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The Troy Trojans are the sports teams of Troy University. They began playing in the NCAA's Division I-A in 2001, became a football only member of the Sun Belt Conference in 2004, and joined that conference for all other sports in 2005.
[edit] Football
Troy University has fielded a football team continuously since 1946. Prior to that year, the team was fielded with only a few interruptions from 1909 to 1942. Eight years were skipped due to lack of participation and later World War I from 1913-1920, while the Wall Street Crash of 1929 kept the team from playing that year. Having moved up from Division I-AA, the team has competed in the NCAA's Division I since 2001.
The Trojan football team made its first bowl game appearance in the Silicon Valley Football Classic on December 30, 2004, but lost to Northern Illinois, 34-21. They recently won the Sun Belt Conference after beating out Middle Tennessee the 2006 season and played in the New Orleans Bowl on December 22, 2006 against Rice University, beating them 41-17. This was Troy's first bowl victory. Troy won the NAIA national football championship in 1968 and the NCAA Division II national football championship in 1984 and 1987.
[edit] Troy Football Coaches
| Name |
From |
To |
Record |
Postseason |
| W |
L |
T |
| Virgil P. McKinley |
1909 |
1909 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
| Dan Harren |
1910 |
1910 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
| George Penton |
1911 |
1912 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
|
| Did Not Field A Team |
1913 |
1920 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Professor J. W. Campbell |
1921 |
1923 |
13 |
12 |
1 |
|
| Flivver Ford |
1924 |
1924 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
|
| Otis Bynum |
1925 |
1926 |
12 |
4 |
1 |
|
| Gladwin Gaumer |
1927 |
1928 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
|
| Did Not Field A Team |
1929 |
1929 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| No Coach |
1930 |
1930 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
| Albert Elmore |
1931 |
1937 |
33 |
26 |
3 |
|
| Albert Choate |
1938 |
1942 |
21 |
22 |
1 |
|
| Did Not Field A Team |
1943 |
1945 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Albert Choate |
1946 |
1946 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
|
| Buddy McCollum |
1947 |
1950 |
20 |
18 |
3 |
|
| Jim Grantham |
1951 |
1954 |
11 |
23 |
1 |
|
| William Clipson |
1955 |
1965 |
25 |
68 |
2 |
|
| Billy Atkins |
1966 |
1971 |
44 |
16 |
2 |
1968 NAIA National Champions |
| Tom Jones |
1972 |
1973 |
11 |
7 |
2 |
|
| Byrd Whigham |
1974 |
1975 |
12 |
8 |
0 |
|
| Charlie Bradshaw |
1976 |
1982 |
41 |
27 |
2 |
|
| Chan Gailey |
1983 |
1984 |
19 |
5 |
0 |
1984 NCAA Division II National Champions |
| Rick Rhodes |
1985 |
1987 |
27 |
8 |
1 |
1987 NCAA Division II National Champions |
| Robert Maddox |
1988 |
1990 |
13 |
17 |
0 |
|
| Larry Blakeney |
1990 |
Present |
134 |
66 |
1 |
2004, 2006 Bowl Appearances; 2006 Bowl Win |
| Composite Record |
1909 |
2007 |
457 |
343 |
29 |
|
[edit] Men's Basketball
The Trojans appreared in the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 14 seed after winning the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament and faced 3-seeded Xavier in the first round but lost 71-59. The Trojan basketball team is recognized in recent Division I Basketball history for leading the nation in 3-pointers from 2004-2006, making 1068 3-pointers over the course of 89 games (11.66 per game) during those three seasons. Troy's most famous claim to fame, however, is their game against DeVry Institute of Atlanta on January 12, 1992 when the Trojans came out victorious by the NCAA-record score of 258-141. This game is the current highest scoring game in NCAA basketball history [1].
[edit] Baseball
The Troy University baseball team won two Division II national championships in 1986 and 1987 under the leadership of legendary baseball coach, Chase Riddle. In 2006 Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year Bobby Pierce led the Trojans to an overall record of 47-16. The Men of Troy wrapped up the 2006 Sun Belt Conference regular season championship with a thrilling victory over the Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raiders. The following week, the Trojans went on to dominate the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. They won a spot in the Tuscaloosa Regional in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The Trojans defeated the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles twice, but were eliminated by the Alabama Crimson Tide in the championship game. Following the season, Jared Keel, Mike Felix, and Tom King were selected in the Major League draft. In 2007 the Trojans went 34-27, finishing in a tie for second in the Sun Belt Conference, and were selected as a number three seed in the Oxford, MS regional hosted by Ole Miss. The Trojans were defeated by Southern Miss and Sam Houston State in consecutive games and eliminated from the regional.
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