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{{short description|Intercollegiate athletics teams of Tulane University}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}{{Infobox college athletics
| name = Tulane Green Wave
| logo = Tulane Green Wave logo.svg
| logo_width = 200
| university = [[Tulane University]]
| association = NCAA
| conference = [[American Athletic Conference|The American]] (primary)<br>[[Conference USA|CUSA]] (beach volleyball, bowling)
| division = [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] ([[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]])
| director = David Harris
| location = [[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]]
| teams = 14
| stadium = [[Yulman Stadium]]
| basketballarena = [[Devlin Fieldhouse|Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse]]
| baseballfield = [[Greer Field at Turchin Stadium]]
| arena2 = [[City Park/Pepsi Tennis Center]]<br>[[Colonial Lanes]]<br>[[English Turn Golf and Country Club]]<br>[[Reily Student-Recreation Center Natatorium]]<br>[[Southern Yacht Club]]<br>[[Tad Gormley Stadium]]<br>[[White Sands Volleyball Courts]]
| mascot = Riptide
| nickname = Green Wave
| fightsong = "The Olive and the Blue"
| cheer = The Hullabaloo
| pageurl = http://www.tulanegreenwave.com/
| altlogo = [[File:Tulane Green Wave wordmark.svg|200px]]
}}
[[File:The American logo in Tulane colors.svg|upright|thumb|150px|Conference logo in Tulane's colors]]
The '''Tulane Green Wave''' are the [[sport|athletic]] teams that represent [[Tulane University]], located in [[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]]. Tulane competes in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] as a member of the [[American Athletic Conference]] (The American). There are 14 Green Wave intercollegiate programs,<ref name="newsports">{{cite web |url=https://tulanegreenwave.com/|title=Sports| publisher=Tulane| access-date=2020-06-26}}</ref> two of which compete outside The American. Beach volleyball and bowling, women's sports that are not sponsored by The American, compete in [[Conference USA]] (CUSA).<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://conferenceusa.com/news/2022/8/5/womens-beach-volleyball-tulane-joins-c-usa-as-affiliate-member-in-beach-volleyball.aspx |title=Tulane Joins C-USA as Affiliate Member in Beach Volleyball |publisher=Conference USA |date=August 5, 2022 |access-date=August 20, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=https://conferenceusa.com/news/2023/5/10/general-conference-usa-to-add-bowling-for-2023-24-season.aspx |title=Conference USA to Add Bowling for 2023-24 Season |publisher=Conference USA |date=May 10, 2023 |access-date=May 15, 2023}}</ref>

==Nickname==
Tulane's nickname was adopted during the 1920 season, after a song titled "The Rolling Green Wave" was published in the ''[[Tulane Hullabaloo]]'' in 1920. From 1893 to 1919 the athletic teams of Tulane were officially known as "The Olive and Blue", for the official school colors. In 1919 the ''Tulane Weekly'', one of Tulane's many student newspapers at the time and the predecessor of the ''Tulane Hullabaloo'', began referring to the football team as the "Greenbacks", an unofficial nickname that also led to another: the "Greenies".<ref name="Traditions">{{cite web|url=http://admission.tulane.edu/about/studentlife/traditions.php|title=Tulane Admission: Traditions|publisher=Tulane University|access-date=December 8, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027041619/http://admission.tulane.edu/about/studentlife/traditions.php|archive-date=October 27, 2016}}</ref>

==History==

=== Early history ===
The university was a charter member of the [[Southeastern Conference]] (SEC), formed in 1932.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Toppmeyer |first=Blake |date=September 16, 2021 |title='Tulane Quits': Why did Green Wave leave SEC? Here's what happened |url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/college/ole-miss/2021/09/16/why-tulane-football-leave-sec-ole-miss-green-wave/8347963002/ |access-date=November 14, 2024 |website=[[The Clarion-Ledger]] |publisher=[[Gannett]] |issn=0744-9526 |oclc=8674244}}</ref> Prior to this, they had competed in the [[Southern Conference]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Papillion |first=Jude |date=September 23, 2022 |title=Why Tulane left the SEC |url=https://tulanehullabaloo.com/61062/sports/why-tulane-left-the-sec/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211085401/https://tulanehullabaloo.com/61062/sports/why-tulane-left-the-sec/ |archive-date=December 11, 2023 |access-date=November 14, 2024 |website=[[Tulane Hullabaloo]]}}</ref> During its time in the SEC, the men's tennis program won 18 conference championships,<ref name=":1" /> while the football program won conference championships for the 1934, 1939, and 1949 seasons.<ref name=":0" /> During the 1948 season, Tulane football led the SEC in home game attendance, with an average of 37,058 spectators per game.<ref name=":1" />

=== Athletics deemphasis and SEC departure ===
Starting in 1951, [[Rufus Carrollton Harris]], the university's president, initiated a deemphasis of athletics.<ref name=":1" /> That year, Harris reduced the number of football [[athletic scholarships]] from 100—an average amount in the SEC at the time—to 75.<ref name=":1" /> Prior to the deemphasis, many football players studied [[physical education]] (PE) at Tulane, which did not require college athletes to pursue an [[academic major]] and allowed them to spend 50 hours per week on PE coursework.<ref name=":1" /> However, Tulane under Harris reclassified PE as an [[academic minor]], further requiring college athletes to pursue [[bachelor's degrees]].<ref name=":1" /> Salaries for coaches and athletic personnel were also decreased and limits were placed on coaches' ability to [[Scout (sport)|scout]].<ref name=":1" />

This deemphasis caused Tulane to field a less competitive football program.<ref name=":1" /> From 1952 to 1965, Tulane recorded a {{Win-loss record|w=37|l=95|t=8}} record, averaging below three wins per season.<ref name=":1" /> The football program had four head coaches during this time and only recorded two seasons with a winning record.<ref name=":1" /> In conference play, the Green Wave recorded a {{Win-loss record|w=16|l=71|t=5}} record,<ref name=":1" /> and from 1957 to 1965, Tulane did not win more than one conference game per season.<ref name=":0" /> In September 1963, the university announced that they would remain in the SEC while studying possible alternatives.<ref name=":1" /> Around this time, there were rumors that Tulane would form a "[[Southern Ivy#Magnolia Conference|Southern Ivy League]]" with schools such as [[Duke University]], [[Rice University]], and [[Southern Methodist University]], though this never came to fruition.<ref name=":1" />

On December 31, 1964, [[Herbert E. Longenecker]], Tulane's president and the vice president of the SEC, announced that the university would be leaving the conference in June 1966.<ref name=":1" /> While Longenecker announced that the cost of the football program was not a factor in the decision to leave the SEC, the ''[[Tulane Hullabaloo]]'' reported in 1965 that the football program was losing the university roughly half a million dollars per year.<ref name=":1" /> The ''Hullabaloo''<nowiki/>'s sports editor Stuart Ghertner wrote that some Tulane fans thought the university was simply "[[Face (sociological concept)|saving face]]" by leaving, as it was possible that the university would have been expelled from the SEC the following year.<ref name=":1" /> According to ''[[The Clarion-Ledger]]'' newspaper, one reason for the departure was the transition that Tulane had overtaken in the previous few years from a regionally renowned to a nationally renowned university, with the university believing that athletic independence would allow for more games across the country.<ref name=":0" /> [[Tommy O'Boyle]], the head coach of the football team at the time, said of the departure, "It sure can't do us any harm. Tulane is a national university. Now we can play a national schedule".<ref name=":0" />

=== Post-SEC departure ===
Following its departure, Tulane continued its in-state rivalry with the [[LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers|LSU Tigers]], who had remained in the SEC.<ref name=":1" /> In its first few years as an independent, the football program enjoyed an increase in attendance and recorded three winning seasons in seven years, with its first season as an independent being its first winning season in ten years.<ref name=":1" /> However, increased costs associated with university athletics, such as [[Title IX]] compliance and increased salaries for coaches, hurt the athletics department, and its status as an independent damaged several longstanding conference rivalries and eliminated the possibility of competing for conference championships, which hurt public interest.<ref name=":1" />

In 1975, Tulane joined the [[Metro Conference]] for all sports except football.<ref name=":1" /> From 1985 to 1989, the university did not have a basketball program, and the university nearly voted to end its football program in 1985.<ref name=":1" /> In the late 1980s, Tulane expressed interest in rejoining the SEC, but the interest was not reciprocated by the conference, which was under the commissionership of [[Harvey Schiller]].<ref name=":0" /> However, the discussions led the SEC to pursue conference expansion, eventually leading to the admission of the [[University of Arkansas]] and the [[University of South Carolina]] into the SEC.<ref name=":0" /> In 1995, the Metro Conference merged with the [[Great Midwest Conference]] to form [[Conference USA]].<ref name=":1" /> Tulane became a full member in this new conference for all sports, including football.<ref name=":1" /> In 2014, the university left Conference USA and joined the [[American Athletic Conference]].<ref name=":1" />

== Conference affiliations ==
=== NCAA ===
Tulane has been both an independent and affiliated with multiple conferences.<ref name="2018MG">{{cite web |title=2018 Media Guide |url=https://tulanegreenwave.com/sports/2018/7/20/2018-tulane-football-media-guide.aspx |website=tulanegreenwave.com |publisher=Tulane Athletics |format=PDF}}</ref>{{rp|183–210}}
* Independent (1893–1894)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://issuu.com/tulanegreenwave/docs/2019_tulane_football_media_guide|title=2019 Tulane Football Media Guide|newspaper=Issuu|publisher=Issuu.inc|format=pdf|page=124|access-date=September 20, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association]] (1895–1921)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://issuu.com/tulanegreenwave/docs/2019_tulane_football_media_guide|title=2019 Tulane Football Media Guide|newspaper=Issuu|publisher=Issuu.inc|format=pdf|page=124|access-date=September 20, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Southern Conference]] (1922–1932)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://issuu.com/tulanegreenwave/docs/2019_tulane_football_media_guide|title=2019 Tulane Football Media Guide|newspaper=Issuu|publisher=Issuu.inc|format=pdf|page=124|access-date=September 20, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Southeastern Conference]] (1933–1965)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/tulanegreenwave/docs/2019_tulane_football_media_guide|title=2019 Tulane Football Media Guide|date=11 July 2019 |publisher=Issuu.inc|format=pdf|pages=124–125|access-date=September 20, 2019}}</ref>
* Independent (1966–1974)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/tulanegreenwave/docs/2019_tulane_football_media_guide|title=2019 Tulane Football Media Guide|date=11 July 2019 |publisher=Issuu.inc|format=pdf|page=125|access-date=September 20, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Metro Conference]] (1975–1995) (all sports except football)
* [[Conference USA]] (1996–2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/tulanegreenwave/docs/2019_tulane_football_media_guide|title=2019 Tulane Football Media Guide|date=11 July 2019 |publisher=Issuu.inc|format=pdf|page=125|access-date=September 20, 2019}}</ref>
* [[American Athletic Conference]] (2014–present)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/tulanegreenwave/docs/2019_tulane_football_media_guide|title=2019 Tulane Football Media Guide|date=11 July 2019 |publisher=Issuu.inc|format=pdf|page=125|access-date=September 20, 2019}}</ref>

==Sports sponsored==
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; clear:right; margin:0 0 1em 1em;"
|-
{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Tulane Green Wave|Men's sports|Women's sports}}
|-
| [[Tulane Green Wave baseball|Baseball]] || [[Tulane Green Wave women's basketball|Basketball]]
|-
| [[Tulane Green Wave men's basketball|Basketball]] || Beach volleyball
|-
| Cross country || Bowling
|-
| [[Tulane Green Wave football|Football]] || Cross country
|-
| Sailing || Golf
|-
| Tennis || Sailing
|-
| [[Tulane Green Wave track and field|Track and field]]<sup>†</sup> || Swimming and diving
|-
| || Tennis
|-
| || [[Tulane Green Wave track and field|Track and field]]<sup>†</sup>
|-
| || Volleyball
|-
| colspan="2" style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Tulane Green Wave|color=white}}" | {{small|† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor}}
|}

===Baseball===
{{main|Tulane Green Wave baseball}}
[[File:Baseball Players (3618113500).jpg|thumb|right|Green Wave baseball players in 2003]]
The Tulane baseball team, also established in 1893, is managed by head coach [[Jay Uhlman]]. The program has appeared in the [[NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA tournament]] 22 times and in the [[College World Series]] twice. They play home games on campus at [[Greer Field at Turchin Stadium|Turchin Stadium]].

===Men's basketball===
{{main|Tulane Green Wave men's basketball}}

The men's basketball team, established in 1905, is coached by [[Ron Hunter]], who was hired following the 2018-19 season. They play their home games in [[Devlin Fieldhouse|Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse]], named after a donation that enabled extensive renovations in 2012–13. It is the 9th-oldest active basketball venue in the nation.<ref name=Unveiled>{{cite web|title=Tulane Unveils Devlin Fieldhouse, the Newly Restored Facility for Basketball, Volleyball|url=http://www.tulanegreenwave.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/110812aab.html|publisher=TulaneGreenWave.com|access-date=December 26, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119103515/http://www.tulanegreenwave.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/110812aab.html|archive-date=November 19, 2012}}</ref>

===Women's basketball===
{{main|Tulane Green Wave women's basketball}}

The women's team has been coached since 1995 by [[Lisa Stockton]], who has led the program to 15 postseason tournaments, including 10 [[NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA tournament]] appearances. They play their home games in [[Devlin Fieldhouse|Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse]], named after a donation that enabled extensive renovations in 2012–13. It is the 9th-oldest active basketball venue in the nation.<ref name=Unveiled/>

===Women's beach volleyball===
The [[Tulane Green Wave women's beach volleyball]] team competes in NCAA Division I beach volleyball in [[Conference USA]] (CUSA), having joined that conference as an associate member in 2022. The team was founded in 2011.<ref name="TU Beach Volleyball History">{{cite web|url=https://tulanegreenwave.com/sports/2016/6/13/tulane-beach-volleyball-history-timeline.aspx|title=Tulane Beach Volleyball History|website=tulanegreenwave.com|access-date=December 2, 2019}}</ref>

===Football===
{{main|Tulane Green Wave football}}
[[File:Homecoming Game-57 (10123315083).jpg|thumb|right|The Green Wave football team in 2013]]
The Tulane football team, established in 1893, competes in the NCAA [[Division I (NCAA)#Football Bowl Subdivision|Division I Football Bowl Subdivision]]. Green Wave football teams have won 10 conference championships, including three in the [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] and one each in [[Conference USA|CUSA]] and The American, and have appeared in 12 postseason bowl games. They are coached by [[Jon Sumrall]] and play home games in [[Yulman Stadium]].

===Men's tennis===
The Tulane Green Wave men's tennis team competes in NCAA Division I tennis and is part of the [[American Athletic Conference]]. The team won the NCAA tennis team championship in 1959. The men's tennis team also won eight singles team non-NCAA recognized national championships and two doubles team non-NCAA recognized national championships. It also won an individual indoor singles national championship.

===Women's tennis===
The Tulane Green Wave women's tennis team competes in NCAA Division I tennis and is part of the [[American Athletic Conference]].

===Women's volleyball===
The Tulane Green Wave women's volleyball team competes in NCAA Division I volleyball and is part of the [[American Athletic Conference]]. They play their home matches at [[Devlin Fieldhouse|Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse]].

==Championships==
<!--incomplete list-->

===Men's conference championships===
[[File:Homecoming Game 2012-104 (8162183820).jpg|thumb|Tulane Cheer at Homecoming, 2012]]
*'''Baseball''' {{small|'''(6)'''}}: 1948 • 1997 • 1998 • 2001 • 2005 • 2016
::Tournament {{small|(10)}}: 1979 • 1982 • 1992 • 1996 • 1998 • 1999 • 2001 • 2005 • 2023 • 2024<ref name="CUSABaseball">{{cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/c-usa/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/c-usa-record-book-baseball.pdf|title=Men's Baseball Record Book|publisher=C-USA|access-date=2012-03-29}}</ref>
*'''Basketball''' {{small|'''(4)'''}}: 1924 • 1944 • 1976 • 1992
*'''Cross Country''' {{small|'''(1)'''}}: 2001<ref name="CUSAMCC">{{cite web|url=http://www.fansonly.com/photos/schools/c-usa/sports/c-xc/auto_pdf/history-records-men.pdf|title=Men's Cross Country History/Records|publisher=C-USA|access-date=2012-03-29}}</ref>
*'''Football''' {{small|'''(10)'''}}: 1920 • 1925 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931 • 1934 • 1939 • 1949 • 1998 • 2022
*'''Tennis''' {{small|'''(6)'''}}: 1997 • 2001 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005<ref name="CUSAMTennis">{{cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/c-usa/sports/m-tennis/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/record-book.pdf|title=Men's Tennis History/Records|publisher=C-USA|access-date=2012-03-29}}</ref> • 2018

===Women's conference championships===
*'''Basketball''' {{small|'''(4)'''}}: 1997 • 1999 • 2007 • 2010
::Tournament {{small|(5)}}: 1997 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2010<ref name="CUSAWBasketball">{{cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/c-usa/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/records.pdf|title=Women's Basketball History/Records|publisher=C-USA|access-date=2012-03-29}}</ref>
*'''Golf''' {{small|'''(7)'''}}: 2004 • 2005 • 2009 • 2010 • 2013<ref name="CUSAWGolf">{{cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/c-usa/sports/w-golf/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/records_2013.pdf|title=C-USA Women's Golf Championships|publisher=C-USA|access-date=2014-04-23}}</ref> • 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conferenceusa.com/sports/w-golf/spec-rel/042314aab.html|title=Tulane Wins C-USA Women's Golf Championship With Record Score|publisher=C-USA|access-date=2014-04-23|date=2014-04-23}}</ref> • 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theamerican.org/news/2022/4/19/tulane-claims-2022-american-womens-golf-championship-smus-kennedy-pedigo-wins-the-individual-conference-title.aspx|title=Tulane Claims 2022 American Women's Golf Championship, SMU's Kennedy Pedigo Wins The Individual Conference Title|publisher=American Athletic Conference|access-date=2022-04-19|date=2022-04-19}}</ref>
*'''Swimming/Diving''' {{small|'''(1)'''}}: 2005<ref name="CUSAWSwim">{{cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/c-usa/sports/w-swim/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/history-records.pdf|title=Women's Swimming & Diving History/Records|publisher=C-USA|access-date=2012-03-29}}</ref>
*'''Tennis''' {{small|'''(4)'''}}: 2001 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005<ref name="CUSAWTennis">{{cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/c-usa/sports/w-tennis/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/record-book.pdf|title=Women's Tennis History/Records|publisher=C-USA|access-date=2012-03-29}}</ref>
*'''Volleyball''' {{small|'''(1)'''}}: 2008
::Tournament {{small|(1)}}: 2008<ref name="CUSAWVolleyball">{{cite web|url=http://www.fansonly.com/photos/schools/c-usa/sports/w-volley/auto_pdf/history-records.pdf|title=Women's Volleyball History/Records|publisher=C-USA|access-date=2012-03-29}}</ref>

===NCAA team championships===
{{further-text|[[American Athletic Conference#NCAA national championships|American Athletic Conference NCAA team championships]] and [[List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships#NCAA Division I Team Championships|List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships]]}}Tulane has won one team national championship granted by the NCAA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/champs_records_book/Overall.pdf|title=NCAA All Divisions/Collegiate Total Championships|publisher=NCAA|date=July 2, 2014|access-date=March 28, 2015}}</ref>

==== Men's (1) ====
*NCAA [[NCAA Men's Tennis Championship#Team titles|Tennis]] {{small|(1)}}: 1959

===Other national team championships===
One national team title was bestowed by [[USA Rugby]]:
* Women's [[Rugby union|Rugby]] {{small|(1)}}: 2016 (Division II spring),<ref>{{cite web|author=Chad Wise|date=April 25, 2016|title=Tulane wins Division II Spring Championship in California|url=http://www.usarugby.org/2016/04/tulane-wins-division-ii-spring-championship-in-california/#veetQGI3uzYW0k8e.97|access-date=September 3, 2016|publisher=USA Rugby}}</ref> lost full-year title game

Nine national team titles were bestowed by the [[Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association]] and other sailing associations:
* [[Sailing (sport)|Sailing]] {{small|(9)}}: 
** ICSA (4): 1973 (coed dinghy),<ref>{{cite web |title=ICSA Championships |url=http://www.collegesailing.org/nas/ |access-date=2009-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720123618/http://www.collegesailing.org/nas/ |archive-date=2011-07-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 1974 (sloop,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://collegesailing.org/hall-of-fame/regattas/cornelius-shields-trophy |title=CORNELIUS SHIELDS SR. TROPHY |access-date=2016-05-10}}</ref> overall<ref>{{cite web |url=http://collegesailing.org/hall-of-fame/regattas/leonard-m.-fowle-trophy |title=LEONARD M. FOWLE TROPHY |access-date=2016-05-10}}</ref>), 2022 (coed dinghy)<ref>{{cite web|author=WDSU Digital Team|date=May 22, 2022|title=Tulane Green Wave win sailing National Championship|url=https://www.wdsu.com/article/tulane-green-wave-win-sailing-national-championship/40071083|access-date=October 25, 2023|publisher=WDSU}}</ref>
** Douglas Cup (match racing) (3): 1969,<ref name="LAT19691102">{{cite news |work=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles, California |title=Skipper Dane Leads Tulane in Cup Match |date=2 Nov 1969 |page=D12 |first=Almon |last=Lockabey}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles, California |title=Collegiate Sailors Open Cup Races |date=30 Oct 1970 |page=III-11 |first=Almon |last=Lockabey}}</ref> 1970,<ref>{{cite news |title=Some Great Dane From Tulane |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1084288/index.htm |access-date=2009-12-15 |work=Sports Illustrated |date=1970-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104121952/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1084288/index.htm |archive-date=2012-11-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 1989<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Telltale |publisher=Austin Yacht Club |title=The Collegiate Report |first=Ryan Eric |last=Minth |page=7 |date=Nov 1989 |url=http://www.austinyachtclub.net/wp-content/uploads/Telltale-1989-November.pdf |location=Austin, Texas |access-date=2016-10-20}}</ref>
** Kennedy Cup (offshore large boats) (2): 1970, 1971<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usna.edu/SailingTeam/trophies/icyra.php |title=USNA SAILING CENTER - ICYRA Trophies |publisher=U.S. Naval Academy |access-date=2016-10-17}}</ref>

{{See also| Intercollegiate sports team champions}}

===Individual or event championships===

====Men's====
*[[NCAA Men's Tennis Championship#Singles|Tennis Singles]] {{small|(8)}}: 1930 • 1932 • 1936 • 1937 • 1949 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itatennis.com/AboutITA/Wall-Of-Champions/NCAA_CHAMPIONS_-_SINGLES_-_MEN.htm|title=NCAA Champions - Singles - Men|publisher=Intercollegiate Tennis Association|access-date=April 23, 2014}}</ref>
*[[Intercollegiate Tennis Association#Major Championships|Indoor Tennis Singles]] {{small|(1)}}: 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itatennis.com/AboutITA/News/Champions_Crowned_On_Final_Day_Of_2015__NIIC.htm|title=Champions Crowned On Final Day Of 2015|publisher=Intercollegiate Tennis Association|access-date=November 15, 2015}}</ref>
*[[NCAA Men's Tennis Championship#Doubles|Tennis Doubles]] {{small|(2)}}: 1957 • 1959<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itatennis.com/AboutITA/Wall-Of-Champions/NCAA_CHAMPIONS_DOUBLES_-_MEN.htm|title=NCAA Champions - Doubles - Men|publisher=Intercollegiate Tennis Association|access-date=April 23, 2014}}</ref>
*[[NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships|Golf]] {{small|(3)}}: 1925 • 1926 • 1939<ref>{{cite web|url=http://golf.about.com/od/ncaagolf/a/ncaa_m_ind.htm|title=NCAA Men's Golf Championship Individual Winners|publisher=About.com|access-date=April 23, 2014}}</ref>
*[[Boxing]] {{small|(1)}}: 1932 (heavyweight)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/champs_records_book/Discontinued.pdf|title=Discontinued Championships|publisher=NCAA|access-date=March 28, 2015}}</ref>

====Women's====
*Sailing {{small|(1)}}: 2023 (singlehanded)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://singlehanded.collegesailing.org/|title=College Sailing National Championship|publisher=ICSA|access-date=November 14, 2023}}</ref>

==Athletic facilities==

===Current facilities===
*[[Yulman Stadium]] — Football
*[[Devlin Fieldhouse|Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse]] — Men's and women's basketball, Volleyball
*[[Greer Field at Turchin Stadium]] — Baseball
*[[City Park/Pepsi Tennis Center]] — Men's and women's tennis
*[[Colonial Lanes]] — Women's bowling
*[[English Turn Golf and Country Club]] — Men's and women's golf
*[[Reily Student-Recreation Center|Reily Student-Recreation Center Natatorium]] — Women's swimming and diving
*[[Southern Yacht Club]] — Sailing
*[[Tad Gormley Stadium]] — Men's and women's track and field
*[[White Sands Volleyball Courts]] — Beach volleyball

===Practice facilities===
*[[Hertz Center]], Basketball/Volleyball Practice Facility — Men's and women's basketball, Volleyball

===Former facilities===
*[[Crescent City Base Ball Park]] (1893–1900) — Football<ref>{{cite web| title=The History of Tulane Stadium(s)|publisher=bestofneworleans.com|url=https://m.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/the-history-of-tulane-stadiums/Content?oid=2028941|access-date=2018-02-06}}</ref> 
*[[Athletic Park (New Orleans)|Athletic Park]] (1901–08) — Football
*[[Tulane Stadium (1909)|First Tulane Stadium (1909–16)]] — Football
*[[Tulane Stadium (1917)|Second Tulane Stadium (1917–25)]] — Football
*[[Tulane Stadium|Third Tulane Stadium]] (1926–74) — Football
*[[Louisiana Superdome]] (1975–2013) — Football
*[[AMF All Star Lanes (Kenner, Louisiana)|AMF All Star Lanes (Kenner)]] — Women's bowling
*[[Danny Thiel Track]] and Barney Mintz Auxiliary Field — Track and Field
*[[George G. Westfeldt Complex]] — Soccer
*[[Goldring Tennis Stadium]] — Tennis
*[[Tulane Diamond]] (1893–1989) — Baseball
*[[Tulane Gymnasium]] (1905–1933) — Men's basketball

==Non-varsity athletic facilities==
*[[Reily Student-Recreation Center]] — Badminton, Basketball, Indoor soccer, Indoor track, Natatorium (Swimming), Racquetball, Rowing, Squash, Volleyball and Weightlifting
**Brown Field — Flag football, Soccer and Rugby
**Tennis courts — Tennis

==Traditions==

===Logo and mascot===
[[File:Halftime show at Yulman Stadium at Tulane University.jpg|thumb|left|350px|The [[Tulane University Marching Band|TUMB]] performs each pregame and halftime]]
Tulane officials commissioned [[John Churchill Chase|John Chase]] in 1945 to illustrate the covers of its football game programs. He came up with Greenie, a mischievous boy who would be considered an unofficial mascot by many fans.  Chase illustrated Greenie on program covers until 1969.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/090512_greenie.cfm| title=Greenie a gridiron giant| date=2012-09-05| access-date=2012-09-13}}</ref>

In 1963 the Athletics Director and Eldon Endacott, manager of the university bookstore, contacted Art Evans, a commercial artist who already had designed the [[Purdue Boilermakers|Boilermaker]] mascot for [[Purdue University]], the [[Wisconsin Badgers]] and the [[University of Southern California]] Trojan, to create a new mascot for Tulane athletics. His design for a mean-looking [[anthropomorphic]] wave-crest was officially adopted in 1964.
   
A new logo consisting of a white block "T" with green and blue waves crossing its center was adopted in 1986 as the primary symbol for official uniforms, though the "Angry Wave" cartoon continued to be used in licensed products, and a costumed wave nicknamed ''Gumby'' also served as the mascot.

A full redesign of all athletics logos and marks was commissioned in 1998, replacing the "angry wave" and "wavy T" designs with a green and blue oblique ''T'' crested by a foamy wave. ''Gumby'' was replaced with a new pelican mascot, recalling the university seal, and the fact that a pelican was often used in the first half of the century as the emblem of Tulane's athletics teams. The pelican is also the Louisiana state bird and is found on the [[Flag of Louisiana|state flag]] and [[Louisiana state seal|state seal]]. The name "Riptide" was selected for the performing pelican by the administration after a vote of the student body in which the students actually voted that the pelican be named "Pecker." The pelican mascot name may have been so voted as the student body had also overwhelmingly voted for Poseidon to be the mascot. Poseidon was rejected by the administration and student body government because it could be portrayed as a white male. In 2014, Tulane changed the color of the "wave" above the "T" from a [[Spring green#Sea foam green|seafoam green]] to a color closer to [[lime green]].

In 2017, Tulane announced that the "T-Wave" would be replaced as the primary logo by a redesigned "Angry Wave".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tulanegreenwave.com/sports/2017/8/25/branding-style-guide.aspx|title = Tulane Athletics Branding & Style Guide}}</ref>

==Notable sports alumni==
{{see also|List of Tulane University people#Sports}}
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===Football===
*[[Shaun King (American football)|Shaun King]] ([[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]])
*[[Patrick Ramsey]] ([[Denver Broncos]])
*[[J. P. Losman]] ([[Miami Dolphins]])
*[[Anthony Cannon]] ([[Detroit Lions]])
*[[Mewelde Moore]] ([[Pittsburgh Steelers]])
*[[Matt Forte]] ([[New York Jets]])
*[[Cairo Santos]] ([[New York Jets]])
*[[Orleans Darkwa]] ([[New York Giants]])
*[[Robert Kelley (American football)|Robert Kelley]] ([[Washington Redskins]])
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* [[Darnell Mooney]] ([[Chicago Bears]])
* [[Tyjae Spears]] ([[Tennessee Titans]])
* [[Michael Pratt (American football)|Michael Pratt]] ([[Green Bay Packers]])

===Baseball===
*[[Andy Cannizaro]] ([[Cleveland Indians]])
*[[Tommy Manzella]] ([[Houston Astros]])
*[[Micah Owings]] ([[Cincinnati Reds]])
*[[Brandon Gomes]] ([[Tampa Bay Rays]])
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==Green Wave Club==
The Green Wave Club, formerly known as the Tulane Athletics Fund, is the official fundraising arm of Tulane Green Wave, supporting Green Wave student-athletes in their academic, athletic, and community pursuits by providing unrestricted annual funds to the Athletics department.

In 2007 the fund set a record for membership with 2,210 donors contributing.<ref name="taf">{{cite web| url=http://www.tulanegreenwave.com/taf/tul-taf.html| title=Tulane Athletics Fund| access-date=2012-09-13}}</ref> In 2011 it spearheaded the "Home Field Advantage" campaign to fully fund the $73 million construction of [[Yulman Stadium]] on the Uptown campus through private donations.

==Athletics reform==
After coming off a winning season and a Hawaii Bowl victory in 2003, it was leaked that Former President [[Scott Cowen]] and the Board of Trustees was planning to vote on either doing away with a commitment to Division 1 football, or propose scaling down to Division 3 due to their concern for the long-term financial viability of sustaining a Division 1 athletic program in the changing BCS landscape.  When the news leaked, the outrage by fans, alumni, and boosters forced the Board of Trustees to pivot and claim it actually intended to undertake a comprehensive "review" of athletics.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hochman|first1=Benjamin|title=Tulane Chief Endures Green Wave of Criticism|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nojavascript.html|access-date=June 1, 2003|publisher=Times Picayune|ref=0FB6CF8BDC80D269}}</ref> The outcome of the review was a commitment to maintaining a Division I athletic program, and also included points to address academic performance, graduation rates, financial viability, and support for athletics within the overall University mission.<ref name="revival">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/sports/ncaafootball/08tulane.html|title=At Tulane, Sports Revival After Katrina's Wind and Water |last=Thomas|first=Katie|date=2008-10-07|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=2008-10-10}}</ref> (In 2003 Tulane's graduation rate for student-athletes stood at 79%, ranking 14th among all Division I programs.)

[[Scott Cowen]] began a dialog with other university presidents calling for a change to the existing system that rewards established powers at the expense of less successful programs. His criticisms, in particular of the [[Bowl Championship Series]] (BCS) in [[college football|football]], led to the creation of the Presidential Coalition for Athletics Reform and opened the door for hearings on college athletics revenues in the [[Senate Judiciary Committee]] in October 2003. On February 29, 2004, the BCS met in [[Miami, Florida]], and agreed to amend revenue distribution and open the series to more opportunities for BCS non-AQ teams. As a member of the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee, Cowen was active in decision-making regarding the future of college football.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/eye-on-college-football/19396230/meet-the-bcs-presidential-oversight-committee| title=Meet the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee| author=Chip Patterson| work=CBS Sports| date=2012-06-21| access-date=2012-09-13}}</ref>

==Effects of Hurricane Katrina==
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As a result of [[Hurricane Katrina]] in August 2005, Tulane's varsity sports teams, with the exception of cross country and track and field, moved to four universities in [[Texas]] and [[Louisiana]] for the remainder of that academic semester, while continuing to represent Tulane in competition:<ref name="katrinasem">{{cite web|url=http://www.tulanegreenwave.com/sports/hurr-katrina/spec-rel/112205aab.html|title=Tulane Athletics and the Katrina Semester|date=2005-11-21|publisher=tulanegreenwave.com|access-date=2012-03-06}}</ref>
*[[Louisiana Tech University]]: football
*[[Southern Methodist University]]: men's and women's golf
*[[Texas A&M University]]: men's basketball, women's swimming and diving, women's volleyball, women's soccer, men's tennis, and women's tennis
*[[Texas Tech University]]: baseball and women's basketball

For its fortitude in the face of Katrina, the 2005 Tulane football team received [[Disney's Wide World of Sports Spirit Award]] and the [[Football Writers Association of America]] Annual Courage Award.<ref name="awards">{{cite web|url=http://tulane.edu/news/tulanian/the_torch.cfm|title=The Torch|date=2006-01-18|author=Aaron Martin|publisher=Tulanian|access-date=2012-03-06}}</ref> The university's Renewal Plan called for the suspension of some of its sports, and it did not return to a full 16 teams until the 2011–12 school year.<ref name="newsports"/>

==See also==
*[[List of NCAA Division I institutions]]

==References==
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==External links==
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