| Miami RedHawks | |
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| University | Miami University |
| Conference | Mid-American (primary) MVC (men's swimming & diving) NCHC (ice hockey) |
| NCAA | Division I (FBS) |
| Athletic director | David Sayler |
| Location | Oxford, Ohio |
| Football stadium | Yager Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Millett Hall |
| Baseball stadium | Stanley G. McKie Field at Joseph P. Hayden Jr. Park |
| Other venues | Goggin Ice Center |
| Mascot | Swoop |
| Nickname | RedHawks |
| Colors | Red and white[1] |
| Website | miamiredhawks |
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TheMiami RedHawks are theNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)Division I[2] intercollegiate athletic teams that representMiami University inOxford, Ohio, United States. Miami is a member of theMid-American Conference (MAC)[3] and sponsors teams in nine men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports; the RedHawks hockey team is a member of theNational Collegiate Hockey Conference.[4]
With sponsorship of men's swimming & diving transferring from the MAC to theMissouri Valley Conference in 2024–25, Miami will become a single-sport member of the latter.[5] The football team competes in theFootball Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest level forcollege football. The RedHawks are arch-rivals with theOhio Bobcats. Inbox scores for sporting events, the RedHawks sports teams are usually referred to as Miami (OH) to differentiate from theMiami Hurricanes, a Division I school in Florida.
| Men's sports | Women's sports |
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| Baseball | Basketball |
| Basketball | Cross country |
| Cross country | Field hockey |
| Football | Soccer |
| Golf | Softball |
| Ice hockey | Swimming & diving |
| Swimming & diving | Synchronized skating |
| Track and field1 | Tennis |
| Track and field1 | |
| Volleyball | |
| 1 – includes both indoor and outdoor | |
Beginning play in 1915, and Mid-American Conference (MAC) play in 1948, Miami has made the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship 7 times. The team has won 4 MAC conference championships, 3 MAC East Division titles (divisional play in the MAC was held from 1998 to 2017), and 3MAC Tournament titles (the tournament began in 1981).[6][7] The team plays its home games atMcKie Field at Hayden Park inOxford, Ohio.
The Miami field hockey team has won nineMAC tournament championships, most recently in 2024.
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The Miami University RedHawksfootball team is one with a rich tradition of history. The school boasts the longest continuous college football rivalry west of the Allegheny Mountains[8] against theCincinnati Bearcats, and has one of the oldest football programs in the country, dating to the year 1888.
Miami University is most notable for having many quality coaches start their coaching career in some capacity at its school, and for others who went on to successful coaching careers after playing for Miami. Some notable college football coaches who coached at Miami University includeJohn Pont,Woody Hayes,Ara Parseghian,Bo Schembechler,Jim Tressel, andTerry Hoeppner. Former Miami players who never coached at the school but achieved notable coaching success in college or theNFL includeWeeb Ewbank,John Harbaugh, andSean McVay.
The men's golf team has won 13Mid-American Conference championships: 1948, 1950, 1970, 1974, 1981, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 (co-champions), 1996, 2015. RedHawks who have had success at the professional level include:Bob Lohr (onePGA Tour win) andBrad Adamonis (oneNationwide Tour win).[9]
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The RedHawks on ice played in theCentral Collegiate Hockey Association ("CCHA") before the original conference disbanded in 2013,[a] and fielded one of the best teams in the league in its last years. In 2006, the RedHawks earned the first #1 national ranking in school history and were CCHA regular season champs. They made it to the championship game, but lost to Michigan State. The RedHawks have played in theNational Collegiate Hockey Conference since that league began play in 2013–14.
Instead of playing in theMid-American Conference ("MAC"), the mid-major conference most Miami varsity sports play in, the RedHawks competed against the larger schools of the CCHA such as theMichigan Wolverines and theMichigan State Spartans, who normally compete in theBig Ten.
In 2006 Miami University replaced the old Goggin Ice Arena from 1976 with the new $34.8-million state-of-the-artGoggin Ice Center, with a capacity of around 4,000. Both buildings are named for former University vice-president Lloyd Goggin.[10]
In 2008 the RedHawks set team records for winning percentage and wins with .797 and 33 respectively. That year the RedHawks captured their first #1 seed in school history and advanced to the quarterfinals in the NCAA tournament, losing toBoston College. The team was led that year by All-AmericansRyan Jones andAlec Martinez.
The 2009 RedHawks became the first Miami team to reach theFrozen Four in the history of the program. The team made it to the championship game and carried a 3–1 lead into the final minute before giving up 2 goals 6 on 5 with the opposition net empty, and ultimately lost in overtime on an unlucky deflection, 4–3 to college hockey powerhouseBoston University.
Miami'ssynchronized skating team began in August 1977 as a "Precision Skating Club" at Goggin Ice Center.[11] The program achieved varsity status by 1996,[12] and is also home to one of the first varsity synchronized skating teams in the country.
They are the 1999, 2006, and 2009 U.S. national champions.[12][13][14] Miami won a silver medal at the 2007International Skating Union World Synchronized Skating Championships. This is the highest finish for any US skating team and the first medal ever won byTeam USA for synchronized skating.[15]
Miami created a junior-varsity level team beneath the senior level.[12] After serving as the coach of Miami's program for 25 years, Vicki Korn announced her retirement in May 2009.[12]
(Note: Synchronized skating is sanctioned byU.S. Figure Skating, not by the NCAA. Most synchronized skating teams are clubs not affiliated with any college or university; Miami is one of about 15 schools that sponsor varsity or club teams.)
Dave Abelson played tennis for the school, and later represented Canada in thePan American Games and theMaccabiah Games.
The men's and women's team compete in theNational Collegiate Water Ski Association (NCWSA) in slalom, jump and trick events. They compete around the Midwest in the Great Lakes Region to qualify to the national competition. The Redhawks won the Division II National Championship 2016, 2017 and 2019.
The men's lacrosse team representsMiami University and currently competes in non-varsitylacrosse in theMen's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) Division I level as a member of theGreat Rivers Lacrosse Conference (GRLC).[16] The RedHawks lacrosse team plays home games inYager Stadium located inOxford, Ohio. The team is coach Chuck Wilson. Miami finished the 2010 season second place in the CCLA and won its first CCLA play off game in over ten years. Miami boasted a 9–4 record, including 5–0 at home.[17]
Founded in 1968, the Miami University Rugby Football Club playscollege rugby in Division I in the MAC Conference. Miami reached the national playoffs in 2009 and again in 2010.[18] Miami rugby was named the school's top performing and respected club among all of Miami's club sports in 2009 and in 2010.[19] Miami rugby is supported by the Miami University Men's Rugby Football Club Alumni Association, which provides resources to the team.[18] Miami rugby has been led since 2007 by Jared Moore.
The Miami University boxing team competes in the Midwest Collegiate Boxing Association of theNational Collegiate Boxing Association, a subset ofUSA Boxing dedicated to college boxing.[20] The team competes from August to April each school year and has had regional and national medalists in the NCBA tournaments, as well as some boxers being named All-American. The current head coach is Coach Eric Buller, Pd.D, who works at Miami as the Director of the Harry T. Wilks Leadership Institute and arrived here in 2011. Prior to his arrival, he was the Assistant Coach of the Boxing team at the United States Military Academy and won a team Collegiate National Championship in 2008. He is a Level II USA Boxing Certified Coach and serves as the President for the National Collegiate Boxing Association. He is a two-time Miami Club Sports Coach/Advisor of the Year and was the 2016 NCBA National Coach of the Year. Coach Mike Argadine coached Miami Boxing for many years after his graduation from Miami. Coach Argadine, and his assistant coach Christopher Lee, stepped down after the 2011-2012 season as Head Coach.
At one time, Miami had a very competitive wrestling program. They won eight Mid-American Conference titles (1961, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1984, 1991 and 1992) and produced 51 NCAA qualifiers who earned 81 qualifications to the NCAA Division I tournament. Seven of their wrestlers earned All-American status, with HWT Mike Holcomb placing twice (5th in 1982, 3rd in 1984).
The program was reinstalled as a club sport by Seth Preisler in 2002. In 2003, the club team took second in their regional tournament.[21]
Miami's athletic teams had several nicknames, including the Miami Boys, the Big Reds, and the Reds and Whites. In 1928, a Miami student referred to their team as the "Big Red-Skinned Warriors".[22] Miami Publicity Director R.J. McGinnis coined the nickname Redskins and by 1931, the Redskins had become the official nickname of the Miami University athletics program.
In 1996, theMiami Tribe of Oklahoma, which works with the university on Native American relations,[23] withdrew its support for the nickname. The board of trustees voted to change the nickname to the RedHawks in 1997.[24][25] The athletics teams' new mascot, Swoop the RedHawk, was revealed during a men's basketball game against Xavier University on December 7, 1997.[26]
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