Old Dominion Monarchs and Lady Monarchs
| Old Dominion Monarchs Lady Monarchs |
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| University | Old Dominion University |
| Conference |
Conference USA Mid-American Conference (wrestling) Big East Conference (field hockey) Atlantic Sun Conference (women's lacrosse) Big 12 Conference (women's rowing) Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (men's swimming) |
| NCAA | Division I FBS |
| Athletic director | Camden Wood Selig |
| Location | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Varsity teams | 18 |
| Football stadium | Foreman Field |
| Basketball arena | Ted Constant Convocation Center |
| Baseball stadium | Bud Metheny Baseball Complex |
| Mascot | Big Blue |
| Nickname | Monarchs |
| Colors | Slate Blue, Silver, and Light Blue |
| Website | www |
The Old Dominion Monarchs and Lady Monarchs are composed of 18 teams representing Old Dominion University in intercollegiate athletics, including men's and women's basketball, golf, soccer, sailing, swimming & diving, and tennis. Men's sports include baseball, football, and wrestling. Women's sports include field hockey, lacrosse, and rowing. The Monarchs compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and are members of Conference USA (C-USA).
For the 2012-13 academic year, under bylaws of its previous conference, the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), ODU was ineligible for conference championships in team sports in 2012–13. The football team played one season as an independent as part of the transition to FBS and began competing as a football-playing member of C-USA in 2014.
Old Dominion's field hockey team competes in the Big East Conference. The field hockey program had previously announced that it would join the original Big East for the 2013–14 school year. However, following the split of the original Big East, the two successor conferences, the new Big East and the American Athletic Conference, agreed that The American would not sponsor field hockey, and the new Big East would take in all of The American's programs in those sports as associate members.
The women's lacrosse team spent the 2013-14 academic year as an independent before joining the Atlantic Sun Conference as an associate member effective July 1, 2014. At the same time, the women's rowing team became an associate member of the Big 12 Conference, which effectively took over sponsorship of that sport from C-USA.
Following the move to Conference USA, the men's swimming and diving team competed for two years as an independent, as C-USA does not sponsor the sport. On July 16, 2015, the team announced it would join the Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association, later renamed the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association, for the 2015–16 season.
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