The San Diego Toreros are the 17 teams representing the

University of San Diego The University of San Diego (USD) is a private Roman Catholic research university in San Diego, California. Chartered in July 1949 as the independent San Diego College for Women and San Diego University (comprising the College for Men and Sch ...

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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

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for most sports.

Sports sponsored

Louise Lieberman Louise Kristina Lieberman (born May 6, 1977) is an American soccer coach and former player. She is currently the head coach of the San Diego Toreros women's team. Lieberman played for the Washington Freedom of the Women's United Soccer Associat ...

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 * Kris Bryant - MLB outfielder/third baseman *

Josh Butler Joshua James Butler (born December 11, 1984 in Auburn, California) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2009. College career Butler attended the University of San Diego, where he played college bas ...

- former MLB pitcher * Brady Clark - Former MLB outfielder *

Dylan Covey Dylan Charles Covey (born August 14, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox, and in the Chin ...

- former MLB pitcher *

Ross Dwelley Ross Dwelley (born January 26, 1995) is an American football tight end for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at San Diego and signed with the 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2018. Ear ...

- NFL tight end *

Michael Gasperson Michael Gasperson (born June 10, 1982) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He played for the Philadelphia Eagles for one season in 2007. He was signed by the Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He p ...

- NFL wide receiver * A.J. Griffin - former MLB pitcher * Evan Hlavacek - former AFL wide receiver * Josh Johnson - former NFL quarterback * Zuzana Lešenarová - former professional tennis player *

Matt Maslowski Matthew Anthony Maslowski (born September 10, 1949) is a former American football wide receiver who played for the Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He also played for Florida Blazers of the (WFL). He playe ...

- former NFL wide receiver * John Matthews - former NFL wide receiver * Brian Matusz - former MLB pitcher * Mike McCoy - former MLB utility player * James Pazos - MLB pitcher * Paul Sewald - MLB pitcher *

Sammy Solís Samuel Solís (born August 10, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals and for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of the Nippon Professional ...

- former MLB pitcher *

Vern Valdez Vernon Valdez, Jr. (August 12, 1935 – June 1981) was a professional American football defensive back in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills (1961) and the Oakland Raiders (1962,1963). He also played in the National Football League ...

- former NFL defensive back * Stan Washington - former NBA player *

John Wathan John David Wathan (; born October 4, 1949) is an American former professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played his entire career in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Kansas City Royals from 1976 to 1985. Wathan was a member ...

- former MLB utility player

Notable non-varsity teams

Rugby

The University of San Diego Rugby Football Club was founded in 1980.History
USD Toreros Rugby. Retrieved October 9, 2014. USD plays

college rugby College rugby is played by men and women throughout colleges and universities in the United States of America. Seven-a-side and fifteen-a-side variants of rugby union are most commonly played. Most collegiate rugby programs do not fall under the ...

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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