The Citadel Bulldogs
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| University | The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina |
| Conference | Southern Conference |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletic director | Jim Senter |
| Location | Charleston, South Carolina |
| Varsity teams | 16 |
| Football stadium | Johnson Hagood Stadium |
| Basketball arena | McAlister Field House |
| Baseball stadium | Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park |
| Soccer stadium | WLI Field |
| Mascot | General and Boo IX (live), Spike |
| Nickname | Bulldogs |
| Fight song | "The Fighting Light Brigade" |
| Colors | Citadel Blue and White |
| Website | www |
The Citadel Bulldogs are the athletic teams that represent The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. All sports participate in the NCAA Division I. Varsity sports compete in the Southern Conference. The Citadel fields teams in sixteen different sports, nine for men and seven for women.
The Citadel and VMI, a fellow Southern Conference member and senior military college, are notable as the only two Division I schools that do not sponsor women's basketball.
A member of the Southern Conference, The Citadel sponsors teams in nine men's and seven women's NCAA sanctioned sports:
The Citadel competes in the Southern Conference for all sports. Most matches are scored simultaneously using both smallbore and air rifle scoring systems.
From 1909 to 1935, The Citadel played as a part of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, a congolomerate of many schools which gave birth to the Southern Conference during a clash over freshman eligibility. The Citadel remained in the SIAA after eight schools joined with six non-SIAA members to create the SoCon in 1921.
Shortly after thirteen schools departed the Southern Conference to form the Southeastern Conference (SEC), The Citadel and six other schools joined the conference. Furman also joined in 1936, making them and The Citadel the schools with the longest current continuous tenure in the conference. (VMI joined even earlier in 1924, but was not a member from 2003 to 2014.)
The Citadel football team plays in Johnson Hagood Stadium, a 21,000 seat stadium just to the south of campus. The stadium is undergoing a long term renovation and rebuilding, which includes the Altman Athletic Center, completed in 2001, and the rebuilt west stands, 2006 and club tower, 2008. The team practices at the Mayberry Triplets Practice facility on the north edge of campus, and utilizes Seignious Hall, on campus behind McAlister Field House and Vandiver Hall, for locker rooms, team meeting space, and weightlifting.
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