South Alabama Jaguars
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| University | University of South Alabama |
| Conference | Sun Belt |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletic director | Joel Erdmann |
| Location | Mobile, Alabama |
| Varsity teams | 17 (8 Men's, 9 Women's) |
| Football stadium | Ladd-Peebles Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Mitchell Center |
| Baseball stadium | Eddie Stanky Field |
| Softball stadium | Jaguar Field |
| Mascot | South Paw |
| Nickname | Jaguars |
| Colors | Blue, White, and Red |
| Website | www |
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The South Alabama Jaguars represent the University of South Alabama in NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletics. USA competes in the Sun Belt Conference; it is the conference's only remaining charter member from its inception. USA's athletics teams are nicknamed the Jaguars. Popular sports are baseball and men's basketball. USA sponsors 8 men's sports teams and 9 women's sports teams. The board of trustees recently voted to start a football program that began play in the fall of 2009.
Men's Sports: basketball, baseball, cross country, golf, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, football (FCS Independent 2011-2012, Full Sun Belt Conference play by 2013)
Women's Sports: basketball, softball, cross country, golf, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, volleyball, soccer
Though not officially recognized by the administration the students of The University of South Alabama maintain a multi-sport battle cry "South in your Mouth." It is used widely across the school through primarily heard in reference to football and basketball.
USA formerly used Lady Jaguars for its women's teams, but by the 2012–13 school year, only the women's basketball team was using "Lady Jaguars", and starting with the 2013–14 school year, that team also became simply the Jaguars.
On December 6, 2007, the school's Board of Trustees approved the addition of football to the intercollegiate athletics program. The team began play in 2009 with a planned full transition to the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (Division I-A) by 2013. On February 15, 2008, President Gordon Moulton and Athletic Director Joe Gottfried announced that Joey Jones, former University of Alabama and Atlanta Falcons receiver, would be the first head football coach in the university's history. In early August 2009, the President Moulton hired Dr. Joel Erdmann to take over as Athletic Director tapping into Erdmann's experience building sports programs and his experience with both football operations and game day programming. On September 5, 2009, the South Alabama Jaguars defeated Hargrave Military Academy 30-13 in their first ever game, and finished their first ever football season on November 12, 2009 with a shutout of an NCAA Division III team with a 35-0 victory over Huntingdon (Ala.) College. USA completed its first season undefeated at 7-0, outscoring its opponents by a combined score of 321-41. The 2010 schedule was made up of schools from National Collegiate Athletics Association Division I-FCS, NCAA Division II, and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. USA finished the season undefeated at 10-0, outscoring its opponents by a combined score of 413-130. On September 17, 2011, South Alabama suffered its first loss in the new program's history when it traveled to Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh,NC against the North Carolina State Wolfpack. After the week 3 game of the 2011-2012 football season S. Alabama's season record stood at 2-1, with an all-time record of 19-1.
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