California Golden Bears | |
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University | University of California |
Conference |
Pac-12 Conference Mountain Pacific Sports Federation America East Conference PAC Rugby Conference |
NCAA | Division I / FBS |
Athletic director | H. Michael Williams |
Location | Berkeley, California |
Varsity teams | 30 (29 NCAA) |
Football stadium | California Memorial Stadium |
Basketball arena | Haas Pavilion |
Baseball stadium | Evans Diamond |
Softball stadium | Levine-Fricke Field |
Soccer stadium | Edwards Stadium |
Mascot | Oski the Bear |
Nickname | Golden Bears |
Fight song |
Fight for California (primary) Big C Sons of California |
Cheer | Oski Yell |
Colors | Blue and Gold |
Website | www |
The California Golden Bears are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Berkeley. Referred to in athletic competition as California or Cal, the university fields 30 varsity athletic programs and various club teams in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s Division I primarily as a member of the Pac-12 Conference, and for a limited number of sports as a member of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF). Over the course of the school's history, California has won team national titles in 13 men's and 3 women's sports and 105 team titles overall. Cal athletes have also competed in the Olympics for a host of different countries. Notable facilities used by the Bears include California Memorial Stadium (football) and Haas Pavilion (basketball and other indoor sports). Cal finished the 2010–11 athletic season with 1,219.50 points, earning third place in the Director's Cup standings, the Golden Bears' highest finish ever. Cal did not receive any points for its national championships in rugby and men's crew because those sports are not governed by the NCAA. Cal finished 12th in the 2014-15 standings.
In 2014, Cal instituted a strict academic standard for an athlete's admission to the university. By the 2017 academic year 80 percent of incoming student athletes will need to comply with the University of California general student requirement of having a 3.0 or higher high school grade point average.
Cal Berkeley sponsors varsity teams in 14 men's and 16 women's sports:
Men's I=intercollegiate sports
Women's intercollegiate sports
As of May 7, 2017, the California Golden Bears had 105 team national championships (36 awarded by the NCAA). At the end of 2014, 156 individual national championships, 14 tennis doubles national championships, 40 relay national championships (37 swimming, 3 track), and 47 national championship boats had been accomplished by University of California athletes.