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The band forms the core of the student section at intercollegiate football games hosted by Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt Stadium and performs at all Vanderbilt Commodores home football games, as well as a select number of away games. The Spirit of Gold works with the Office of the Dean of Students to coordinate the band's performances at football games.
The Vanderbilt Commodores are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tennessee.Vanderbilt fields 16 varsity teams (6 men's teams and 10 women's teams), 14 of which compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
After attending Tuskegee University, where he received all-conference selections in the SIAC, [2] he considered playing tennis professionally but decided to continue his career with the Commodores. [1] King was also hired by a digital computer company to write software but gave that up as well to join the band. [3]
Vandy's first ever Academic All-American. Hall stood at just 5-10 and weighed 175 pounds. He is a member of the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame and Vandy Athletics Hall of Fame [34] C. M. Hamilton 1915 Guard: All-Southern (1914) Ed Hamilton: 1908 End: All-Southern (1904, 1905) [35] Lewie Hardage: 1912 Running back
The Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team represents Vanderbilt University in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Commodores have won three SEC regular-season titles ( 1965 , 1974 and 1993 ) and two SEC Tournament championships ( 1951 and 2012 ).
The Spirit of Gold Marching Band plays Vanderbilt's fight song, "Dynamite" "Dynamite" is the official fight song of Vanderbilt University, written by Vanderbilt alumni Francis Craig in 1938 a week prior to a football game between the college and the University of Tennessee. [1]
In 1972, the Commodores signed with Berry Gordy and Motown Records. McClary spent 15 years as the lead guitarist for the Commodores. His guitar solo in the Commodores song "Easy" earned him his first write-up in Rolling Stone and was called "one of the best solo guitar performances of all time" by writer Dave Thompson. [1]
The Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team is an American National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college baseball team from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. The team participates in the Eastern division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and plays its home games on campus at Hawkins Field .