Vanderbilt Commodores
| Vanderbilt Commodores | |
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| University | Vanderbilt University |
| Conference |
Southeastern Conference Big East Conference (women's lacrosse) Southland Bowling League (bowling) |
| NCAA | Division I / FBS |
| Athletic director | David Williams II (as Vice Chancellor of Student Life) |
| Location | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Varsity teams | 16 |
| Football stadium | Vanderbilt Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Memorial Gymnasium |
| Baseball stadium | Hawkins Field |
| Mascot | Mr. C |
| Nickname | Commodores |
| Fight song | Dynamite |
| Colors | Black and Old Gold |
| Website | www |
The Vanderbilt Commodores are the NCAA athletic teams of Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tennessee. The university fields 16 varsity teams (6 men's teams and 10 women's teams), 14 of which compete in the Southeastern Conference. Vanderbilt's women's lacrosse team plays in the Big East Conference, while the bowling team plays in the Southland Bowling League.
Vanderbilt University sponsors teams in six men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports:
† = The bowling team competes in the Southland Bowling League.
‡ = The lacrosse team competes in the Big East Conference.
Baseball has been a part of Vanderbilt athletics since its official debut in 1886. The sport started out as a two-game schedule which featured a draw between Vanderbilt and then conference rival Sewanee. As the number of games increased the game became more and more popular especially in 1921 when Vanderbilt (20-8) first reached twenty wins in a season and won the Southern Conference baseball championship. Manager Bill Schwartz who formerly coached the Nashville Vols (1917, 1924–40, 1952) helped bring Vanderbilt to national prominence. Under his reign he led the Commodores to a 155-112-1 record which still ranks third all-time in victories at Vanderbilt. Under the direction of Larry Schmittou (1968–1978) the Commodores found even more success as the 1971 team began a four-year streak as SEC Eastern Divisional Champs with a 34-19 record. He also guided Vanderbilt to back-to-back SEC conference titles in 1973 and 1974 while being awarded Coach-of-the-Year honors. Schmittou currently ranks second all-time in Vanderbilt wins (306-252-1) and has coached 20 All-SEC players, 14 of which were drafted in the MLB draft.
Tim Corbin (2003–present) has led Vanderbilt baseball into national prominence with players like Jeremy Sowers, David Price, Casey Weathers, Sonny Gray, Jensen Lewis and Pedro Álvarez. Vanderbilt's baseball team has enjoyed a great deal of success under his reign. The team qualified for the NCAA Super Regionals in 2004, had the nation's top recruiting class in 2005 according to Baseball America made the NCAA field again in 2006, and won the 2007 SEC regular-season and SEC tournament crowns. The Commodores were ranked first in most polls for a large portion of the 2007 season and earned the #1 national seed for the 2007 NCAA tournament. In 2011 the team was ranked as high as #1 for a good part of the season and won the SEC regular-season title. That year the team entered the NCAA Regionals with a #6 national seed and finally accomplished something that they had not done before by going undefeated through Regionals and Super Regionals to enter the College World Series for the first time. That year Vanderbilt also broke a SEC record of most players drafted in the MLB with 12 players, breaking Auburn's record of 11.
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