The San Diego Toreros are the 17 teams representing the University of San Diego of

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in intercollegiate athletics. The Toreros compete in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) of the

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(NCAA) and are members of the West Coast Conference for most sports.

Sports sponsored

Louise Lieberman has been the San Diego Toreros women soccer team's head coach since 2017, when she was hired as the fourth coach in team history.

National championships

Rugby

Team

* † Title shared with UC Irvine

Individual

Notable athletes

* Jamal Agnew - NFL wide receiver * Eric Bakhtiari - former NFL linebacker *

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- MLB outfielder/third baseman * Josh Butler - former MLB pitcher *

Brady Clark Brady William Clark (born April 18, 1973) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Brady is a class of 1991 graduate of Sunset High School in Beaverton, Oregon and 1996 graduate of the University of San Diego, where he played college bas ...

- Former MLB outfielder * Dylan Covey - former MLB pitcher * Ross Dwelley - NFL tight end * Michael Gasperson - NFL wide receiver *

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- former MLB pitcher * Evan Hlavacek - former AFL wide receiver * Josh Johnson - former NFL quarterback * Zuzana Lešenarová - former professional tennis player * Matt Maslowski - former NFL wide receiver * John Matthews - former NFL wide receiver *

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- former MLB pitcher * Mike McCoy - former MLB utility player *

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- MLB pitcher *

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- MLB pitcher * Sammy Solís - former MLB pitcher * Vern Valdez - former NFL defensive back * Stan Washington - former NBA player * John Wathan - former MLB utility player

Notable non-varsity teams

Rugby

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in Division 1-AA in the Gold Coast Conference. They are coached by Charlie Purdon. In the 2021–22 season, USD finished 4-0 in conference play and qualified for the D1-AA national playoffs in both 15s and 7s, where they lost to Fresno State 46-7 (who later won the 15s National Championship) and defeated Sacramento State 53-17. The Toreros then regrouped and poised themselves to take a shot at the National Title in 7s later that year in Atlanta, Georgia. The Toreros went 6-0 in the tournament, thanks to God's gift to Rugby, Jordan Sandoval, opponents had no solution to this phenomenon, defeating Kennesaw State, Iowa State, Harvard, Stanford, Nebraska, and finally Harvard once again to claim the First National Championship in the club's 42-year history:

References

External links

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