied hard place despite opposition university_of_michigan big finally admitted joining conference head football coach led football team rose bowl season beating ucla successor coach hugh carried football team second rose bowl defeated ucla varsity sports varsity teams varsity sports men women participate fencing university founding featured fencing varsity sport time coached american recognized master fencing years retirement student coached fencing demoted varsity status competing member consists sixteen schools varsity club programs basketball men basketball team won national championship times magic johnson carried team win led players flint michigan carried team second national title dubbed key win florida addition championships team reached ncaa championship game lost north_carolina coached record coaching helped team winning title leading espn define best team decade basketball selected consecutive ncaa tournament bids won ncaa championship seven big regular season championships big tournament championships team big team ncaa championship games advanced seven elite overall won ncaa championships big regular season championships big tournament championships appeared ncaa championship games final elite ncaa tournament appearances currently nba include johnson women basketball fairly successful women basketball team greatest accomplishment national runner finish women basketball started coach women team coaches history current coach game final elite appeared ncaa football football long tradition starting club sport football gained varsity status time roster impressive players including finished season undefeated performed feat following year addition nation longest winning streak games team named undisputed national champions official poll waiting years team finally admitted regular member promptly went capture league championship losing game season beating ucla rose bowl game season legendary coach turned team protégé future legend went win rose bowl head coach defeated rose bowl current coach hired november record coaching tenure end season won conference championships won big divisional championships big championship games period selected seed lost alabama led victory rose bowl 100th edition told won national championships big championships today football team competes stadium renovated person football stadium center campus traditional michigan compete paul trophy record annual trophy game won trophy seven past years season rivalry game notre dame compete played year record trophy series fighting irish notable alumni played national_football_league include ice hockey varsity hockey teams men ice hockey team women field hockey team head coach women field hockey team men ice hockey team plays ice arena head coach record current head coach campaign division ice hockey competed central collegiate hockey association big sister schools university_of_michigan october team involved attended hockey game history cold war set hockey middle football stadium stadium played crowd game ended tie decade later teams involved attended ice hockey game history time michigan hosted rivalry game michigan stadium set current record officially certified crowd ice hockey program seven regular season championships tournament titles won titles ncaa tournament times frozen appearances national titles april won collegiate championship beating players include brothers cousins brothers players won baker award players leagues including forward cross country historically men team school successful programs world war world war competed central collegiate conference winning titles experienced success winning team titles entering big won men titles hosted inaugural ncaa cross country championships year year vacation war won ncaa championships including minus current director men women cross country track field programs joining led men cross country team ncaa championship bid season women cross country team advanced ncaa championship meet winning great lakes regional race wrestling wrestling earliest sports formed sport dropped reformed college years later school wrestling team won championship current coach produced americans big champions currently 23rd season head coach 25th coach wrestling team competes campus capacity people alumni standout wrestlers gray champions currently ranked weight classes respectively starting wrestling team started decline team season better finished half big including occasions championship tournament team finished dead negative team points thanks conduct penalty announced retire season team accomplishments big titles individual big conference champions finished ncaa championships times individual ncaa champions dating americans dating varsity sports number team sports ncaa institutions baseball team men team women head coach baseball team players major_league_baseball include baseball team plays popular annual exhibition game nearby minor league women team won national title team east mississippi_river win michigan team appeared coach headed program taking program joseph helped bring record ncaa regional appearances men soccer team won championships shared title men coach 6th year head coach men soccer team battles michigan annually game series lead state rival coaching women team team head coach women team year led team record including ninth place finish conference standings number contact sports including boxing wrestling boxing team won national titles longer ncaa varsity sport water sports include rowing swimming women rowing coach tenth year crew coach year head coach coached program best sixth place team finish ncaa championship head coach men women swimming diving years head coach swimmers divers broken varsity records sports include golf tennis golf long tradition hall_of_fame coach helped carry big title big title arguably best team assembled took home rings stellar fashion win big championship captured titles way rose way coaches men golf team assistant coach stanford_university fourth year head coach coaches women team seasons brought straight ncaa regional appearances men team won national title shared disbanded team order comply title regulations women team retained varsity status coach winning seasons row team ranked 17th nation final season standings highest placement program history coach men tennis team years head coach orlando taken men ncaa championship singles coaching women team second year head coach year led women record big notable non varsity sports rugby founded rugby steadily improving college rugby recent years season played division finishing record qualifying playoffs success led moving division season season moved higher level competition conference traditional big rivals university_of_michigan success rugby greatly attributed head coach coaching retired thirty athletes coaches administrators inducted charter class october university opened new bell smith awards academic americans championships national team championships july ncaa national team titles men basketball boxing ice hockey soccer wrestling women cross country list big conference national championships list ncaa schools ncaa division championships list ncaa schools division national championships big conference ncaa national team championships national team titles bestowed ncaa men football rifle women sports traditions director cup directors cup
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