Southern Utah Thunderbirds

The Southern Utah Thunderbirds are the varsity athletic teams representing Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah in intercollegiate athletics. The university sponsors seventeen teams including six men’s sports: basketball, cross country, football, golf, and track and field and nine women's sports: basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, track and field, and volleyball. The baseball program was dropped after the 2011–12 season.[2] The Thunderbirds compete in NCAA Division I and joined the Big Sky Conference on July 1, 2012 after departing from The Summit League.[3]

Southern Utah Thunderbirds
UniversitySouthern Utah University
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
NCAADivision I / FCS
Athletic directorDebbie Corum
LocationCedar City, Utah
Varsity teams15 (6 men's and 9 women's)
Football stadiumEccles Coliseum
Basketball arenaAmerica First Event Center
Soccer stadiumThunderbird Park Complex
NicknameThunderbirds
ColorsScarlet and White[1]
         
Websitewww.suutbirds.com
Big Sky Conference logo in Southern Utah's colors

In 2022, the Thunderbirds plan to leave the Big Sky Conference and join the Western Athletic Conference.[4]

Varsity sports

A member of the Big Sky Conference. SUU sponsors teams in six men's and nine women's NCAA sanctioned sports. [5]

Men's sports Women's sports
BasketballBasketball
Cross countryCross country
FootballGolf
GolfGymnastics
Track and field†Soccer
Softball
Track and field†
Volleyball
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor

References
  1. "SUU Font & Color | Marketing Communications". Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  2. http://www.sltrib.com. "College baseball: Southern Utah mourns, celebrates dropped program | The Salt Lake Tribune". Sltrib.com. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  3. "Big Sky Conference - Member Institutions". Bigskyconf.com. July 1, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  4. "WAC adds Southern Utah University, and will play football in 2022". ABC4 Utah. January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  5. "Southern Utah Thunderbirds". Southern Utah University. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
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