This is a list of Michigan State Spartans' varsity and club athletic team national championships and runner-up finishes.
Michigan State University has 29 varsity sports teams that compete under the Spartan nickname. The university participates in the NCAA's Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all varsity sports. Michigan State offers 14 varsity sports for men and 15 for women.
The university's current interim athletic director is Bill Beekman, following the resignation of Mark Hollis. [1]
MSU's Spartan Marching Band or Spartan Brass plays the fight song at every university event. Michigan State University was the first NCAA Division I athletic program to have multiple national championships in both football and basketball, as well as the only school to have multiple national championships in football, basketball, and hockey.
Football
1953 | 1965 | 1966 | 1978 |
1987 | 1990 | 2010 | 2013 |
2015 | |||
1903 | 1905 |
Men's Cross Country
1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1955 |
1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
1960 | 1962 | 1963 | 1968 |
1970 | 1971 | ||
Women's Cross Country
1981 | 2001 | 2010 | 2011 |
2013 | 2014 | ||
Field Hockey
2001 | 2003 | 2004 | 2009 |
2009 | 2013 |
Men's Soccer
2008 |
2004 | 2008 | 2012 |
Volleyball
1995 | 1996 |
Men's Basketball
1957 | 1959 | 1967 | 1978 |
1979 | 1990 | 1998 | 1999 |
2000 | 2001 | 2009 | 2010 |
2012 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
1999 | 2000 | 2012 | 2014 |
2016 | 2019 | ||
Women's Basketball
1997 | 2005 | 2011 |
2005 |
Men's Ice Hockey
1985 | 1986 | 1989 | 1990 |
1998 | 1990 | 2001 | |
1966 | 1967 |
1959 | 1967 | 1971 | 1973 | 1976 |
1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 |
1987 | 1989 | 1990 | 1998 |
2000 | 2001 | 2006 |
Men's Indoor Track
1966 | 1972 | 1999 |
Men's Swimming
1957 |
Women’s Gymnastics
2022 | 2023 |
Wrestling
1961 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 |
1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 |
Baseball
1954 | 1971 | 1979 | 2010 |
1888 | 1889 | 1893 | 1894 |
1902 | |||
Men's Golf
1969 | 2005 | 2007 | 2008 |
Women's Golf
1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
1978 | 1982 | 2001 | 2007 |
2011 | 2012 | 2014 | |
Men's Outdoor Track
1965 | 1966 | 1972 |
1889 | 1890 | 1892 | 1895 |
1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 |
1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 |
1905 | 1906 | 1907 | |
Women's Outdoor Track
1982 |
Rowing
2005 | 2008 | 2009 |
Men's Tennis
1951 | 1967 |
1907 |
Women's Tennis
1973 | 1974 |
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