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Missouri Valley Conference's logo in SIU's colors. A member of the Missouri Valley Conference, Southern Illinois University Carbondale currently sponsors 16 sports—eight each for men and women—in NCAA-sanctioned competition. The most recent change to the roster of SIU sports came at the end of the 2016–17 school year, when the school ...
The first official season of Southern Illinois football took place in 1913. Their first game was a win against Anna High School. [3] [4]In 1983, the Salukis began the year ranked 8th in the NCAA Division I-AA rankings.
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.
The 2023–24 Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball team represented Southern Illinois University Carbondale during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Salukis, led by fifth-year head coach Bryan Mullins , played their home games at the Banterra Center in Carbondale, Illinois as members of the Missouri Valley ...
The 2023 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University Carbondale as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by eight-year head coach Nick Hill, the Salukis played their home games at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.
The 2024–25 Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball team represents Southern Illinois University Carbondale during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Salukis, led by first-year head coach Scott Nagy, play their home games at the Banterra Center in Carbondale, Illinois as members of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC).
On June 20, 2019, Southern Illinois University Director of Athletics Jerry Kill announced Lance Rhodes as the program's new head coach. Rhodes is a Sikeston, Missouri, native, and joined the Saluki baseball program from the University of Missouri, where he had served as the head assistant and recruiting coordinator. Prior to his time at the ...
The landmark tower is a symbol of the university and was previously used in SIU's logo. The Old Main Building as seen before its destruction by fire in 1969. Southern Illinois Normal College was chartered by an act of the Twenty-Sixth Illinois General Assembly on March 9, 1869, the second state-supported normal school to be created in Illinois ...