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University | Concordia University |
Association | U Sports |
Conference | RSEQ |
Athletic director | Patrick Boivin |
Location | Montreal, Quebec |
Varsity teams | Football, Basketball, Hockey, Rugby, Soccer, Wrestling. |
Football stadium | Concordia Stadium |
Arena | Ed Meagher Arena |
Mascot | Buzz |
Nickname | Stingers |
Colours | |
Website | www |
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First season | 1974 |
Athletic director | Patrick Boivin |
Head coach |
Mickey Donovan 3rd year, 13–11–0 (.542) |
Home Stadium | Concordia Stadium |
Year built | 2003 |
Stadium capacity | 4000 |
Stadium surface | AstroPlay |
Location | Montreal, Quebec |
League | CIS |
Conference | QUFL/RSEQ (2001 - present) |
Past associations | OQIFC (1974-2000) |
All-time record | – |
Postseason record | – |
Tournaments | |
Vanier Cups | 0 |
Atlantic Bowls | 1 1998 |
Dunsmore Cups | 3 1982, 1993, 1998 |
Hec Crighton winners | 0 |
Current uniform | |
Colours | Maroon, Gold, and Black |
Outfitter | Russell |
Rivals |
Montreal Carabins McGill Redmen |
Website | athletics |
The Concordia Stingers are the athletic teams that represent Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They compete with other schools in Canadian Interuniversity Sport, and more specifically in Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ; French for "Quebec Student Sports Network"). The Stingers were established in 1974 when Sir George Williams University and Loyola College merged to form Concordia University and replaced the preceding Sir George Williams Georgians and Loyola Warriors.
The university has 10 varsity teams - football, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's rugby, wrestling, men's and women's hockey and men's and women's basketball.
The Concordia Stingers football team is currently coached by Mickey Donovan and plays home games at the Concordia Stadium. The Stingers appeared in one Vanier Cup national championship in 1998, but lost to the Saskatchewan Huskies. The Stingers won the Dunsmore Cup three times, but have lost each of the last five times they have appeared in the Quebec title game.
^ A. Bishop's and Concordia both used ineligible players in the same game, so the game was declared "no contest" in a double forfeit.
As of the end of the 2016 CFL season, eight former Stingers players were on CFL teams' rosters:
The men's basketball team is coached by John Dore, and the women's basketball team by Keith Pruden.
In November 2005, Concordia's rugby team came from behind to beat McGill 20–18 at the Percival Molson Stadium to take the men's rugby provincial championship—the school's first since 2001.