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The Northern Michigan Wildcats are the athletic teams that represent
Northern Michigan University Northern Michigan University (Northern Michigan, Northern or NMU) is a public university in Marquette, Michigan. It was established in 1899 by the Michigan Legislature as Northern State Normal School. In 1963, the state designated Northern a uni ...
, located in
Marquette, Michigan Marquette ( ) is a city in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 20,629 at the 2020 United States Census, which makes it the largest city in the Upper Peninsula. Marquette serves as the seat of government of Marquett ...
, in
NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...
intercollegiate sporting competitions. All teams that play under NCAA governance compete at the Division II level, with three exceptions. The most significant one is the men's ice hockey program, which plays at the Division I level. Two other sports, Nordic skiing (a coeducational sport with separate men's and women's squads) and women's wrestling (part of the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program), are de facto Division I sports; the NCAA holds a single skiing championship open to members of all three divisions, and does not currently include women's wrestling in its divisional structure. While NMU's skiing program includes both disciplines contested in the NCAA championships (Alpine and Nordic), only the Nordic program competes within the NCAA structure. NMU fields three other recognized varsity teams, two of which serve as official U.S. Olympic training centers in non-NCAA sports or disciplines. The Olympic training centers are in
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for both men and women, and the non-NCAA discipline of men's
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. The other recognized varsity team is in esports, which are not governed by the NCAA. The Wildcats compete as members of the North Division of the
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) is a competitive college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. The GLIAC was founded in June 1972. Its ele ...
for 14 of 20 varsity sports, with the men's hockey team playing in the
Central Collegiate Hockey Association The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) is a college athletic conference that participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. The current CCHA began play in the 2021–22 season; a previous incarnation, which the curre ...
, and the skiing team competes in the
Central Collegiate Ski Association The Central Collegiate Ski Association (CCSA) is an NCAA skiing-only conference. As the NCAA does not have divisions in skiing, it is composed of NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III schools, as well as one community college. Members are ...
. NMU has been a member of the GLIAC since 1987. Northern Michigan's rivals in sports action are the two other major schools in the upper peninsula: Michigan Technological University, and
Lake Superior State University Lake Superior State University (colloquially Lake State, Lake Superior State, Soo Tech, and LSSU) is a public college in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. It is enrolls approximately 2,000 students. Due to its proximity to the Canadian border, and th ...
. The winner of the annual football game between NMU and Michigan Tech is awarded the Miner's Cup.


Varsity teams


List of teams


National championships

National Championships (4): * 1975 – Football – NCAA Division II * 1991 – Men's Ice Hockey – NCAA Division I * 1993 – Women's Volleyball – NCAA Division II * 1994 – Women's Volleyball – NCAA Division II National Runners-up (4): * 1980 – Men's Ice Hockey – NCAA Division I * 1992 – Women's Swimming and Diving – NCAA Division II * 1992 – Women's Volleyball – NCAA Division II * 1995 – Women's Volleyball – NCAA Division II Basketball Final Four (1): *
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– Men's Basketball – NAIA Division I


Facilities

The Division II football team plays in the world's largest wooden dome, the Superior Dome.


OTS

The United States Olympic Training Site on the campus of Northern Michigan University is one of 16 Olympic training sites in the country. The NMU-OTS provides secondary and post-secondary educational opportunities for athletes while offering world-class training. With more than 70 resident athletes and coaches, the NMU-OTS is the second-largest Olympic training center in the United States, in terms of residents, behind
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. The USOEC has more residential athletes than the Lake Placid and
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sites combined. Over the years, it has grown into a major contributor to the U.S. Olympic movement. Current resident training programs include Greco-Roman wrestling and weightlifting. Athletes must be approved by the NMU-OTS, their national governing body and NMU to be admitted into the program. NMU-OTS athletes attend NMU while training in their respective sports. The student athletes receive free or reduced room and board, access to world-class training facilities as well as sports medicine and sports science services, academic tutoring, and a waiver of out-of-state tuition fees by NMU. Although athletes are responsible for tuition at the in-state rate, they may receive the B.J. Stupak Scholarship to help cover expenses. On-campus NMU-OTS athletes live in NMU's Meyland Hall, eat in campus dining halls, and train at the university's Superior Dome. The NMU-OTS also offers a variety of short-term training camps; regional, national, and international competitions; coaches and officials education clinics; and an educational program for retired Olympians.


Alumni

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, former head coach at the
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Jerry Glanville Jerry Michael Glanville (born October 14, 1941) is an American football coach who is the head coach of the Alabama Airborne of Major League Football. He played football at Northern Michigan University in the early 1960s, and is a former NASCAR ...
, former NFL coach *
Mark Maddox Mark Anthony Maddox (born March 23, 1968 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a former professional American football linebacker for ten seasons in the NFL for the Buffalo Bills and Arizona Cardinals. He played college football at Northern Michigan Un ...
, former NFL player for the
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and
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, former head coach of the
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, Head Coach of the
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played football for NMU. * Len St. Jean, former NFL player for the Boston/New England Patriots *
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coach played basketball at NMU * Steve Avery, former NFL player for the
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External links

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