List of Pi Kappa Alpha brothers
Table:
Name

Original chapter

Notability

References

Kent Bazemore

Zeta Iota

Professional Basketball Player, Atlanta Hawks

[2]

Bobby Bowden

Alpha Pi

Former Head Football Coach Florida State

[2]

Pat Bowlen

Beta Omicron

Owner, Denver Broncos

[2]

Bob Bowman

Delta Lambda

CEO North Baltimore Aquatic Club

[2]

Marvin O. Bridges

Rho

All-Southern college football player, minor league baseball player, and head coach for University of Florida

[10]

Chad Clifton

Epsilon Sigma

Offensive Tackle, Green Bay Packers

[2]

Matt Doherty

Beta Zeta

Former head men's basketball coach at Southern Methodist University

[2]

Guy Dennis

Alpha Eta

Former professional football player for Cincinnati Bengals and Detroit Lions

[2]

Jeff Feagles

Gamma Omega

NFL Kicker, University of Miami

[2]

Jimbo Fisher

Delta Lambda

Head Football Coach Texas A&M

[2]

Gus Frerotte

Gamma Upsilon

Quarterback NFL

[2]

Jason Fox

Gamma Omega

NFL Lineman, University of Miami

[2]

Horace Grant

Eta Alpha

Professional Basketball Player

[2]

Hubert Green

Delta Lambda

Professional Golfer

[2]

Todd Hays

Gamma Upsilon

Bobsledder and Olympic Silver Medalist

[2]

Bob Humphreys

Iota

Professional Baseball Player

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Jeff Ireland

Theta Nu

General Manager, Miami Dolphins

[2]

EJ Manuel

Delta Lambda

Quarterback Buffalo Bills

[2]

Colin McCarthy

Gamma Omega

NFL Linebacker, University of Miami

[2]

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Kenneth Lamont Kent Bazemore Jr. ( born July 1 , 1989 ) is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . As a junior at Old Dominion University in 2010-11 , Bazemore won the Lefty Driesell Award , an award given to the best defensive player in college basketball .
Old Dominion University ( ODU ) is a public research university in Norfolk , Virginia . It was established in 1930 as the Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary and is now one of the largest universities in Virginia with an enrollment of 24,176 students for the 2019 academic year . Old Dominion University is also home to over 700 international students from 89 different countries . Its main campus covers over 251 acres ( 1.02 km2 ) straddling the city neighborhoods of Larchmont , Highland Park , and Lambert 's Point , approximately five miles ( 8.0 km ) from Downtown Norfolk . Old Dominion University is classified among Doctoral Universities : Higher Research Activity and provides nearly $ 2 billion annually to the regional economy . The university offers 168 undergraduate and graduate degree programs to over 24,000 students and is one of the nation 's largest providers of online distance learning courses . Old Dominion University has approximately 124,000 alumni in all 50 states and 67 countries . Old Dominion University derives its name from one of Virginia 's state nicknames , The Old Dominion , given to the state by King Charles II of England for remaining loyal to the crown during the English Civil War .
The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta . The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) as a member of the league 's Eastern Conference Southeast Division . The team plays its home games at State Farm Arena . The team 's origins can be traced to the establishment of the Buffalo Bisons in 1946 in Buffalo , New York , a member of the National Basketball League ( NBL ) owned by Ben Kerner and Leo Ferris . After 38 days in Buffalo , the team moved to Moline , Illinois , where they were renamed the Tri-Cities Blackhawks . In 1949 , they joined the NBA as part of the merger between the NBL and the Basketball Association of America ( BAA ) , and briefly had Red Auerbach as coach . In 1951 , Kerner moved the team to Milwaukee , where they changed their name to the Hawks . Kerner and the team moved again in 1955 to St. Louis , where they won their only NBA Championship in 1958 and qualified to play in the NBA Finals in 1957 , 1960 and 1961 . The Hawks played the Boston Celtics in all four of their trips to the NBA Finals . The St. Louis Hawks moved to Atlanta in 1968 , when Kerner sold the franchise to Thomas Cousins and former Georgia Governor Carl Sanders . The Hawks currently own the second-longest drought ( behind the Sacramento Kings ) of not winning an NBA championship at 60 seasons . The franchise 's lone NBA championship , as well as all four NBA Finals appearances , occurred when the team was based in St. Louis .
Robert Cleckler Bowden ( born November 8 , 1929 ) is a retired American football coach . Bowden is best known for coaching the Florida State Seminoles football team from the 1976 to 2009 seasons . During his time at Florida State , Bowden led FSU to an Associated Press and Coaches Poll National Title in 1993 and a BCS National Championship in 1999 , as well as twelve Atlantic Coast Conference championships since FSU joined the conference in 1991 . After a difficult 2009 season and amid questioning fans , Bowden was fired by President T.K . Wetherell , just weeks after his 80th birthday . He was allowed to make his final coaching appearance in the 2010 Gator Bowl game on January 1 , 2010 , with a 33-21 victory over his former program , West Virginia . On March 6 , 2009 , NCAA ruling required Florida State to vacate wins for any games in which an ineligible player participated , threatening to remove as many as fourteen of Bowden 's wins from the 2006 and 2007 seasons in relation to an academic scandal . Florida State appealed the ruling , but the NCAA upheld it on January 5 , 2010 . Upon final investigation by Florida State University it was determined that Bowden was to vacate 12 wins , bringing his final career record to 377-129-4 .
Samford University is a private Christian university in Homewood , Alabama . In 1841 , the university was founded as Howard College . Samford University is the 87th oldest institution of higher learning in the United States . The university enrolls 5,692 students from 46 states and 28 countries .
Florida State University ( Florida State or FSU ) is a public space-grant and sea-grant research university in Tallahassee , Florida . It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida . Founded in 1851 , it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher education in the state of Florida . The university is classified as a Research University with Very High Research by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching . The university comprises 16 separate colleges and more than 110 centers , facilities , labs and institutes that offer more than 360 programs of study , including professional school programs . The university has an annual budget of over $ 1.7 billion and an annual economic impact of over $ 10 billion . Florida State is home to Florida 's only national laboratory , the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory , and is the birthplace of the commercially viable anti-cancer drug Taxol . Florida State University also operates the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art , the State Art Museum of Florida and one of the largest museum/university complexes in the nation . The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools ( SACS ) . For 2020 , U.S. News & World Report ranked Florida State as the 18th best public university in the United States in the national university category . FSU 's intercollegiate sports teams , commonly known by their Florida State Seminoles nickname , compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I and the Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) . In their 113-year history , Florida State 's varsity sports teams have won 20 national athletic championships and Seminole athletes have won 78 individual NCAA national championships .
Patrick Dennis Bowlen ( February 18 , 1944 - June 13 , 2019 ) was the American majority owner of the Denver Broncos of the National Football League ( NFL ) . The Bowlen family , including his two brothers John Bowlen and Bill Bowlen , and sister Marybeth Bowlen , purchased the team from Edgar Kaiser in 1984 . Bowlen served as the Broncos CEO from his purchase of the club in 1984 until July 2014 , when he stepped down as Broncos ' CEO due to the onset and progression of Alzheimer 's disease .
The University of Oklahoma ( OU ) is a public research university in Norman , Oklahoma . Founded in 1890 , it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma . In Fall 2018 the university had 31,702 students enrolled , most at its main campus in Norman . Employing nearly 3,000 faculty members , the school offers 152 baccalaureate programs , 160 master 's programs , 75 doctorate programs , and 20 majors at the first professional level . The university is classified among R1 : Doctoral Universities - Very high research activity . Its Norman campus has two prominent museums , the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art , specializing in French Impressionism and Native American artwork , and the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History , specializing in the natural history of Oklahoma . The university has won multiple national championships in multiple sports , including seven football national championships and two NCAA Division I baseball championships . The women 's softball team has won the national championship four times : in 2000 , 2013 , and consecutively in 2016 and 2017 . The gymnastics teams have won a combined 11 national championships since 2002 , with the men 's team winning eight in the last 15 years , including three consecutive titles from 2015 to 2017 .
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver , Colorado . The Broncos compete as a member club of the National Football League ( NFL ) 's American Football Conference ( AFC ) West division . The team began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League ( AFL ) and joined the NFL as part of the merger in 1970 . The Broncos are owned by the Pat Bowlen trust and currently play home games at Empower Field at Mile High ( formerly known as Invesco Field at Mile High from 2001-2010 , Sports Authority Field at Mile High from 2011-2017 , and Broncos Stadium at Mile High from 2018-2019 ) . Prior to that , they played at Mile High Stadium from 1960 to 2000 . The Broncos were barely competitive during their 10-year run in the AFL and their first seven years in the NFL . They did not have a winning season until 1973 . In 1977 , four years later , they qualified for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history and advanced to Super Bowl XII . Since 1975 , the Broncos have become one of the NFL 's most successful teams , having suffered only seven losing seasons . They have won eight AFC Championships ( 1977 , 1986 , 1987 , 1989 , 1997 , 1998 , 2013 , 2015 ) , and three Super Bowl championships ( 1997 ( XXXII ) , 1998 ( XXXIII ) , 2015 ( 50 ) ) , and share the NFL record for most Super Bowl losses ( 5 - tied with the New England Patriots ) . Thirteen players who have played for Denver are enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame : John Elway , Floyd Little , Shannon Sharpe , Gary Zimmerman , Willie Brown , Tony Dorsett , Jerry Rice , Andre Reed , Terrell Davis , Brian Dawkins , Ty Law , Champ Bailey and Steve Atwater , along with late club owner Pat Bowlen .
Robert Bowman ( April 6 , 1965 ) is an American swimming coach who is the current head coach of the Arizona State Sun Devils swimming and diving teams of Arizona State University . Bowman is best known as the coach of record-breaking American swimmer Michael Phelps . From 2005 to 2008 , Bowman served as the head coach for the Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving team of the University of Michigan men 's swimming & diving team . From 2008 to 2015 , he worked as the CEO and head coach for North Baltimore Aquatic Club . In 2015 , USA Swimming appointed him the head coach of the men 's U.S. 2016 Olympic Team .
Florida State University ( Florida State or FSU ) is a public space-grant and sea-grant research university in Tallahassee , Florida . It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida . Founded in 1851 , it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher education in the state of Florida . The university is classified as a Research University with Very High Research by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching . The university comprises 16 separate colleges and more than 110 centers , facilities , labs and institutes that offer more than 360 programs of study , including professional school programs . The university has an annual budget of over $ 1.7 billion and an annual economic impact of over $ 10 billion . Florida State is home to Florida 's only national laboratory , the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory , and is the birthplace of the commercially viable anti-cancer drug Taxol . Florida State University also operates the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art , the State Art Museum of Florida and one of the largest museum/university complexes in the nation . The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools ( SACS ) . For 2020 , U.S. News & World Report ranked Florida State as the 18th best public university in the United States in the national university category . FSU 's intercollegiate sports teams , commonly known by their Florida State Seminoles nickname , compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I and the Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) . In their 113-year history , Florida State 's varsity sports teams have won 20 national athletic championships and Seminole athletes have won 78 individual NCAA national championships .
The North Baltimore Aquatic Club ( NBAC ) is an elite swim club based in and around Baltimore , Maryland . Founded in 1968 , it continues to offer training for young swimmers . It is best known for developing a dozen Olympic swimmers , five of whom earned gold medals .
Marvin Orestus Bridges ( April 1 , 1878 - November 10 , 1960 ) was an American football , basketball , and baseball player and football coach .
Cumberland University is a private university in Lebanon , Tennessee . It was founded in 1842 , though the current campus buildings were constructed between 1892 and 1896 .
The University of Florida ( Florida or UF ) is a public land-grant , sea-grant , and space-grant research university in Gainesville , Florida . It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and traces its origins to 1853 and has operated continuously on its Gainesville campus since September 1906 . The University of Florida is the only member of the Association of American Universities in Florida . The university is classified among R1 : Doctoral Universities - Very high research activity . After the Florida state legislature 's creation of performance standards in 2013 , the Florida Board of Governors designated the University of Florida as one of the three preeminent universities among the twelve universities of the State University System of Florida . For 2020 , U.S. News & World Report ranked Florida as the seventh ( tied ) best public university in the United States . The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools ( SACS ) . It is the third largest Florida university by student population , and is the eighth largest single-campus university in the United States with 54,906 students enrolled for the fall 2018 semester . The University of Florida is home to 16 academic colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes . It offers multiple graduate professional programs - including business administration , engineering , law , dentistry , medicine , pharmacy and veterinary medicine - on one contiguous campus , and administers 123 master 's degree programs and 76 doctoral degree programs in eighty-seven schools and departments . The university 's seal is also the seal of the state of Florida , which is on the state flag . The University of Florida 's intercollegiate sports teams , commonly known as the Florida Gators , compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I and the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) .
Jeffrey Chad Clifton ( born June 26 , 1976 ) is a former American football offensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League ( NFL ) . He played college football for the University of Tennessee , and was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the second round of the 2000 NFL Draft . With the Packers , he won Super Bowl XLV over the Pittsburgh Steelers .
The University of Tennessee at Martin ( UT Martin or UTM ) is a public university in Martin , Tennessee . It is one of the five campuses of the University of Tennessee system . Prior to the acquisition of Lambuth University in Jackson by University of Memphis in 2011 , UTM was the only public university in West Tennessee outside of Memphis . UTM operates a large experimental farm and several satellite centers in West Tennessee .
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay , Wisconsin . They compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a member club of the National Football Conference ( NFC ) North division . It is the third-oldest franchise in the NFL , dating back to 1919 , and is the only non-profit , community-owned major league professional sports team based in the United States . [ a ] Home games have been played at Lambeau Field since 1957 . The Packers are the last of the small town teams which were common in the NFL during the league 's early days of the 1920s and 1930s . Founded in 1919 by Earl Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun , the franchise traces its lineage to other semi-professional teams in Green Bay dating back to 1896 . Between 1919 and 1920 , the Packers competed against other semi-pro clubs from around Wisconsin and the Midwest , before joining the American Professional Football Association ( APFA ) , the forerunner of today 's NFL , in 1921 . Although Green Bay is by far the smallest major league professional sports market in North America , Forbes ranked the Packers as the world 's 27th most valuable sports franchise in 2019 , with a value of $ 2.63 billion . The Packers have won 13 league championships , the most in NFL history , with nine pre-Super Bowl NFL titles and four Super Bowl victories . The Packers won the first two Super Bowls in 1967 and 1968 and were the only NFL team to defeat the American Football League ( AFL ) prior to the AFL-NFL merger . The Vince Lombardi Trophy is named after the Packers ' coach Vince Lombardi , who guided them to their first two Super Bowls . Their two subsequent Super Bowl wins came in 1996 and 2010 .
Matthew Francis Doherty ( born February 25 , 1962 ) , commonly referred as Matt Doherty , is a former American college basketball coach , perhaps best known for his time as head coach of the University of North Carolina Tar Heels men 's basketball team , and also , before that , as head coach of the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish men 's basketball program . As a college player , Doherty started on the 1981-82 North Carolina Tar Heels men 's basketball team , which on March 29 , 1982 , won the NCAA Men 's Division I Basketball Tournament , defeating the University of Georgetown Hoyas men 's basketball team by a score 63-62 . At UNC , Doherty played under the legendary college coach Dean Smith , and started alongside future National Basketball Association stars James Worthy , Sam Perkins , Kenny Smith , and Michael Jordan , with Jordan considered by many to be the greatest player in the history of the game . Doherty was most recently was the Atlantic 10 Conference 's associate commissioner for men 's college basketball , resigning in April , 2019 . He was also formerly an American college basketball coach and commentator as well as a scout for the NBA . After serving as head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish , the North Carolina Tar Heels , Doherty later became head coach of the Florida Atlantic Owls , and the SMU Mustangs . Doherty has also served as a color commentator for various high school and college programs , including Davidson . Before becoming a head coach , he became an assistant coach , first at Davidson , then at Kansas .
Southern Methodist University ( SMU ) is a private research university in University Park , Texas , with satellite campuses in Plano , Texas and Taos , New Mexico . SMU was founded in April 17 , 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church , South - now part of the United Methodist Church - in partnership with Dallas civic leaders . However , it is nonsectarian in its teaching and enrolls students of all religious affiliations . As of fall 2018 , the university had 11,824 students , including 6,710 undergraduates and 5,114 postgraduates , from all 50 states and 85 countries . Its instructional faculty is 1,151 , with 754 being full time . The student-faculty ratio is 11:1 . The university grants degrees from eight schools ; Edwin L. Cox School of Business , Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences , Dedman School of Law , Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering , Algur H. Meadows School of the Arts , Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies , Perkins School of Theology , Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development ; as well as a Master of Interactive Technology ( MIT ) in Digital Game Development from SMU Guildhall .
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams , most commonly of five players each , opposing one another on a rectangular court , compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball ( approximately 9.4 inches ( 24 cm ) in diameter ) through the defender 's hoop ( a basket 18 inches ( 46 cm ) in diameter mounted 10 feet ( 3.048 m ) high to a backboard at each end of the court ) while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop . A field goal is worth two points , unless made from behind the three-point line , when it is worth three . After a foul , timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one or more one-point free throws . The team with the most points at the end of the game wins , but if regulation play expires with the score tied , an additional period of play ( overtime ) is mandated . Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running ( dribbling ) or by passing it to a teammate , both of which require considerable skill . On offense , players may use a variety of shots - the lay-up , the jump shot , or a dunk ; on defense , they may steal the ball from a dribbler , intercept passes , or block shots ; either offense or defense may collect a rebound , that is , a missed shot that bounces from rim or backboard . It is a violation to lift or drag one 's pivot foot without dribbling the ball , to carry it , or to hold the ball with both hands then resume dribbling . The five players on each side at a time fall into five playing positions the tallest player is usually the center , the tallest and strongest is the power forward , a slightly shorter but more agile player is the small forward , and the shortest players or the best ball handlers are the shooting guard and the point guard , who implements the coach 's game plan by managing the execution of offensive and defensive plays ( player positioning ) . Informally , players may play three-on-three , two-on-two , and one-on-one . Invented in 1891 by Canadian-American gym teacher James Naismith in Springfield , Massachusetts , United States , basketball has evolved to become one of the world 's most popular and widely viewed sports . The National Basketball Association ( NBA ) is the most significant professional basketball league in the world in terms of popularity , salaries , talent , and level of competition . Outside North America , the top clubs from national leagues qualify to continental championships such as the EuroLeague and the Basketball Champions League Americas .
Guy Durell Dennis ( born February 28 , 1947 ) is an American former college and professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League ( NFL ) for seven seasons during the 1960s and 1970s . Dennis played college football for the University of Florida , and received All-American honors . Thereafter , he played professionally for the Cincinnati Bengals and the Detroit Lions of the NFL .
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football franchise based in Cincinnati , Ohio . The Bengals compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a member club of the league 's American Football Conference ( AFC ) North division . Their home stadium is Paul Brown Stadium , located in downtown Cincinnati . Their divisional opponents are the Baltimore Ravens , Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers . The Bengals were founded in 1966 as a member of the American Football League ( AFL ) by former Cleveland Browns head coach Paul Brown , and began play in the 1968 season . Brown was the Bengals ' head coach from their inception to 1975 . After being dismissed as the Browns ' head coach by Art Modell ( who had purchased majority interest in the team in 1961 ) in January 1963 , Brown had shown interest in establishing another NFL franchise in Ohio and looked at both Cincinnati and Columbus . He ultimately chose the former when a deal between the city , Hamilton County , and Major League Baseball 's Cincinnati Reds ( who were seeking a replacement for the obsolete Crosley Field ) was struck that resulted in an agreement to build a multipurpose stadium which could host both baseball and football games . Due to the impending merger of the AFL and the NFL , which was scheduled to take full effect in the 1970 season , Brown agreed to join the AFL as its tenth and final franchise . The Bengals , like the other former AFL teams , were assigned to the AFC following the merger . Cincinnati was also selected because , like their neighbors the Reds , they could draw from several large neighboring cities ( Louisville and Lexington , Kentucky ; Columbus , Dayton , and Springfield , Ohio ) that are all no more than 110 miles ( 180 km ) away from downtown Cincinnati , along with Indianapolis , until the Baltimore Colts relocated there prior to the 1984 NFL season . The Bengals won the AFC championship in 1981 and 1988 , but lost Super Bowls XVI and XXIII to the San Francisco 49ers .
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit , Michigan . They compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a member club of the National Football Conference ( NFC ) North division . The team plays its home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit . Originally based in Portsmouth , Ohio and called the Portsmouth Spartans , the team formally joined the NFL on July 12 , 1930 and began play in the 1930 season . Despite success within the NFL , they could not survive in Portsmouth , then the NFL 's second smallest city . The team was purchased and relocated to Detroit and subsequently renamed the Lions for the 1934 season . The Lions have won four NFL championships . However , their last was in 1957 , which gives the club the second-longest NFL championship drought behind the Arizona Cardinals ( who last won in 1947 ) . They are one of four current teams and the only NFC team to have not yet played in the Super Bowl . They are also the only franchise to have been in operation for all 54 seasons of the Super Bowl era without having appeared in one ( the Cleveland Browns were not in operation for the 1996 to 1998 seasons ) .
Jeffrey Haunt Feagles ( born March 7 , 1966 ) is a former American football punter who played in the National Football League ( NFL ) for twenty-two seasons . He played college football for the University of Miami . He was originally signed by the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 1988 , and most recently played for the New York Giants . Feagles is known for using the coffin corner punt . He earned Pro Bowl selections in 1995 and 2008 and won a Super Bowl ring with the Giants in Super Bowl XLII over the Patriots . Feagles , the most durable punter in NFL history , officially announced his retirement on April 30 , 2010 . Feagles attended Gerard High School in Phoenix , Arizona and was a letterman in football , basketball , and baseball . In his 22 seasons career , Feagles never missed a game .
The University of Miami ( informally referred to as UM , UMiami , U of M or The U ) is a private research university in Coral Gables , Florida . As of 2019 [ update ] , the university enrolls 17,811 students in 12 separate colleges/schools , including the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine in Miami 's Health District , a law school on the main campus , and the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science focused on the study of oceanography and atmospheric sciences on Virginia Key , with research facilities at the Richmond Facility in southern Miami-Dade County . The university offers 132 undergraduate , 148 master 's , and 67 doctoral degree programs , of which 63 are research/scholarship and four professional areas of study . Over the years , the university 's students have represented all 50 states and close to 150 foreign countries . With more than 16,000 full- and part-time faculty and staff , UM is a top 10 employer in Miami-Dade County . UM 's main campus in Coral Gables has 239 acres and over 5.7 million square feet of buildings . Research is a component of each academic division , with UM attracting $ 358.9 million in sponsored research grants in FY 2019 . UM offers a large library system with over 3.9 million volumes and exceptional holdings in Cuban heritage and music . UM also offers a wide range of student activities , including fraternities and sororities , a student newspaper and a radio station . UM 's intercollegiate athletic teams , collectively known as the Miami Hurricanes , compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . UM 's football team has won five national championships since 1983 and its baseball team has won four national championships since 1982 .
John James Jimbo Fisher Jr. ( born October 9 , 1965 ) is an American college football coach and former player . He is the head coach at Texas A & M University . Previously , Fisher was the head coach at Florida State University where his team won the 2014 BCS National Championship Game . As a senior at Samford University , Fisher was the 1987 NCAA Division III National Player of the Year . From 2000 until 2006 he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Louisiana State University ( LSU ) . From 2007 to 2009 he was offensive coordinator , quarterbacks coach and head coach-in-waiting for the Florida State Seminoles . Bobby Bowden , Florida State 's head coach of 37 years , retired after the team 's appearance in its 28th consecutive bowl game on January 1 , 2010 . Fisher succeeded Bowden in 2010 and served as Florida State 's head coach for eight seasons before resigning to accept the head coaching position at Texas A & M .
Texas A & M University ( Texas A & M or A & M ) is a public research university founded in 1876 and located in College Station , Texas . In 1948 , Texas A & M University became the founding member of the Texas A & M University System . As of 2017 [ update ] , Texas A & M 's student body is the largest in Texas and one of the largest in the United States . Texas A & M 's designation as a land , sea , and space grant institution - the only university in Texas to hold all three designations - reflects a range of research with ongoing projects funded by organizations such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) , the National Institutes of Health , the National Science Foundation , and the Office of Naval Research . In 2001 , Texas A & M was inducted as a member of the Association of American Universities . The school 's students , alumni - over 500,000 strong - and sports teams are known as Aggies . The Texas A & M Aggies athletes compete in 18 varsity sports as a member of the Southeastern Conference . The first public institution of higher education in Texas , the school opened on October 4 , 1876 , as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas under the provisions of the Morrill Land-Grant Acts . Originally , the college taught no classes in agriculture , instead concentrating on classical studies , languages , literature , and applied mathematics . After four years , students could attain degrees in scientific agriculture , civil and mechanical engineering , and language and literature . Under the leadership of President James Earl Rudder in the 1960s , A.M.C . desegregated , became coeducational , and dropped the requirement for participation in the Corps of Cadets .
Gustave Joseph Frerotte ( /fəˈrɒt/ ; born July 31 , 1971 ) is a former American football quarterback . He was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the seventh round of the 1994 NFL Draft . He played college football at Tulsa . Frerotte , who was selected to the 1997 Pro Bowl while with the Redskins , also played for the Detroit Lions , Denver Broncos , Cincinnati Bengals , Miami Dolphins , Minnesota Vikings , and St. Louis Rams .
The University of Tulsa ( TU ) is a private research university in Tulsa , Oklahoma , United States . TU has an historic affiliation with the Presbyterian Church and the campus architectural style is predominantly Collegiate Gothic . The University of Tulsa manages the Gilcrease Museum , which includes one of the largest collections of American Western art and indigenous American artifacts in the world . In 2016 , Tulsa acquired The Bob Dylan Archive and is developing a museum nearby in downtown Tulsa to display pieces from this collection . TU also hosts the Tulsa Studies in Women 's Literature , founded by former TU professor and noted feminist critic Germaine Greer ( now at the University of Cambridge ) . TU 's athletic teams are collectively known as the Tulsa Golden Hurricane and compete in Division I of the NCAA as members of the American Athletic Conference ( The American ) .
The National Football League ( NFL ) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams , divided equally between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) and the American Football Conference ( AFC ) . The NFL is one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America and the highest professional level of American football in the world . The NFL 's 17-week regular season runs from early September to late December , with each team playing 16 games and having one bye week . Following the conclusion of the regular season , six teams from each conference ( four division winners and two wild card teams ) advance to the playoffs , a single-elimination tournament culminating in the Super Bowl , which is usually held on the first Sunday in February and is played between the champions of the NFC and AFC . The NFL was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association ( APFA ) before renaming itself the National Football League for the 1922 season . After initially determining champions through end-of-season standings , a playoff system was implemented in 1933 that culminated with the NFL Championship Game until 1966 . Following an agreement to merge the NFL with the American Football League ( AFL ) , the Super Bowl was first held in 1967 to determine a champion between the best teams from the two leagues and has remained as the final game of each NFL season since the merger was completed in 1970 . Today , the NFL has the highest average attendance ( 67,591 ) of any professional sports league in the world and is the most popular sports league in the United States . The Super Bowl is also among the biggest club sporting events in the world , with the individual games accounting for many of the most watched television programs in American history and all occupying the Nielsen 's Top 5 tally of the all-time most watched U.S. television broadcasts by 2015 . The Green Bay Packers hold the most combined NFL championships with 13 , winning nine titles before the Super Bowl era and four Super Bowls afterwards . Since the creation of the Super Bowl , the Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots both have the most championship titles at six .
Jason Curtis Fox ( born May 2 , 1988 ) is an American football offensive tackle who is currently a free agent . He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the fourth round of the 2010 NFL Draft . He played college football at the University of Miami . Fox has also played for the Miami Dolphins .
Horace Junior Grant ( born July 4 , 1965 ) is an American retired basketball player . He attended and played college basketball at Clemson University before playing professionally in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) , where he became a four-time champion with the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers . Horace is the twin brother of former NBA player Harvey Grant .
Clemson University ( /ˈklɛmp.sən , ˈklɛm.zən/ [ note a ] ) is a public , land-grant research university in Clemson , South Carolina . Founded in 1889 , Clemson is the second-largest university in student population in South Carolina . For the fall 2017 semester , the university enrolled a total of 19,402 undergraduate students and 4,985 graduate students , and the student/faculty ratio was 18:1 . Clemson 's 1,400-acre campus is in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and sits next to Lake Hartwell . The university manages the nearby 17,500-acre Clemson Experimental Forest that is used for research , education , and recreation . Clemson University consists of seven colleges : Agriculture , Forestry and Life Sciences ; Architecture , Arts and Humanities ; Business ; Behavioral , Social and Health Sciences ; Education ; Engineering , Computing and Applied Sciences ; and Science . U.S. News & World Report ranks Clemson University tied for 24 among all national public universities . Clemson University is classified among R1 : Doctoral Universities - Very high research activity .
The National Basketball Association ( NBA ) is a men 's professional basketball league in North America , composed of 30 teams ( 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada ) . It is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada , and is widely considered to be the premier men 's professional basketball league in the world . [ better source needed ] The league was founded in New York City on June 6 , 1946 , as the Basketball Association of America ( BAA ) . It changed its name to the National Basketball Association on August 3 , 1949 , after merging with the competing National Basketball League ( NBL ) . The NBA 's regular season runs from October to April , with each team playing 82 games . Its playoffs extend into June . NBA players are the world 's best paid athletes by average annual salary per player . The NBA is an active member of USA Basketball ( USAB ) , which is recognized by FIBA ( also known as the International Basketball Federation ) as the national governing body for basketball in the United States . The league 's several international as well as individual team offices are directed out of its head offices in Midtown Manhattan , while its NBA Entertainment and NBA TV studios are directed out of offices located in Secaucus , New Jersey .
Hubert Myatt Green ( December 28 , 1946 - June 19 , 2018 ) was an American professional golfer who won 29 professional golf tournaments , including two major championships : the 1977 U.S. Open and the 1985 PGA Championship . He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2007 .
A professional golfer is somebody that receives payment for their performance at golf . In golf , the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained . An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose their amateur status . A golfer who has lost their amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated ; a professional may not play in amateur tournaments unless the Committee is notified , acknowledges and confirms the participation . It is very difficult for a professional to regain their amateur status ; simply agreeing not to take payment for a particular tournament is not enough . A player must apply to the governing body of the sport to have amateur status reinstated .
Todd Dennys Hays ( born May 21 , 1969 ) is an American former bobsledder who competed from 1994 to 2006 . Competing in two Winter Olympics , he won the silver medal in the four-man event at Salt Lake City in 2002 , breaking a 46-year medal drought for the US national bobsleigh team . He also won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 2003 and a bronze in 2004 . He finished third four times in the Bobsleigh World Cup , earning them twice in combined men 's ( 2003-4 , 2005-6 ) and once each in the two-man ( 2005-06 ) and four-man events ( 2003-04 ) . Hays was raised in Del Rio , Texas . Prior to his bobsleigh career , Hays also was involved in American football and kickboxing . This included playing linebacker for the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma for which he was part of the team that defeated San Diego State University in the Freedom Bowl in 1991 . He also is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity . Hays played two seasons with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League before switching to kickboxing where he became national champion in 1993 . He competed in the 1995 Vale Tudo Freestyle Fighting Championship in Japan . Winning his first bout against Koichiro Kimura via submission , Hays was set to face Rickson Gracie in his second fight of the tournament . However , he had sustained an injury to his shoulder which caused him to decide to leave the tournament .
Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow , twisting , banked , iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh . International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation , also known as FIBT from the French Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing . National competitions are often governed by bodies such as the United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation and Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton . The first bobsleds were built in St. Moritz , Switzerland , in the late 19th century by wealthy tourists from Victorian Britain who were staying at the Palace Hotel owned by Caspar Badrutt . The early sleds were adapted from boys ' delivery sleds and toboggans . These eventually evolved into bobsleighs , luges and skeletons . Initially the tourists would race their hand-built contraptions down the narrow streets of St. Moritz , however , as collisions increased growing opposition from St Moritz residents led to bobsledding being eventually banned from public highways . In the winter of 1884 , Badrutt had a purpose-built run constructed near the hamlet of Cresta . The Cresta Run remains the oldest in the world and is the home of the St. Moritz Tobogganing Club . It has hosted two Olympic Winter Games and is still in use . Modern Bobsleigh teams compete to complete a downhill route in the fastest times . An aggregate time from several runs is used to determine the winners .
The Winter Olympic Games ( French : Jeux olympiques d'hiver ) [ nb 1 ] is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice . The first Winter Olympic Games , the 1924 Winter Olympics , were held in Chamonix , France . The modern Olympic Games were inspired by the ancient Olympic Games , which were held in Olympia , Greece , from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD . Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) in 1894 , leading to the first modern Summer Olympic Games in Athens , Greece in 1896 . The IOC is the governing body of the Olympic Movement , with the Olympic Charter defining its structure and authority . The original five Winter Olympic sports ( broken into nine disciplines ) were bobsleigh , curling , ice hockey , Nordic skiing ( consisting of the disciplines military patrol , [ nb 2 ] cross-country skiing , Nordic combined , and ski jumping ) , and skating ( consisting of the disciplines figure skating and speed skating ) . [ nb 3 ] The Games were held every four years from 1924 to 1936 , interrupted in 1940 and 1944 by World War II , and resumed in 1948 . Until 1992 , the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games were held in the same year , and in accordance with the 1986 decision by the IOC to place the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games on separate four-year cycles in alternating even-numbered years , the next Winter Olympic Games after 1992 were held in 1994 . The Winter Olympic Games have evolved since their inception . Sports and disciplines have been added and some of them , such as Alpine skiing , luge , short track speed skating , freestyle skiing , skeleton , and snowboarding , have earned a permanent spot on the Olympic programme . Some others , including curling and bobsleigh , have been discontinued and later reintroduced ; others have been permanently discontinued , such as military patrol , though the modern Winter Olympic sport of biathlon is descended from it . [ nb 2 ] Still others , such as speed skiing , bandy and skijoring , were demonstration sports but never incorporated as Olympic sports .
Robert William Humphreys ( born August 18 , 1935 ) is an American former professional baseball player and executive . A right-hander , Humphreys was a relief pitcher over all or parts of nine Major League Baseball seasons ( 1962-1970 ) with the Detroit Tigers , St. Louis Cardinals , Chicago Cubs , Washington Senators and Milwaukee Brewers . Humphreys was a member of the 1964 World Series champion Cardinals . An alumnus of Hampden-Sydney College , Humphreys was born in Covington , Virginia , and graduated from high school in Montvale . He was listed as 5 feet 11 inches ( 1.80 m ) tall and 165 pounds ( 75 kg ) .
Hampden-Sydney College ( H-SC ) is a men 's liberal arts college in Hampden Sydney , Virginia . Founded in 1775 , Hampden-Sydney is the oldest privately chartered college in the southern United States , the tenth-oldest college in the nation , the last college founded before the American Declaration of Independence , and one of only three four-year , all-male liberal arts colleges remaining in the United States . Hampden-Sydney College is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register . It is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church ( USA ) .
Jeff Ireland is an American football executive who currently serves as Assistant General Manager/College Scouting Director for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League ( NFL ) . In his past roles , Ireland was the Miami Dolphins ' general manager from 2008 to January 2014 ; a Dallas Cowboys executive prior to that ; and , a scout for the Kansas City Chiefs before that . Before his career as a football executive , Ireland was an assistant football coach at the University of North Texas , and a player at Baylor University . Ireland was also a childhood ball boy for the Chicago Bears .
Baylor University , or simply Baylor , is a private Baptist Christian university in Waco , Texas . Chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas , it is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the first educational institutions west of the Mississippi River in the United States . Located on the banks of the Brazos River next to I-35 , between the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and Austin , the university 's 1,000-acre campus is the largest Baptist university campus in the world . Baylor University 's athletic teams , known as the Bears , participate in 19 intercollegiate sports . The university is a member of the Big 12 Conference in the NCAA Division I .
The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area . The Dolphins compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a member club of the league 's American Football Conference ( AFC ) East division . The Dolphins play their home games at Hard Rock Stadium , located in the northern suburb of Miami Gardens , Florida . The Dolphins are the oldest professional sports team in Florida . Of the four AFC East teams , they are the only team in the division that was not a charter member of the American Football League ( AFL ) . The Dolphins were founded by attorney-politician Joe Robbie and actor-comedian Danny Thomas . They began play in the AFL in 1966 . The region had not had a professional football team since the days of the Miami Seahawks , who played in the All-America Football Conference in 1946 , before becoming the first incarnation of the Baltimore Colts . For the first few years , the Dolphins ' full-time training camp and practice facilities were at Saint Andrew 's School , a private boys boarding prep school in Boca Raton . In the 1970 AFL-NFL merger , the Dolphins joined the NFL . The team made its first Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl VI , losing to the Dallas Cowboys , 24-3 . The following year , the Dolphins completed the NFL 's only perfect season , culminating in a Super Bowl win , winning all 14 of their regular season games , and all three of their playoff games , including Super Bowl VII .
Erik Rodriguez EJ Manuel Jr. ( born March 19 , 1990 ) is a former American football quarterback . He played college football at Florida State and was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft . Drafted by the Bills to be their franchise quarterback , Manuel suffered several injuries and saw his on-the-field performance struggle . After starting 10 games in his rookie year and throwing for 1,972 yards and 11 touchdowns , Manuel made just a combined seven starts and threw eight touchdowns over the next three seasons , sitting behind Kyle Orton and Tyrod Taylor on the depth chart . After leaving the Bills , he then spent one year with the Oakland Raiders , sat out the 2018 season and signed with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2019 before retiring during the offseason that year .
The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area . The Bills compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) , as a member club of the league 's American Football Conference ( AFC ) East division . The team plays their home games at New Era Field in Orchard Park , New York . The Bills are the only NFL team that plays its home games in the state of New York . The Bills conduct summer training camp at St. John Fisher College in Pittsford , New York , an eastern suburb of Rochester . The Bills began play as an original franchise of the American Football League ( AFL ) in 1960 . The club joined the NFL as a result of the AFL-NFL merger for the 1970 season . The 1964 and 1965 Bills were the only teams representing Buffalo that won major league professional sports championships ( back-to-back American Football League Championships ) . The Bills are the only team to win four consecutive conference championships and are the only NFL team to lose four consecutive Super Bowl games . The team was owned by Ralph Wilson from the team 's founding in 1960 , until his death in 2014 at the age of 95 . After his death , Wilson 's estate reached an agreement to sell the team to Terry and Kim Pegula , which was approved by the other NFL team owners on October 8 , 2014 . The Bills formerly possessed the longest active playoff drought in any of the four major professional sports in North America : they did not qualify to play in the NFL playoffs from 1999 until 2017 and were the last NFL team ( and last team in the major North American professional sports leagues overall ) to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in the 21st century .
Colin McCarthy ( born May 30 , 1988 ) is a former professional American football linebacker . He played college football at the University of Miami after graduating from Clearwater Central Catholic High School . He was considered one of the better linebacker prospects for the 2011 NFL Draft .
William Paul McCartney ( born August 22 , 1940 ) is a former American football player and coach and the founder of the Promise Keepers men 's ministry . He was the head football coach at the University of Colorado Boulder from 1982 to 1994 , where he compiled a record of 93-55-5 and won three consecutive Big Eight Conference titles between 1989 and 1991 . McCartney 's 1990 team was crowned as national champions by the Associated Press , splitting the title with the Georgia Tech team that topped the final Coaches ' Poll rankings . In September 2008 , McCartney came out of a five-years retirement from Promise Keepers to become the CEO and chairman of the board of the organization after founding the Road to Jerusalem ministry . McCartney was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2013 .
The University of Missouri ( Mizzou , MU , or Missouri ) is a public research university in Columbia , Missouri . It is Missouri 's largest university and the flagship of the four campus University of Missouri System . Founded in 1839 , it was the first public university west of the Mississippi River . It is a member of the Association of American Universities as well as a land-grant and space-grant institution . Enrolling 30,046 students in 2019 , it offers over 300 degree programs in thirteen major academic divisions . Its well-known Missouri School of Journalism was founded by Walter Williams in 1908 as the world 's first journalism school ; It publishes a daily newspaper , the Columbia Missourian , and operates an NBC affiliate KOMU . The University of Missouri Research Reactor Center is the world 's most powerful university research reactor and is the United States sole source of isotopes used in nuclear medicine . The university operates University of Missouri Health Care , running a number of hospitals and clinics in Mid-Missouri . Its NCAA Division I athletic teams are known as the Missouri Tigers , and compete in the Southeastern Conference . The American tradition of homecoming is claimed to have originated at Missouri . The campus is home to the State Historical Society of Missouri , and the Museum of Art and Archaeology . Its historic center , Francis Quadrangle , is a National Historic District .
The University of Colorado Boulder ( CU Boulder ) , colloquially referred to as CU or Colorado , is a public research university in Boulder , Colorado . It is the flagship university of the University of Colorado system and was founded five months before Colorado was admitted to the Union in 1876 . In 2015 , the university comprised nine colleges and schools and offered over 150 academic programs and enrolled almost 17,000 students . Twelve Nobel Laureates , nine MacArthur Fellows , and 20 astronauts have been affiliated with CU Boulder as students , researchers , or faculty members in its history . The university received nearly $ 454 million in sponsored research in 2010 to fund programs like the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics , and JILA . The Colorado Buffaloes compete in 17 varsity sports and are members of the NCAA Division I Pac-12 Conference . The Buffaloes have won 28 national championships : 20 in skiing , seven total in men 's and women 's cross country , and one in football . Approximately 900 students participate in 34 intercollegiate club sports annually as well .
Promise Keepers is an Evangelical Christian parachurch organization for men . While it originated in the United States , independent branches are established in Canada and New Zealand . Promise Keepers is self-described as a Christ-centered organization dedicated to introducing men to Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord , helping them to grow as Christians . Promise Keepers is a non-profit organization , not affiliated with any Christian church or denomination , which opposes same-sex marriage and champions chastity and marital fidelity and the man as being head of the household . Their most widely publicized events tend to be mass rallies held at football stadiums and similar venues . They also sell a variety of promotional products to help men keep their promises , including clothing , books , and music . Bruce Wilkinson developed the widely used video curriculum , Personal Holiness in Times of Temptation , as a part of The Biblical Manhood series for Promise Keepers . Their organizational model has been mimicked by other religious movements .