
The San Diego State Aztecs are the
athletic teams that represent
San Diego State University (SDSU). San Diego State currently sponsors six men's and eleven women's sports at the varsity level.
The Aztecs compete in
NCAA Division I (
FBS for football). The program's primary conference is the
Mountain West Conference, though the
men's soccer team competes in the
Pac-12 Conference
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,
women's water polo
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competes in the
Golden Coast Conference
The Golden Coast Conference (GCC) is a collegiate athletic conference in the United States in which its members compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association National Collegiate (D-NC) division. The conference sponsors one sport, water p ...
, and
women's lacrosse competes as an independent. On May 31, 2022, it was announced that women's lacrosse had received and accepted an invitation to join the Pac-12 Conference no later than the 2024 season (2023–24 school year).
News reports (especially on local radio) often mention "Montezuma Mesa" or "news from the mesa" when discussing San Diego State-related sports events. The San Diego State campus is known as "Montezuma Mesa", as the university is situated on a
mesa overlooking
Mission Valley and is located at the intersection of Montezuma Road and College Avenue in the city of
San Diego.
Sports sponsored
Men's varsity sports
Baseball

* Head Coach:
Mark Martinez
Mark Eastman Martinez (born December 18, 1961) is an American college baseball coach and former shortstop. He is the head baseball coach at San Diego State University. Martinez played college baseball at Mesa State College from 1982 to 1984. Mart ...
* Stadium:
Tony Gwynn Stadium
* Conference regular season championships: 5 (1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 2002 • 2004)
* Conference tournament championships: 8 (1990 • 1991 • 2000 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2017 • 2018)
*
NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
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appearances: 14 (1979 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1986 • 1990 • 1991 • 2009 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2017 • 2018)
:''See:
San Diego State baseball and
College baseball''
Basketball

* Head Coach:
Brian Dutcher
Brian James Dutcher (born October 30, 1959) is an American college basketball coach and is the head coach for the San Diego State Aztecs men's team of the Mountain West Conference. He was an assistant under head coach Steve Fisher with the Mich ...
* Arena:
Viejas Arena
Viejas Arena (formerly Cox Arena) is the home stadium of the San Diego State Aztecs men's and women's basketball teams. It is located on the San Diego State University (SDSU) campus in San Diego, California. Viejas Arena opened in July 1997 an ...
* Conference regular season championships: 23 (1923 • 1925 • 1932 • 1934 • 1937 • 1939 • 1941 • 1942 • 1954 • 1957 • 1958 • 1967 • 1968 • 1977 • 1978 • 2006 • 2011 • 2012 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2020 • 2021)
* Conference tournament championships: 8 (1976 • 1985 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2011 • 2018 • 2021)
*
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
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appearances: 14 (1975 • 1976 • 1985 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2018 • 2021 • 2022)
Aztec basketball alumni who became more famous outside the sport include 1930s player
Art Linkletter, who went on to an illustrious entertainment career that spanned more than 70 years, and
Tony Gwynn, who also played baseball at San Diego State and opted for that sport professionally, ending up in the
Baseball Hall of Fame
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.
In the 2010–2011 season, the men's team had a record of 32–2 to capture a share of the Mountain West Conference title. They won the conference tournament outright for the automatic berth to the
2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
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. The only losses of the regular season were to another top 10 ranked team,
BYU, who the Aztecs later beat to win the conference tournament. They earned a 2nd seed in the NCAA tournament, advancing to the Sweet 16. In the 2013–2014 season, the Aztecs finished 29–4, again reaching the NCAA tournament's Sweet 16 round.
Football
* Head Coach:
Brady Hoke
* Stadium:
Snapdragon Stadium

* Conference championships: 19 (1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1936 • 1937 • 1950 • 1951 • 1962 • 1966 • 1967 • 1969 • 1970 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1986 • 2012 • 2015 • 2016)
*
NCAA postseason
bowl game appearances: 19 (
1948 Harbor Bowl • 1952
Pineapple Bowl • 1966
Camellia Bowl
Camellia Bowl can refer to one of three college football bowl games:
* Camellia Bowl (1948)
The Camellia Bowl was a post-season major college football bowl game played at McNaspy Stadium in Lafayette, Louisiana, on December 30, 1948, between t ...
• 1967 Camellia Bowl • 1969
Pasadena Bowl •
1986 Holiday Bowl
The 1986 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 30, 1986, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the 19th-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes, and the unranked San Diego State Aztec ...
•
1991 Freedom Bowl
The Freedom Bowl featured the San Diego State Aztecs and the Tulsa Golden Hurricane as their postseason bowl game to end the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams.
Background
While the Aztecs finished second in the Western Athleti ...
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1998 Las Vegas Bowl
The 1998 Las Vegas Bowl was the seventh edition of the annual college football bowl game. It featured the San Diego State Aztecs, and the North Carolina Tar Heels. It remains the only bowl game in NCAA history where both of teams which participate ...
•
2010 Poinsettia Bowl
The 2010 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the San Diego State Aztecs and the Navy Midshipmen on December 23, 2010 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The sixth edition o ...
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2011 New Orleans Bowl
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•
2012 Poinsettia Bowl
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2013 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
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2014 Poinsettia Bowl
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•
2015 Hawaii Bowl
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2016 Las Vegas Bowl •
2017 Armed Forces Bowl •
2018 Frisco Bowl
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2019 New Mexico Bowl
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2021 Frisco Bowl
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)
San Diego State University's football team is part of the highest level of
American collegiate football, the
Football Bowl Subdivision of
Division I (which was formerly known as Division I-A). SDSU is 10–9 all time in post-season bowl games. They first went to a bowl game in 1948 and first won a major-college bowl game in 1969. Until the 2010 season, the Aztec football team had not won a bowl game in the past 37 years. In 2019, the Aztecs reached their 10th straight bowl game.
The Aztecs moved into the new
Snapdragon Stadium, located in what had been the parking lot of the team's former home of
San Diego Stadium, for the 2022 season. During the construction of Snapdragon Stadium, the Aztecs played the 2020 and 2021 seasons at
Dignity Health Sports Park in
Carson, California
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. The team had played at San Diego Stadium from its opening in 1967 until its closure after the 2019 season; before that, it played in the on-campus
Aztec Bowl (now the location of
Viejas Arena
Viejas Arena (formerly Cox Arena) is the home stadium of the San Diego State Aztecs men's and women's basketball teams. It is located on the San Diego State University (SDSU) campus in San Diego, California. Viejas Arena opened in July 1997 an ...
).
Golf
* Head Coach: Ryan Donovan
*Mountain West Conference championships: 3 (2011 • 2012 • 2015)
*
NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships appearances: 23 (1960 • 1962 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1970 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1999 • 2003 • 2005 • 2008 • 2011 • 2012 • 2015 • 2016)
The Aztecs men's golf team has more NCAA postseason appearances than any other San Diego State athletic team. Notable alumni include 2015 graduate and
PGA Tour golfer
Xander Schauffele. In 2017, Schauffele received the 2017
PGA Tour Rookie of the Year
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award.
Soccer
* Head Coach: Ryan Hopkins
* Home field: SDSU Sports Deck
*
NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship appearances: 8 (1969 • 1982 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 2005 • 2006 • 2016)
The San Diego State men's soccer team competes in the
Pac-12 Conference
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. In 1987, the Aztecs reached the
NCAA Men's Soccer Championship
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Final, losing in the game by a score of 0–2 to
Clemson. The team has an overall NCAA Division Tournament record of 5–8 through eight appearances.
Lev Kirshner
Lev Kirshner (born June 17, 1969) is the former head coach for the men's soccer team San Diego State University, who coached the team for two decades. As a player, he competed at the 1993 Maccabiah Games (winning a bronze medal) and the 1997 Ma ...
was head coach for over two decades.
Tennis
* Head Coach: Gene Carswell
*Home court: Aztec Tennis Center
*Mountain West Conference regular season championships: 6 (2002 • 2003 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2013)
*Mountain West Conference tournament championships: 3 (2002 • 2003 • 2005)
*
NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship
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tournament appearances: 7 (1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2002 • 2003 • 2005 • 2015)
Women's varsity sports
Basketball
* Head Coach:
Stacie Terry-Hutson
Stacie Lynne Terry-Hutson (born October 8, 1976) is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently the head women's basketball coach at San Diego State University.
Early life, education, and pro basketball career
Born Stacie ...
* Arena:
Viejas Arena
Viejas Arena (formerly Cox Arena) is the home stadium of the San Diego State Aztecs men's and women's basketball teams. It is located on the San Diego State University (SDSU) campus in San Diego, California. Viejas Arena opened in July 1997 an ...
* Conference regular season championships: 6 (1994 • 1995 • 1997 • 2009 • 2012 • 2013)
* Conference tournament championships: 4 (1994 • 1997 • 2010 • 2012)
*
NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament appearances: 9 (1984 • 1985 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1997 • 2009 • 2010 • 2012)
Cross Country
* Head Coach:
Shelia Burrell
Shelia Burrell (born 15 January 1972 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is a retired American heptathlete. She was a two-time representative of the United States at the Summer Olympics, competing in 2000 and 2004. Her best Olympic finish was fourth pla ...
* Home field:
Morley Field
*
NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship appearances: 1 (1981)
The San Diego State Aztecs women's cross country team has appeared in the NCAA tournament one time, with that appearance resulting in 7th place in the 1981–82 school year.
Golf
* Head Coach: Lauren Dobashi
*Mountain West Conference championships: 2 (2015 • 2019)
Notable alumni include 2015 graduate
Paige Spiranac
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.
Lacrosse
* Head Coach: Kylee White
* Home field: Aztec Lacrosse Field
*Conference championships: 2 (
MPSF) (2018 • 2019)
The women's lacrosse team began play in 2012 and competes as an independent; its former women's lacrosse home of the
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation dropped the sport after the 2019–20 school year due to a lack of competing members. After the 2023 season, SDSU women's lacrosse will join the Pac-12 Conference.
Soccer
* Head Coach: Mike Friesen
* Home field: SDSU Sports Deck
*Mountain West Conference regular season championships: 6 (1999 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2019)
*Mountain West Conference tournament championships: 5 (2009 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2017)
*
NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship appearances: 7 (1998 • 1999 • 2009 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2017)
The Aztecs women's soccer team have an NCAA Division I Tournament record of 4–7 through seven appearances.
Softball
* Head Coach:
Stacey Nuveman Deniz
* Stadium: SDSU Softball Stadium
*Mountain West Conference championships: 8 (2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2006 • 2008 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014)
*
NCAA Division I softball tournament appearances: 11 (2001 • 2003 • 2006 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015)
Swimming & Diving
* Head Coach: Mike Schrader
* Home pool:
Aztec Aquaplex
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*Mountain West Conference regular season championships: 1 (2011)
*Mountain West Conference tournament championships: 4 (2011 • 2013 • 2015 • 2019)
*
NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
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appearances: 8 (1982 • 2010 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2017 • 2019)
Tennis
* Head Coach: Peter Mattera
* Home court: Aztec Tennis Center
*Mountain West Conference regular season championships: 3 (2002 • 2003 • 2013)
*Mountain West Conference tournament championships: 1 (2003)
*
NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championship appearances: 22 (1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2002 • 2003 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2009 • 2013)
Track & Field (Indoor and Outdoor)
* Head Coach:
Shelia Burrell
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* Home track: Aztrack at SDSU Sports Deck
*Mountain West Conference indoor championships: 1 (2013)
*Mountain West Conference outdoor championships: 5 (2003 • 2013 • 2014 • 2017 • 2018)
*
NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
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appearances: 10 (2006 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019)
*
NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships appearances: 22 (1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1998 • 1999 • 2001 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019)
Volleyball
* Head Coach:
Brent Hilliard
* Home arena: Aztec Court at
Peterson Gymnasium
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*Mountain West Conference regular season championships: 1 (2012)
*
NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament
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appearances: 14 (1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 2001 • 2012)
The Aztecs women's volleyball team have an NCAA Division I Tournament record of 13–14 through fourteen appearances.
Water Polo
* Head Coach: Carin Crawford
* Home pool:
Aztec Aquaplex
The Aztec Aquaplex, located on the San Diego State University, San Diego State University (SDSU) campus in San Diego, California, United States, USA. The facility is operated and managed by thAssociated Students of San Diego State University which ...
*
NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship appearances: 3 (2007 • 2008 • 2016)
Conference affiliations
San Diego State has been a member of six different athletic conferences in its history.
* Southern California Junior College Conference (1921–1924)
*
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1926–1938)
*
California Collegiate Athletic Association (1939–1967)
*
Pacific Coast Athletic Association (1969–1975)
*''Independent'' (1925, 1968, 1976–1977)
*
Western Athletic Conference (1978–1998)
*
Mountain West Conference (1999–present)
Discontinued sports
In the past, San Diego State, like most American universities, has sponsored several additional varsity sports programs to those currently offered. These programs have since been discontinued. Budgeting and Title IX equity challenges have been cited as the primary reasons for these programs being cut. In some cases (notably men's crew and men's volleyball), club teams have emerged in place of discontinued sports programs.
Men's former varsity sports
Crew
* Year discontinued: 1976
Cross Country
* Year discontinued: 1993
*
NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship team appearances: 3 (1968 • 1970 • 1976)
*
NCAA Men's Division II Cross Country Championship
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team national championships: 3 (1965 • 1966 • 1967)
The Aztecs men's cross country team won three consecutive
NCAA Division II national championships in 1965, 1966, and 1967 shortly before the program's ascension to
Division I.
Gymnastics
* Year discontinued: 1974
*
NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships team appearances: 1 (1959)
Swimming & Diving
* Year discontinued: 1985
*
NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships
The NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships are annual college championship events in the United States.
The meets take place in a 25-yard pool, except for the Division I meets in 2000 and 2004 which were swum in a 25-meter competi ...
team appearances: 1 (1969)
*
NCAA Men's Division II Swimming and Diving Championships team national championships: 2 (1965 • 1966)
Men's swimming & diving won back-to-back
NCAA Division II national championships in 1965 and 1966 shortly before the program's transition to
Division I.
Track & Field (Indoor and Outdoor)
* Year discontinued: 1992
*
NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships
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team appearances: 1 (1979)
*
NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships team appearances: 14 (1965 • 1966 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1974 • 1976 • 1977 • 1979 • 1980 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1989)
*
NCAA Division II Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships
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team national championships: 2 (1965 • 1966)
The men's track & field team won back-to-back
NCAA Division II outdoor national championships in 1965 and 1966 shortly before the program's transition to
Division I.
Volleyball
* Year discontinued: 2001
*
NCAA men's volleyball tournament appearances: 2 (1972 • 1973)
*
NCAA men's volleyball tournament National Championship: 1 (
1973
Events January
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)
The men's volleyball team won San Diego State's first (and to-date only)
NCAA Division I National Championship in 1973. The team's home court was
Peterson Gymnasium
Peterson Gymnasium (or Peterson Gym) is a 3,668 seat multi-purpose arena in San Diego, California on the campus of San Diego State University (SDSU). The gym opened in 1961 and currently serves as the home of the San Diego State Aztecs women's vo ...
.
Water Polo
* Year discontinued: 1978
Despite coming off a season in which the team was ranked in the top 10 nationally, the men's water polo team, along with other programs, was cut, due to a combination of a lack in athletic department funding, Proposition 13's passage, and necessity to comply with Title IX.
Wrestling
* Year discontinued: 1992
*
NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships team appearances: 3 (1956 • 1969 • 1992)
In 1949, San Diego State wrestler Harold Hensen became the first African-American to compete in an NCAA wrestling championship tournament when he competed in individual competition at the
NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.
Women's former varsity sports
Field Hockey
* Year discontinued: 1978
Gymnastics
* Year discontinued: 1985
Rowing
* Year discontinued: 2021
The women's rowing team, which had last competed in the
American Athletic Conference, was discontinued following the 2020–21 academic year due to ongoing
Title IX gender equity challenges and financial stress on the athletics department brought on by the
COVID-19 pandemic. The team's home was the Mission Bay Aquatic Center.
Athletic facilities
Venues
Other facilities
Non-varsity club sports
In addition to the varsity sports officially sponsored by the athletic department, San Diego State also supports several club-level sports, most operating through the Aztec Recreation Center.
Sports with both varsity and club-level teams at the university include baseball and soccer among men's sports, and lacrosse, soccer, volleyball and water polo among women's sports.
Co-ed club teams
* Cycling
*Sailing
* Skiing & Snowboarding
* Surfing
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Waterskiing & Wakesports
Men's club teams
* Baseball
* Crew
* Ice Hockey
* Lacrosse
* Rugby
* Soccer
* Ultimate Frisbee
* Volleyball
* Water Polo
Women's club teams
* Dance
* Lacrosse
* Soccer
* Ultimate Frisbee
* Volleyball
* Water Polo
Championships
NCAA tournament appearances
The San Diego State Aztecs have competed in the NCAA tournament across 16 active sports (6 men's and 10 women's) 191 times at the Division I FBS level.
* Baseball (14): 1979 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1986 • 1990 • 1991 • 2009 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2017 • 2018
* Men's basketball (14): 1975 • 1976 • 1985 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2018 • 2021 • 2022
* Women's basketball (9): 1984 • 1985 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1997 • 2009 • 2010 • 2012
* Women's cross country (1): 1981
* Football (18): 1947 • 1951 • 1966 • 1967 • 1969 • 1986 • 1991 • 1998 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019
* Men's golf (23): 1960 • 1962 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1970 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1999 • 2003 • 2005 • 2008 • 2011 • 2012 • 2015 • 2016
* Men's soccer (8): 1969 • 1982 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 2005 • 2006 • 2016
* Women's soccer (7): 1998 • 1999 • 2009 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2017
* Softball (11): 2001 • 2003 • 2006 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015
* Women's swimming and diving (8): 1982 • 2010 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2017 • 2019
* Men's tennis (7): 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2002 • 2003 • 2005 • 2015
* Women's tennis (22): 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2002 • 2003 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2009 • 2013
* Women's indoor track and field (10): 2006 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019
* Women's outdoor track and field (22): 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1998 • 1999 • 2001 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019
* Women's volleyball (14): 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 2001 • 2012
* Women's water polo (3): 2007 • 2008 • 2016
National championships
Division I championships
The Aztecs of San Diego State have earned 1 NCAA national championship at the Division I level.
* Men's Volleyball (
1):
1973
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* January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
Division II championships
San Diego State won 7 national championships while at the Division II level.
* Men's cross country (3): 1965, 1966, 1967
* Men's track and field (outdoor) (2): 1965, 1966
* Men's swimming and diving (2): 1965, 1966
The Aztecs also claimed 3 national team titles at the varsity level while a member of NCAA Division II that were not bestowed by the NCAA (being awarded instead by sponsors of College Division football polls):
* Football (3):
1966 (both polls), 1967 (both polls), 1968 (coaches' poll) (NCAA College Division)
NAIA championship
Basketball (1):
1941
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Eu ...
(NAIA)
Other championships
SDSU's cheerleading and dance teams have won national championships
* Cheerleading (2): 2009, 2011
* Dance (1): 2011
Below are eleven national club team championships:
* Men's badminton (1): 1976 (
ABA
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Broadcasting
* Alabama Broadcasters Association, United States
* Asahi Broadcasting Aomori, Japanese television station
* Australian Broadcasting Authority
Education
* Académie des Beaux- ...
)
* Flowboarding (1): 2011 (
CBS)
* Rugby (1): 1987 (
USA Rugby)
* Sailing (2): 1968, 1969 (
ICSA)
* Surfing (2): 2007, 2013 (
NSSA)
*Men's water polo (1): 2017 (CWPA)
*Women's water polo (1): 201
(CWPA)*Waterskiing (2): 1979, 2006 (
NCWSA)
Individual Championships
San Diego State has had 15 individuals win NCAA individual national championships at the Division I level.
At the NCAA Division II level, San Diego State garnered 14 individual championships.
In 1975
Barbara Barrow won the women's national intercollegiate
individual golf championship after a tie-breaker playoff (an event conducted by the
AIAW
The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) was founded in 1971 to govern collegiate women's athletics in the United States and to administer national championships (see AIAW Champions). It evolved out of the Commission on Interc ...
, which was succeeded by the current NCAA women's golf championship).
Rivals
BYU
SDSU athletics has had a formidable rivalry with the
BYU Cougars
The BYU Cougars are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Brigham Young University (BYU), located in Provo, Utah. BYU fields 21 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) varsity athletic teams. They are a member of the West ...
of
Brigham Young University since at least the 1980s when both programs were members of the
Western Athletic Conference. The rivalry intensified after both schools left the conference to become charter members of the
Mountain West Conference in 1999. Through their many years in the same conferences, the Aztecs and Cougars were routinely each-others toughest competition for conference championships in numerous sports among both the men and women. The Cougars departed the Mountain West in 2011, though the programs continue to compete semi-regularly. Men's basketball and football have represented the most high-profile contests of the rivalry.
Fresno State
San Diego State has a longtime rivalry with
California State University, Fresno, primarily stemming from the American football rivalry dating back to the 1920s. The two schools have competed against each other in over 55 football, 50 men's basketball, and 190 baseball matches. The two institutions are popular choices and top-tier schools in the
California State University system, and often compete for national attention in athletics from conference play to the postseason across many sports.
San Diego
The Aztecs have a local rivalry with the
University of San Diego
The University of San Diego (USD) is a private Roman Catholic research university in San Diego, California. Chartered in July 1949 as the independent San Diego College for Women and San Diego University (comprising the College for Men and Schoo ...
's
San Diego Toreros, emphasizing the competition in
college men's basketball. The city of
San Diego heavily relies on this rivalry, which features many competitions in a neutral location such as
Petco Park
Petco Park is a baseball stadium in Downtown San Diego, California. It is the home ballpark of Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres, and has also been used as a venue for concerts, soccer, golf, and rugby.
The ballpark is located between Se ...
across many sports. The two schools, approximately separated by 9 miles, have different cultures yet fiercely compete for city visibility. San Diego State's student section,
The Show
Show or The Show may refer to:
Competition, event, or artistic production
* Agricultural show, associated with agriculture and animal husbandry
* Animal show, a judged event in the hobby of animal fancy
** Cat show
** Dog show
** Horse show
** Sp ...
, chants ''"LITTLE SISTERS!"'' or ''"LITTLE BROTHERS!"'' and ''"WE RUN SD!"'' during and after each victory in the college rivalry.
UC San Diego
Though more of a rivalry historically outside of sports, the
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), the other major public university in San Diego, represents another local rival of SDSU. The
UC San Diego Tritons joined
NCAA Division I in 2020. Similar to the way SDSU's student section, The Show, refers to the San Diego Toreros, they often refer to the UC San Diego Tritons as the ''"little brothers"'' or ''"little sisters"''.
Aztec Hall of Fame inductees
:''See:
Hall of fame
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and footnote''
The Show
The Show
Show or The Show may refer to:
Competition, event, or artistic production
* Agricultural show, associated with agriculture and animal husbandry
* Animal show, a judged event in the hobby of animal fancy
** Cat show
** Dog show
** Horse show
** Sp ...
is the name of the student section at SDSU sporting events.
Band
The San Diego State Marching Aztecs, and Pep and Varsity Bands are often seen at many sporting events including Football, Basketball and even Volleyball.
Notable athletes
::''See also the
List of San Diego State University people
This is a list of notable people associated with San Diego State University, a California State University campus located in the United States.
Alumni Entertainment, arts, and media
* Lloyd Bryan Molander Adams, executive producer, ...
''
*
Marcelo Balboa,
World Cup and
Major League Soccer (MLS) soccer star
*
Bud Black, former
Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher and manager of the
Colorado Rockies
The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver. The Rockies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. The team plays its home baseball games at Coors Fie ...
*
Jim Campbell, former MLB pitcher
*
Joe Corona
Joe Benny Corona Crespín (born July 9, 1990) is an American professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Swedish club GIF Sundsvall, on loan from Houston Dynamo FC, Houston Dynamo.
Youth and college
Corona ...
, current
U.S. international
The U.S. International (officially Yonex / K&D Graphics International) is an open international badminton tournament held in Orange County, California, United States. This tournament previously a BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold, Grand Prix level ...
soccer player
*
Isaac Curtis
Isaac Fisher Curtis (born October 20, 1950) is a former professional American football wide receiver who played his entire National Football League career with the Cincinnati Bengals (1973–1984).
Early life
Isaac Curtis was a star running bac ...
, former
National Football League (NFL)
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ma ...
receiver
*
Jeff DaVanon
Jeffrey Graham DaVanon (born December 8, 1973) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Anaheim Angels / Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Oakland Athletics.
...
, former MLB player (
Arizona Diamondbacks)
*
Fred Dryer, actor-producer and former NFL player
*
Herm Edwards
Herman Edwards Jr. (born April 27, 1954) is an American football coach and former cornerback who was most recently the head football coach at Arizona State. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons, primarily with the Phil ...
,
Arizona State University
Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the ...
head coach
*
Marshall Faulk
Marshall William Faulk (born February 26, 1973) is an American former football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and St. Louis Rams. He is widely regarded as one of the grea ...
,
Pro Football Hall of Fame NFL running back and broadcaster
*
John Fox, former
Carolina Panthers,
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The Bears have won nine NF ...
, and
Denver Broncos head coach
*
Mark Grace
Mark Eugene Grace (born June 28, 1964) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman who spent 12 seasons with the Chicago Cubs and three seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks of the National League (NL). He was a member of the 2001 Worl ...
, retired MLB player and
World Series Champion
*
Tony Gwynn,
Baseball Hall of Fame
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests. It serves as the central point of the history of baseball in the United States and displays baseball-r ...
r (and San Diego State baseball Head Coach at the time of his death in 2014)
*
Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila
Muhammed-Kabeer Olanrewaju Gbaja-Biamila, Sr. (; born September 24, 1977), nicknamed "KGB", is a former American football defensive end who played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at San Diego State ...
, former NFL player with the
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ...
*
Joe Gibbs, former NFL head coach of the
Washington Redskins and current NASCAR
team owner
*
Az-Zahir Hakim
Az-Zahir Ali Hakim (born June 3, 1977) is an American football coach and former wide receiver who played nine seasons in the National Football League. He played college football at San Diego State. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the f ...
, former NFL wide receiver
*
Kameron Kelly, defensive back for the
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Founded in , the Steel ...
*
Armen Keteyian, Sports Journalist,
HBO
Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium television network, which is the flagship property of namesake parent subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is ba ...
Sports,
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
*
Travis Lee
Travis Reynolds Lee (born May 26, 1975) is an American former professional first baseman and outfielder who played in Major League Baseball.
Amateur career
Lee graduated from Capital High School in Olympia, Washington in 1993, where he also p ...
, former MLB player
*
Kawhi Leonard, NBA Small Forward for the
Los Angeles Clippers, 2014 and 2019 NBA Finals MVP, 2015 and 2016 NBA Defensive Player of the Year
*
Art Linkletter, SDSU basketball player and swimmer who went on to a decades-long career as a radio and TV personality
*
Chris Marlowe, Sportscaster, former Olympic volleyball player
*
Kirk Morrison
Kirk David Morrison (born February 19, 1982) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft and also played for the Jacksonville Jagu ...
, former NFL linebacker with
Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo metropolitan area. The Bills compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. ...
*
Haven Moses, former NFL receiver, 2x
Pro Bowler
*
Kassim Osgood
Kassim Alexandre Osgood (; born May 20, 1980) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver and special teamer in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for San Diego State University and C ...
, former NFL receiver
*
Rashaad Penny, running back for the
Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West, which they rejoined in 2002 as ...
*
Noel Prefontaine
Noel Michael Prefontaine (born December 23, 1973) is a former professional Canadian football punter and placekicker in the Canadian Football League (CFL).
Early years
Prefontaine was born to a French Canadian father and a Vietnamese mother at ...
, former
Canadian Football League kicker
*
Donnel Pumphrey
Donnel Laray Pumphrey Jr. (born December 6, 1994) is a former American football running back. He played college football at San Diego State Aztecs football, San Diego State. Pumphrey is the official all-time leader in rushing yards in NCAA Divis ...
, former NFL running back
*
Jimmy Raye, former NFL player
*
Darnay Scott, former
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati. The Bengals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) AFC North, North division. The c ...
wide receiver
*
Don Shaw, former MLB pitcher
*
Brian Sipe
Brian (sometimes spelled Bryan in English) is a male given name of Irish and Breton origin, as well as a surname of Occitan origin. It is common in the English-speaking world.
It is possible that the name is derived from an Old Celtic word meani ...
, former NFL quarterback
*
Webster Slaughter
Webster Melvin Slaughter (born October 19, 1964) is an American former professional American football, football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) from 1986 to 1998.
Early life
Slaughter was born in Stockton, C ...
, former American football wide receiver
*
Dave Smith, former MLB pitcher
*
Stephen Strasburg, MLB pitcher for the
Washington Nationals
*
Carl Weathers, actor/former NFL player most famous for playing
Apollo Creed
Apollo Creed is a fictional character from the ''Rocky'' films, played by Carl Weathers.
He serves as the main antagonist in ''Rocky'' and '' Rocky II'' and also appears in ''Rocky III'' and ''Rocky IV''. He is a tough but agile boxer w ...
in the
''Rocky'' film series
*
Eric Wynalda
Eric Boswell Wynalda (born June 9, 1969) is an American soccer coach, television commentator, and retired player. He was formerly an analyst and color commentator for soccer coverage on Fox Sports 1 and ESPN. Previously, he served as head coach ...
, former World Cup and MLS soccer star, former
ABC Sports broadcaster, current head coach of
Las Vegas Lights FC
*
Jeanne Zelasko
Jeanne Zelasko (born October 26, 1966) is an American journalist and sportscaster who worked for "The Beast" AM980 KFWB and Fox Sports West in Los Angeles County, California. Prior to taking that position Zelasko had a relatively lengthy career w ...
, Sports Journalist,
Fox Sports
Footnotes
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