Team: Maryland Terrapins
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Headcoach: Brenda Frese
The University of Maryland's sports teams are called Maryland Terrapins. The Maryland Terrapins is a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The official mascot of Maryland Terrapins is called Testudo, which is Latin for protective shell. The team uses the same colors which appear on the Maryland State Flag: black, gold, red, and white. Maryland Terrapins includes many sports like ... (more)
The University of Maryland's sports teams are called Maryland Terrapins. The Maryland Terrapins is a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The official mascot of Maryland Terrapins is called Testudo, which is Latin for protective shell. The team uses the same colors which appear on the Maryland State Flag: black, gold, red, and white. Maryland Terrapins includes many sports like basketball, tennis, volleyball, soccer, football etc.The 2006 Maryland Women's basketball team won the National Championship on April 4, 2006 with Coach Brenda Frese, after beating Duke 78-75 in overtime.
The university's athletics program has enjoyed national prominence. Most recently, the Maryland women's basketball team won the 2006 Women's National Championship on 4 April, guided by Coach Brenda Frese. Previously, the men's football program won the 1953 national championship, and was a perennial bowl game invitee in the late 1970s and early 80s. Until Ralph Friedgen, a 1970 Maryland graduate, was hired as head coach in November 2000 they achieved little success for many years. Friedgen dramatically reversed the fortunes of Terrapin football in his first three seasons, leading the team to 31 wins, an appearance in the BCS Orange Bowl, commanding victories in the Peach Bowl and the Gator Bowl, consecutive top-3 finishes in conference, and the only outright ACC regular season title since Florida State's entry into the conference in 1992.
The 2006 Maryland Women's basketball team won the National Championship on April 4, 2006 with Coach Brenda Frese, after beating Duke 78-75 in overtime. Men's basketball is also a popular sport at Maryland and is under the guidance of another Maryland graduate, Gary Williams of the class of 1968. Williams, who returned to his alma mater in 1989 after successful stints at American University, Boston College, and Ohio State, inherited a once-successful program that was suffering the aftereffects of the death of Len Bias as well as NCAA rules infractions under Williams's predecessor. After several years of competing under recruiting sanctions related to these events, Williams has elevated the Terp program to the level of conference foes Duke and North Carolina. Williams led Maryland to eleven consecutive NCAA tournament appearances (1993–2004) and eight consecutive seasons with 20 or more wins (1996–2004). In addition, he has taken the Terps to the tournament's Regional Semifinals (Sweet Sixteen) seven times, to the Final Four twice, and led the school to its first NCAA title in men's basketball in 2002. With one of the youngest teams in the nation, Williams led his team to his first ACC Tournament title in 2004. With a win over the Virginia Cavaliers on February 7th, 2006, Gary Williams became Maryland's all-time leader in basketball wins with 349, beating the previous record of Lefty Driesell, who attended the record-breaking game.
Beyond these primary revenue sports, Maryland excels in other areas as well. Women's basketball began a resurgence in 2002, and has reached the NCAA Women's Basketball tournament for four consecutive years under Coach Brenda Frese. And Coach Sasho Cirovski has taken the men's soccer team to four Final Fours since 1998. In 2005, the squad claimed the NCAA College Cup National Championship with a 1-0 win over New Mexico. The field hockey team has made ten Final Four appearances (through 2005) and won the 1987, 1993, 1999, and 2005 national titles. The volleyball team won the ACC tournament in 2003 and qualified for their own NCAA tournament. In lacrosse, Maryland has been a consistent national leader. The women's lacrosse team has won a total of ten national championships since 1981, eight of which came under the direction of Cindy Timchal, including a run of seven straight (1995 through 2001). Additionally, the women's lacrosse team has been an NCAA finalist in eleven of the last fourteen years, and produced more All-Americans in the sport than any other school. The men's program is consistently ranked among the top 10 programs nationally.
"Fear the Turtle" is a commonly used slogan by fans.
The University of Maryland's sports teams are called Maryland Terrapins. The Maryland Terrapins is a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The official mascot of Maryland Terrapins is called Testudo, which is Latin for protective shell. The team uses the same colors which appear on the Maryland State Flag: black, gold, red, and white. Maryland Terrapins includes many sports like basketball, tennis, volleyball, soccer, football etc.The 2006 Maryland Women's basketball team won the National Championship on April 4, 2006 with Coach Brenda Frese, after beating Duke 78-75 in overtime.
The university's athletics program has enjoyed national prominence. Most recently, the Maryland women's basketball team won the 2006 Women's National Championship on 4 April, guided by Coach Brenda Frese. Previously, the men's football program won the 1953 national championship, and was a perennial bowl game invitee in the late 1970s and early 80s. Until Ralph Friedgen, a 1970 Maryland graduate, was hired as head coach in November 2000 they achieved little success for many years. Friedgen dramatically reversed the fortunes of Terrapin football in his first three seasons, leading the team to 31 wins, an appearance in the BCS Orange Bowl, commanding victories in the Peach Bowl and the Gator Bowl, consecutive top-3 finishes in conference, and the only outright ACC regular season title since Florida State's entry into the conference in 1992.
The 2006 Maryland Women's basketball team won the National Championship on April 4, 2006 with Coach Brenda Frese, after beating Duke 78-75 in overtime. Men's basketball is also a popular sport at Maryland and is under the guidance of another Maryland graduate, Gary Williams of the class of 1968. Williams, who returned to his alma mater in 1989 after successful stints at American University, Boston College, and Ohio State, inherited a once-successful program that was suffering the aftereffects of the death of Len Bias as well as NCAA rules infractions under Williams's predecessor. After several years of competing under recruiting sanctions related to these events, Williams has elevated the Terp program to the level of conference foes Duke and North Carolina. Williams led Maryland to eleven consecutive NCAA tournament appearances (1993–2004) and eight consecutive seasons with 20 or more wins (1996–2004). In addition, he has taken the Terps to the tournament's Regional Semifinals (Sweet Sixteen) seven times, to the Final Four twice, and led the school to its first NCAA title in men's basketball in 2002. With one of the youngest teams in the nation, Williams led his team to his first ACC Tournament title in 2004. With a win over the Virginia Cavaliers on February 7th, 2006, Gary Williams became Maryland's all-time leader in basketball wins with 349, beating the previous record of Lefty Driesell, who attended the record-breaking game.
Beyond these primary revenue sports, Maryland excels in other areas as well. Women's basketball began a resurgence in 2002, and has reached the NCAA Women's Basketball tournament for four consecutive years under Coach Brenda Frese. And Coach Sasho Cirovski has taken the men's soccer team to four Final Fours since 1998. In 2005, the squad claimed the NCAA College Cup National Championship with a 1-0 win over New Mexico. The field hockey team has made ten Final Four appearances (through 2005) and won the 1987, 1993, 1999, and 2005 national titles. The volleyball team won the ACC tournament in 2003 and qualified for their own NCAA tournament. In lacrosse, Maryland has been a consistent national leader. The women's lacrosse team has won a total of ten national championships since 1981, eight of which came under the direction of Cindy Timchal, including a run of seven straight (1995 through 2001). Additionally, the women's lacrosse team has been an NCAA finalist in eleven of the last fourteen years, and produced more All-Americans in the sport than any other school. The men's program is consistently ranked among the top 10 programs nationally.
"Fear the Turtle" is a commonly used slogan by fans.
