The San Jose State Spartans are the name of the athletic teams representing San Jose State University. SJSU sports teams compete in the Western Athletic Conference or WAC in NCAA at the Division I (I-A for football) level. The university has participated in athletics since it fielded a baseball team in 1890. The school has achieved an international reputation in judo, having won 41 out of 45 national championships in the sport (as of 2006).^[1] Additionally, SJSU students and alumni have won more than half of the U.S. olympic medals in judo. The SJSU men's club ice hockey team was ranked #1 in the west (ACHA) for the 2005–2006 season. San Jose State University San José State University, commonly shortened to San Jose State and SJSU, is the oldest university in what became the California State University system. ... The Western Athletic Conference (commonly referred to as the WAC, pronounced whack) was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA’s Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division I-A). ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A ) is a voluntary association of about 1,200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Memorial Stadium, St. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

San Jose State University sports teams have won NCAA titles in Track and Field, golf, and boxing. SJSU alumni have won 18 Olympic medals through the years, dating back to the first gold medal won by Willie Steel in track and field in the 1948 Olympics. Alumni have won medals in track and field, swimming, judo and boxing. Due to pressures created by Title IX, several of these programs have been eliminated, including the historical track team known as "Speed City" which produced Olympic medalists and social activists John Carlos and Tommie Smith. William Willie Steel (born 6th February 1908) was a Scottish footballer who played for Liverpool. ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ... This article concentrates on human swimming. ... Judo ), meaning gentle way, is a modern Japanese martial art (gendai budō) and combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century. ... Professional boxing bout featuring Ricardo Domínguez (left, throwing a left uppercut) versus Rafael Ortiz Boxing, also called prizefighting or pugilism is a sport and martial art in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with their fists in a series of one to three-minute intervals called... John Wesley Carlos (born June 5, 1945) is a former American track and field athlete and bronze-medal winner of the 200 m run at the 1968 Summer Olympics. ... Tommie Smith (born June 5, 1944) is a former American athlete, winner of the 200 m run at the 1968 Summer Olympics. ...

San Jose State University was a boxing powerhouse during the latter years of NCAA sanctioned intervarsity boxing. The university is one of only a select number of colleges that sponsor a top-flight intercollegiate boxing team.

Nickname and Mascot History

Because of the school's background as a teacher's college, the original mascots changed many times for several years before finally adopting the Spartans as the official mascot and nickname in 1925. Mascots and nicknames prior to 1925 included the Daniels, Teachers, Pedagogues, Normals, and Normalites.

San Jose State Spartan Football

James Jones catches touchdown pass against Stanford

The SJSU Spartan football team competes in Division 1A football and is part of the Western Athletic Conference or WAC. SJSU first fielded a football team in 1893 and has won 16 conference championships, the first being in 1932. Regular football seasons began in 1898 and were mostly against local high schools and some colleges and junior colleges. During the 1930s and 1940s the Spartan football program was considered a power house winning 8 conference championships over an 18 year span. Spartan Stadium was completed in 1933 with a capacity of 18,000. The Spartans won the first football game played in the stadium, 44-6, over San Francisco State on October 7, 1933. Two stadium expansions and renovations in the 1980's increased the seating capacity from 18,000 to 30,456. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

Krazy George, SJSU alumni and creator of "The Wave", pumping up the crowd at a home football game

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• 1932 - Northern California Athletic Conference Co-Champions
• 1934 - Northern California Athletic Conference Co-Champions
• 1939 - California Collegiate Athletic Association Champions
• 1940 - California Collegiate Athletic Association Champions
• 1941 - California Collegiate Athletic Association Co-Champions
• 1946 - California Collegiate Athletic Association Champions
• 1948 - California Collegiate Athletic Association Champions
• 1949 - California Collegiate Athletic Association Champions
• 1975 - Big West Conference Champions
• 1976 - Big West Conference Champions
• 1978 - Big West Conference Co-Champions
• 1981 - Big West Conference Champions
• 1986 - Big West Conference Champions
• 1987 - Big West Conference Champions
• 1990 - Big West Conference Champions
• 1991 - Big West Conference Co-Champions

No Team: 1894, 1896-1897, 1901-1920, 1943-1945

SJSU home football game at Spartan Stadium

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Olympic medalists

Tommie Smith (center) and John Carlos (right) in the 1968 Summer Olympics

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Notable Sports Alumni

SJSU Alumni Bill Walsh and Spartans Head Football Coach Dick Tomey

• Tariq Abdul-Wahad — NBA player (played at SJSU as Olivier Saint-Jean)
• Ken Caminiti — former Major League Baseball player
• Rashied Davis —NFL Wide Receiver, Chicago Bears
• Steve DeBerg — former NFL quarterback
• Jeff Garcia — Quarterback, Calgary Stampeders, San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Philadelphia Eagles and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Krazy George Henderson — professional cheerleader, inventor of the audience wave
• Darnell "Dr. Dunk" Hillman —former ABA/NBA player
• Pat Hurst — LPGA Golfer
• Juli Inkster — LPGA Golfer
• Johnnie Johnson — Former NFL running back
• Rick Kane — former NFL running back with the Detroit Lions
• Joe Nedney, National Football League kicker San Francisco 49ers
• Ernie Reyes Sr. — Martial artist
• Tommie Smith — 1968 Olympic gold medalist, best known for "Black Power" salute with fellow SJSC student and medalist John Carlos
• Peter Ueberroth — head of 1984 Summer Olympics, Time 1984 Man of the Year and commissioner (1984 – 1989) of Major League Baseball
• Dick Vermeil — American football coach^[2]
• Bill Walsh — American football coach^[3]
• Gerald Willhite — former NFL running back with the Denver Broncos