Florida Atlantic Owls

Florida Atlantic Owls
University	Florida Atlantic University
Conference	Conference USA
NCAA	Division I / FBS
Athletic director	Patick Chun
Location	Boca Raton, Florida
Varsity teams	18 (8 men's; 10 women's)
Football stadium	FAU Stadium
Basketball arena	FAU Arena
Baseball stadium	FAU Baseball Stadium
Softball stadium	FAU Softball Stadium
Mascot	Owlsley the burrowing owl
Nickname	Owls
Fight song	FAU Fight Song
Colors	Blue and Red
Website	fausports.com

The Florida Atlantic Owls are the athletics teams of Florida Atlantic University. The Owls participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I as members of Conference USA. Florida Atlantic has attracted high-profile coaches for various sports, including Howard Schnellenberger for football and Mike Jarvis for basketball. Former coaches include Matt Doherty, Rex Walters, and Sidney Green. The director of athletics is Patrick Chun.

The logo and mascot of Florida Atlantic University's athletic teams is the burrowing owl. Owlsley is the name of the mascot for Florida Atlantic University. The presence of this bird has been popular on the land of the university, even preceding the construction of FAU. At the dedication ceremony in 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson even made notice and reference to the popular presence of the bird. In 1971, the National Audubon Society designated FAU's land an official owl sanctuary, honoring the tradition of the bird's presence and moving to protect the birds from attempts to expand construction of the university. Owls are still dominant in their presence on the Boca Raton campus to this day. With the addition of intercollegiate athletics in the mid-1980s, the university used the bird as its mascot - an animal that denotes wisdom, determination and cognizance.

A member of Conference USA, FAU sponsors teams in eight men's and eleven women's NCAA sanctioned sports:

Men's intercollegiate sports

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