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The Louisiana State University official team nickname is the Fighting Tigers, Tigers or Lady Tigers. [3] At one time, the "Lady Tigers" nickname was used only in sports that have teams for both men and women—specifically basketball, cross country, golf, swimming and diving, tennis, and track and field (indoor and outdoor); however, since 2017, only women's basketball, cross country, and ...
The LSU Tigers women's basketball team represents Louisiana State University in NCAA Division I women's college basketball. The head coach is Kim Mulkey, the former head coach at Baylor University, who was hired on April 25, 2021 to replace Nikki Fargas, who had been head coach since the 2011–2012 season. The team plays its home games in the ...
Nickname. LSU's men's and women's sports teams are called the Fighting Tigers, Tigers or Lady Tigers.. During its first three sports seasons, LSU played without a nickname. For the inaugural LSU–Tulane football game in 1893, the New Orleans newspapers referred to the LSU football team as the Baton Rouge "boys", but that was not an official nickname.
Everybody wants a piece of the Tigers, who are preseason ranked No. 1 for the first time. They tip-off the 2023-24 season against Colorado in the Hall of Fame Classic Monday night (6:30 p.m., TNT).
The LSU brand extends throughout all the sports teams, from baseball and football, to women’s basketball. But Price says things changed when Mulkey took over. The program just felt different.
Mike the Tiger. Mike the Tiger is the mascot of Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and serves as the graphic image of LSU sports. Mike is the name of both the live and costumed mascots. By tradition the tiger is a live Bengal tiger, although the current mascot and his two immediate predecessors are mixed-breeds.
The LSU Tiger Girls were established as a danceline for the LSU men's and women's basketball teams. The all-female squad performs during all home games and other university and non-university sponsored functions. The Tiger Girls also compete against other universities dance teams in competitions sanctioned by the Universal Dance Association ...
Since November 2021, Brian Kelly has served as LSU's head coach. [ 2] The team has played more than 1,200 games over 124 seasons of LSU football. [ 1] Twelve coaches have led the Tigers in postseason bowl games: Bernie Moore, Gus Tinsley, Paul Dietzel, Charlie McClendon, Jerry Stovall, Bill Arnsparger, Mike Archer, Gerry DiNardo, Nick Saban ...