The Minnesota Golden Gophers (commonly shortened to Gophers) are the college sports teams of the University of Minnesota. The university fields a total of 21 (9 men's, 12 women's) teams in both men's and women's sports and competes in the Big Ten Conference.
The Cheerleaders and the Dance Team are also part of the university's athletic department; they are present at events for basketball, ice hockey, and football, and compete for UCA/UDA national titles in the winter. The University of Minnesota spirit squad was the first as sideline cheerleading was invented at the U of M, and it prides itself in being one of the largest spirit squads in the country. The U of M spirit squad currently consists of three cheerleading teams (all girl, coed, and small coed), a dance team, Goldy Gopher, and a unique ice hockey cheerleading team. The dance team won its 19th national title in 2019.[4]
During the 2006–07 academic year, the Golden Gophers wrestling team won the NCAA national championship and the Big Ten team title. The Golden Gophers also won conference championships in men's ice hockey, men's golf, women's rowing, men's swimming and diving, and women's indoor track and field.
Note: A 1997 Big Ten regular season championship, NCAA Tournament appearances in 1994, 1995, 1997 (Final Four), and 1999, as well as NIT appearances in 1996 and 1998 (Championship) were vacated due to NCAA sanctions.[5][6]
Bowl game victories: 1962 Rose Bowl, 1985 Independence Bowl, 2002 Music City Bowl, 2003 Sun Bowl, 2004 Music City Bowl, 2015 Quick Lane Bowl, 2016 Holiday Bowl, 2018 Quick Lane Bowl, 2020 Outback Bowl
Floyd of Rosedale – Since 1935 the Gophers and the IowaHawkeyes have fought to win this bronzepig. The Gophers won the 2010 and 2011 match up for the pig, upsetting the favored Hawkeyes at TCF Bank Stadium.
Minnesota rugby plays Division I college rugby in the Big Ten Universities conference against traditional Big Ten rivals such as Wisconsin and Iowa.[10] Minnesota qualified for the national playoffs in 2008, and finished the 2008 season ranked 7th in the nation.[11] Some of Minnesota's games have been well attended by fans, with the team drawing as many as 6,000 fans to watch the team play at TCF Bank Stadium.[12]
Traditionsedit
The "Golden" Gophersedit
The University Mascot is derived from a nickname for the state of Minnesota, "The Gopher State." The original design was based on the thirteen-lined ground squirrel. The state nickname derives from a political cartoon by R. O. Sweeny, published as a broadside in 1858. The cartoon depicted state legislators as gophers dragging the state in the wrong direction.[13] The nickname was associated with the university as early as the publication of the first yearbook in 1888, which was titled "The Gopher".[14] Other early yearbooks included depictions of gophers as well, and the University of Minnesota football coach Clarence Spears officially named the football team the Gophers in 1926.[15] After the radio announcer Halsey Hall began referring to the team as the Golden Gophers due to the color of their uniforms, the team was renamed under coach Bernie Bierman.[16]
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The Minnesota Golden Gophers commonly shortened to Gophers are the college sports teams of the University of Minnesota The university fields a total of 21 9 men s 12 women s teams in both men s and women s sports and competes in the Big Ten Conference Minnesota Golden GophersUniversityUniversity of MinnesotaConferenceBig Ten primary WCHA Women s Hockey NCAADivision I FBS Athletic directorMark CoyleLocationMinneapolis MinnesotaVarsity teams21Football stadiumHuntington Bank StadiumBasketball arenaWilliams ArenaIce hockey arena3M Arena at Mariucci men Ridder Arena women Baseball stadiumSiebert FieldU S Bank Stadium February and March 2017 Soccer stadiumElizabeth Lyle Robbie StadiumOther venuesMaturi PavilionMascotGoldy GopherNicknameGolden GophersFight songMinnesota RouserColorsMaroon and gold 1 Websitewww wbr gophersports wbr comBig Ten logo in Minnesota s colorsThe Gophers women s ice hockey team is a six time NCAA champion and seven time national champion 2 3 In women s ice hockey the Gophers belong to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association In all other sports they belong to the Big Ten Conference Most of the facilities that the teams use for training and competitive play are located on the East Bank of the Minneapolis campus There are arenas for men s and women s basketball Williams Arena as well as ice hockey Mariucci Arena and Ridder Arena The Gopher football team began playing at TCF Bank Stadium in September 2009 The women s soccer team plays on the St Paul campus in the Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium The Cheerleaders and the Dance Team are also part of the university s athletic department they are present at events for basketball ice hockey and football and compete for UCA UDA national titles in the winter The University of Minnesota spirit squad was the first as sideline cheerleading was invented at the U of M and it prides itself in being one of the largest spirit squads in the country The U of M spirit squad currently consists of three cheerleading teams all girl coed and small coed a dance team Goldy Gopher and a unique ice hockey cheerleading team The dance team won its 19th national title in 2019 4 During the 2006 07 academic year the Golden Gophers wrestling team won the NCAA national championship and the Big Ten team title The Golden Gophers also won conference championships in men s ice hockey men s golf women s rowing men s swimming and diving and women s indoor track and field Contents 1 Sports sponsored 1 1 Baseball 1 2 Men s basketball 1 3 Women s basketball 1 4 Men s cross country 1 5 Women s cross country 1 6 Football 1 6 1 Traveling trophies 1 7 Golf 1 8 Gymnastics 1 9 Men s ice hockey 1 10 Women s ice hockey 1 11 Women s rowing 1 12 Women s soccer 1 13 Softball 1 14 Spirit Squads 1 15 Swimming 1 16 Men s tennis 1 17 Men s track 1 18 Women s track 1 19 Volleyball 1 20 Wrestling 2 Notable non varsity sports 2 1 Rugby 3 Traditions 3 1 The Golden Gophers 3 2 School songs 4 Notable athletes and coaches 4 1 Baseball 4 2 Basketball 4 2 1 Men s 4 2 2 Women s 4 3 Football 4 3 1 Players 4 3 2 Coaches 4 4 Golf 4 5 Gymnastics 4 6 Hockey 4 6 1 Men s 4 6 2 Women s 4 7 Swimming 4 8 Track and field 4 8 1 Women s 4 8 2 Men s 4 8 2 1 NCAA Champions indoor 4 8 2 2 NCAA Champions outdoor 4 9 Wrestling 5 Athletic directors 6 Facilities 6 1 Current facilities 6 2 Former facilities 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksSports sponsored editMen s sports Women s sportsBaseball BasketballBasketball Cross countryCross country GolfFootball GymnasticsGolf Ice hockeyIce hockey RowingSwimming and diving SoccerTrack and field SoftballWrestling Swimming and divingTennisTrack and field Volleyball Track and field includes both indoor and outdoorBaseball edit Main article Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball National Championships 3 1956 1960 1964NCAA Tournament Appearances 32 1956 1958 1959 1960 1964 1968 1969 1970 1973 1974 1976 1977 1981 1982 1985 1987 1988 1991 1992 1993 1994 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2007 2009 2010 2016 2018Big Ten Regular Season Championships 24 1933 1935 1956 1958 1959 1960 1964 1968 1969 1970 1973 1974 1977 1982 1985 1988 1992 2000 2002 2003 2004 2010 2016 2018Big Ten Conference Tournament Championships 9 1982 1985 1988 1992 1998 2001 2004 2010 2018Men s basketball edit Main article Minnesota Golden Gophers men s basketball Big Ten Regular Season Championships 8 1906 1907 1911 1917 1919 1937 1972 1982NCAA Tournament Appearances 10 1972 1982 1989 1990 2005 2009 2010 2013 2017 2019Sweet 16 Appearances 3 1982 1989 1990Elite Eight Appearances 1 1990NIT Appearances 12 1973 1980 1981 1983 1992 1993 2001 2002 2003 2008 2012 2014NIT Championships 2 1993 2014Note A 1997 Big Ten regular season championship NCAA Tournament appearances in 1994 1995 1997 Final Four and 1999 as well as NIT appearances in 1996 and 1998 Championship were vacated due to NCAA sanctions 5 6 Women s basketball edit Main article Minnesota Golden Gophers women s basketball NCAA Tournament Appearances 10 1994 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2015 2018Sweet 16 Appearances 3 2003 2004 2005Elite Eight Appearances 1 2004Final Four Appearances 1 2004Men s cross country edit Big Ten Team Championships 4 1909 1914 1964 1969Women s cross country edit nbsp Women s Cross Country Team runs the OZ invitational on the Les Bolstad Golf Course Big Ten Team Championships 2 2007 2008Football edit Main article Minnesota Golden Gophers football National Championships 7 1904 1934 1935 1936 1940 1941 1960Big Ten Conference Championships 18 1900 1903 1904 1906 1909 1910 1911 1915 1927 1933 1934 1935 1937 1938 1940 1941 1960 1967Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest Championships 2 1892 1893Bowl Games 20 Citrus Bowl 2015 Hall of Fame Classic 1977 Holiday Bowl 2016 Independence Bowl 1985 Insight Bowl 2006 2008 2009 Liberty Bowl 1986 MicronPC com Bowl 2000 Music City Bowl 2002 2004 2005 Outback Bowl 2020 Quick Lane Bowl 2015 2018 Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas 2012 Rose Bowl 1961 1962 Sun Bowl 1999 2003 Texas Bowl 2013Bowl game victories 1962 Rose Bowl 1985 Independence Bowl 2002 Music City Bowl 2003 Sun Bowl 2004 Music City Bowl 2015 Quick Lane Bowl 2016 Holiday Bowl 2018 Quick Lane Bowl 2020 Outback BowlTraveling trophies edit The Little Brown Jug Accidentally left in Minnesota back in 1903 by Michigan coach Fielding H Yost it is painted with the victories of the two teams Floyd of Rosedale Since 1935 the Gophers and the Iowa Hawkeyes have fought to win this bronze pig The Gophers won the 2010 and 2011 match up for the pig upsetting the favored Hawkeyes at TCF Bank Stadium Paul Bunyan s Axe Minnesota and the Wisconsin Badgers have passed this trophy back and forth since 1948 although it records the two teams encounters since 1890 Governor s Victory Bell The bell was created to commemorate the 1993 entrance of Penn State s Nittany Lions into the Big Ten 5 Bits O Broken Chair Trophy The newest of the five trophies From a 2014 exchange on Twitter Goldy Gopher created a trophy with a parody account of the then coach of Nebraska Bo Pelini Golf edit Men s golf National Championships 1 2002Individual National Champions 2 1944 Louis Lick 1998 James McLeanBig Ten Team Championships 8 1929 1938 1963 1972 2002 2003 2007 co champions 2014 Women s golf Big Ten Team Championships 1 1989 Gymnastics edit Men s gymnastics Big Ten Team Championships 21 1903 1907 1910 1925 1936 1938 1940 1947 1948 1949 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1982 1984 1990 1991 1992 1995 Women s gymnastics Big Ten Team Championships 5 1988 1989 1991 1998 2006 Men s ice hockey edit Main article Minnesota Golden Gophers men s ice hockey National Championships 2 pre NCAA 5 NCAA 1929 7 1940 8 1974 1976 1979 2002 2003WCHA Regular Season Championships 14 1953 1954 1970 1975 1981 1983 1988 1989 1992 1997 2006 2007 2012 2013Big Ten Regular Season Championships 4 2014 2015 2016 2017Big Ten Tournament Championships 2 2015 2021WCHA Tournament Championships 14 1961 1971 1974 1975 1976 1979 1980 1981 1993 1994 1996 2003 2004 2007NCAA Frozen Four Appearances 22 1953 1954 1961 1971 1974 1975 1976 1979 1981 1983 1986 1987 1988 1989 1994 1995 2002 2003 2005 2012 2014 2023Women s ice hockey edit Main article Minnesota Golden Gophers women s ice hockey National Championships 7 2000 AWCHA 2004 2005 2012 2013 2015 2016WCHA Regular Season Championships 8 2001 2002 2004 2005 2009 2010 2013 2014WCHA Tournament Championships 7 2002 2004 2005 2012 2013 2014 2015NCAA Frozen Four Appearances 15 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019Women s rowing edit Big Ten Championships 1 2007NCAA Champions in V22007Women s soccer edit Main article Minnesota Golden Gophers women s soccer Big Ten Championships 4 1995 1997 2008 2016Softball edit Main article Minnesota Golden Gophers softball Big Ten Regular Season Championships 4 1986 1988 1991 2017Big Ten Tournament Championships 5 1999 2014 2016 2017 2018Women s College World Series appearances 3 1976 1978 2019 9 Spirit Squads edit Main article Minnesota Golden Gophers Spirit Squads Dance Team National Championships 13 2003 2004 2005 2006 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2019Swimming edit Men s swimming Big Ten Team Championships 9 1922 1926 1996 1998 2001 2002 2004 2005 2007 Women s swimming Big Ten Team Championships 7 1999 2000 2008 2012 2013 2014 2015 Men s tennis edit Big Ten Team Championships 15 1910 1911 1912 1918 1932 1933 1981 1984 1986 1989 1992 1993 1994 1995 2015Men s track edit Outdoor track and field National Championships 1 1948Big Ten Team Championships 6 1949 1968 1998 1999 2003 2009 2010 Indoor track and field Big Ten Team Championships 4 1998 2009 2010 2011 Women s track edit Outdoor track and field Big Ten Team Championships 3 2006 2016 2018 Indoor track and field Big Ten Team Championships 4 2007 2008 2009 2018 Volleyball edit Main article Minnesota Golden Gophers volleyball Big Ten Championships 3 2002 2015 2018NCAA Tournament Appearances 21 1989 1993 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018Sweet 16 Appearances 16 1989 1993 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2006 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2015 2016Final Four Appearances 5 2003 2004 2009 2015 2016Wrestling edit Main article Minnesota Golden Gophers wrestling National Championships 3 2001 2002 2007Big Ten Team Championships 12 1910 1912 1913 1941 1957 1959 1999 2001 2002 2003 2006 2007Notable non varsity sports editRugby edit Minnesota rugby plays Division I college rugby in the Big Ten Universities conference against traditional Big Ten rivals such as Wisconsin and Iowa 10 Minnesota qualified for the national playoffs in 2008 and finished the 2008 season ranked 7th in the nation 11 Some of Minnesota s games have been well attended by fans with the team drawing as many as 6 000 fans to watch the team play at TCF Bank Stadium 12 Traditions editThe Golden Gophers edit The University Mascot is derived from a nickname for the state of Minnesota The Gopher State The original design was based on the thirteen lined ground squirrel The state nickname derives from a political cartoon by R O Sweeny published as a broadside in 1858 The cartoon depicted state legislators as gophers dragging the state in the wrong direction 13 The nickname was associated with the university as early as the publication of the first yearbook in 1888 which was titled The Gopher 14 Other early yearbooks included depictions of gophers as well and the University of Minnesota football coach Clarence Spears officially named the football team the Gophers in 1926 15 After the radio announcer Halsey Hall began referring to the team as the Golden Gophers due to the color of their uniforms the team was renamed under coach Bernie Bierman 16 School songs edit School songs for the university include Minnesota Rouser Minnesota March Go Gopher Victory Our Minnesota Minnesota Fight Hail Minnesota and the Battle Hymn of the Republic Notable athletes and coaches editBaseball edit John Anderson 17 Harry Elliott 18 Brent Gates 19 Jack Hannahan 20 Mark Merila 21 Paul Molitor 22 Denny Neagle 23 Greg Olson 24 Glen Perkins 25 Robb Quinlan 26 Dick Siebert coach 27 Terry Steinbach 28 Dave Winfield also played basketball at Minnesota 29 Dan Wilson 30 Basketball edit Men s edit Ron Behagen Former National Basketball Association NBA player 31 Walter Bond Former NBA player and motivational speaker 32 Randy Breuer Former NBA player 33 Jim Brewer basketball Former NBA player 34 Willie Burton Former NBA player 35 Archie Clark Former NBA player 36 Louis Doc Cooke coach 1897 1924 37 Bud Grant Former NBA player National Football League NFL player and longtime Hall of Fame head coach of the Minnesota Vikings 38 Clem Haskins coach 39 Lou Hudson Former NBA player 40 Kris Humphries NBA player 41 Sam Jacobson Former NBA player 42 Bobby Jackson NBA player 43 Mark Landsberger Former NBA player 44 Voshon Lenard Former NBA player 45 Kevin McHale Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer and former President of Basketball Operations head coach of the Houston Rockets 46 Mark Olberding Former NBA player 47 Joel Przybilla Former NBA player 48 Flip Saunders Former NBA head coach 49 Tubby Smith Former head coach 50 John Thomas Former NBA player 51 Mychal Thompson Former NBA player 52 Trent Tucker Former NBA player 53 Ray Williams basketball Former NBA player 54 Trevor Winter 55 Women s edit Janel McCarville Former WNBA player for the Minnesota Lynx New York Liberty and Charlotte Sting 56 Lindsay Whalen Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer current Gopher s Women s Basketball Head Coach and former WNBA player for the Minnesota Lynx and Connecticut Sun 57 Linda Hill MacDonald Former head coach 58 Rachel Banham WNBA Player for the Minnesota Lynx 59 Amanda Zahui B WNBA Player for the Los Angeles Sparks 60 Football edit Players edit Asad Abdul Khaliq Quarterback Chicago Rush 61 Dominique Barber Safety Houston Texans 62 Marion Barber Jr Former National Football League NFL running back 63 Marion Barber III Running back Chicago Bears 64 Bert Baston All American elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954 Awarded Navy Cross in World War I for extraordinary heroism 65 Bobby Bell Pro Football Hall of Famer 66 Phil Bengtson Former NFL head coach 67 Bernie Bierman Member of the College Football Hall of Fame 68 McKinley Boston Former NFL Defensive end Linebacker 69 Jack Brewer Safety Arizona Cardinals 70 Win Brockmeyer Former high school football head coach 71 Tom Brown 1960 Outland Trophy winner member of the College Football Hall of Fame 72 Gino Cappelletti Former American Football League AFL Wide receiver Placekicker AFL all time leading scorer 73 Tyrone Carter Defensive back San Diego Chargers 1999 Jim Thorpe Award winner 74 Tony Dungy Former NFL safety for Pittsburgh Steelers former head coach of the Indianapolis Colts amp first African American head coach to win a Super Bowl championship Super Bowl XLI 75 Mark Dusbabek Former NFL Linebacker 76 Carl Eller Pro Football Hall of Famer 77 Greg Eslinger Center Denver Broncos 2005 Outland Trophy and Rimington Trophy winner 78 George Gibson Former NFL offensive guard and head coach 79 Paul Giel Member of the College Football Hall of Fame also was Minnesota s athletic director from 1972 to 1988 and played Major League Baseball 80 Bud Grant Pro Football Hall of Famer amp Canadian Football Hall of Fame 81 Ben Hamilton Offensive guard Denver Broncos 82 Ed Hawthorne Defensive tackle Miami Dolphins 83 Mike Hohensee Head coach Chicago Rush 84 Herb Joesting Member of the College Football Hall of Fame 85 Rhys Lloyd Kicker Carolina Panthers 86 Bob McNamara Former Running Back Winnipeg Blue Bombers amp Denver Broncos 87 John McGovern College Football Hall of Fame quarterback 88 Laurence Maroney Running back Denver Broncos 89 Bobby Marshall One of the first two African Americans to play in the NFL member of the College Football Hall of Fame 90 Karl Mecklenburg Former NFL linebacker 91 Willie Middlebrooks Defensive back Toronto Argonauts 92 Bronko Nagurski Pro Football Hall of Famer charter member member of the College Football Hall of Fame 93 Leo Nomellini Pro Football Hall of Famer 94 Derek Rackley Tight end Atlanta Falcons 95 Darrell Reid Defensive tackle Indianapolis Colts 96 Karon Riley Defensive end Washington Redskins 97 Charlie Sanders tight end member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame 98 Cory Sauter Former NFL quarterback 99 Jeff Schuh Retired Linebacker 100 Mark Setterstrom Offensive guard St Louis Rams 101 Bruce Smith 1941 Heisman Trophy winner member of the College Football Hall of Fame 102 Sandy Stephens First African American major college All American quarterback 103 Thomas Tapeh Former NFL fullback 104 Ryan Thelwell Wide Receiver BC Lions 105 Darrell Thompson Former NFL running back 106 Rick Upchurch Former NFL wide receiver 107 Ben Utecht Tight end Tennessee Titans 108 Bud Wilkinson Member of the College Football Hall of Fame 109 Jeff Wright Former Minnesota Vikings Defensive back 110 Eric Decker Denver Broncos 111 Marcus Sherels Minnesota Vikings Cornerback Punt Returner 112 Simoni Lawrence Minnesota Vikings linebackerCoaches edit Bernie Bierman 113 Tim Brewster 114 Fritz Crisler 115 Pudge Heffelfinger 116 Wesley Fesler 117 George Hauser 118 Lou Holtz 119 Jerry Kill 120 Glen Mason 121 William H Spaulding 122 Clarence Spears 123 Jim Wacker 124 Murray Warmath 125 Henry L Williams 126 Golf edit Tom Lehman 127 James McLean 128 Gymnastics edit Newt Loken 129 Marie Roethlisberger citation needed John Roethlisberger 130 Hockey edit Men s edit Wendell Anderson 131 Keith Ballard 132 Kellen Briggs 133 Herb Brooks 134 Aaron Broten 135 Neal Broten 136 Kris Chucko 137 Ben Clymer 138 Mike Crowley 139 Alex Goligoski 140 Tim Harrer 141 Steve Janaszak 142 Bob Johnson Phil Kessel 143 Trent Klatt 144 Reed Larson 145 Nick Leddy 146 Jordan Leopold 147 Don Lucia 148 John Mariucci 149 Paul Martin 150 John Mayasich 151 Joe Micheletti 152 Pat Micheletti 153 Lou Nanne 154 Ryan Potulny 155 Johnny Pohl 156 Robb Stauber 157 Jeff Taffe 158 Thomas Vanek 159 Phil Verchota 160 Blake Wheeler 161 Doug Woog 162 Women s edit Winny Brodt 163 Natalie Darwitz 164 Courtney Kennedy 165 Gisele Marvin 166 Noora Raty 167 Jenny Schmidgall Potter 168 Krissy Wendell 169 Swimming edit Justin MortimerTrack and field edit Women s edit Gabriele GrunewaldMen s edit Hassan Mead Buddy EdelenNCAA Champions indoor edit Ron Backes 1986 Shot Put 68 11 Martin Eriksson 1993 Pole Vault 18 0 Vesa Rantanen 1998 Pole Vault 18 2 Kaitlyn Long 2018 Hammer 76 05 50 170 NCAA Champions outdoor edit Fortune Gordien 1946 Discus 153 10 Fortune Gordien 1947 Discus 173 3 Fortune Gordien 1948 Discus 164 0 Garry Bjorklund 1971 Six Mile 27 43 1 Obsa Ali 2017 3000m steeplechase 8 32 23 171 Wrestling edit Shelton Benjamin professional wrestler 36 6 record in two seasons with the Gophers Verne Gagne NCAA champion owner of the defunct American Wrestling Association and its former heavyweight champion 10 times member of Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and several others Cole Konrad 2 time undefeated NCAA individual champion at 285 lbs current mixed martial artist and the former Bellator Heavyweight Champion 172 Nik Lentz wrestler current mixed martial artist for the Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight 173 Brock Lesnar Former UFC Heavyweight Champion and current WWE champion Dustin Schlatter 79 2 record in two seasons with the Gophers Jacob Volkmann 3 time all American former UFC fighter Gable Steveson Olympic gold medalistAthletic directors editNote From 1974 to 2002 there were separate athletic departments for men and women s sports 1922 30 Fred Luehring 1930 32 Herbert O Fritz Crisler 1932 41 Frank G McCormick 1941 45 Lou Keller acting 1945 50 Frank G McCormick 1950 63 Ike J Armstrong 1963 71 Marshall J Ryman 1971 88 Paul Giel men s 1974 76 Belmar Gunderson women s 1976 81 Vivian M Barfield women s 1981 82 M Catherine Mathison women s interim 1982 88 Merrily Dean Baker women s 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