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Milwaukee Panthers
University	University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Conference	Horizon League
NCAA	Division I
Athletic director	Amanda Braun
Location	Milwaukee,Wisconsin
Varsity teams	13
Basketball arena	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (men) Klotsche Center (men/women)
Baseball stadium	Franklin Field
Soccer stadium	Engelmann Stadium
Mascot	Pounce Panther
Nickname	Panthers
Fight song	UWM Fight Song
Colors	Black and gold[1]
Website	mkepanthers.com

TheMilwaukee Panthers are the athletic teams representing theUniversity of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. They compete as a member of theNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)Division I level, competing in theHorizon League for all sports since the 1994–95 season. A total of 13 Panthers athletic teams compete inNCAA Division I. The Panthers have won the James J. McCafferty Trophy as the Horizon League's all-sports champions seven times since 2000.

Milwaukee's athletic teams are nicknamed the Panthers, having previously been the Green Gulls (1927–1956) and Cardinals (1956–1964), adopting the Panthers nickname in 1964.^[2] Before 1990, the university's athletics program spent the majority of its history at the NCAA Division III and II levels, as well as several years at the NAIA level. All non-Division I sports moved to the NCAA Division I level for the 1990–91 academic year.

A member of the Horizon League, Milwaukee sponsors teams in six men's and seven women's NCAA-sanctioned sports.^[3]

The Panthers are the only Division I college baseball team in the state of Wisconsin. They have also qualified for four NCAA tournaments since 1999, most notably recording an 8–4 win over regional hostRice in the first round of the1999 NCAA tournament. They also appeared in the2001,2002, and2010 tournaments.

The only Panther to appear in aMajor League Baseball game is outfielderDaulton Varsho, who debuted for theArizona Diamondbacks in 2020.

The Panthers men's basketball team has had several high-profile head coaches, includingBo Ryan (1999–2001), who was a national runner-up in 2014 as the head coach atWisconsin, andBruce Pearl (2001–2005), who made the 2019 Final Four as head coach atAuburn.

Milwaukee made one appearance in theNCAA Division III men's basketball tournament in 1982 and two in theNCAA Division II men's basketball tournament: one in 1960, and one where they reached the Elite Eight in 1989.

As a Division I program, Milwaukee has made four NCAA tournaments since 2003, most notably, the2005 tournament. As the twelfth seed in the Midwest regional, the Panthers upset fifth-seededAlabama in the first round and fourth-seededBoston College in the second round to reach the Sweet Sixteen. The Panthers would go on to lose in that round to the top-seeded eventual tournament runner-upIllinois.

The Panthers have made four postseason appearances outside of the NCAA tournament, including two in theNational Invitation Tournament and two in theCollege Basketball Invitational.

The Panthers have had five players selected in theNBA draft. The highest selection isPatrick Baldwin Jr., who was selected with the 28th pick in the first round by theGolden State Warriors in 2022.

The Milwaukee women's basketball team began as a founding member of theAssociation for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women in 1972 before moving with the rest of the university sports to NAIA in 1982.

The Panthers made their first NCAA tournament appearance at any level with the2001 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, appearing again in2006. They have also appeared in threeWomen's National Invitation Tournaments and oneWomen's Basketball Invitational.

The Milwaukee men's soccer team has made six NCAA tournaments since 2002, including four straight where they advanced to the second round. In the 2004 and 2005 tournaments, the Panthers lost to the top team in the country in the second round: 2004 againstUC Santa Barbara in double-overtime and 2005 againstNew Mexico on penalty kicks.

Panthers men's soccer holds the attendance record forEngelmann Stadium, which was set during a match against cross-town rivalMarquette on September 3, 2015, with a crowd of 4,030.^[4]

Milwaukee's women's soccer team has won the Horizon League tournament and 12 times since 1997 and has made the NCAA tournament 16 times since then, including six straight from 2008 to 2013. The Panthers have also made every NCAA tournament since 2018, winning two tournament matches in that span.

Milwaukee's highest end-of-season ranking is 23, which they achieved in 2011 following a Horizon League Championship and a win in theNCAA tournament at home againstIllinois State.

The women's volleyball team at Milwaukee has also enjoyed national success in recent years, qualifying for six of the last nine NCAA Tournaments and compiling an all-time record of 867–477–7 through the end of the 2006 season.

Milwaukee's now-defunctfootball program competed at the NCAA College Division (nowNCAA Division II) level; due to lack of funds and a long string of losing seasons, they dropped the sport after the 1974 season.

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  Milwaukee men's soccer team in action againstMarquette
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  Milwaukee women's soccer team before game againstMarquette.
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  Milwaukee women's volleyball team in 2023.
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  Milwaukee cheerleaders performing at a women's basketball game, 2022

• UWM Panther Arena – men's basketball
• Klotsche Center – men's and women's basketball, volleyball, swimming and diving, indoor track and field
• Engelmann Stadium – men's and women's soccer
• Franklin Field – baseball
• River Glen Elite – women's tennis

• Daulton Varsho (outfielder, currently plays for theToronto Blue Jays)

• Clay Tucker (shooting guard, professional player from 2003 to 2018)
• Bruce Weber (former head coach atIllinois andKansas State, 2005Naismith College Player of the Year)
• Von McDade (drafted by theNew Jersey Nets in the second round of the1991 NBA draft)
• Dylan Page (small forward, currently plays forCB Estudiantes)
• Joah Tucker (professional player from 2006 to 2012, formerHarlem Globetrotters member)
• Chris Hill (point guard, professional player from 2006 to 2010)
• Ed McCants (professional player from 2006 to 2008)
• Patrick Baldwin Jr. (drafted by theGolden State Warriors in the first round of the2022 NBA draft, currently playing for theLos Angeles Clippers)

• Bill Carollo (National Football League official from 1989 to 2008, current director of officiating for theBig Ten Conference)
• Mike Reinfeldt (All-Pro safety for theHouston Oilers, played from 1975 to 1983)
• Demetrius Harris (basketball player at Milwaukee, professional tight end with four NFL teams from 2013 to 2021)

• Jimmy Banks (member of theUnited States men's national soccer team from 1986 to 1991)
• Sasho Cirovski (current head soccer coach atMaryland)
• Tighe Dombrowski (drafted by theSan Jose Earthquakes in the fifth round of the2004 MLS SuperDraft)
• Logan Farrington (drafted third overall byFC Dallas in the2024 MLS SuperDraft)
• Sarah Hagen (member of the United StatesU23 andsenior national teams from 2010 to 2014)
• Manny Lagos (formerMLS player from 1997 to 2005 and formerUS National team member)
• Tony Sanneh (professional player from 1996 to 2005, former USMNT member and manager ofMinnesota United FC)

• Herman Kluge (1956–1970)
• Albert Negratti (1970–1971)
• Thomas P. Rosandich (1972–1975)
• Jim Harding (1975–1980)
• Daniel I. Harris (associate director for Men's Athletics, 1980–1983)
• Daryl A. Leonard (associate director for Women's Athletics, 1980–1983)
• Daniel I. Harris (1983–1988)
• Bud Haidet (1988–2009)
• George Koonce (2009–2010)
• Dave Gilbert (interim, 2010)
• Rick Costello (2010–2012)
• Andy Geiger (interim, 2012–2013)
• Amanda Braun (2013–present)

• List of records of the Milwaukee Panthers
• List of college athletic programs in Wisconsin

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