Saint Louis Billikens | |
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University | Saint Louis University |
Head coach | Darin Hendrickson (17th season) |
Conference | Atlantic 10 |
Location | St. Louis, Missouri |
Home stadium | Billiken Sports Center (Capacity: 500) |
Nickname | Billikens |
Colors | SLU blue and white [1] |
College World Series appearances | |
1965 | |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2018 | |
Conference tournament champions | |
2006, 2010, 2013, 2018 | |
Regular season conference champions | |
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2024 |
The Saint Louis Billikens baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. [2] The team is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Billiken Sports Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The Billikens are coached by Darin Hendrickson.
The Billiken is a charm doll created by an American art teacher and illustrator, Florence Pretz of Kansas City, Missouri, who is said to have seen the mysterious figure in a dream. It is believed that Pretz found the name Billiken in Bliss Carman's 1896 poem "Mr. Moon: A Song Of The Little People". In 1908, she obtained a design patent on the ornamental design of the Billiken, which she sold to the Billiken Company of Chicago. The Billiken was monkey-like with pointed ears, a mischievous smile and a tuft of hair on his pointed head. His arms were short and he was generally sitting with his legs stretched out in front of him. Billiken is known as "The God of Things as They Ought to Be".
Harry Joseph Keough was an American soccer defender who played on the United States national team in their 1–0 upset of England at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He spent most of his club career in his native St. Louis, winning a national junior championship, two National Challenge Cup and seven National Amateur Cup titles. He coached the Saint Louis University men's soccer team to five NCAA Men's Soccer Championships. The Keough Award, named after him, his brother Bill, and his son Ty Keough, is presented each year to the outstanding St. Louis–based male and female professional or college soccer player.
The Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Saint Louis University. The Saint Louis Billikens compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I. Soccer is the main fall sport at SLU, which has not sponsored football since 1949.
The Saint Louis Billikens are the collegiate athletic teams that represent Saint Louis University, located in St. Louis, Missouri. The Billikens compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The school has nationally recognized soccer programs for men and women. The school has heavily invested in its on-campus athletic facilities since the 1990s with the creation of Hermann Stadium and Chaifetz Arena. Chris May is the current director of athletics of the St. Louis Billikens.
Bob Guelker was an American soccer coach and administrator. He coached 24 years at the collegiate level, including coaching St. Louis University to five championships. He coached the U.S. teams at both the 1971 Pan American Games and the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was president of the United States Soccer Football Association from 1967 to 1969 and is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
Wilfred Joseph "Dukes" Duford was an American college football player, coach, and university athletic director. He was the head football coach at Saint Louis University, Saint Ambrose University, and the University of Saint Mary (Kansas).
Henry C. Raymonds was an American basketball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head basketball coach at Christian Brothers College from 1955 to 1961 Marquette University from 1977 to 1983. Raymonds was also the athletic director at Marquette from 1977 to 1987.
Roy Edwin Lee was an American baseball player and collegiate coach. He was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the New York Giants in 1945.
The Billiken Sports Center is a baseball venue in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. It is home to the Saint Louis Billikens baseball team of the NCAA Division I Atlantic 10 Conference. The facility also includes the softball venue used since 2000 by the Billiken softball program. From 1990–1994, the facility was also home to Saint Louis' soccer programs. The baseball facility, built in 1991 and first used in 1992, has a capacity of 500 spectators.
Darin Hendrickson is an American college baseball coach who has been the head coach at Saint Louis since the start of the 2008 season.
The 2010 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 26 through 29 at Campbell's Field in Camden, New Jersey. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Fifth-seeded Saint Louis defeated Charlotte in the title game to win the tournament for the second time, earning the A-10's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA tournament.
The Saint Louis–SIU Edwardsville men's soccer rivalry is an American college soccer rivalry between the Saint Louis University Billikens and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougars. The winner of each year's game receives the Bronze Boot.
Tramaine Isabell is an American professional basketball player for Artland Dragons of the ProA. He played college basketball for the Missouri Tigers, Drexel Dragons, and Saint Louis Billikens.
The 1927 Saint Louis Billikens football team was an American football team that represented Saint Louis University as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In their second and final season under head coach Robert L. Mathews, the Billikens compiled a 5–5 record and outscored opponents by a total of 140 to 101. The team played its home games at St. Louis University Athletic Field and Sportsman's Park in St. Louis.
The 1940 Saint Louis Billikens football team was an American football team that represented Saint Louis University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1940 college football season. In its first season under head coach Dukes Duford, the team compiled an overall record of 3–6–1 record with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, placing fifth in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 113 to 88.
The 1922 Saint Louis Billikens football team was an American football team that represented Saint Louis University as an independent during the 1922 college football season. In their second and final season under head coach Stephen G. O'Rourke, the Billikens compiled a 6–3–1 record and outscored their opponents by a total of 152 to 82. The team played its home games at St. Louis University Athletic Field on the school's campus in St. Louis.
The 1921 Saint Louis Billikens football team was an American football team that represented Saint Louis University as an independent during the 1921 college football season. In their first season under head coach Stephen G. O'Rourke, the Billikens compiled a 4–4–1 record and was outscored by a total of 148 to 76. The team played its home games at St. Louis University Athletic Field on the school's campus and at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis.
The 1915 Saint Louis Billikens football team was an American football team that represented Saint Louis University as an independent during the 1915 college football season. In their second and final season under head coach George Keogan, the Billikens compiled a 4–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 142 to 122. The team played its home games at Sportsman's Park at St. Louis.
The 1914 Saint Louis Billikens football team was an American football team that represented Saint Louis University as an independent during the 1914 college football season. In their first season under head coach George Keogan, the Billikens compiled a record of 4–4. The team played home game at the Saint Louis University campus in St. Louis.
Yuri Collins is an American professional basketball player for the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Saint Louis Billikens of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10).