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Southern Illinois University was a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference from 1913 to 1962. The school is currently a member of the Missouri Valley Conference in most sports. The football team is a member of the Division I Football Championship Subdivision Missouri Valley Football Conference.
Southern Illinois University's intercollegiate athletic teams are collectively known as the Southern Illinois Salukis. The university first sponsored athletic teams during the 1913–14 school year, when they were informally known as the Maroons. Students and faculty began lobbying for a new name and mascot during the late 1940s.
The Salukis are a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference and play in Saluki Stadium on the campus of Southern Illinois University Carbondale in Carbondale, Illinois, which has a seating capacity of 15,000. The Salukis are coached by Nick Hill, [2] who was the starting quarterback for the Salukis in 2006 and 2007.
Prior to joining the NCAA, the Salukis competed in the NAIA men's basketball.Appearing five times, with a combined tournament record of 9 wins and 4 losses. Most notable tournament appearances came in 1945, in which the Salukis finished third, and then the following year in the 1946 tournament where the Salukis were NAIA national champions.
One poor five-year-old girl just wanted a high-five from the Southern Illinois Salukis' mascot after Tuesday night's loss to Wichita State. But as she approached the mascot, she got trampled instead.
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Rep. Maurice West, D-Rockford, is leading House Bill 5617 which would prohibit the use of a Native American name, logo, or mascot by public schools. West is seen on the House floor at the Illinois ...
A 1981 mathematics graduate of Central Missouri State University (now the University of Central Missouri), Hewitt also earned his master's degree in athletic administration from CMSU in 1982 and received his Ph.D. in education from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1994; he is also a 2006 executive management graduate of the Sports ...