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The Northeastern Huskies are the athletic teams representing Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. They compete in thirteen varsity team sports: men's and women's hockey (in Hockey East); men's baseball, men's and women's basketball, women's field hockey and volleyball, swimming, and men's and women's soccer (in the Colonial Athletic Association), and men's and women's rowing, track and cross-country. The NU mascot is Paws. The school colors are red and black with white trim. The fight song, "All Hail, Northeastern," was composed by Charles A. Pethybridge, Class of 1932. While Northeastern has won numerous conference championships, they have not won a team national championship. As of 2021, Northeastern has only had a team make it to a national championship game on one occurrence; the women's hockey team made it to the national championship game in 2021, but lost 2–1 in overtime to the
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. Northeastern's sole individual NCAA Champion was Boris Djerassi, who won the 1975 NCAA Championship in the
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. Principal athletic facilities include
Matthews Arena Matthews Arena (formerly Boston Arena) is a multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the world's oldest multi-purpose athletic building still in use, as well as the oldest arena in use for ice hockey. The arena opened in 1910 on wha ...
, the world's oldest indoor ice hockey arena (capacity: 4,666 for hockey, 5,250 for basketball),
Parsons Field Parsons Field is a 7,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Brookline, Massachusetts. It is home to the Northeastern University baseball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's rugby as well as the Brookline High School ...
(3,000 for baseball),
Cabot Center The Cabot Center is the home of several indoor athletic teams of Northeastern University Huskies in Boston, Massachusetts. Built in 1954 and named in 1957 for patron Godfrey Lowell Cabot, the building houses a variety of facilities for the vario ...
(1,800 for basketball and volleyball), Barletta Natatorium (500), the
Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center The Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center (RLTAC) is an indoor track and indoor basketball stadium in Roxbury, Massachusetts, partially funded by the state of Massachusetts. It is home to numerous Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Associat ...
(3,500) and the Henderson Boathouse.


Sports sponsored


Hockey


Men's hockey

The men's ice hockey program has existed since 1929 and played as an independent NCAA Division I team until joining the ECAC in 1961. Northeastern is a founding member of the Hockey East athletic conference, which the team joined in 1984. The Huskies' men's hockey team has generally met with mediocre success. The Huskies had their most success in the 1980s, when the team won the prestigious Beanpot tournament four times (1980, 1984, 1985, and 1988) and was the runner-up twice (1983 and 1987). Its best season came in 1982, when the Huskies finished 25-9-2 and made it to the NCAA Frozen Four. They also won the Hockey East championship in 1988 and 2016 and made appearances in the NCAA hockey tournament in 1988, 1994, 2009, 2016, and 2018. The Huskies also managed to win back-to-back Beanpot tournaments in 2018 and 2019, after ending a 30-year-long title drought. The program's most notable coach was ex- Boston Bruin and Hockey Hall of Famer Fernie Flaman, who was the head coach between 1970 and 1989. The team's current coach is Jim Madigan, a Northeastern alumni who was part of the Beanpot championship teams from 1983-1985. Madigan succeeded former New York Islanders' farm system coach
Greg Cronin Greg Cronin (born June 2, 1963) is an American professional ice hockey coach and current head coach of the Colorado Eagles of the AHL. Prior to joining the Eagles in 2018, Cronin held coaching positions with the New York Islanders and Toronto Map ...
, who coached the Huskies from 2005–2011 and finished with a record of 84-104-29, before moving on to become assistant coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. His best season on St. Botolph Street was the 2008–09 season, when the Huskies had their best record in a generation, finishing 25-12-4 and making the NCAA tournament, as well as being ranked at one point during the season 2nd in the nation, Northeastern's highest national ranking ever in any men's team sport. Northeastern players who have gone on to significant professional hockey careers have included David Poile '71, long time general manager of the NHL
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and current general manager of the NHL
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,
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goaltender and two-time All-American Bruce Racine '88, NHL defenseman Dan McGillis,
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winger
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, and
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defenseman and
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finalist Jim Fahey '02. Michael Ryan '02 is a retired forward for Assat in the Finnish League. Joe Vitale '09 is a retired forward for the
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and
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goalie and
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finalist Brad Thiessen '09. Jamie Oleksiak '11 was drafted in the 1st round 14th overall by the
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(the highest any Husky has ever been drafted), and currently plays for the
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. Zach Aston-Reese '17 was a finalist for the
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in 2017 and currently plays for the
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. Adam Gaudette '18 won the
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in 2018 and currently plays for the
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. Matt Benning '16 plays defense for
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, Dylan Sikura '18 plays for the
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, Kevin Roy '16 and Josh Manson '14 play for the Anaheim Ducks and Anthony Bitetto '12 plays defense for the
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.


Women's hockey

The women's varsity hockey program started in 1980, and under former
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all-star goaltender Don McLeod, who was named the coach the following season and led the program for ten seasons, became the first national power in collegiate women's hockey. Starting in the 1982 season, the lady Huskies had thirteen consecutive winning seasons, including six straight seasons of twenty or more wins between 1987 and 1992. The program's best record was in 1988, when the undefeated squad finished 26-0-1, winning its first of three ECAC titles (the others coming in 1989 and 1997), at the time the effective national women's college championship. Northeastern has also been the ECAC finalist seven times, as well as winning fourteen women's Beanpot tournaments, including eight straight between 1984 and 1991. The Huskies' all-time best mark for wins was in 1997 with 27, a total equaled in 1992. The program's career scoring leader is
Kendall Coyne Kendall Coyne Schofield (born May 25, 1992) is an American professional ice hockey player who is currently a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. With the national team, she has won six gold medals at the IIHF World Wome ...
with 141 goals and 108 assists for 249 points, while Fiona Rice is the career assists leader with 118. The single-season goal leader is
Vicky Sunohara Vicky Sunohara (born May 18, 1970) is a Canadian ice hockey coach, former ice hockey player, and three-time Olympic medallist. She has been described as "the Wayne Gretzky of women's hockey" and is recognized as a trailblazer and pioneer for the ...
with 51 goals in 1986 and points leader
Kendall Coyne Kendall Coyne Schofield (born May 25, 1992) is an American professional ice hockey player who is currently a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. With the national team, she has won six gold medals at the IIHF World Wome ...
with 84 in 2016. Among notable players for Northeastern have been Sunohara; goaltender Kelly Dyer, the second woman to play professional ice hockey in North America; United States national team goaltender Chanda Gunn, ten-time United States national team member and Olympic gold medalist Shelley Looney, 2002 collegiate women's player of the year Brooke Whitney and multiple Olympic medalist
Laura Schuler Laura Lynne Schuler (born December 3, 1970) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former player who was a member of the 1998 Canadian women's Olympic hockey team. Playing career Schuler played one sport in high school. She was captain of the fiel ...
, Swiss national team goaltender and 2012 First-Team All-American
Florence Schelling Florence Isabelle Schelling (born 9 March 1989) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey goaltender. She briefly served as General manager of SC Bern from 2020 to 2021. She was the first woman to be named GM of a professional men's team in the ...
, and Patty Kazmaier Award winner and Olympian
Kendall Coyne Kendall Coyne Schofield (born May 25, 1992) is an American professional ice hockey player who is currently a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. With the national team, she has won six gold medals at the IIHF World Wome ...
. In addition, the following Huskies have played on the United States national team: Tina Cardinale, Jeanine Sobek, Brooke White-Lancette, Kim Haman, Hillary Witt and Erika Silva.


Basketball


Men's basketball

Northeastern is currently a member of the Colonial Athletic Association, having moved to the CAA in 2005 after many years in the
America East Conference The America East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I founded in 1979, whose members are located in the Northeastern United States. The conference has nine core members including eight public research ...
. The current men's basketball coach is Bill Coen. The Huskies won the CAA tournament in 2015 and made the NCAA tournament falling to
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in the first round. Among notable players for Northeastern have been Boston Celtics captain and All-Star
Reggie Lewis Reginald C. Lewis (November 21, 1965 – July 27, 1993) was an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Boston Celtics from 1987 to 1993. Early life Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Lewis attended high schoo ...
, Golden State Warriors guard
Perry Moss Perry Lee Moss (August 4, 1926 – August 7, 2014) was an American football player, coach, and executive. Moss played tailback at the University of Tulsa and quarterback at Illinois during the 1940s. As a Tulsa tailback, he was on the Orange Bo ...
, Olympian Dave Caligaris, All-American Pete Harris, Dallas Mavericks guard & NBA Champion
José Juan Barea José Juan Barea Mora (born June 26, 1984) is a Puerto Rican former professional basketball player and coach. He played college basketball for Northeastern University before joining the Mavericks in 2006 and becoming only the seventh Puerto Ric ...
, one of the NCAA's assist leaders & Providence Associate Head Coach Andre LaFleur, and Baskonia guard Matt Janning.


Women's basketball

Northeastern women's basketball is currently a member of the Colonial Athletic Association, having moved to the CAA in 2005 after many years in the
America East Conference The America East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I founded in 1979, whose members are located in the Northeastern United States. The conference has nine core members including eight public research ...
, formerly the Seaboard Conference. The current head coach is Kelly Cole. The women's basketball program began with the 1966–67 season and has produced four conference championships, three with the Seaboard Conference in 1985, 1986, 1987 and one with America East in 1999. The Huskies appeared in the NCAA tournament in 1999 as a #13 seed, losing to #4 North Carolina in the first round.


Baseball

The Northeastern University Baseball team currently competes in the Colonial Athletic Association and is coached by
Mike Glavine Michael Patrick Glavine (born January 24, 1973) is a baseball coach and former first baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets in 2003. He is the current head baseball coach of the Northeastern Huskies baseball, Nort ...
. As a part of the
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from 1979-2005, the baseball program won three America East Conference baseball tournaments, in 1994, 1997, and 2003. The Huskies made the NCAA tournament in 2018. Among notable players for Northeastern have been
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pitcher Adam Ottavino,
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first baseman
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,
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first baseman
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,
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third baseman Johnny Tobin and
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infielder Wild Bill Hunnefield. The Huskies appeared in the
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. The team has played the Boston Red Sox in Spring training exhibition games.


Soccer


Men's soccer

The Northeastern Men's Soccer team began at the University as a varsity sport in 1984 under the direction of Winston Smith. The team joined America East for the 1988 season and moved to the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2005 season. The team enjoyed their most successful season in 2012, winning the conference championship and moving on to the second round of the
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. The team is currently coached by Chris Gbandhi.


Women's soccer

The Northeastern Women's Soccer team began at the University as a varsity sport in 1996 under the direction of Julia Claudio and began competing in the America East Conference the following year. The team joined the Colonial Athletic Association in 2005 and won the conference championship in 2008 before advancing to the second round of the NCAA tournament that same year. The team also won the CAA title and advanced to the NCAA tournament in both 2013 and 2014. The Huskies are currently coached by
Tracey Leone Tracey Marie Leone (; born May 5, 1967) is a retired American soccer midfielder who was a member of the United States women's national soccer team. She was the first American to win a world championship as both a player and as a head coach. In ...
.


Rowing


Men's rowing

The Northeastern Men's Rowing team has a long history at the University, debuting in the 1960s and making a number of appearances at the
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and National IRA Regatta. The team is currently coached by John Pojednic who joined the team in 1999 as Assistant Coach and was elevated to Head Coach following the retirement of Walter “Buzz” Congram in 2000.


Women's rowing

The Northeastern women's rowing team is currently coached by Joe Wilhelm who was named to the position in 1998. The team made four consecutive appearances in the NCAA Championships (1997 to 2000) as well as a number of appearances at the Eastern Sprints and CAA championships in 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, and 2015.


Track and field

The Northeastern Track and Field team has a long and decorated history at Northeastern. The team is currently led by Tramaine Shaw who serves as the Director of Track & Field and Cross Country. The team is a member of the Colonial Athletic Association, joining the conference in 2006 after a number of years in America East Conference. Among notable alumni for Northeastern have been NCAA Champion and Olympian Boris Djerassi as well as Olympian Bruce Bickford.


Swimming and diving

The swimming and Diving team debuted in the fall of 1978 under Janet Swanson. The team is currently coached by Roy Coates and competes in the Colonial Athletic Association.


Football

The Huskies football program competed in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association. Northeastern participated in football from 1933 to 2009, compiling an all-time record of 289–366–17. The Board of Trustees voted on November 20, 2009, to end the football program, citing sparse attendance, numerous losing seasons, and the expense to renovate
Parsons Field Parsons Field is a 7,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Brookline, Massachusetts. It is home to the Northeastern University baseball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's rugby as well as the Brookline High School ...
stadium to an acceptable standard. According to president Joseph E. Aoun, "Leadership requires that we make these choices. This decision allows us to focus on our existing athletic programs." Among notable players for Northeastern were Cincinnati Bengals tight end and Pro Bowler Dan Ross; Green Bay Packers lineman and Pro Bowler Sean Jones, Pittsburgh Steelers linesman
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and Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker
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.


Club sports

The Club Sports Program at Northeastern University, administered by the Campus Recreation department, includes over 40 club sports. The club sports programs include: * Alpine Skiing * Baseball * Basketball * Cheerleading * Climbing * Color Guard * Cricket * Cycling * Dance * Field Hockey * Figure Skating * Golf * Ice Hockey – Men * Ice Hockey – Women * Inline Hockey * Lacrosse - Men * Lacrosse - Women * Martial Arts - Judo * Paintball * Powerlifting * Rugby - Men's * Rugby - Women's * Running * Sailing - Co-ed * Sailing - Women's * Skeet & Trap (Shotgun Shooting) * Soccer - Men's * Soccer - Women's * Softball * Squash - Men's * Squash - Women's * Swimming - Men's * Swimming - Women's * Synchronized Skating * Table Tennis * Tennis - Men's * Tennis - Women's * Triathlon * Ultimate Frisbee - Men's * Ultimate Frisbee - Women's * Volleyball - Men's * Volleyball - Women's * Water Polo * Wrestling


Sailing

The Northeastern University Sailing Team was established in 1940, making it one of the oldest college sailing teams in the country. It is composed of a Co-ed and Women's team, that both compete at the D1 level in the
New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association The New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) is one of the seven conferences affiliated with the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) that schedule and administer regattas within their established geographic regions. NEISA ...
(NEISA), one of the seven conferences affiliated with the
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(ICSA). In the Fall 2017 season, the Sailing team qualified for the New England Match Race Championship and the Women’s Atlantic Coast Championship, both firsts in the team’s history. In this same season, the Women's team was ranked 15th in the country by the Sailing World Coaches' poll.


Alpine skiing

The Huskies ski team is a
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(USCSA) alpine skiing program started in 1971 that competes as a member of the Thompson Division in the Eastern Collegiate Ski Conference (ECSC). Sweeping both the men's and women's division championships in 2014, the ski team placed 5th and 4th espectivelyin the ECSC regionals to advance to their first team appearance at the USCSA National Championships.


Climbing

The Northeastern club climbing team was founded in the spring of 2014. In the 2014 collegiate season, the team won the New England Regional Championship and placed 2nd in the
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Collegiate Climbing Series National Championships. At the 2015 National Championships, the team placed 1st in speed climbing and 5th overall.


Rugby

Founded in 1984, the Northeastern University Rugby Football Club plays
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in the East Coast Rugby Conference. Northeastern won the 2012 East Coast 7s Championship to qualify for the 2012 USA Rugby College 7s National Championship. The Huskies competed at the 2014
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, a tournament broadcast live on NBC from PPL Park in Philadelphia.


Lacrosse

The Northeastern men's lacrosse team, founded in 1983, competes in the MCLA's
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. Major in-conference rivals for the Huskies include
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and Boston College. Recent successes include national tournament trips in 2005, 2007, 2014, and 2017.


Squash

The Northeastern men's squash team, founded in 2004, competes in the College Squash Association. Major rivals for the Huskies include
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, Boston College,
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and
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. Recent successes include the Chaffee Cup Championship in 2006 and 2014. The Huskies won the Serues Cup in 2016. They were the top club team in the country in 2008 with a ranking of 20th.


Conference championships

Men's conference championships *Baseball (2): 2004, 2005 - Tournament (3): 1994, 1997, 2003 *Basketball (11): 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 2013, 2015, 2018 - Tournament (9): 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1991, 2015, 2019 *Hockey (1): 1982 - Tournament (4): 1982, 1988, 2016, 2019 *Football (1): 2002 *Soccer (2): 2000, 2002 - Tournament (2): 2002, 2012 *Indoor Track & Field (10): 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005 *Outdoor Track & Field (8): 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2015 *Cross Country (1): 1988 Women's conference championships *Basketball (3): 1985, 1986, 1987 - Tournament (4): 1985, 1986, 1987, 1999 *Hockey (2): 2012, 2019 - Tournament (5): 1988, 1989, 1997, 2018, 2019 *Soccer (2): 2009, 2014 - Tournament (3): 2008, 2013, 2014 *Volleyball (3): 1991, 1992, 2008 - Tournament (1): 2001 *Field Hockey (7): 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2014 - Tournament (10): 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 *Indoor Track & Field (8): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005 *Outdoor Track & Field (13): 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 *Swimming & Diving (6): 1993, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004


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