The Milwaukee Panthers are the athletic teams of the

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UW–Milwaukee, UWM, or Milwaukee) is a public urban research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is the largest university in the Milwaukee metropolitan area and a member of the University of Wiscons ...

. A total of 13 Panthers athletic teams compete in

NCAA Division I NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of College athletics, intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major ...

. The Panthers have won the James J. McCafferty Trophy as the

Horizon League The Horizon League is an 11-school collegiate athletic conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, whose members are located in and near the Great Lakes region. The Horizon League founded in 1979 as the Midw ...

's all-sports champions six times since 2000.

History

UWM's athletic teams are nicknamed the Panthers. UWM has had three mascots and nicknames: Green Gulls (1927–1956), Cardinals (1956–1964) and Panthers (1964–present). Before 1990, the university's athletics program spent the majority of its history at the NCAA Division III and II levels, as well as several years at the NAIA level. All non-Division I sports moved to the NCAA Division I level for the 1990–91 academic year. From 1998 to 2007, the Milwaukee Panthers qualified for NCAA Tournaments at the team level a total of 24 times in six different sports, making Milwaukee the second most successful college athletic program in the state of

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(trailing only the

Wisconsin Badgers The Wisconsin Badgers are the athletic teams representing the University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin). They compete as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level (Football Bowl Subdivisi ...

of the

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Conference). The Panthers received national media attention with an appearance in the Sweet Sixteen of the 2005 Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament. Other sports that Milwaukee competes in include

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, women's

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, men's and women's

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, men's and women's Indoor and Outdoor

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, men's and women's

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and

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, and women's

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

. In 1988, now retired Athletic Director

Bud Haidet Bud Haidet is the former athletic director at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, a position he held from 1990 until his retirement in 2009. Haidet's most significant contribution to Milwaukee athletics was moving the program to NCAA Division ...

came to the school and quickly moved the program from NAIA to NCAA Division I. Milwaukee currently ranks 157th out of all 336 NCAA Division I schools in this year's

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standings conducted by the

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.Milwaukee Ranks 64th in Current U.S. Sports Academy Directors' Cup Standings
, Horizon League website, Retrieved on Dec 29, 2006. Formerly known as the Sears Directors' Cup, the annual contest awards points for NCAA post-season appearances and performances in all sports. Milwaukee, which won the McCafferty Trophy as the Horizon League's all-sports champion four of the last six years, ranks eighth in the nation among non-Division I-A programs and second among institutions that do not sponsor football at any level. The Panthers have earned 75 total points through the fall and are just 3 points behind

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. Milwaukee currently sits tied with several schools, including the

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, and holds a 2-point lead on

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

. After picking up 50 points in women's soccer (NCAA Tournament 2nd round) and 25 points in women's volleyball (NCAA Tournament 1st round) in the fall, Milwaukee looks to maintain its edge on cross-city rival

Marquette University Marquette University () is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Established by the Society of Jesus as Marquette College on August 28, 1881, it was founded by John Henni, John Martin ...

(91st place) and catch Horizon League leader

Youngstown State Youngstown State University (YSU or Youngstown State) is a public university in Youngstown, Ohio. It was founded in 1908 and is the easternmost member of the University System of Ohio. The university is composed of six undergraduate colleges an ...

(66th) this spring.

Teams

A member of the

, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee sponsors teams in seven men's and eight women's

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sanctioned sports:

Baseball

As the only Division I college baseball team in the state of Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Panthers have seen much success, including posting six 30-win seasons in the last nine years. They have also qualified for three NCAA Tournaments since 1999, including a win over #1 ranked Rice in the first round of the 1999 NCAA Tournament.

Men's basketball

The Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team has flourished under the helm of Athletics Director

and his knack for finding successful head coaches. In 1999, Haidet hired then UW–Platteville head coach

Bo Ryan William Francis "Bo" Ryan Jr. (born December 20, 1947) is an American former college basketball coach and player. He was the head coach of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Badgers men's basketball team from 2001 to December 2015. Ryan se ...

. In Ryan's two seasons (99–00 and 00–01) he led Milwaukee to its first back-to-back winning seasons in eight years before accepting the head coaching position for the

. In 2001,

Bruce Pearl Bruce Alan Pearl (born March 18, 1960) is an American college basketball coach, and the head coach of the Auburn Tigers men's basketball team. He previously served as the head coach at Tennessee, Milwaukee, and Southern Indiana. Pearl led Souther ...

was hired to replace Ryan and continue the success of the previous two seasons. It took Pearl only two seasons to take Milwaukee to its first ever "Big Dance" in March 2003, where the Panthers came only a missed buzzer-beater away from pulling off a come-from-behind "12–5 upset" over Notre Dame. Milwaukee lost, 70–69, and Notre Dame went on to advance to the Elite Eight in impressive fashion over fourth seeded Illinois. The following year, Pearl would lead Milwaukee to its first ever Division I postseason victory in men's basketball in the 2004 NIT with a crushing home victory over Rice, 91–53, at the

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. In March 2005, Milwaukee's men's

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program entered the

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as the 12th Seed in the Midwest regional bracket. After ousting fifth-seeded

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in the first round and fourth-seeded

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(coach

's alma mater) in the second round, Milwaukee entered for the first time ever the "Sweet 16". The Panthers would go on to lose to the top-seeded eventual tournament runner-up,

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, 77–63, in its Sweet Sixteen matchup. It was an Illinois team that included future NBA players

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, Dee Brown,

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and

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. In a bit of irony, The Illini's head coach, Bruce Weber beat his alma mater, Milwaukee, after Pearl did the same to Boston College a week earlier. Milwaukee's entrance into the Sweet Sixteen was due in part to Pearl's full court press playmaking style, what the ''

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'' would dub the "UWM Press". After their appearance in the NCAA Tournament,

was hired by the

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. In March 2006, for the third time in four years, Milwaukee won the

Championship to enter the NCAA Tournament as an 11th Seed under first-year coach

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. In the first round, the Panthers faced the sixth-seeded

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, and won easily, 82–74. The Panthers never trailed against the Sooners, and led by as much as 14 late in the 2nd half. Milwaukee bowed out of the 2006 NCAA Tournament in the second round at the hands of the eventual National Champion

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. Beginning with the 2007–08 season, Milwaukee Panthers basketball radio broadcasts moved to AM-1130 WISN, the former home of cross-town rival Marquette University. The move gives the Panthers the largest listening audience in the city of Milwaukee for their games. The Panthers were previously on 920 WOKY The saying on the door of the locker room in the Klotsche Center reads "Take care of the little things." It was added in conjunction with the renovations of the men's basketball locker room at the Klotsche Center. It follows in the tradition of other university teams posting sayings on the way to the playing field, such as "Play like a champion today" at Notre Dame or "The Road to the Rose Bowl begins here" at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The men's basketball team plays at the

UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena The UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (originally the Milwaukee Arena and formerly MECCA Arena and U.S. Cellular Arena) is an indoor arena located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The arena, which seats as many as 12,700 people and offers of floor space, is ...

in downtown Milwaukee. In February 2010, plans were announced to build an on-campus arena, or update the outdated Klotsche Center. The Klotsche Center does not meet the

's 5000-seat minimum for men's basketball, and this would be among the issues to be fixed. The proposed new arena would likely be in the slot of land currently owned by Columbia St. Mary's Hospital. It is hoped that the proposed arena would bring up attendance, which has been limited especially for students because of the current off-campus facility. For the 2012 season, with the contract to play at Arena expired, the Panthers played one season at the Klotsche Center, to help promote the viability of an on-campus arena. The move didn't work as the Panthers had a dismal season and it has been announced that the Panthers will return to the arena for the 2013–2014 season. In 2014, UWM defied all odds by winning its first NCAA tournament bid since 2006 by winning the Horizon League tournament as the #5 seed. The Panthers, coming off a last place 8–24 season in 2012–2013, turned things around with clutch play down the stretch, defeating top seeded UW-Green Bay, and #3 seeded Wright State to capture the Horizon League's automatic bid. In April 2014, UWM was handed a one-year postseason ban due to a low

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Women's basketball

After leading the Lady Panthers to their first regular-season title since 2001 and second NCAA Tournament appearance in school history, Milwaukee women's basketball coach Sandy Botham was named the 2006

women's basketball coach of the year. Botham had been voted the league's top coach two times previously in her 10 years at Milwaukee. In 2012, Botham retired as the women's basketball coach and was replaced by Kyle Rechlicz.

Football

Milwaukee's now-defunct

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program competed at the NCAA College Division (now

NCAA Division II NCAA Division II (D-II) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environmen ...

) level; due to lack of funds and a long string of losing seasons, they dropped the sport after the 1974 season. A club team exists known as Milwaukee Panther Football.

Men's soccer

The Milwaukee men's

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team has a rich history of achievements in its 34 years as a Division I program. Milwaukee is regularly ranked in the top 25 of the country, and was as high as eighth in 2002. Milwaukee men's soccer began the 2006 season ranked 24th in the nation. Since first fielding a team in 1973, Milwaukee men's soccer has compiled an impressive all-time record of 396–223–53 and an all-time NCAA Tournament record of 4–7–1 in eight appearances. Milwaukee has won four of the past five Horizon League Tournament Championships and four of the past six regular season crowns, as well as qualified for five consecutive NCAA Tournaments (2001–2005). In the second round of both the 2004 and 2005 NCAA Tournament, Milwaukee fell to the #1 team in the nation in either double overtime (2004, #1

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), or in a penalty kick shootout (2005, #1

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). Both those teams eventually advanced to play in each year's national championship game. On September 13, 2006, Milwaukee smashed their previous home attendance record by more than 30% as they hosted their first-ever night match under the newly installed lights at

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on the Milwaukee campus. Milwaukee's come-from-behind victory over Marquette, 3–2, allowed them to retain possession of the coveted Milwaukee Cup, and moved their all-time (Division I) record vs their cross-city rival to 25–7–2. The standing-room only record crowd of 3,256 broke the Engelmann Field attendance record by over 1,000. The previous mark, set in 1990, had been 2,250 fans.

Women's soccer

Milwaukee's women's soccer team has also been a regular at the NCAA Tournament in recent years, including advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year in 2006. NWSL and former US Women's National Team forward

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is the most notable alumna.

Women's volleyball

The women's volleyball team at Milwaukee has also enjoyed national success in recent years, qualifying for six of the last nine NCAA Tournaments and compiling an all-time record of 867–477–7 through the end of the 2006 season.

Club sports

Club sports at Milwaukee include: men's

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, men's

lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively ...

wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

, men's

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, women's

, women's lacrosse, men's

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, women's

, table tennis and water polo. The Milwaukee men's

team, for the first time since its creation in 1983, won a Midwest Conference Championship and advanced to the USA Rugby Division II National Tournament for the 2005–06 season. Having beaten the

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and

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to qualify, the fourth-seeded Panthers competed in the 2006 USA Rugby Collegiate Championships. In 2007–2008 season the men's rugby club beat

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in pool play and went to the Division I playoffs for the first time since the club's creation in 1983. The women's rugby club made it to the Division II final the same year. The Milwaukee Water Polo Club is Co-Ed and had its best finish in the 2019 Fall ACWPL Championships. They placed 4th after beating #3 Seed the University of Minnesota to advance to the 3rd place game where they would eventually lose to Harper college.

Athletic facilities

* UWM Panther Arena – men's basketball *

Klotsche Center The Klotsche Center (formally the J. Martin Klotsche Center) is a 3,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the campus of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM). Opened in 1977, the arena was named after UWM's first Chancel ...

– men's and women's basketball, volleyball, swimming and diving, indoor track and field * Engelmann Stadium – men's and women's soccer *

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– baseball *River Glen Elite – women's tennis

Notable people

Baseball

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(only drafted player from UWM to see MLB service time; has accumulated 14 home runs and a batting average of .231 after playing outfield and catcher for the

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through 2020 and 2021.

Basketball

Clay Tucker Clay Jovon Tucker (June 14, 1980) is a retired American professional player. College career Tucker played college basketball at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 1998 to 2003 where he and Dylan Page helped the Panthers to their first NC ...

(professional basketball player for

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) * Bruce Weber (men's basketball head coach at the

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) *

Von McDade Von Adrian McDade (born June 7, 1967) is an American former basketball player. He played college basketball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys and Milwaukee Panthers basketball teams. In 1991, he was third in the nation among college basketball play ...

(retired professional basketball player, he was drafted by the

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in the 2nd round of the 1991 NBA Draft) *

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, (professional basketball player for

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) *

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* Chris Hill *

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Football

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(

official in the

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(NFL) since 1989) *

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(All-Pro Safety for the Houston Oilers of the

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, played 8 seasons from 1976 to 1983 and General Manager of the NFL's

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) *

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current

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Tight End, formerly with the Chiefs, Browns and

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Soccer

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(Former

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defender from 1987 to 1993 and US National team member from 1986 to 1991) *

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(Soccer coach of the

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) *

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(full back and winger for

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of the Swedish Superettanan) *

(forward,

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and

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of the German

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) *

Manny Lagos Manuel "Manny" Lagos (born June 11, 1971) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. He and is the former head coach of Minnesota United FC. Club career Early career Born in St. Paul, MinnesotaMLS Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada ...

player from 1997 to 2005 and former US National team member) *

Tony Sanneh Anthony Sanneh (born June 1, 1971) is an American retired professional soccer player who played as a defender or midfielder. Club career Youth and college Tony Sanneh was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota to an African father from Gambia and an ...

(former midfielder and defender, MLS and

player and US National team member)

Notable coaches

* Sandy Botham *

Bob Gansler Bob Gansler (born July 1, 1941) is a Hungarian-born American soccer player and coach of German descent. He coached the U.S. National Team at the 1990 World Cup, the team's first appearance at the tournament since 1950. Playing career As a pl ...

* Brian Tompkins *

Jerry Augustine Gerald Lee Augustine (born July 24, 1952) is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, from 1975 to 1984. In 1976, he was named to the Topps All-Star Rookie Team. Augus ...

* Louis Bennett

Athletic directors

* Herman Kluge (1956–1970) * Albert Negratti (1970–1971) * Thomas P. Rosandich (1972–1975) * Jim Harding (1975–1980) * Daniel I. Harris (associate director for Men's Athletics, 1980–1983) * Daryl A. Leonard (associate director for Women's Athletics, 1980–1983) * Daniel I. Harris (1983–1988) *

(1988–2009) *

George Koonce George Koonce (born October 15, 1968) is an American athlete and athletic director. A former linebacker in the National Football League (NFL), he served as the athletic director at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee between 2009 and 2010. Pl ...

(2009–2010) * Dave Gilbert (interim, 2010) * Rick Costello (2010–2012) *

Andy Geiger Ferdinand "Andy" Geiger (born March 23, 1939) is a former athletic director at six different institutions, most recently holding that position from May 10, 2012, to August 30, 2013, at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His most notable time ...

History

Teams

Baseball

Men's basketball

Women's basketball

Football

Men's soccer

Women's soccer

Women's volleyball

Club sports

Athletic facilities

Notable people

Baseball

Basketball

Football

Soccer

Notable coaches

Athletic directors

McCafferty Trophy

See also

References

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