Tennessee State Tigers and Lady Tigers

Tennessee State Tigers and Lady Tigers
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UniversityTennessee State University
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference (primary)
Horizon League (men's tennis)
NCAADivision I (FCS)
Athletic directorMikki Allen
LocationNashville, Tennessee
Varsity teams16 (8 men's and 8 women's)
Football stadiumNissan Stadium and Hale Stadium
Basketball arenaGentry Complex
Softball stadiumTiger Field
MascotAristocat the Tiger
NicknameTigers
ColorsReflex blue and white[1]
   
Websitewww.tsutigers.com
Tennessee State is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference

The Tennessee State Tigers and Lady Tigers are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Tennessee State University (TSU), located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The Tigers athletic program is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC)[2] and competes in the NCAA Division I, including the Football Championship Subdivision.[3] The women's track team is also known as the Tigerbelles.[4] As a member of the Ohio Valley Conference, Tennessee State is one of three HBCUs competing in Division I that is not a member of an athletic conference made up entirely of historically black institutions (MEAC and SWAC), the other two being Hampton University and North Carolina A&T State University of the Colonial Athletic Association.[5][6] The TSU mascot is Aristocat the Tiger, and the school colors are blue and white. TSU's main rival historically has been Kentucky State University, an HBCU located in the capital of Tennessee's northern neighbor.

  1. ^ Tennessee State University Brand Guide (PDF). December 31, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  2. ^ "OVC Member Institutions". OVCSports.com. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  3. ^ "Tennessee State University". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  4. ^ Organ, Mike (June 28, 2015). "Drop history-rich Tigerbelles name? No way, TSU says". The Tennessean. USA Today Network. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  5. ^ "CAA Welcomes Hampton University, Monmouth University and Stony Brook University as New Members" (Press release). Colonial Athletic Association. January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  6. ^ "CAA Welcomes North Carolina A&T as Newest Member of the Conference" (Press release). Colonial Athletic Association. February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.