San Francisco State Gators
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| University | San Francisco State University |
| Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
| NCAA | Division II |
| Athletic director | Charles Guthrie |
| Location | San Francisco, California |
| Varsity teams | 12 |
| Basketball arena | Main Gym at Don Nasser Family Plaza |
| Nickname | Gators |
| Fight song | "State Victory Song" |
| Colors | Purple and Gold |
| Website | www |
The San Francisco State Gators are the athletic teams that compete at San Francisco State University in San Francisco, California. The nickname applies to the college's intercollegiate NCAA Division II teams. The nickname was published in the student newspaper, "The Leaf", but was long referred to in media alternatively as the "Staters" and the "Golden Gaters". The use of Gaters eventually evolved into the Gators as known today.
The Gators have had a total of 275 athletes earn All-American honors and 32 athletes earn Academic All-American honors. 14 Gators have earned an individual national title in their respective sport.
The University has men's teams in basketball, baseball, cross country, soccer, and wrestling; and women's teams in basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, track and field, and volleyball. SF State competes in the California Collegiate Athletic Association while wrestling competes in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The University also offers a number of club and rec sports.
In 2016-17, the men's basketball team advanced to the NCAA Division II National Championships for the first time since the 1993-94 season. The Gators won 25 games, were ranked as high as No. 13, and finished ranked No. 22 in the nation. In the late 1970s and early 80s, the women’s basketball team had a string of nine straight postseason appearances.
San Francisco State Baseball has a long history going back well into the 1930s when coached by Hal Harden and having a "record-breaking" season in 1938 according to the Berkeley Daily Gazette Maloney Field, which opened in 1984, saw extensive upgrades ahead of the 2017 season that included field work including the construction of a new pitcher's mound, new windscreens, and the installation of new foul poles.
Clocking in with a time of 3:44.58, the 2017 SF State 4x400 relay team garnered All-American Honors, taking sixth at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday, March 11 at the Birmingham Crossplex.
Wrestling competes in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. With the announcement of California Baptist moving to NCAA Division I, SF State becomes the only Division II wrestling program in California. The Gators wrestling program has seen success over the years, having sent a qualifier to the NCAA Division II National Championships from 1965-2017. In 1997, Head Coach Lars Jensen led the first-ever NCAA Division II national championship team at SF State.
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