The Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes are the men's and women's intercollegiate athletic teams of

California State University, San Bernardino California State University, San Bernardino (Cal State San Bernardino or CSUSB) is a public research university in San Bernardino, California. Founded in 1965, it is part of the California State University system. The main campus sits on in th ...

. The athletic department was established in 1984 and the school's athletic mascot is the Coyotes, sometimes shortened as “Yotes” during cheers. The school's official colors are coyote blue and black. The Coyotes compete in the

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(CCAA) in the NCAA's Division II.

History

Cal State San Bernardino's athletics department started in 1984 and originally competed at the

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level. In 1991-92, the department transitioned to

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and joined the California Collegiate Athletics Association, where they have remained members since. The Yotes are the fourth-oldest team in the conference behind

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, and

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Mascot & Brand

From 1984 to 2020, CSUSB's athletics programs went exclusively by the Coyotes. In August 2019, the department began to roll out the Yotes brand. In August 2020, the department fully released the Yotes logo, as well as an updated coyote head mascot that replaced all gray with white. The names Yotes and Coyotes are both still used, though Yotes has become more common.

Sports

The athletics department offers 10 sports, including: baseball, men's and women's basketball, women's cross country, men's golf, men's and women's soccer, softball, women's track and field, and women's volleyball.

Championships

Since 1984, the Yotes have won one team and one individual national championship. In 2019, the Women's Volleyball team became only the third school in NCAA Division II history to go undefeated at 33-0 on its way to winning the national championship. CSUSB has also won many local and regional championships and regularly finish high up in national tournaments. The men's soccer team went to the

national semifinals in 1987 and captured the university's first

title in 1991. In 1997, Scott Householder grabbed the university's first individual national championship with a 273 for 72 holes, a record that still stands. Men's golf has finished third in the national tournament three times in its history. The men's baseball team took West Region titles in 1990 and 1991, advancing to the DIII College World Series both times. The men's basketball team has won four West Region titles, 11 CCAA regular season championships, 3 CCAA tournament championships, and has made two appearances in the

national semifinals. The CSUSB women's volleyball team has won 14 CCAA and 8 West Region titles, went to the

quarterfinals (2017), semifinals three times, (2003, 2008), advanced to the finals, (2008, 2009, 2011) and 2019 when it won the final.

NCAA Appearances

The CSUSB Yotes competed in the NCAA Tournament across 8 active sports (3 men's and 4 women's) 65 times at the Division II level. * Baseball (3): 1990, 1991, 2023 * Men's Basketball (17): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 * Women's Basketball (5): 1994, 1998, 2007, 2008, 2011 * Men's Golf (11): 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2022, 2023 * Men's Soccer (3): 1991, 2009, 2010 * Women's Soccer (2): 2003, 2013 * Softball (5): 2008, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2023 * Women's Volleyball (22): 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

Individual

Cal State San Bernardino has one individual NCAA championship at the Division II level.

Facilities

The men's and women's basketball and women's volleyball teams play in the James & Aerianthi

Coussoulis Arena James and Aerianthi Coussoulis Arena or Coussoulis Arena is a 4,140-seat multi-purpose arena in San Bernardino, California, United States, on the campus of California State University, San Bernardino. It is named for James & Aerianthi Coussoulis. ...

and the baseball team plays at

Fiscalini Field Fiscalini Field is a stadium in San Bernardino, California, US. Over the years, the stadium was the spring training homes of the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Browns (now the Baltimore Orioles) and was the home field for the San Bernardino St ...

. Both soccer teams compete a
Premier Field
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CSUSB Softball Park

References

External links

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