The Southern Connecticut Owls (also Southern Connecticut State Owls and SCSU Owls) are the athletic teams that represent
Southern Connecticut State University, located in
New Haven, Connecticut, in
NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Owls' 17 athletic teams, seven for men and 10 for women, compete as members of either the
Northeast-10 Conference or the
Eastern College Athletic Conference. SCSU has been a member of the NE-10 since 2000.
There have been 10 NCAA National Championship Teams at Southern, as well as 75 NCAA Individual Champions in the sports of Track and Field, Swimming and Gymnastics.
Sports sponsored
Soccer
SCSU's men's soccer team won titles in 1987, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1998, 1999. The six titles are the most for any Division II men's soccer team in the country. The program has appeared in 32 NCAA Division II Tournaments, 17 NCAA Final Four appearances, and has produced 52 All-Americans, 15 Senior Bowl Players, 4 National Player of the Year Award Winners, and 1 Golden Boot Award (Top Goalkeeper in any NCAA Division) winner.
Basketball
On March 24, 2007, the women's
basketball team won the
NCAA Division II championships. In a 61–45 victory, SCSU beat the previously undefeated
Florida Gulf Coast.
Gymnastics
The street circle in front of the Moore Fieldhouse is named in honor of former Olympian
Abie Grossfeld
Abie Grossfeld (born March 1, 1934) is an American gymnastics coach and former gymnast. Grossfeld has represented the United States as a gymnastics competitor or coach in seven Olympic Games, seven World Championships, six Maccabiah Games, and f ...
, former head gymnastics coach at the university.
Swimming
The swimming and diving team scored their highest at the NCAA championship meet in March for the years 2007 and 2008.
Football
Elm City rivalry
The Elm City Rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the New Haven Chargers of the University of New Haven and Southern Connecticut Owls of Southern Connecticut State University.
History
In 2004 New Haven dropped its footb ...
SCSU's football program has produced coaches and players who went on to the National Football League.
Alumni in the NFL
Active Coaches
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Jeff Stoutland
Jeff Stoutland (born February 10, 1962) is an American football coach who is the run game coordinator and offensive line coach for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He served as the interim head football coach for the ...
— Linebackers coach (1984-1985), Offensive coordinator (1988-1992)
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Tim Holt
Charles John "Tim" Holt III (February 5, 1919 – February 15, 1973) was an American actor. He was a popular Western star during the 1940s and early 1950s, appearing in forty-six B westerns released by RKO Pictures.
In a career spanning mo ...
— Tight ends coach & Assistant offensive line coach (1995-1996), Running backs coach (2005-2007)
Former Coaches
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Kevin Gilbride
Kevin Bernard Gilbride (born August 27, 1951) is an American football head coach. He was a coach for twenty years in the NFL, spending seven of them as the offensive coordinator for the New York Giants, with whom he earned two Super Bowl rin ...
— Quarterback and Tight end, Head coach (1980-1984)
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Chris Palmer — Quarterback (1969-1971)
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Nick Nicolau
Anthero "Nick" Nicolau (May 5, 1933 – December 6, 2014) was a longtime NFL and college football assistant coach. He graduated from Southern Connecticut State University.
He spent most of the 1960s -'70s coaching at college programs such as ...
— Running back (1957-1959), Assistant coach (1960)
Former NFL Players
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Scott Mersereau
Scott Robert Mersereau born (April 8, 1965 in Riverhead, New York,
United States) is a former defensive lineman for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He attended college at Southern Connecticut State University. He played prof ...
— Defensive tackle for the
New York Jets
The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Jets compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The J ...
(1987-1993)
Volleyball
SCSU's volleyball program had its most successful seasons in 2017–18 and in 2018–19. The Owls had their first National Tournament berth in 2017 with a record of 24–11. They ended their campaign in the second round of the National Tournament when they lost to New Haven. In 2018, the Owls won their first-ever NE-10 Conference Title against American International College. The Owls then had their second berth into the National Tournament, bust lost in the first round.
National championships
The Owls have won ten NCAA team national championships.
Team
References
External links
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