Omaha Mavericks
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| University | University of Nebraska Omaha |
| Conference |
Summit League, National Collegiate Hockey Conference |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletic director | Trev Alberts |
| Location | Omaha, Nebraska |
| Varsity teams | 16 |
| Basketball arena | Baxter Arena |
| Ice hockey arena | Baxter Arena |
| Soccer stadium | Al F. Caniglia Field |
| Other arenas |
Sapp Fieldhouse HPER Building |
| Mascot | Durango |
| Nickname | Mavericks |
| Fight song | UNO Fite |
| Colors | Crimson and Black |
| Website | omavs |
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The Omaha Mavericks are the sports teams of the University of Nebraska Omaha. They participate in the NCAA's Division I and in The Summit League, except in ice hockey, where they compete in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC).
A long-time member of the North Central Conference, UNO joined the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association on July 1, 2008 after the NCC ceased operations. In March 2011, the school announced its intentions to move from Division II to Division I and join The Summit League. In the process it would abandon its football and wrestling programs to better fit with the sports sponsored by The Summit League and to maintain Title IX compliance. Wrestling had been the school's most successful sport with national championships in 1991, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2011. Football also had a long, successful history with multiple conference championships (1983–1984, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004–2007) and several NCAA Division II tournament appearances. Marlin Briscoe, first black starting quarterback in modern American professional football (the American Football League), attended and played for UNO from 1964–1967. Former Maverick football players currently playing in the NFL include names such as Zach Miller, Kenny Onatolu and Greg Zuerlein. As part of its Division I move, Omaha added men's soccer (becoming the only school in the University of Nebraska system to sponsor the sport for men) and men's golf, both of which are sponsored by The Summit League. Hockey moved to the new NCHC starting with the 2013-14 season.
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