MSU's Breslin Center hosts varsity basketball games and other events. 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. Michigan State offers 14 varsity sports for men and 15 for women.[1]
The university's current interim athletic director is Bill Beekman, following the resignation of Mark Hollis .[1]
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, as well as the only school to have multiple national championships in football, basketball, and hockey.
Varsity Team National Championships [ edit ] 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 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 1955 - Boxing - NCAA 1955 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA 1955 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Boand 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, Football News, FWAA, Helms, Litkenhous, NFF, Poling, Sagarin, UPI 1966 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Football Research, Helms, NFF, Poling 1966 - Men's Ice Hockey - NCAA 1967 - Men's Soccer - NCAA 1967 - Wrestling - NCAA D1 1968 - Men's Soccer - NCAA 1976 - Softball - AIAW 1979 - Cheerleading - UCA Co-ed D1A 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 2014 - Women's Cross Country - NCAA D1 Varsity Team National Runners-up [ edit ] 1941 - Wrestling - NCAA 1942 - Wrestling - NCAA 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 2009 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1 Basketball NCAA Final Four Appearances [ edit ] 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) 2009 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1 (Runner-up) 2010 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1 2015 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1 2019 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1 Club Team National Championships [ edit ] 1989 - Equestrian - Western - IHSA 1990 - Equestrian - Western - IHSA (co-champion) 1998 - Archery - Mixed Men and Women's Olympic Style - USCA USIAC 1998 - Archery - Women's Olympic Style - USCA USIAC 1999 - Roller Hockey - NCRHA 2000 - Men's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC 2000 - Roller Hockey - NCRHA 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 - MAPP Pompon 2007 - MAPP High Kick Pompon 2007 - Men's Ice Hockey - ACHA D2 2008 - MAPP Pompon 2008 - MAPP High Kick Pompon 2008 - Men's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC 2009 - MAPP High Kick Pompon 2009 - MAPP Pompon 2009-10 - Equestrian - Intermediate Flat - IHSA 2010 - MAPP Pompon 2010 - MAPP High Kick Pompon 2011 - MAPP High Kick Pompon 2011 - Women's Ice Hockey - ACHA 2012 - MAPP High Kick Pompon 2012 - MAPP Pompon 2012 - Men's Club Soccer NIRSA NCCS 2012 - Women's Club Soccer NIRSA NCCS 2013 - Men's Ice Hockey - ACHA 2013 - MAPP High Kick Pompon 2015 - Men's Ice Hockey D3 - ACHA 2016 - MAPP High Kick Pompon 2017 - MAPP High Kick Pompon 2018 - MAPP Pompon 2018 - Men's Lacrosse - MCLA D1 2021 - Men's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC [2]
2022 - Roller Hockey - NCRHA D2 2023 - NCDA Men’s Dodgeball 2024 - NCDA Men’s Dodgeball Club Team National Runners-up [ edit ] 1982 - Men's Bowling - USBC Collegiate 1998 - Men's Bowling - USBC Collegiate 1999 - Men's Ice Hockey - ACHA D2 2000 - Women's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC 2002 - Roller Hockey - NCRHA D1 2002 - Synchronized Skating - USFA Collegiate Division 2003 - Women's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC 2003 - Roller Hockey - NCRHA D1 or Premier Division 2005 - Men's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC 2005 - Women's Ice Hockey - ACHA 2006 - Roller Hockey - NCRHA D1 2007 - Men's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC 2007 - Men's Triathlon - USAT Collegiate Division 2007 - Synchronized Skating - USFA Collegiate Division 2010 - Women's Ice Hockey - ACHA 2011 - MAPP Pompon 2013 - NCDA Dodgeball 2013 - MAPP Pompon 2013 - Roller Hockey NCRHA D1 2014 - Roller Hockey NCRHA B (MSU Green) 2014 - MAPP Pompon 2024 - Roller Hockey NCRHA D2 Varsity Team Conference Championships [ edit ] Fall Sports [ edit ] Football
1953 1965 1966 1978 1987 1990 2010 2013 2015
2 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Titles Men's Cross Country
1951 1952 1953 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1962 1963 1968 1970 1971
Women's Cross Country
1981 2001 2010 2011 2013 2014
Field Hockey
2 Big Ten Tournament Titles Men's Soccer
3 Big Ten Tournament Titles Volleyball
Winter Sports [ edit ] Men's Basketball
1957 1959 1967 1978 1979 1990 1998 1999 2000 2001 2009 2010 2012 2018 2019 2020
6 Big Ten Tournament Titles 1999 2000 2012 2014 2016 2019
Women's Basketball
1 Big Ten Tournament Title Men's Ice Hockey
7 Central Collegiate Hockey Association Titles 1985 1986 1989 1990 1998 1990 2001
11 CCHA Tournament Titles 1982 1983 1984 1985 1987 1989 1990 1998 2000 2001 2006
Men's Indoor Track
Men's Swimming
Women’s Gymnastics
Wrestling
1961 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
Spring Sports [ edit ] Baseball
5 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Titles Men's Golf
Women's Golf
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1982 2001 2007 2011 2012 2014
Men's Outdoor Track
15 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Titles 1889 1890 1892 1895 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907
Women's Outdoor Track
Rowing
Men's Tennis
1 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Title Women's Tennis
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