Fairleigh Dickinson Knights

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Fairleigh Dickinson Knights
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University Fairleigh Dickinson University
Conference Northeast Conference
NCAA Division I
Athletic director Bradford Hurlbut
Location Teaneck, New Jersey
Varsity teams20
Basketball arena Rothman Center
Baseball stadium Naimoli Family Baseball Complex
MascotKnightro
Nickname Knights
ColorsBurgundy and blue [1]
   
Website fduknights.com

The Fairleigh Dickinson Knights refer to the 17 intercollegiate sports teams representing Fairleigh Dickinson University's Metropolitan campus in Teaneck & Hackensack, New Jersey. Fairleigh Dickinson's Florham Campus has a different mascot, the Fairleigh Dickinson Blue Devils. Fairleigh Dickinson University or (FDU) offers a variety of sports on the Division I level. The women's bowling team has won two national titles: in 2006 and 2010. The men's basketball team has reached the NCAA Tournament seven times in the program's history (1985, 1988, 1998, 2005, 2016, 2019, and 2023). The Knights compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Northeast Conference. [2]

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In 2023, the men's basketball team created one of the biggest upsets in the NCAA tournament history by overcoming a 23.5 point spread to knock off Purdue. In doing so, the Knights became the second team in history as a 16-seed team to defeat a 1-seed team.

Sports sponsored

A member of the Northeast Conference, Fairleigh Dickinson sponsors teams in nine men's and eleven women's NCAA sanctioned sports: [3]

Men's sportsWomen's sports
Baseball Basketball
Basketball Bowling
Cross countryCross country
GolfFencing
SoccerGolf
TennisLacrosse
Track and fieldSoccer
VolleyballSoftball
Tennis
Track and field
Volleyball
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor.

Men's basketball

Men's soccer

Toby Kim has been coach of the soccer team for over a quarter of a century, and was named 2000 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Coach of the Year. As of 2022, he was the winningest coach in FDU men's soccer history (223-186-65, .538), the winningest coach in Northeast Conference history (115-60-37, .626), and the ninth active-winningest-coach in NCAA Division I. [4]

Jacob Lissek holds the Knights' all-time career record for shutouts (26). [5] [6] [7]

Women's bowling

The Knights bowling team won the NCAA Bowling National Championship in 2006 and 2010.

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The 2024–25 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's basketball team represents Fairleigh Dickinson University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Knights, led by second-year head coach Jack Castleberry, play their home games at the Bogota Savings Bank Center in Hackensack, New Jersey, as members of the Northeast Conference.

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