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La Salle University (/ l ə ˈ s æ l /) is a private, Catholic university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The university was founded in 1863 by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and named for St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle .
The war reduced the number of male students at the university, so the football program ended in 1941. It was revived in 1997 and joined the MAAC football league in 1999. At the end of the 2007 Football season, in which the team finished 0–10, it was announced that La Salle would again be discontinuing the Football program.
La Salle was a pre-war founding member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 1924. [2] In September 1980, La Salle announced it would withdraw from competing in the NCAA after a violent game with the Letran Knights. [3] In 1986, La Salle was accepted as a member of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP ...
College Hall is the original academic building on La Salle University's campus. It is located at 1900 W. Olney Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.College Hall presently houses the Schools of Business and Business Administration, the Campus Ministry Center and the La Salle University Archives.
The Explorers, a member of the Big 5, have long-standing rivalries with multiple institutions including Temple University, University of Pennsylvania, Saint Joseph's University, and Villanova University. La Salle also has a rivalry with Drexel University who were previously a member of the now defunct City 6, and who were added to the Big 5 in ...
La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, adopted the nickname "Explorers" for its athletic teams after René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. La Salle University is named after Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, the French priest, educator and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. In 1931, a sportswriter ...
Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, founder of the De La Salle Brothers and Patron Saint of all teachers. Lasallian educational institutions [1] are educational institutions affiliated with the De La Salle Brothers, a Catholic religious teaching order founded by French priest Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, who was canonized in 1900 and proclaimed by Pope Pius XII as patron saint of all teachers ...
Fran Dunphy, the current head coach of the La Salle Explorers. The following is a list of La Salle Explorers men's basketball head coaches. There have been 20 head coaches of the Explorers in their 93-season history. [1] La Salle's current head coach is Fran Dunphy.