West Virginia Mountaineers | |
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University | West Virginia University |
Conference |
Big 12 MAC Great America Rifle Conference |
NCAA | Division I |
Athletic director | Shane Lyons |
Location | Morgantown, West Virginia |
Varsity teams | 17 |
Football stadium | Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium |
Basketball arena | WVU Coliseum |
Baseball stadium | Monongalia County Ballpark |
Mascot | The Mountaineer |
Nickname | Mountaineers |
Fight song | Hail, West Virginia (official) Take Me Home, Country Roads (unofficial) |
Colors | Old Gold and Blue |
Website | www |
The West Virginia Mountaineers are the athletic teams that represent West Virginia University. The school is a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I. The Mountaineers have been a member of the Big 12 Conference since 2012. At that time, the Mountaineers joined the Mid-American Conference as an affiliate member for men's soccer. The two major sports at the university are football (played at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium) and basketball (played at the WVU Coliseum), although many of the other sports have large followings as well. The West Virginia University athletic program also has the honor of being the only school in the nation in 2007 to win a BCS game, a NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament game, and a NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament game.
Currently, WVU sponsors seven men's sports, ten women's sports, and one coeducational sport (rifle). Men's golf was the latest sport to be added in the 2015–16 school year.
West Virginia has won 20 NCAA team national championships.
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Below are 5 national team titles that were not bestowed by the NCAA:
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Football is the most popular sport at WVU. The West Virginia Mountaineers football team represents West Virginia University in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of college football. West Virginia plays its home games at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium on the campus of West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. The Mountaineers compete in the Big 12 Conference.