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Carolina History

Major Team Championships Won by Carolina Teams
NCAA Championship Appearances
Retired Jersey Numbers
USC Sport Conference Affiliations
USC Athletic Hall of Fame
All-Time List of USC Athletic Directors


Major Team Championships Won by Carolina Teams

Baseball Championships
1999 SEC East
2000 SEC East
2000 SEC
2002 SEC East
2002 SEC
2003 SEC East
2004 SEC Tournament

Men's Basketball Championships
1933 Southern Conference Tournament
1971 ACC Tournament
1997 SEC East
1997 SEC Regular Season
2005 National Invitational Tournament
2006 National Invitational Tournament

Football Championships
1969 Atlantic Coast Conference
1995 Carquest Bowl
2001 Outback Bowl
2002 Outback Bowl

Men's Golf Championships
1964 Atlantic Coast Conference
1991 Metro Conference

Women's Basketball Championships
1979 NWIT Tournament
1986 Metro Conference Regular Season
1986 Metro Conference Tournament
1988 Metro Conference Regular Season
1988 Metro Conference Tournament
1989 Metro Conference Regular Season
1989 Metro Conference Tournament
1990 Metro Conference Regular Season
1991 Metro Conference Regular Season

Women's Golf Championships
1990 Metro Conference
2002 Southeastern Conference

Men's Tennis Championships
1968 Atlantic Coast Conference Regular Season Champions
1968 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Co-Champions
1985 Metro Conference Tournament
1986 Metro Conference Tournament
1987 Metro Conference Tournament
1989 Metro Conference Tournament
1990 Metro Conference Tournament
1991 Metro Conference Tournament

Women's Tennis Championships
1985 Metro Conference Tournament
1986 Metro Conference Tournament
1987 Metro Conference Tournament
1988 Metro Conference Tournament
1990 Metro Conference Tournament

Men's Soccer Championships
1993 Metro Conference
2005 Conference USA Tournament

Equestrian Championships
2005 National Champions
2005 Hunt Seat National Champions
2006 Hunt Seat National Champions

Women's Cross Country Championships
1989 Metro Conference
1990 Metro Conference
1991 Metro Conference

Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships
1999 Southeastern Conference
2002 Southeastern Conference
2002 NCAA Champions
2005 Southeastern Conference

Softball Championships
1997 SEC East
1997 SEC Regular Season
1997 SEC Tournament
1999 SEC East
2000 SEC Tournament
2001 SEC East
2002 SEC East

Volleyball Championships
1984 Metro Conference Tournament

NCAA Championship Appearances

NCAA Tournament Appearances

SportNo.StreakYears
Baseball2491974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Men`s Basketball8-1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1989, 1997, 1998, 2004
Women`s Basketball8-1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2002, 2003
Men`s Golf19121978, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Women`s Golf1591987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Men`s Soccer18-1979, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005
Women`s Soccer1-1998
Softball15-1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007
Men`s Tennis18-1978, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Women`s Tennis17131982, 1983, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Men`s Track Indoors13121994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Men`s Track Outdoors13121994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Women`s Track Indoors12121996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Women`s Track Outdoors13121994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Volleyball7-1984, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002

Football Bowl Appearances

13 Bowl Appearances:
1946 Gator Bowl (South Carolina vs. Wake Forest, Jan. 1, 1946)
1969 Peach Bowl (South Carolina vs. West Virginia, Dec. 30, 1969)
1975 Tangerine Bowl (South Carolina vs. Miami (Oh.), Dec. 20, 1975)
1979 Hall of Fame Bowl (South Carolina vs. Missouri, Dec. 28, 1979)
1980 Gator Bowl (South Carolina vs. Pittsburgh, Dec. 29, 1980)
1984 Gator Bowl (South Carolina vs. Oklahoma State, Dec. 28, 1984)
1987 Gator Bowl (South Carolina vs. LSU, Dec. 31, 1987)
1988 Liberty Bowl (South Carolina vs. Indiana, Dec. 28, 1988)
1995 Carquest Bowl (South Carolina vs. West Virginia, Jan. 2, 1995)
2001 Outback Bowl (South Carolina vs. Ohio State, Jan. 1, 2001)
2002 Outback Bowl (South Carolina vs. Ohio State, Jan. 1, 2002)
2005 Independence Bowl (South Carolina vs. Missouri, Dec. 30, 2005)
2006 Liberty Bowl (South Carolina vs. Houston, Dec. 29, 2006)

All-Time List of USC Athletic Directors
  • Up until January of 1982 (except for 1975-76), the head football coach was the AD.
  • Enright was the AD for 18 years (16 years as the head football coach and two years while he was in the Navy).

    University of South Carolina Athletic Directors

    Athletic DirectorTenure
    W.A. WhaleyJanuary 1896 - December 1896
    W. P. MurphyJanuary 1897 - December 1897
    W. WertenbakerJanuary 1898 - December 1898
    I. O. HuntJanuary 1899 - December 1900
    B.W. DicksonJanuary 1901 - December 1901
    C.R. WilliamsJanuary 1902 - December 1903
    Christie BenetJanuary 1904 - December 1905
    Douglas McKayJanuary 1907 - December 1907
    Christie BenetJanuary 1908 - December 1909
    John H. NeffJanuary 1910 - December 1911
    N.B. EdgertonJanuary 1912 - December 1915
    Dixon FosterJanuary 1917 - December 1917
    Frank DobsonJanuary 1918 - December 1918
    Dixon FosterJanuary 1919 - December 1919
    Sol MetzgerJanuary 1920 - December 1924
    Branch BocockJanuary 1925 - December 1926
    Harry LightseyJanuary 1927 - December 1927
    Billy LavalJanuary 1928 - December 1934
    Don McCallisterJanuary 1935 - December 1937
    Rex EnrightJanuary 1938 - December 1955
    Warren GieseJanuary 1956 - December 1960
    Marvin BassJanuary 1961 - December 1965
    Paul DietzelJanuary 1966 - December 1974
    Harold "Bo" HaganJanuary 1975 - December 1976
    Jim CarlenDecember 1976 - December 1981
    Bob MarcumJanuary 1982 - March 1988
    Dick Bestwick March 1988 - November 1988
    King DixonNovember 1988 - December 1992
    Mike McGeeJanuary 1993 - June 2005
    Eric HymanJuly 2005 - present


    Retired Jersey Numbers

    Football
    2 Sterling Sharpe 1983, 85-87
    Sharpe, wore #2, is the school's all-time leading receiver with 169 catches for 2,497 yards and 17 touchdowns. Sharpe had his jersey retired following the 1987 regular season. He became only the second Gamecock to have his jersey retired while he was still active at the school. In fact, both Sharpe and George Rogers played in the Gator Bowl in their final collegiate game. Sharpe was a number one draft pick by the Green Bay Packers.

    37 Steve Wadiak 1948-51
    Wadiak wore #37 for Carolina, 1948-51, was the first to have his number retired, after a tragic automobile accident claimed his life. Wadiak, who still appears throught the South Carolina record book, was the school's all-time ruhing leader for 28 years after his senior season.

    38 George Rogers 1977-80
    Probably the school's most well known player was also USC's Heisman Trophy winner - George Rogers. He had his #38, retired duing halftime ceremonies at Carolina's final 1980 home game. Rogers was the first USC player to have his jersey retired while still active at the school.

    56 Mike Johnson 1964
    Center Mike Johnson, #56, became gravely ill before the start of his junior season, and the illness cut short a potentially great football career. Johnson had finished his sophomore campaign as the regular center. When he died in 1965, his number was retired.

    Men's Basketball

    3 B.J. McKie 1996-99
    Retired on December 28, 2005. McKie is the school's all-time leading scorer with 2,119 points and he is the only Gamecock to score more than 2,000 points in a career. He helped lead the Gamecocks to the school's first ever SEC Championship with a 15-1 record in the 1996-97 campaign.

    11 John Roche 1968-71
    Roche's number, 11, was retired after a successful three-year tenure from 1968-71. Roche made one or more of the recognized All-America team in each of his three seasons. Roche holds USC records for three-year career point average (22.5) and points in a game, scoring 56 vs. Furman his senior year.

    22 Alex English 1972-76
    Retired after his senior season of 1976, the number 22 worn by Alex English was the last USC jersey number to be retired. English was a consensus All-American at South Carolina and is second on the USC all-time scoring list with 1,972 points. English started every game in a four-year span (111) and was a 52.8% shooter from the field in the process.

    42 Grady Wallace 1955-57
    Wallace, who wore 42, was the first South Carolina player to have his jersey number retired. Wallace averaged an amazing 28.0 points per game in his career and led the NCAA in 1957 with 31.3 points per tilt, edging out Kansas' Wilt Chamberlain. Wallace holds down four of the top six scoring games in school history, scoring 54 points vs. Georgia in his senior year.

    43 Kevin Joyce 1970-71
    The third number retired in USC history was number 43 of Kevin Joyce. Joyce scored 1,400 points in his three years at South Carolina, averaging 20.4 points per game as a senior. Joyce, though, may be best known for out-jumping UNC's Lee Dedmon (6-10) with four seconds left in the 1971 ACC Tournament title game, tapping the ball to Tom Owens for the winning bucket. Joyce was a member of the 1972 U.S. Olympic team.

    Women's Basketball
    13 Martha Parker 1985-89
    Parker averaged 13.9 points and 5.9 rebounds a game and ranks fifth on the all-time South Carolina scoring list with 1,728 career points was named to the All-American team on three occasions, including a first-team honor in 1988-89. Parker is second on the all-time steals list with 284. Parker started all but two games in her South Carolina career (122 starts in 124 games).

    53 Sheila Foster 1978-82
    A 6-1 center-forward, Sheila Foster rewrote the South Carolina women's record book during her tremendous career at USC and many of her records still stand today. The school's all-time leading scorer with 2,266 points, Foster established herself as one of the dominant power forwards in collegiate basketball. The native of Spartanburg, South Carolina, started every game (134 games) during her four years. In addition, Foster holds the distinction of being the Gamecocks' all-time leading rebounder 1,427 rebounds. During her four years, Foster averaged 16.9 points and 10.6 rebounds per game. As a senior, she averaged her career high of 20.2 points and 10.9 boards per game.

    USC Sport Conference Affiliations

    USC Football Conference Affiliations
    Southern Conference 1933-52
    Atlantic Coast Conference 1953-70
    Independent 1971-91
    Southeastern Conference 1992-current

    USC Men's Basketball Conference Affiliations
    Southern Conference 1922-23 through 1952-53 seasons
    Atlantic Coast Conference 1953-54 through 1970-71 seasons
    Metro Conference 1983-84 through 1990-91 seasons
    Southeastern Conference 1991-92-current

    USC Women's Basketball Conference Affiliations
    Independent 1974-75-1982-83
    Metro Conference 1983-84-1990-91
    Southeastern Conference 1991-92-current

    USC Men's Soccer Conference Affiliations
    Independent 1978-92, 95-2004
    Metro Conference 1993-1994
    Conference USA 2005-current
    * Men's soccer is not a sponsored sport in the SEC.

    USC Women's Soccer Conference Affiliations
    Southeastern Conference 1995-current

    USC Softball Conference Affiliations
    Independent 1974-1996
    Southeastern Conference* 1997-current
    *The SEC did not sponsor softball as a sport until the 1997 season.

    USC Volleyball Conference Affiliations
    Independent 1967-82
    Metro Conference 1983-90
    Southeastern Conference 1991-current

    USC Women's Tennis Conference Affiliations
    Independent 1974-83
    Metro Conference 1984-91
    Southeastern Conference 1992-current

    USC Men's Tennis Conference Affiliations
    Atlantic Coast Conference 1954-71
    Independent 1972-83
    Metro Conference 1984-91
    Southeastern Conference 1992-current

    USC Baseball Conference Affiliations
    Independent 1892-1983
    Metro Conference 1984-1991
    Southeastern Conference 1992-current

    USC Men's Swimming and Diving Conference Affiliations
    Atlantic Coast Conference 1963-64-1970-71
    Independent 1971-72-1982-83
    Metro Conference 1983-84-1990-91
    Southeastern Conference 1991-92-current

    USC Women's Swimming and Diving Conference Affiliations
    Independent 1975-76-1982-83
    Metro Conference 1983-84-1990-91
    Southeastern Conference 1991-92-current

    USC Women's Golf Conference Affiliations
    Independent 1980-87
    Metro Conference 1988-91
    Southeastern Conference 1992-current

    USC Men's Golf Conference Affiliations
    Atlantic Coast Conference 1952-70
    Independent 1971-83
    Metro Conference 1984-91
    Southeastern Conference 1992-current

    USC Men's Track and Field Conference Affiliations
    Atlantic Coast Conference 1953-71
    Independent 1972-83
    Metro Conference 1984-91
    Southeastern Conference 1992-current

    USC Women's Track and Field Conference Affiliations
    Southeastern Conference 1991-current

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