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University | University of Guelph |
Association | Canadian Interuniversity Sport |
Conference | Ontario University Athletics |
Athletic director | Tom Kendall |
Location | Guelph, Ontario |
Varsity teams | 23 |
Football stadium | Alumni Stadium |
Arena | Gryphon Centre |
Mascot | Gryphon |
Nickname | Gryphs |
Colors |
Red,, gold, and black |
Website | www |
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First season | 1950 |
Athletic director | Tom Kendall |
Head coach |
Kevin MacNeill (Interim) 1st year, 3–5–0 (.375) |
Other Staff | Adam Grandy (DC) Todd Galloway (OC) |
Home Stadium | Alumni Stadium (Guelph) |
Stadium capacity | 4,100 |
Stadium surface | Field Turf |
Location | Guelph, Ontario |
League | CIS |
Conference | OUA (1980 - present) |
Past associations | OIFC (1957-1966) CCIFC (1967-1970) OUAA (1971-1973) OQIFC (1974-1979) |
All-time record | – |
Postseason record | – |
Tournaments | |
Vanier Cups | 1 1984 |
Churchill Bowls | 1 1984 |
Yates Cups | 4 1984, 1992, 1996, 2015 |
Hec Crighton winners | 0 |
Current uniform | |
Colours | Red, Black, and Gold |
Outfitter | Russell |
Rivals |
Western Mustangs Waterloo Warriors Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks |
Website | gryphons |
The Guelph Gryphons are the athletic teams that represent the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The university's varsity teams compete in the Ontario University Athletics conference of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport and, where applicable, in the west division. The university teams are often referred to as the Gryphs, which is short for the schools mascot, the gryphon.
Guelph Gryphons teams compete in:
Established in 1998, the baseball team is not one of the school's most well known programs. Although the team does produce a varsity team, it does not receive the same recognition as the football, or even basketball teams. Much like football, the team has an early season starting from the first week of September for a month straight until October. Since it is a short schedule of 21 games and only one month for play, the league often schedules two games per day. University baseball in the OUA is growing and currently eight universities compete, four of which qualify for the playoffs and championship. However, unlike many varsity sports the baseball team does not compete in the CIS. The team does, however, try to compete in the CIBA (Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association). In 2012, the Gryphons baseball team established a new team wins record by obtaining 14 wins in regular season play. The Gryphons finished second in the OUA standings and it meant that the team would advance to the OUA playoffs for the first time since 2004. In the playoffs, the Gryphons started strong by defeating Western before dropping the next to Toronto in a nail biter for a chance at a place in the final. The team would lose the semi final to Brock to close out the season in third place.
Garney Henley took over as head coach for the Basketball team in the 1965-66 season taking it from an intramural program to a varsity contender. In the 1973-74 season, the team entered the CIAU National Basketball championship as a wild card team. The team won the National Basketball Game for the first time in the school's history beating St. Mary's University with the final score of 74-72.