Coast Guard Bears - wikipedia Coast Guard Bears This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( February 2018 ) Coast Guard Bears University United States Coast Guard Academy Conference NEWMAC NCAA Division III Athletic director Tim Fitzpatrick Location New London, CT Varsity teams 26 Football stadium Cadet Memorial Field Basketball arena Roland Hall Baseball stadium Nitchman Field Soccer / Track stadium Nitchman Field Nickname Bears Colors Blue and Orange Website www.uscgasports.com The United States Coast Guard Academy 's intercollegiate sports teams are called the Bears and they compete in NCAA Division III as members of the New England Women 's and Men 's Athletic Conference. Through the 2016 season, the Bears played football in the New England Football Conference, but after that season moved their football program into the NEWMAC, which started sponsoring the sport in 2017. They field 26 varsity teams. Contents 1 Origin of the name 2 Facilities 3 Rivalries 4 Varsity teams 4.1 Sailing 5 Club sports 5.1 Rugby 6 References 7 External links Origin of the name The academy nickname is the Bears, after the USRC Bear, which made a dramatic rescue in Alaska in 1897, shortly after the opening of the academy. In 1926, then - Cadet Stephen Evans ( a future superintendent of the academy ) brought a live bear to the academy and named it Objee for `` Objectionable Presence. '' The tradition of keeping a live bear as the mascot was continued until the City of New London petitioned for its removal in 1984. Facilities The athletic facilities have been undergoing major upgrades since 2004, when the state - of - the - art FieldTurf synthetic surface was installed at Cadet Memorial Field ( home of the football and lacrosse teams ). Rivalries The Bears have an unofficial rivalry with neighboring Connecticut College. The rivalry is most evident during the Coast Guard -- Connecticut College biannual club hockey game which draws large numbers of spectators from both schools. The Bears also play for the Secretaries Cup, an annual rivalry trophy in football against the Mariners the United States Merchant Marine Academy. The Bears ' longest - standing rivalry game is with the Norwich University Cadets, a private military college in Vermont. Since 1931, the schools ' football teams have played for `` The Mug, '' with a break in the series having taken place after the 2005 game, and did n't resume again until 2017. Varsity teams Men 's Women 's Basketball Basketball Soccer Soccer Lacrosse Lacrosse Cross Country Cross Country Swimming & Diving Swimming & Diving Track & Field Track & Field Baseball Softball Football Volleyball Rowing Rowing Pistol Pistol Rifle Rifle Sailing Sailing Wrestling Tennis Sailing The academy boasts a strong sailing tradition and maintains a fleet of over 150 vessels to support the offshore and dinghy teams, in addition to the summer sail training programs. In 2007, a USCGA cadet, then a freshman sailor from the class of 2011, Krysta Rohde, was featured in the `` Faces in the Crowd '' section of the 27 December edition of Sports Illustrated. That year Rohde gained recognition by being the first academy cadet and second freshman ever to win the ICSA Women 's Singlehanded National Championship. In 2016, the Bears would win the Sperry Women 's National Championship, the schools first team championship in the sport. Club sports The Coast Guard Academy has five club sports such as men 's and women 's rugby, boxing, men 's ice hockey and triathlon. Rugby In 2006, the men 's rugby club won the Division II National Championship at Stanford, California, after defeating the University of Northern Colorado. References Jump up ^ http://2016nationals.collegesailing.org/news/article/u.s.-coast-guard-academy-wins-the-sperry-womens-national-championship External links Official website New England Women 's and Men 's Athletic Conference Full members Babson Beavers Clark Cougars Coast Guard Bears MIT Engineers Mount Holyoke Lyons Smith Pioneers Springfield Pride Wellesley Blue Wheaton Lyons WPI Engineers Football associate members Catholic University Cardinals Maine Maritime Mariners Merchant Marine Mariners Norwich Cadets Other associate members Massachusetts Maritime Buccaneers ( men 's lacrosse ) Simmons Sharks ( women 's rowing ) United States Coast Guard Portal : United States Coast Guard Category : United States Coast Guard Leadership Secretary of Homeland Security Commandant of the Coast Guard Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Organization Missions Reserve Intelligence Investigative Service Legal Division Police Deployable Operations Group Areas Districts Sectors Stations Air Stations Radio stations Shipbuilding Yard National Ice Center Research & Development Center Coast Guard Auxiliary Personnel and training Personnel Officer ranks Enlisted rates Ratings Coast Guard Academy Training Center Cape May Training Center Petaluma Training Center Yorktown Maritime Law Enforcement Academy Joint Maritime Training Center Ancient Order of the Pterodactyl Chaplain of the Coast Guard Uniforms and equipment Uniforms Awards Badges Cutters List of cutters Ship commissioning Ship decommissioning Equipment History and traditions History Coast Guard Act Coast Guard City Life - Saving Service Revenue Cutter Service Lighthouse Service Steamboat Inspection Service Bureau of Navigation `` Semper Paratus '' Flag Ensign Racing Stripe United States Coast Guard Band United States Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard United States Coast Guard Pipe Band Fleet Week Coast Guard service numbers Coast Guardsman 's Creed United States Coast Guard Cutters Coast Guard Bears Battles and operations Quasi-War War of 1812 West Indies Anti-Piracy Operations Capture of the Bravo Ingham Incident Amistad Incident Great Lakes Patrol Mexican -- American War American Civil War Battle of Fort Sumter Battle of Pig Point Battle of Galveston Harbor Battle of Portland Harbor Overland Relief Expedition Spanish -- American War Battle of Manila Bay Battle of Cárdenas Ice Patrol World War I 1st Battle of the Atlantic Great Mississippi Flood Rum Patrol World War II 2nd Battle of the Atlantic Battle of Guam Operation Overlord Korean War Vietnam War Coast Guard Squadron One Operation Market Time Operation Sealords Action of 1 March 1968 Persian Gulf War War on Terrorism Afghanistan War Iraq War Operation Enduring Freedom HOA Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coast_Guard_Bears&oldid=835643182 '' Categories : Coast Guard Bears Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from February 2018 All articles needing additional references Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 9 April 2018, at 22 : 28. 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Question: what is the mascot of the coast guard
Answer: bear