Central State Marauders and Lady Marauders
The Central State Marauders and Lady Marauders are the athletic teams that represent Central State University, located in Wilberforce, Ohio, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Marauders and Lady Marauders compete as members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for all nine sports. Central State has been a member of the SIAC since 2015. Central State were previously members of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference between 2012 and 2015. Varsity teams. List of teams. Men's sports (5) Women's sports (4) National championships. Team. The Marauders have won two NCAA team national  championships. Individual teams. Football. The Central State University Marauder football team experienced much success in Division II and NAIA during the 1980s through 1995 under then head football coaches, William "Billy" Joe (1981 to 1993) and Rick Comegy (1993 to 1996). Under Billy Joe, the Marauders were NCAA Division II runners-up in 1983 and won the NAIA Football National Championship (Division I) in 1990 and 1992. Under Comegy, a former assistant coach under Joe, the Marauders won the NAIA Football National Championship (Division I) in 1995. The heyday of Central State football ended in the late 1990s when the  university administration was forced to drop the football program in 1997 due to financial difficulties and a significant drop of enrollment. In 2005, under new administration leadership of president Dr. John W. Garland, Esq, (Class of 1971), the university reinstated the Central State Marauder football program. Notable Marauder alumni who went on to play in the National Football League include: Vince Heflin, Vince Buck, Erik Williams, Hugh Douglas, Charles Hope, Brandon Hayes, Mel Lunsford, Kerwin Waldroup, and Dayvon Ross.