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{{Infobox college athletics
| name                    = Edinboro Fighting Scots
| logo                    = Edinboro Fighting Scots current logo.svg
| logo_width              = 150
| university              = [[Pennsylvania Western University, Edinboro]]
| association             = NCAA
| conference              = [[Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference|PSAC]] (primary)<br>[[Mid-American Conference|MAC]] (men's wrestling)
| division                = [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] (primary)<br>[[NCAA Division I|Division I]] (men's wrestling)
| director                = Dr. Katherine Robbins
| location                = [[Edinboro, Pennsylvania]]
| first season            = 
| teams                   = 17
| mens_teams              = 8
| womens_teams            = 9
| coed_teams              = 
| stadium                 = [[Sox Harrison Stadium]]
| basketballarena         = McComb Fieldhouse
| natatorium              = McComb Fieldhouse Natatorium
| arena2                  = Mike S. Zafirovski Sports and Recreation Dome
| nickname                = Fighting Scots
| fightsong               = [[Scotland the Brave]]
| pageurl                 = https://gofightingscots.com/
| altlogo = [[File:Edinboro fighting scots wmark.png|150px]]
}}

The '''Edinboro Fighting Scots''' are the athletic teams that represent [[Pennsylvania Western University, Edinboro]] (PennWest Edinboro), located in [[Edinboro, Pennsylvania]], in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] [[College athletics in the United States|intercollegiate sports]]. The Fighting Scots are members of the [[Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference]] (PSAC) for 15 of 17 varsity sports. The wrestling team competes in the [[Mid-American Conference]] (MAC) as a member of [[NCAA Division I]], and the wheelchair basketball team competes outside of NCAA governance in the [[National Wheelchair Basketball Association]] (NWBA) Intercollegiate Division. The Fighting Scots have been a member of PSAC since its foundation in 1951.

==History==
The men's and women's cross country and track programs won the only national titles in school history. The men's cross country and track program also won NAIA men's national championship in 1975 and 1976, as well as the NCAA men's national championship in 1986, 1987, 1988, and 1990. Women's lacrosse was introduced in the 2008 season. It has one of the nation's best [[wheelchair basketball]] teams.<ref>http://www.nwba.org/page/show/2842249-intercollegiate-men</ref>

===Conferences===
====Primary====
*1908–1950: Independent
*1951–present: [[Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference]]

====Single sport====
*1988–2019: [[Eastern Wrestling League]] (wrestling)
*2019–present: [[Mid-American Conference]] (wrestling)
*1996–present: [[National Wheelchair Basketball Association]] Intercollegiate Division (wheelchair basketball)

==Varsity teams==
===List of teams===
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'''Men's sports (8)'''
*Basketball
*Cross country
*Football
*Swimming
*Tennis
*Track and field
*Wheelchair basketball
*Wrestling ([[NCAA Division I|Division I]])

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'''Women's sports (9)'''
*Basketball
*Cross country
*Lacrosse
*Soccer
*Softball
*Swimming
*Tennis
*Track and field
*Volleyball

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==National championships==
===Team===
{| class="wikitable"
|- align="center"
{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Edinboro Fighting Scots|Sport|Association|Division|Year|Opponent/Runner-up|Score}}
|- align="center"
|rowspan="6"| [[Edinboro Fighting Scots men's cross country|Men's cross country]] (6)
|rowspan="2"| [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] (2)
|rowspan="2"| [[NAIA Men's Cross Country Championship|Single]]
|1975
|[[Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds cross country|Eastern New Mexico]]
|97–144 (-47)
|- align="center"
|1976
|[[Adams State Grizzlies cross country|Adams State]]
|56–103 (-47)
|- align="center"
|rowspan="4"| [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] (4)
|rowspan="4"| [[NCAA Division II Men's Cross Country Championships|Division II]]
|1986
|[[South Dakota State Jackrabbits men's cross country|South Dakota State]]
|56–79 (-23)
|- align="center"
|1987
|[[Minnesota State Mavericks men's cross country|Mankato State]]
|95–113 (-18)
|- align="center"
|1988
|[[South Dakota State University|South Dakota State]]
|77–98 (-21)
|- align="center"
|1990
|[[Shippensburg Raiders men's cross country|Shippensburg]]
|50–125 (-75)
|}

==Individual sports==
===Cross country===
The cross country teams are among the most consistent in Division II with 48 conference titles (30 men's, 18 women's). Formed in 1969 by Doug Watts, the team won 2 NAIA titles in 1975 and 1976. The program won 4 NCAA championships in 1986, 1987, 1988, and 1990. Under Watts, Edinboro would qualify the national meet for 31 consecutive years (1979–2009, a Division II record). Watts served as head coach for 44 years before retiring in 2013.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

===Wrestling===
PennWest Edinboro has one of the premier [[NCAA Division I]] [[collegiate wrestling]] programs. Prior to moving to the Division I level in 1986, Edinboro was already well-known in NAIA and NCAA Division II levels. [[Bruce Baumgartner]], Olympic wrestler, began instructing at PennWest Edinboro in 1984 as an assistant coach, and was promoted to head coach in 1991.  He guided the Fighting Scots to three top 15 finishes in the [[NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships]]. Baumgartner became the director of athletics in 1997. PennWest Edinboro's wrestling program has produced 120 [[Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference|PSAC]] champions, 59 [[Eastern Wrestling League|EWL]] champions, 60 NCAA All-Americans, 4 NCAA Division I champions, 9 NCAA Division II and NAIA national champions, 2 USA Olympic team members, 17 PSAC tournament team championships, and 14 EWL tournament team championships.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Three former PennWest Edinboro wrestlers and former All-Americans have transitioned and found success in mixed martial arts. Former NCAA Division I champion [[Josh Koscheck]] is a former [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]] (UFC) title challenger and [[Bellator MMA|Bellator]] fighter. Another former NCAA Division I champion, [[Gregor Gillespie]] is a former UFC fighter. Former NCAA Division I runner-up [[Chris Honeycutt]] is a former Bellator fighter and current [[Absolute Championship Akhmat]] (ACA) fighter.

The current PennWest Edinboro wrestling head coach is Matt Hill, who previously served as an assistant at [[Kent State University|Kent State Univsersity]]. Hill previously wrestled collegiately at PennWest Edinboro.

Former head wrestling coach Tim Flynn led the Fighting Scots from 1998 to 2018. Tim Flynn was an All-American himself while in the NCAA at [[Pennsylvania State University|Penn State University]] in 1987, winning the EWL title and finishing seventh at Nationals. Flynn has received numerous awards for his accomplishments with the program, including: 
*12-time PSAC Coach of the Year
*Seven-time EWL Coach of the Year
*2014 NCAA Division I Coach of the Year

==References==
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== External links == 
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* {{official website}}

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