South Florida Bulls - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The South Florida Bulls are the athletic teams for the University of South Florida.
The university competes in NCAA Division I of the NCAA, and as a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American). The university currently sponsors varsity sports: baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's golf, football, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's track, volleyball, sailing. Varsity sports[edit]Under Jim Leavitt, USF began college football play as a Division 1- AA independent in 1. The team grew rapidly and moved to Division 1- A in 2.
In 2. 00. 3, the Bulls moved to Conference USA, but they would leave for the Big East Conference in 2. The Big East eventually became the American Athletic Conference in 2. The football team plays its home games in Raymond James Stadium, also the home field of the National Football League's Tampa Bay Buccaneers. On September 2. 4, 2. USF surprised #9 ranked Louisville for its first victory over a Big East conference foe, as well as its first victory over a ranked opponent.
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The South Florida Bulls football team represents the University of South Florida in the sport of American football. The Bulls currently compete in the American. The Official Online Source for All USF Bulls Athletics and Sports Information. USF Bulls Headlines: Florida Atlantic, USF Schedule 2020 & 2022 Football Series; USF Bulls announce Future Football Schedule Changes; UMass adds USF & Maine to Future. The South Florida Bulls are the athletic teams for the University of South Florida. The university competes in NCAA Division I of the NCAA, and as a member of the.
As a result, USF received its first- ever votes in the AP college football poll. South Florida received increased press coverage for their upsets of Top 2.
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West Virginia (2. Auburn (2. 00. 7), Kansas (2. Florida State (2. On September 1. 6, 2. Auburn, USF was nationally ranked for the first time in the young program's history. The AP poll listed USF at #2. USA Today Coaches Poll had the Bulls at #2.
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This was an NCAA record, as USF achieved its first Top 2. Division I- A school in the modern era. Since becoming a bowl- eligible Division I- A member in 2.
Bulls were ranked after 1. AP Polls during the 4th week of their seventh season. Boise State had the previous record, getting ranked after 1. AP Polls during the 1. Division I- A member.[1] On October 1. AP, Coaches', and BCS rankings were released, the Bulls were ranked #2, #3, and #2 respectively, the highest ranked the school's football program has ever been. However, on Thursday, October 1.
Bulls lost to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in a 3. Piscataway, New Jersey. Two more losses followed, knocking the Bulls out of the college rankings.
The Bulls rebounded to finish the 2. BCS standings, and earning a spot in the Brut Sun Bowl. The Bulls, however, lost to the Oregon Ducks by a score of 5. On September 1. 2, 2. Bulls defeated #1.
Kansas 3. 7- 3. 4 at Raymond James Stadium. USF would win its next two games, getting to 5- 0, and being ranked #1. AP Poll, before losing to Pittsburgh 2. The Bulls would finish the season 7- 5, which earned them a spot in the inaugural St. Petersburg Bowl against the Memphis Tigers, which they would win 4. On September 2. 6, 2. USF defeated in- state rival, #1.
Florida State, 1. Doak Campbell Stadium. On October 4, 2. 00. Bulls entered the AP rankings for the first time in the 2.
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Syracuse 3. 4- 2. The following week, they lost to the highly favored #8 ranked Cincinnati Bearcats. The Bulls would get back into the AP Poll a few weeks later after a 3. West Virginia, however for the second time in three years, Rutgers would defeat a ranked Bulls team, scoring a 3. November 1. 2, 2. Bulls would fall from the AP Poll.
The Bulls would finish the season 8- 5 and earn a spot in the International Bowl against the Northern Illinois Huskies. The Bulls would go on to win 2. Leavitt was fired on January 8, 2.
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Louisville, he grabbed a player by the shoulder pads and struck him twice across the face. The investigation also claimed that Leavitt interfered with the investigation by telling several coaches and players to change their stories. Leavitt maintains he never struck the player, but was merely trying to console him, and after a wrongful termination suit against USF, the school eventually settled with Leavitt for $2. On January 1. 4, 2. Skip Holtz was hired away from East Carolina and named the team's second Head Coach. The Bulls went 8- 5 in Holtz's first season, finishing it off with a 3.
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Meineke Car Care Bowl victory over Clemson. USF started the 2. Notre Dame 2. 3- 2. Notre Dame Stadium. The Bulls reached #1.
AP Poll after starting the season 4- 0, but a 4. Pittsburgh would drop them from the rankings. The Bulls would struggle for the rest of season, finishing with a record of 5- 7, and failing to qualify for a bowl game for the first time in 7 seasons. The Bulls' 2. 01.
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On December 8, 2. USF announced that Willie Taggart, who previously coached at Western Kentucky, would be the third Head Coach in USF football history. The Bulls struggled in Taggart's first year, posting a 2- 1. Taggart is currently in his third season at USF, and the Bulls are 6- 4. Basketball[edit]. The USF Sun Dome, where many sporting and entertainment events are held. The birth of the college basketball program at the University of South Florida was in 1.
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The first game was a 7. Stetson University. The season ended with eight wins and 1. Home games are played at the USF Sun Dome. Jose Fernandez, USF women's basketball coach.
The men's head coach is Orlando Antigua. Antigua was named USF head coach on April 1, 2. Antigua has eight years of experience coaching at the collegiate level, and has been to the NCAA tournament eleven times as a player or coach. The women's head coach is Jose Fernandez. Fernandez arrived in Tampa in April 2. December 1. 4, 2.
As head coach at USF, he has guided the Bulls to five- straight postseason tournaments and to the cusp of bringing his program into the upper echelon of the Big East Conference. Under his tutelage, USF advanced to the program's first- ever NCAA Tournament during the 2. Bulls had recorded just three winning seasons, all 1.
Fernandez also guided USF to four 2. On April 4, 2. 00. Fernandez led the team to their first- ever post season championship with a 7.
Kansas Jayhawks in the WNIT. Fernandez also won USF's first women's basketball NCAA Tournament game, beating Texas Tech in the first round of the 2.
NCAA Tournament. Baseball[edit]The head baseball coach is Mark Kingston. The team plays at USF Baseball Stadium on campus.
From 2. 00. 6–2. Lelo Prado was the program's head coach. He was a native of Cuba who grew up in Tampa before embarking on a successful college coaching career that includes back- to- back NCAA Division II National Championships in his hometown. He returned to Tampa on June 1. USF baseball program's history.
In his first two years with the Bulls, Prado produced consecutive Big East Tournament appearances, picking up a pair of wins in the post- season tournament both years. The men's golf coach is Steve Bradley, the former assistant men's golf coach from Florida State University. The team has won 1. The women's golf coach is Marci Kornegay. Kornegay was named head coach of the women's golf program in June 2. She came to USF from the University of South Carolina, where she was an assistant coach from July 2.
USF. Kornegay was a nominee for the 2. NGCA Assistant Golf Coach of the Year. Sailing[edit]A nationally recognized women's sailing program at USF is coached by Allison Jolly the gold medalist in the first olympic women's sailing event at the 1. Summer Olympics in Seoul. George Kiefer, the 2. NCAA South Region Coach of the Year is a native of Bay Shore, NY. Kiefer was named USF’s head coach on June 2.
Since arriving in Tampa, Kiefer has compiled a 6. USF, leading the Bulls to four seasons of 1. Under Kiefer, USF has faced 2. The USF men's soccer team beat St. Johns to win the Big East Conference title in 2. They made it to the Elite Eight of the 2.
NCAA College Cup Championships, where they lost to number 1 seed Wake Forest. The USF men's soccer team tied with Rutgers in a 0- 0 draw on October 3. Big East Red Division.
They had an undefeated season in conference play. The USF men's soccer team made it to the Elite Eight in the 2. NCAA College Cup Championships, where they lost to number 2 seed Creighton in overtime. The USF women's soccer team is led by coach Denise Schilte Brown, who became the second coach in the program's history. She joined the program in December 2.
Virginia Commonwealth and University of Maryland- Baltimore County. In 2. 01. 0 the women's soccer teamed earned their first berth to the NCAA tournament. Men's head coach Matt Hill joined USF during June 2. Don Barr (1. 99. 2- 2.
Hill spent five years at Mississippi State as an assistant coach before coming to USF, and coached the Bulls to a conference championship in 2. In 2. 01. 5 the USF Men's Tennis Team captured once again the conference championship after beating Tulsa in the finals. During the 2. 01.
NCAA team championships USF beat Boise State in the first round and number 1. Virginia Tech in the second round to advance to the Sweet 1. USF was eliminated by Baylor after an intense dual match that the Bears ended up winning 4- 1. Track & Field[edit]Warren Bye has been the head coach for the USF men's & women's track & field team since the 2.
In 2. 01. 2, both teams posted a program best at the Big East Outdoor Championships. The men's team placed 2nd in the Big East Outdoor Championships, while the women's team placed 3rd. Home meets are contested in the USF Track and Field Stadium. Volleyball[edit]Courtney Draper was named the 1. USF volleyball history in June 2. USF to its best conference finish (4th) since 2.
Prep. Volleyball. Facilities[edit]. Lee Roy Selmon Athletic Center. Located on the Tampa campus, the USF Athletic District is the home for Bulls intercollegiate sports.[2] The district includes the Lee Roy Selmon Athletic Center, the Corbett Soccer Stadium, the Frank Morsani Football Practice Complex, the Pam & Les Muma Basketball Practice Center, the USF Sun Dome, The Claw, the USF Baseball Stadium, the USF Softball Stadium, the USF Track & Field Stadium, and the USF Varsity Tennis Courts.[2]Opened in 2.
Lee Roy Selmon Athletic Center is the main hub for USF Athletics.[3] In 2.
USF Bulls Football Schedule.