Waterloo Warriors | |
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University | University of Waterloo |
Association | U Sports |
Conference | Ontario University Athletics |
Athletic director | Roly Webster |
Location | Waterloo, Ontario |
Football stadium | Warrior Field |
Arena | Columbia Ice Fields |
Mascot | King Warrior |
Nickname | Warriors |
Colours | |
Website | www |
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First season | 1957 |
Athletic director | Roly Webster |
Head coach |
Chris Bertoia 2nd year, 0–16–0 (.000) |
Home Stadium | Warrior Field |
Year built | 2009 |
Stadium capacity | 1100 (Bleacher Seating) 4000 (Sloped Lawn Seating) |
Stadium surface | FieldTurf Duraspine PRO |
Location | Waterloo, Ontario |
League | CIS |
Conference | OUA (1980 - present) |
Past associations | OIFC (1957-1966) CCIFC (1967) CIRFU (1968-1970) OUAA (1971-1973) OQIFC (1974-1979) |
All-time record | – |
Postseason record | – |
Tournaments | |
Vanier Cups | 0 |
Yates Cups | 2 1997, 1999 |
Hec Crighton winners | 0 |
Current uniform | |
Colours | Black, Gold, and White |
Outfitter | Nike |
Rivals |
Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks Guelph Gryphons |
Website | gowarriorsgo.ca |
The Waterloo Warriors are the athletic teams that represent the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The Warriors have found success over certain spans in football, hockey, rugby, golf and basketball among others, and the Warriors have won national championships in hockey (1974), basketball (1975), and women's swimming (1975). For many years from the 1960s through the 1990s, Warrior basketball games attracted the largest and rowdiest basketball crowds in the country. The Warriors Football teams have won two Yates Cup Championships, in 1997 and in 1999. The team's 2010 season was cancelled after a steroid scandal, the biggest ever in CIS Football history.
Waterloo's teams were originally known as the "Mules" after the school's founding in 1957, and for a while the women's teams were the "Mulettes", a name that was almost universally despised and ultimately replaced by "Athenas". Today the women's teams also use the nickname Warriors. University Stadium was originally built for the Warriors Football program, but was sold to the City of Waterloo in 1974 when UW could not afford to repair the stadium. The stadium was later sold by the City of Waterloo to Wilfrid Laurier University in 1992, where it is now the home of the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks. The Warriors now play at Warrior Field, which was renovated to be ready for the 2011 football season.
Waterloo Warriors teams compete in:
Warriors men's goalie in 2014-15.
Warriors men's player in 2014-15.
Warriors women's goalie in 2014.
Warriors women's player in 2014.
The Waterloo Warriors football team has been in operation since 1957, winning two Yates Cup conference championships in 1997 and 1999. Currently, they are one of six teams to have never appeared in a Vanier Cup game and the longest tenured program in the OUA to have never qualified for the national championship game.