The Marquette Golden Eagles, formerly known as the Marquette Warriors, Blue and Gold, Gold, Hilltoppers, and Golden Avalanche (football only), are the athletic teams representing Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. They compete as a member of the NCAA Division I level (non-football sub-level), primarily competing in the Big East Conference for all sports since its establishment in 2013. The Golden Eagles are a founding member of the current Big East, having been one of the seven members of the original Big East that broke away to form a basketball-focused league. They had joined the original Big East in 2005, having previously competed in

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(C-USA) from 1995–96 to 2004–05, the Great Midwest Conference from 1991–92 to 1994–95, and the Horizon League from 1988–89 to 1990–91. They also competed as an independent from 1916–17 to 1987–88. Men's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, and track & field, while women's sports include basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, track & field and volleyball. The men's basketball team won the NCAA national championship in

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, and was a finalist in

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and a semifinalist in

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. The 1970 team won the

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; the NCAA tournament in

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included just 25 teams and the NIT had 16. The nickname change to "Golden Eagles" came in May 1994 to address the school's

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, despite another Jesuit school—Boston College—already being called the "Eagles." In May 2005, the university changed the nickname to "Gold" (in the same manner as

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's " Orange"), but the decision was reversed after public backlash. On December 15, 2012, Marquette and the other six Catholic, non-FBS Big East schools (the Catholic 7) announced that they were departing the Big East for a new conference. In March 2013, it was confirmed that the Catholic 7, along with three other schools, would begin operations that July as a new Big East Conference.

Varsity sports

Men's basketball

The men's basketball team is ninth in the NCAA for postseason appearances all-time (45), including 30 NCAA Tournament appearances (T-11th all time). The

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, coached by Al McGuire, won the

NCAA tournament and were runners-up in

. Maurice "Bo" Ellis was a member of each of those teams, and remains the only Marquette player to appear in two Final Fours. The

team, coached by Tom Crean and led on the court by

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, Robert Jackson, Steve Novak, and Travis Diener, upset top-ranked Kentucky to reach the Final Four of the 2003 NCAA tournament. In that Midwest regional final in Minneapolis, Wade became the fourth player to record a triple-double in an NCAA tournament game. He was named an AP All-American two years in a row and was the

Player of the Year. Marquette has continued to re-emerge as a national power after 2003. The program has made seven straight NCAA tournament appearances dating back to 2006, and has made three consecutive NCAA Sweet 16 appearances in 2011, 2012 and 2013. In 2012, Marquette experienced their best season since 2003, tying the single season school record for wins (27), finishing second place in the Big East for the first time in program history, and finishing ranked in the Top 10 of the AP and USA Today/Coaches Poll for the first time since 2003. Jae Crowder was also named Big East Player of the Year, the first such conference player of the year honor for a Marquette player since

in 2003. The team plays in the nearby home of the Milwaukee Bucks, Fiserv Forum, which replaces the

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, home to both teams for 30 years, for the 2018–19 season and beyond. Conference affiliations The charter of the current Big East dates only to 2013. However, the settlement between the schools that formed the current Big East and those that remained in the league now known as the American Athletic Conference gave the departing schools the "Big East" name. Additionally, The American recognises none of the pre-2013 athletic history of the Big East—even in football and women's rowing, the only two sports sponsored by the original Big East that are sponsored by The American but not the current Big East.

Women's basketball

The

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team is coached by Carolyn Kieger. The program has experienced success in recent years under former coach Terri Mitchell's direction, including a run to the championship game of the WNIT, where the women finished as runners-up in 2006, and won the championship in 2008. Most recently, the team made it to the second round of the NCAA tournament in 2011, where they were defeated by top-seeded Tennessee. Marquette women's basketball has qualified for the NCAA tournament seven times since 1994. The team now plays in the Al McGuire Center, named after the former Marquette men's coach. The team notably hired

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, the 21-year-old son of legendary Tennessee coach

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, as an assistant effective with the 2012–13 season, the announcement coming on the same day his mother announced her retirement after 38 years leading the Lady Vols. In 2006, Marquette traveled to St. Thomas to participate in the

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. In the opening round Marquette defeated Western Michigan 74–61. In the second round Marquette defeated Auburn 65–61. On the final day, Marquette beat Xavier 73–53 to finish with a 3–0 record and win the 2006 Paradise Jam Championship (St. John division).

Cross-country and track

The

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and

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teams have produced five Olympians, 13 NCAA champions and 27 All-Americans. Except for Dwyane Wade, Marquette's most successful student-athlete was track and field sprinter Ralph Metcalfe, a world-record holder and Olympic gold medalist. Olympic silver medalist Melvin "Bus" Shimek (1904–1987) was the longtime coach of both programs; he was a top distance runner at MU in the 1920s and coached until 1976, the last 29 years as head coach, a total of 52 years as athlete and coach at Marquette. Shimek set the school record in the mile in 1927 and it held up for over thirty years. Both programs were dropped with football in December 1960, but cross country was reinstated within weeks so the athletic program could retain its NCAA membership, which required a varsity intercollegiate sport in each season. Track missed three spring seasons (1961–1963) and returned in March 1964, initially without scholarships.

Football (varsity)

The varsity

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team was known as the "Golden Avalanche" prior to the program being terminated in 1960. Marquette football posted several successful seasons in the 1920s and 1930s including undefeated seasons in 1922, 1923, and 1930. From 1922 to 1923 Marquette held a 17–0–1 record and outscored its opponents 374–15. The 1930 Marquette squad posted seven shutouts and held a 155–7 scoring margin. From 1920 to 1936 Marquette held a 90–32–6 () record. 1936 Golden Avalanche had a 7–1 regular season record with a top 20 ranking and played in the inaugural Cotton Bowl Classic against Texas Christian University, led by quarterback Sammy Baugh; TCU won 16–6. After accumulating several years of budget deficits for the university, the football program was dropped after a 3–6 season in 1960 under second-year coach Lisle Blackbourn, along with

and cross country programs. Their last successful season was 1953 and the last seven seasons had a combined 10–44–3 () record, including two straight winless seasons (1956 and 1957), under new head coach

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. At the time, Marquette had a 78-year football tradition and was the largest Catholic university in the United States. Cross country was immediately reinstated and track returned in 1964; football at Marquette returned at the club level in 1967. Marquette Stadium, the football team's home since 1924, was dismantled in 1978. Located in the Merrill Park neighbourhood west of the university, the stadium had a seating capacity of 24,000 at its peak. It was used by

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of the

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for three home games in

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; the Packers played several home games in Milwaukee every season from

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through

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; previous games were played State Fair Park in

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and succeeding years at the new

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. Marquette played a majority of its home schedule at County Stadium in 1957 and 1958.

Men's golf

Marquette University fields only a men's team for golf. Former head coach, Tim Grogan, was honoured as the Big East Conference Men's Golf Coach of the Year in 2006 and 2008. The golf team holds Marquette's only Big East Championships, which were won in 2008, 2015, 2017, and 2019. Mike Van Sickle, class of 2009, was named to the Ping Division I All-American Honorable Mention list in 2007 and 2008. He was a first-team All-American in 2009. Van Sickle currently holds the school record for single-season average at 70.00 strokes per 18 holes, and most sub-par rounds at 86.

Lacrosse

On December 16, 2010, the university announced that it would be adding men's and women's lacrosse teams to begin play as independents in the 2012–13 academic year, before becoming full members of the Big East Conference in men's and women's lacrosse in 2013–14. The team's home field is Valley Fields.

Soccer

The men's and women's

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programs have achieved varying degrees of success. In 2006, the men's team won just one game and finished last in their conference while the women made a run into the NCAA postseason tournament. Coach Louis Bennett recently joined the men's program after years of accomplishment at nearby Milwaukee to help the team match the women's success. In June 2007, alumnus Dennis Klein donated $1 million to spearhead a new, $5 million European-style soccer stadium for Marquette. The new stadium is set to open in September 2008. Both teams currently compete at Valley Fields.

Championships

NCAA team championships

Marquette has one NCAA team national championship. *Men's (1) ** Basketball (1): 1977 *See also: ** Big East Conference NCAA team championships ** List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships

Notable athletes

Basketball

* Gene Berce – Tri-Cities Blackhawks * Jim Boylan –

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assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks, former Chicago Bulls interim head coach * Jimmy Butler – forward/guard, Miami Heat * Bill Chandler – NBA coach * Jim Chones – NBA

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/ center * Chris Crawford – Atlanta Hawks * Jae Crowder – 2012 Big East Player of the Year, men's basketball,

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* Travis Diener –

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, Portland Trail Blazers, Dinamo Sassari * Bo Ellis –

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Lazar Hayward Lazar Miller Hayward (born November 26, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player. He was a college standout for Marquette University. High school career Hayward went to Buffalo Traditional High School where he was an outstandin ...

– forward, Minnesota Timberwolves, Oklahoma City Thunder * Christopher Johlie – cheered in 3 Big East Championships for Marquette; inducted into the Cheerleeding Hall of Fame in 2011 * Darius Johnson-Odom – Los Angeles Lakers * Don Kojis – former

All-Star

for the Baltimore Bullets, Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls, San Diego Rockets, Seattle SuperSonics,

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, and forward for the gold medal winning United States men's national basketball team in the

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, where he was named to the All-Tournament Team * Butch Lee – Atlanta Hawks * Maurice Lucas – Portland Trail Blazers, New Jersey Nets,

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, Los Angeles Lakers, Seattle SuperSonics * Wesley Matthews – guard, Utah Jazz, Portland Trail Blazers,

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Jim McIlvaine James Michael McIlvaine (born July 30, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player who spent seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Washington Bullets, Seattle SuperSonics, and New Jersey Nets. The 7-fo ...

– Washington Bullets, Seattle SuperSonics, New Jersey Nets * Jerel McNeal – guard, Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA D-League, New Orleans Hornets, Toronto Raptors, Utah Jazz * Dean Meminger – New York Knicks * Ed Mullen – National Basketball League * Steve Novak – forward,

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, Los Angeles Clippers, Dallas Mavericks, San Antonio Spurs, New York Knicks, Milwaukee Bucks * Doc Rivers – current head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers, former head coach of the

and Boston Celtics, former point guard for the Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers, New York Knicks, and San Antonio Spurs * Tony Smith – Los Angeles Lakers,

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* Earl Tatum – Los Angeles Lakers * George Thompson – Milwaukee Bucks *

– guard, Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls,

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, three-time NBA champion, twelve-time NBA All-Star, 2006 NBA Finals MVP, 2009 NBA scoring champion, 2008 Olympic gold medalist * Jerome Whitehead – played for six

teams in an 11-year career

Football

* George Andrie – defensive end, Dallas Cowboys *

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– tailback,

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* Ward Cuff – defensive back, place kicker, and fullback/halfback,

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– end,

;

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– halfback, Chicago Bears *

Red Dunn Joseph Aloysius "Red" Dunn (June 21, 1901 – January 15, 1957) was a professional American football player who played running back and was an exceptional punter for eight seasons for the Milwaukee Badgers, Chicago Cardinals, and Green Bay Packer ...

– running back, Green Bay Packers * Frank Murray – former Marquette football coach, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983 * Gene Ronzani – head coach, Green Bay Packers; back, Chicago Bears * John Sisk, Jr. – Chicago Bears *

Milt Trost Milton Frank Trost (March 4, 1913 – April 2, 1986) was an American football player. He was a lineman who played at the tackle position for Marquette University from 1931 to 1934 and in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Bea ...

– Chicago Bears

Soccer

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– Minnesota Thunder * Bryan Ciesiulka – Saint Louis FC * Hayden Knight – Dallas Sidekicks *

Charlie Lyon Charles Lyon (born April 10, 1992) is an American soccer coach and former player. Career College and amateur Lyon spent his entire college career at Marquette University. After medically redshirting his first year in 2010, Lyon made a total ...

–

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* Calum Mallace – * Axel Sjöberg – Colorado Rapids

Track and field

* Ralph Metcalfe – Olympic gold medalist in the 4 × 100 m Relay in 1936; Olympic silver medalist in the 100 m dash in

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and

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References

External links

* {{Wisconsinsports