Cal State Fullerton Titans
The Cal State Fullerton Titans are the athletic teams that represent California State University, Fullerton.
The Titans are a member of the NCAA Division I level. The Titans compete within the Big West Conference for most sports, wrestling competes as a member of the Pac-12 Conference and gymnastics competes as a member of the Western Athletic Conference.
Nickname
The Cal State Fullerton official team nickname is the "Titans." The nickname was chosen in a vote by the students.History
CSUF has won 13 national championships in eight different sports.Sports sponsored
Baseball
Baseball is Cal State Fullerton's strongest sport based on winning the most national championships at the university and consistently being rated among the nation's elite baseball programs. They have won four national championships in the NCAA Men's Baseball College World Series since 1979: 1979, 1984, 1995, and 2004.Fullerton home games are played at on-campus Goodwin Field and the team is currently coached by Rick Vanderhook.
Basketball
Men's basketball
The Cal State Fullerton men's basketball team competes in the Big West Conference and has been led by head basketball coach Dedrique Taylor since the 2013–14 season. The team plays at Titan Gym.The Titans men's basketball team has appeared in three NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournaments in 1978, 2008 and 2018. Their combined record is 2–3.
The men's team has also played in three National Invitation Tournaments in 1983, 1997 and 2005.
Women's basketball
The Cal State Fullerton women's basketball team competes in the Big West Conference and plays at Titan Gym.The team began play during the 1969–70 season under head coach, Billie Moore. During that season, the Titans were invited to the national tournament sponsored by the CIAW The Titans defeated West Chester to win the women's national championship 50–46 in their first year of existence.
Cross country
Head Coach John Elders has directed the men's and women's cross country programs since 1988.Men's cross country
- 1971 NCAA Division II Championship Team Title
- 1970 NCAA College Division Individual Championship winner – Mark Covert '73
- Seven-Time All-American – Mark Covert '73
- 1992 Individual Big West Champion – Mike Tansley, Time – 25:53.00
- 1993 Individual Big West Champion – Mike Tansley, Time – 24:33.00
- 1992 & 1993 Big West Athlete of the Year – Mike Tansley
Women's cross country
- 1994 All-American Heather Killeen, distance runner
Women's golf
Soccer
Men's soccer
The Titans men's soccer team competes in the Big West Conference and has been coached by George Kuntz since 2014. The team plays at Titan Stadium.The Titans men's soccer team's first season was in 1965 and the first Head Coach was Dr. Azmy Ibrahim. There were five Head Coaches from 1965 to 1974 before they became a Division I soccer program.
The Cal State Fullerton Titans men's soccer team have an NCAA Division I Tournament appearance of 7–10 through ten appearances.
| 1975 | Second Round Quarterfinals | Colorado College San Francisco | W 1–0 L 2–3 |
| 1986 | First Round | UCLA | L 0–3 |
| 1993 | First Round Second Round Third Round Semifinals | Fresno State San Diego San Francisco South Carolina | W 4–0 W 3–2 W 1–0 L 0–1 |
| 1994 | First Round Second Round Third Round | San Diego San Francisco Indiana | W 3–1 W 1–0 L 1–2 |
| 1996 | First Round Second Round | UCLA Creighton | W 2–1 L 0–1 |
| 1998 | First Round | San Diego | L 1–2 |
| 2000 | First Round | Stanford | L 0–4 |
| 2014 | First Round | San Diego | L 1–2 |
| 2015 | First Round | Santa Clara | L 0–3 |
| 2017 | First Round | Pacific | L 1–2 |
Titans on the United States Olympic Men's Soccer squads
- Mike Fox – 1984
- Joe DiGiamarino – 2000
- Brian Dunseth – 2000
Women's soccer
Demian Brown has been head women's soccer coach since 2007. He has led the team to three Big West Conference championships and was named Big West Conference soccer coach of the Year twice in 2007 and 2012. Brown led the Titans to a NCAA Tournament appearance in 2007 as a first year head coach and again in 2013 after winning the Big West Conference championship.
As a Titans assistant coach, Brown helped the team to two NCAA Tournament appearances. Once in 2005 and a "Sweet 16" tournament berth in 2006. The team also won two Big West Conference championships with Brown as assistant coach.
The Cal State Fullerton Titans women's soccer team have an NCAA Division I Tournament record of 3–7 through seven appearances.
| 2001 | First Round | UCLA | L 0–3 |
| 2005 | First Round Second Round Third Round | UNLV USC Virginia | W 1–0 W 3–1 L 1–2 |
| 2006 | First Round Second Round | Loyola Marymount UCLA | W 3–0 L 1–3 |
| 2007 | First Round | UCLA | L 1–3 |
| 2013 | First Round | Stanford | L 0–1 |
| 2014 | First Round | Stanford | L 2–5 |
| 2015 | First Round | USC | L 3–4 |
| 2017 | First Round | Pepperdine | L 0–1 |
Softball
The Cal State Fullerton Titans softball team competes in the Big West Conference and plays at Anderson Family Field. Since 2013, the team has been coached by Kelly Ford.Titans softball won the 1986 NCAA Division I Softball National Championship. The team has also appeared in eight Women's College World Series, in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1995. As of the 2019 season, the Titans have made twenty-five NCAA postseason appearances in their history.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, "Titans Three-Time All-American," Jenny Topping, won a gold medal as a member of the team in Athens, Greece.
Former head coaches
- Head Coach Judi Garman directed the team from 1980 to 1999 with overall record 913–376–4.
- Head Coach Michelle Gromacki directed the team from 2000 to 2012 and had an overall record of 424–302–1.
Women's tennis
The team has competed in the Big West Conference starting with the 1989 season.
Track and field
Men's track and field
Head coach John Elders has directed the Titans men's track program since 1988. Unlike the women's team, men only compete during the outdoors season.Women's track and field
Head coach John Elders has led the Titans women's track program since 1988.Women's volleyball
The Cal State Fullerton women's volleyball team competes in the Big West Conference and has been coached by head women's volleyball coach Ashley Preston since 2015.During the 2010 season, Fullerton won the conference championship with a record of 26-6. That year, head coach Carolyn Zimmerman won the Big West Conference coach of the year and Erin Saddler won Big West Conference player of the Year. In 2008, Brittany Moore also won the Big West Conference player of the Year.
The Cal State Fullerton Titans women's volleyball team have an NCAA Division I Tournament record of 0–1 through one appearance.
| 2010 | First Round | Colorado State | L 2–3 |
Titans on USA Women's Volleyball rosters
- 2009–10 Brittany Moore, Women's US national team
- 2013 Bre Moreland, USA U23 beach national team
- Kristi Conklin
- Jill Goldberg
- Fran Cummings
- Jim Huffman
- Mary Ellen Murchison
- Carolyn Zimmerman
Former varsity sports
- The fencing Intercollegiate Program for Men and Women was discontinued in 2008 due to budget constraints.
- Football was discontinued in 1992 due to budget constraints.
- Gymnastics and wrestling were both dropped at the same time after the 2010–2011 season due to budget constraints.
- Men's tennis was discontinued after the 1987 season due to budget constraints.
Football
Men's tennis
Cal State Fullerton fielded a men's tennis team from 1960 to 1987.Wrestling
Wrestling dates to 1968 at Cal State Fullerton. The Titans never won a team championship but boast 31 conference champions, 12 Div. I and 3 Div. II All-Americans and 87 NCAA Div. I national qualifiers including at least one in each of the last 26 seasons. Titan Wrestling competed in Division I in the PAC-10 conference, as the Big West Conference did not support wrestling. Cal State Fullerton's intercollegiate wrestling program was discontinued after 43 years at the conclusion of the 2010–11 season. The program was given the opportunity to continue operating if it could fund its own annual budget. An action was considered at the end of the 2009–10 season, an extensive fund-raising campaign for the 2010–11 season came up short of the $196,145 cash deposited goal by the Aug. 2 deadline. Two former Titan wrestler's include current UFC Bantamweight Champion T.J. Dillashaw and former Pride/Strikeforce/UFC Champion Dan Henderson.Championships
Appearances
The CSU Fullerton Titans competed in the NCAA Tournament across 10 active sports 99 times at the Division I level.Team
The Titans of CSU Fullerton earned 5 NCAA championships at the Division I level.- Men's
- * Baseball : 1979, 1984, 1995, 2004
- Women's
- * Softball : 1986
CSU Fullerton won 4 national championships at the NCAA Division II level.
- Men's cross country: 1971
- Men's gymnastics: 1971, 1972, 1974
- Women's
- * Basketball : 1970
- * Fencing : 1974
- * Golf : 1967
- * Gymnastics : 1979
- Below are two national club team championships:
- * Men's bowling : 1989
- * Co-ed roller hockey, Div. II : 2014
Individual
At the NCAA Division II level, CSU Fullerton garnered 12 individual championships.
Athletic facilities
The Sports Complex is a multi-purpose stadium complex created in conjunction with the Fullerton Marriott and the City of Fullerton. The complex includes a dance studio, fencing rooms, an indoor archery range, an outdoor swimming complex, racquetball courts, weight-training facilities and wrestling facilities.Current facilities
- Anderson Family Field — softball
- Goodwin Field — baseball
- Titan Courts — Women's tennis
- Titan Gym — Men’s and women’s basketball, Women’s volleyball
- Titan Stadium — Men's and women's soccer
- Titan Track Complex — Men’s and women's track and field
Former facilities
- Amerige Park — Baseball
- Anaheim Stadium — Football
- Santa Ana Stadium — Football
- Falcon Stadium — Football
- Titan Field — Football, — Baseball
- Glover Stadium — Football
- Titan Stadium — Football
Traditions
Mascot
As of 1962, a mascot hadn't been chosen to represent the nickname, "Titans." In what began as a practical joke turned into the “First Intercollegiate Elephant Race in Human History.” The event attracted elephants from universities around the United States and even one from England. To publicize the event, an elephant called "Tuffy the Titan" was used and it began appearing on items around campus. A crowd estimated at over 10,000 turned out for the event in Spring 1962. As a result of hosting the race and with no other mascot, the elephant, "Tuffy the Titan," was adopted as the university mascot.School colors
The school colors were chosen as a result of a vote by the student body. The colors chosen were royal blue and white, but the athletic equipment manager at the time of the vote thought orange was appropriate on uniforms for a college then known as Orange County State College. The unofficial color was adopted, but wasn't officially acknowledged by the Athletics Council until 1987. In 1992, a change from royal blue to navy blue was initiated.Rivalries
Because of the proximity to Long Beach State, the schools are considered rivals. The rivalry is especially heated in baseball with the Long Beach State baseball team also having a competitive college baseball program. This of one of few sports where at least two teams from the Big West Conference frequently make the NCAA national tournament. Fullerton also has an intense rivalry with Big West stablemate UC Irvine; the two schools are the only Division I universities in Orange County.Titans Athletic Hall of Fame members
Cal State Fullerton Athletic Directors
- Jim Donovan
- Dr. Steve Walk – Interim
- Brian Quinn
- John Easterbrook
- Bill Schumard
- Ed Carroll
- Lynn Eilefson
- Mike Mullally
- Neale R. Stoner
- Dr. John Caine
- Dr. Elmer L. Johnson
- Ernest Becker