The Jefferson Rams (formerly the Philadelphia Textile Rams and the Philadelphia Rams) are the athletic teams that represent

Thomas Jefferson University Thomas Jefferson University is a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Established in its earliest form in 1824, the university officially combined with Philadelphia University in 2017. To signify its heritage, the univer ...

, located in

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since ...

, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the

NCAA Division II NCAA Division II (D-II) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environmen ...

ranks, primarily competing as a member of the

Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference The Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (or CACC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Its fourteen member institutions are located in the northeaster ...

(CACC) since the 2005–06 academic year; while its women's golf and women's rowing teams compete as Independents. The Rams previously competed in the

East Coast Conference The East Coast Conference (ECC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states of C ...

(originally known as the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference until 2006) from 1991–92 to 2004–05.

Varsity teams

Jefferson sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate teams: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball.

National championships

Team

Individual programs

Men's basketball

The university is known for its men's basketball program, particularly coach

Herb Magee Herb Magee (born June 20, 1941), commonly referred to as the Shot Doctor, is an American former men's college basketball coach, who coached for 54 seasons at NCAA Division II Thomas Jefferson University. The school was established in its current ...

, who became the most successful men's basketball coach in

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history on February 23, 2010, and was inducted into the Class of 2011 of the

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. Magee served 54 years as coach at Philadelphia University, highlighted by an NCAA Division II Basketball Championship in 1970. Magee was awarded the honorary degree of

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by President Stephen Spinelli Jr. at Philadelphia University's 125th Commencement in 2009.

Women's basketball

The university women's basketball program is under athletic director and women's basketball coach Tom Shirley. Shirley, who has been the university's director of athletics since 1992, has won 607 games, which places him sixth on the NCAA DII career wins list and 30th on the NCAA all-divisions career coaching wins list. On January 19, 2011, Shirley took his 600th win as the Rams defeated Chestnut Hill College 76–60.

Baseball

Bob File Robert Michael File (born January 28, 1977) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. File spent three-plus seasons as a reliever for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB) from to . He signed with the St. Louis Cardinals ...

played for the PhilaU Rams men's baseball program.

Women's rowing

In the 2006–2007 season, Philadelphia University started a rowing program under head coach Chris O'Brien. In its inaugural season it won the

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in the Women's Novice Heavy Eight. The 2008–2009 season was also notable for the success of the men's and women's tennis teams, with both winning the CACC championships.

Women's soccer

Jefferson Women's Soccer is the first program to win three straight CACC titles in women's soccer since at least the 2000 season, according to available records. Jefferson 's win in 2021 comes after consecutive wins in 2019 and 2020. This marked the Rams' sixth CACC Championship in program history. In 2021, Jefferson also earned its fourth NCAA Tournament appearance (2014, 2015, 2019), and the Rams made back-to-back trips for the second time. There was no NCAA Tournament contested in the 2020-21 academic year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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