San Jose State Spartans

San Jose State Spartans
San Jose State Spartans
University	San Jose State University
Conference	Mountain West Conference (primary); Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (women's water polo); WCC (men's water polo); Southland (beach volleyball); WAC (men's soccer)
NCAA	Division I / FBS
Athletic director	Jeff Konya
Location	San Jose, California
Varsity teams	22
Football stadium	CEFCU Stadium
Basketball arena	Provident Credit Union Event Center
Baseball stadium	Excite Ballpark
Softball stadium	Spartan Softball Stadium
Soccer stadium	Spartan Soccer Complex
Other venues	Bud Winter Field; Pasatiempo Golf Club; SJSU Tennis Complex; Spartan Complex; Spartan Recreation and Aquatic Center; Spartan Beach
Mascot	Sammy the Spartan
Nickname	Spartans
Fight song	Spartan Fight Song
Colors	Gold, white, and blue;
Website	www.sjsuspartans.com
Team NCAA championships
	10
Individual and relay NCAA champions
	50

The San Jose State Spartans are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent San José State University. SJSU sports teams compete in the Mountain West Conference at the NCAA Division I level, with football competing in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).

San Jose State is one of 20 Division I members in the state of California, seven of which are FBS members. The other FBS members are fellow Mountain West conference mates Fresno State and San Diego State, plus Pac-12 Conference members University of California, Stanford, UCLA and USC. SJSU has participated in athletics since it first fielded a baseball team in 1890.

San José State sports teams have won NCAA national titles in track and field, cross country, golf, boxing, fencing and tennis.^[3] As of 2023, SJSU has won 10 NCAA national Division 1 team championships and produced 50 NCAA national Division 1 individual champions.^[4] SJSU also has achieved an international reputation for its judo program, winning 52 National Collegiate Judo Association (NCJA) men's team championship titles and 26 NCJA women's team championship titles between 1962 and 2024.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

SJSU alumni have won 20 Olympic medals (including seven gold medals) dating back to the first gold medal won by Willie Steele in track and field in the 1948 Olympics.^[9] Alumni also have won medals in swimming, judo, water polo and boxing.

The track team coached by "Bud" Winter earned San Jose State the nickname "Speed City", and produced Olympic medalists and social activists Lee Evans, Tommie Smith and John Carlos. Smith and Carlos are perhaps best remembered for giving the raised fist salute from the medalists' podium during the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

San José State University sponsors teams in eight men's and twelve women's NCAA sanctioned sports. Jeff Konya has served as the director of athletics since June 12, 2021.^[10]

^ "Fight Song/Alma Mater". SJSUSpartans.com. August 3, 2018. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
^ "San Jose State Athletics Branding Style Guide" (PDF). December 14, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
^ "Championships Summary (through April 30, 2023)" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 8.
^ "Championships Summary (through April 30, 2023)" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 14.
^ "Results". National Collegiate Judo Association. NCJA. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
^ Rhoden, William C. (April 1, 2012). "Yoshihiro Uchida Has Coached Judo for 66 Years at San Jose St". The New York Times.
^ "Nearly a century old, Yoshihiro Uchida still wows Olympians". Mercurynews.com. April 2, 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
^ "NCJA Results 1962-Present". National Collegiate Judo Association. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
^ "Going for Gold and Blue: SJSU's Olympic Timeline". Washington Square. San Jose State University. 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
^ J. Jennings Moss (June 14, 2021). "SJSU President Papazian just named Jeff Konya as the school's new athletic director". Silicon Valley Business Journal. The Business Journals. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

[1] "Fight Song/Alma Mater". SJSUSpartans.com. August 3, 2018. Retrieved June 7, 2021.

[2] "San Jose State Athletics Branding Style Guide" (PDF). December 14, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2023.

[fs.ncaa.org-3] "Championships Summary (through April 30, 2023)" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 8.

[4] "Championships Summary (through April 30, 2023)" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 14.

[5] "Results". National Collegiate Judo Association. NCJA. Retrieved July 2, 2023.

[Rhoden-6] Rhoden, William C. (April 1, 2012). "Yoshihiro Uchida Has Coached Judo for 66 Years at San Jose St". The New York Times.

[mercurynews.com-7] "Nearly a century old, Yoshihiro Uchida still wows Olympians". Mercurynews.com. April 2, 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2017.

[8] "NCJA Results 1962-Present". National Collegiate Judo Association. Retrieved 19 March 2023.

[9] "Going for Gold and Blue: SJSU's Olympic Timeline". Washington Square. San Jose State University. 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

[10] J. Jennings Moss (June 14, 2021). "SJSU President Papazian just named Jeff Konya as the school's new athletic director". Silicon Valley Business Journal. The Business Journals. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

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