List of Michigan State Spartans championships explained

This is a list of Michigan State Spartans' varsity and club athletic team national championships and runner-up finishes.

Michigan State University has 29 varsity sports teams that compete under the Spartan nickname. The university participates in the NCAA's Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all varsity sports. Michigan State offers 14 varsity sports for men and 15 for women.

The university's current interim athletic director is Bill Beekman, following the resignation of Mark Hollis.[1]

MSU's Spartan Marching Band or Spartan Brass plays the fight song at every university event. Michigan State University was the first NCAA Division I athletic program to have multiple national championships in both football and basketball, as well as the only school to have multiple national championships in football, basketball, and hockey.

Varsity Team National Championships

Varsity Team National Runners-up

Basketball NCAA Final Four Appearances

Club Team National Championships

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Club Team National Runners-up

Varsity Team Conference Championships

Fall Sports

Football

1953 1965 1967 1978
1987 1990 2010 2013
2015

Men's Cross Country

1951 1952 1953 1955
1956 1957 1958 1959
1960 1962 1963 1968
1970 1971

Women's Cross Country

1981 2001 2010 2011
2013 2014

Field Hockey

Men's Soccer

Volleyball

Winter Sports

Men's Basketball

1957 1959 1967 1978
1979 1990 1998 1999
2000 2001 2009 2010
2012 2018 2019 2020
1999 2000 2012 2014
2016 2019

Women's Basketball

Men's Ice Hockey

1985 1986 1989 1990
1998 1990 2001
1982 1983 1984 1985
1987 1989 1990 1998
2000 2001 2006

Men's Indoor Track

Men's Swimming

Women’s Gymnastics

Wrestling

1961 1966 1967 1968
1969 1970 1971 1972

Spring Sports

Baseball

1888 1889 1893 1894
1902

Men's Golf

Women's Golf

1974 1975 1976 1977
1978 1982 2001 2007
2011 2012 2014

Men's Outdoor Track

1889 1890 1892 1895
1897 1898 1899 1900
1901 1902 1903 1904
1905 1906 1907

Women's Outdoor Track

Rowing

Men's Tennis

Women's Tennis

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Notes and References

  1. News: Michigan State names Bill Beekman as interim athletic director. Lansing State Journal. 2018-03-26. en.
  2. Web site: From Worst to First: No. 2 Michigan State University Claims Fourth Men's National Collegiate Club Championship by Downing No. 1 University of California-San Diego, 12-11. 14 November 2021.

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