List of Michigan State Spartans championships

This is a list of Michigan State Spartans' varsity and club athletic team national championships and runner-up finishes.

Michigan State University has 29 varsity sports teams that compete under the Spartan nickname. The university participates in the NCAA's Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all varsity sports except men's ice hockey, which competes in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. Michigan State offers 14 varsity sports for men and 15 for women.ref|varsitysports

The university's current athletic director is Ron Mason, who served as head hockey coach from 1979 to 2002 and retired with a 608-261-64 record at MSU.ref|masonrecord

MSU's Spartan Marching Band or Spartan Brass plays the fight song at every university event. Michigan State University was the first NCAA Division I athletic program to have multiple national championships in both football and basketball.

Varsity Team National Championships

* 1939 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA
* 1948 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA
* 1949 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA
* 1951 - Boxing - NCAA
* 1951 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Billingsley, Helms, Poling, Whalen
* 1952 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA
* 1952 - Football - No. 1 ranking by AP, Billingsley, Boand, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, Helms, Litkenhous, NCF, Sagarin, UPI, Williamson
* 1953 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Massey, Fleming
* 1955 - Boxing - NCAA
* 1955 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA
* 1955 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Boand, Jessen, Sorenson, Fleming
* 1956 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA
* 1957 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Billingsley, Dunkel, Sagarin
* 1958 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA D1
* 1958 - Men's Gymnastics - NCAA
* 1959 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA D1
* 1965 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Berryman, DeVold, Dunkel, FB News, FW, Helms, Litkenhous, NFF, Poling, Sagarin, UPI
* 1966 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Football Research, Helms, NFF, Poling, Kirlin
* 1966 - Men's Ice Hockey - NCAA
* 1967 - Men's Soccer - NCAA
* 1967 - Wrestling - NCAA D1
* 1968 - Men's Soccer - NCAA
* 1976 - Softball - AIAW D1
* 1978 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Kirlin
* 1979 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
* 1986 - Men's Ice Hockey - NCAA D1
* 2000 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
* 2007 - Men's Ice Hockey - NCAA D1

Varsity Team National Runners-up

* 1943 - Boxing - NCAA
* 1948 - Boxing - NCAA
* 1948 - Wrestling - NCAA
* 1949 - Boxing - NCAA
* 1950 - Boxing - NCAA
* 1950 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA
* 1951 - Men's Swimming and Diving - NCAA
* 1952 - Boxing - NCAA
* 1957 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA
* 1959 - Men's Ice Hockey - NCAA
* 1960 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA D1
* 1964 - Men's Soccer - NCAA
* 1965 - Men's Soccer - NCAA
* 1970 - Wrestling - NCAA D1
* 1972 - Men's Indoor Track and Field - NCAA
* 1972 - Wrestling - NCAA D1
* 1987 - Men's Ice Hockey - NCAA D1
* 2005 - Women's Basketball - NCAA D1

Basketball NCAA Final Four Appearances

* 1957 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
* 1979 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1 (Champion)
* 1999 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
* 2000 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1 (Champion)
* 2001 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
* 2005 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
* 2005 - Women's Basketball - NCAA D1 (Runner-up)

Club Team National Championships

* 2000 - Men's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC
* 2001 - Women's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC
* 2002 - Women's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC
* 2003 - Women's Ice Hockey - ACHA
* 2005 - Men's Ice Hockey - ACHA D2
* 2006 - Women's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC
* 2006 - Men's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC
* 2007 - Men's Ice Hockey - ACHA D2

Club Team National Runners-up

* 1999 - Men's Ice Hockey - ACHA D2
* 2000 - Women's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC
* 2003 - Women's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC
* 2005 - Men's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC
* 2005 - Women's Ice Hockey - ACHA
* 2007 - Men's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC

Varsity Team Conference Championships

Fall Sports

Football
*6 Big Ten Titles

Field Hockey
*3 Big Ten Titles

Winter Sports

Men's Basketball
* 10 Big Ten Titles

*1 Big Ten Tournament Title

* 11 CCHA Tournament Titles

Wrestling
*8 Big Ten Titles

Women's Golf
*3 Big Ten Titles

Rowing
*2 Big Ten Titles

Men's Tennis
*2 Big Ten Titles

Notes

External links

* [http://www.msu.edu/athletics/index.html MSU Athletics]