Grambling State Tigers

Infobox college athletics
name = Grambling Tigers

university = Grambling State University
conference = SWAC | division = Division I
director = Troy Mathieu
city = Grambling
state = Louisiana
stateabb = LA
teams =
stadium = Eddie Robinson Stadium
baseballfield = Tiger Field
arena = Health & Physical Educational Building
mascot =
nickname = Tigers
color1 = Black
color2 = Gold
hex1 = 000000
hex2 = FFD700
pageurl = http://www.gsutigers.com/
pagename = GSUTigers

The Grambling Tigers represent Grambling State University in NCAA intercollegiate athletics.

Grambling's sports teams participate in NCAA Division I (I-AA for football) in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).

Currently, the Grambling State University Department of Athletics sponsors Men's Intercollegiate football, along with men's and women's basketball, baseball, track & field, softball, golf, soccer, tennis, bowling and volleyball.

ports

Football

Grambling State plays its arch rival Southern University in the annual "Bayou Classic," which is hosted in New Orleans over Thanksgiving weekend at the Louisiana Superdome and broadcast nationally on NBC.

Former football coach Eddie Robinson held the NCAA record for most career wins as a head coach at the time of his retirement in 1997.

During Robinson’s stellar 57-year coaching career, the University gained a national reputation because of the large number of athletes who joined the professional ranks in football.

After Robinson’s retirement in 1997, former GSU standout and NFL Super Bowl XXII MVP Doug Williams took over the reins of the University's football program.

Grambling has won thirteen black college national championships, more than any other school in America (Robinson's teams won nine of those championships).

Baseball

Olen Parker 1st base coach

Men's Basketball

James Hannah

Women's Basketball

Track & Field

oftball

Golf

occer

Tennis

Bowling

Volleyball

Traditions

Grambling State's colors are black and gold, with red as a tertiary color symbolizing the blood of people of African descent. The school's mascot is the "Tigers," and its slogan is "Where everybody is Somebody."

External links

* [http://www.gsutigers.com GSUTigers.com]

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