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campus, and would gesture out towards the sweeping panorama of San Francisco saying, "THIS is your campus." Only a handful of players from that 1951 team had been considered blue-ribbon prospects in high school. Two of the team's best players, Toler and guard Louis (Red) Stephens, had not even played high school football. Future Hall of Famer Marchetti was a high school dropout who had played only sparingly when he was in school.
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Teams were originally known as the "Grey Fog", and red and blue were Saint Ignatius College's colors. However, as the college began to develop an identity distinct from the high schoolβ€”the college became the University of San Francisco in 1930β€”it adopted green and gold as its colors in 1927 and chose
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USF began receiving reports of sexual misconduct and psychological abuse from the baseball team in late 2021, attributing these allegations eventually to assistant coach Troy Nakamura and firing him in January 2023. Two months later, it was reported that Nakamura was permitted access to the baseball
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was fired after the first, and an in-house inquiry after the second resulted in the firing of his successor, Dan Belluomini. It was also well known that basketball players got special treatment; many of them were marginal students at best, and at least one instance where a player threatened another
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Kuharich, at times, would delegate recruiting responsibilities to his freshman coach, Brad Lynn, who had little to offer prospective players in the way of scholarship inducements beyond tuition and room and board in an old ROTC barracks. However, Lynn would take recruits to the highest hill on
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announced on July 29, 1982, that he was suspending the basketball programβ€”the first time a school had shut down a major sport under such circumstances. The move was applauded by several members of the coaching fraternity, as the Dailey matter revealed a program that was, in the words of
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facilities by Giarrantano, and a class action was filed against both Nakamura and Giarrantano the following March by three anonymous players. Two days after the suit was filed, Giarrantano was fired with assistant coach Mat Keplinger becoming interim head coach. The following season,
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2005 was a banner year for the baseball program, as the Diamond Dons finished with a 38–18 record (the best in team history), placed eight players in the all-conference team and earned Nino Giarrantano coach of the year honors. This was followed in 2006 with a 38–21 record, the
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conference regular season championship, and a Top 25 ranking. However, USF lost in the WCC conference championship to Pepperdine but still was given an at large berth into their first ever postseason. USF did not advance in the tournament as they were beaten by the
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assaulted a female student. During the subsequent investigation, Dailey admitted taking a no-show job at a business owned by a prominent non-sports USF donor. The donor had also paid Dailey $ 5,000 since 1980. Combined with other revelations, school president Rev.
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men's coach to have accomplished the feat. After months of speculation, Evans was finally officially fired by USF on March 20, 2008, and a national coaching search was launched, including the use of an executive search consultant company, DHR International.
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team has made two NCAA tournament appearances: in 2003, under former coach Jeff Nelson, and in 2008 under current coach Gilad Doron. The 2008 season saw the Dons finish with a Top 25 national ranking, a 22–8 record, and five all-WCC players.
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was named as the Dons' head coach on April 14, 2008. On March 9, 2016, after eight seasons during which the Dons were unable to do more than break even (127-127), athletic director Scott Sidwell fired Walters.
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The Women's cross country team won four consecutive WCC championships in 2009–2012, and in 2011 made an NCAA Championship appearance. They maintained national rankings in both 2011–2012. Israeli Olympian
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Over the years of USF's baseball tradition, a number of players have been drafted into professional baseball. Of these players, a few have had debuts in the Major Leagues:
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in 1995, 1996, 1997, and 2016 and a WNIT berth in 2002. The 1996 season represented their best ever, as the women's team made it into the tournament's
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The program regressed the next few years, and Jessie Evans was granted a request for a 'leave of absence' on December 27, 2007. Basketball coach
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On March 30, 2016, Kyle Smith was named as the new head coach. Prior to joining USF, Smith had spent the prior six years as head coach of the
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Coach of the Year. Since arriving at USF, the team has had its best four-year stretch in its program's history, 104-69 overall since 2004.
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The Dons' prominence in the 1970s came at a price, however. The NCAA placed the Dons on probation two times in the late 1970s. Head coach
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USF retained its status as a basketball powerhouse into the 1970s and early 80s, holding the distinction of being a "major" program in a "
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student was swept under the rug by school officials. It was also common for "tutors" to take tests and write papers for players.
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Steve Kroner (2006) "USF, Cal in Benedetti Classic at Giants' park." San Francisco Chronicle, Sports, April 24, 2006, pg. D7
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took over on an interim basis, needing two wins for a personal milestone of 800 career coaching victories. At the time,
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The men's golf team has won 11 West Coast Conference championships: 1970–71, 1981–84, 1986, 1988, 1990, 2009, 2011.
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USF is best known for its basketball program. The men's basketball team have won three national titles: the 1949
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Beano Cook (2005) "Ten Days that Shook the Sport (from:The College Football Encyclopedia)." Copyright ESPN Books
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Undefeated, Untied, and Uninvited: A Documentary of the 1951 University of San Francisco Dons Football Team.
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USF announced it would drop men's and women's tennis at the end of the 2023–24 school year.
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The field is also named after Max Ulrich, a benefactor of the University of San Francisco.
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John D. Lukacs (2003) "Waiting for the perfect ending." USA Today, Sports, June 24, 2003.
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Legacy & Promise: 150 Years of Jesuit Education at the University of San Francisco.
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Women's basketball also experienced recent successes, including appearances in the
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Nino Giarrantano became head coach in 1998, previously serving as hitting coach at
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USF will drop men's and women's tennis at the end of the 2023–24 school year.
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pitched for the Diamond Dons, finishing his freshman 2005 season with a 2.16
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against other local colleges and high schools. Rivalries with neighboring
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basketball team. For nine years prior to that, he was assistant coach at
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The situation came to a head in December 1981, when All-American guard
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as its mascot in 1932. The old Saint Ignatius High School later became
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Monti β€’ Moriarity β€’ Peacock β€’ Retzloff β€’ Roland β€’ Sachs β€’ Sakowski
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Athletics at USF dates back to its founding in 1855, when founder
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Men's soccer is USF's most successful program, earning five
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LoSchiavo resurrected the program in 1985 under former star
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The men's tennis team, led by Harry Likas, Harry Roche and
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Intercollegiate sports teams of University of San Francisco
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1954–55 & 1955–56 San Francisco Dons men's basketball
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In 2013, USF hosted the inaugural championships of the
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USF participates in the following club sports: golf,
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sportswriter Glenn Dickey, "totally out of control."
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baseball team, was hired as new head baseball coach.
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in 1949. The program's successes came under alumnus
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Logo
University of San Francisco
WCC
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
NCAA
San Francisco, California
War Memorial at the Sobrato Center
Chase Center
Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich Field
Negoesco Stadium
Crissy Field
Kezar Stadium
The Olympic Club
www.usfdons.com
University of San Francisco
NCAA Division I
National Collegiate Athletic Association
West Coast Conference
Anthony Maraschi
baseball
basketball
rugby
Santa Clara University
Saint Mary's College of California
Don
Saint Ignatius College Preparatory
2016 Summer Olympics
Maor Tiyouri
John Cox

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