Harvard Crimson | |
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University | Harvard University |
Conference |
Ivy League ECAC Hockey Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association Collegiate Water Polo Association |
NCAA | Division I |
Athletic director | Bob Scalise |
Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
Varsity teams | 42 teams |
Football stadium | Harvard Stadium |
Basketball arena | Lavietes Pavilion |
Baseball stadium | Joseph J. O'Donnell Field |
Soccer stadium | Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium,Ohiri Field |
Lacrosse stadium | Harvard Stadium |
Other arenas | Bright-Landry Hockey Center |
Mascot | John Harvard |
Nickname | Crimson |
Fight song | Ten Thousand Men of Harvard |
Colors | Crimson, White, and Black |
Website | gocrimson |
The Harvard Crimson are the athletic teams of Harvard University. The school's teams compete in NCAA Division I. As of 2013, there were 42 Division I intercollegiate varsity sports teams for women and men at Harvard, more than at any other NCAA Division I college in the country. Like the other Ivy League universities, Harvard does not offer athletic scholarships.
The school has won national championships in men's football (12), golf (6), men's ice hockey (1), women's lacrosse (1), men's soccer (4), coed sailing (1), women's sailing (1), fencing (1), women's rowing (1), and men's individual wrestling (3) .
Harvard's baseball program began competing in the 1865 season. It has appeared in four College World Series. It plays at Joseph J. O'Donnell Field and is currently coached by Bill Decker.
Harvard Crimson men's basketball program represents intercollegiate men's basketball at Harvard University. The team currently competes in the Ivy League in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and play home games at the Lavietes Pavilion in Boston, Massachusetts. The team's last appearance in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was in 2014, where they beat Cincinnati in the second round in a 12 to 5 seed upset. The Crimson are currently coached by Tommy Amaker.