All-Time Conference Championships

(Regular Season and Tournament)

Men’s Basketball (15)
1935 - Big Six – Louis Menze
1941 - Big Six – Louis Menze
1944 - Big Six – Louis Menze
1945 - Big Six – Louis Menze
1955 - Big Seven Holiday Tournament – Bill Strannigan
1959 - Big Eight Holiday Tournament – Glen Anderson
1996 - Big Eight Tournament- Tim Floyd
2000 - Big 12 Regular Season and Tournament - Larry Eustachy
2001 - Big 12 – Larry Eustachy
2014 - Big 12 Tournament – Fred Hoiberg
2015 - Big 12 Tournament – Fred Hoiberg
2017 - Big 12 Tournament – Steve Prohm
2019 - Big 12 Tournament – Steve Prohm
2024—Big 12 Tournament – T.J. Otzelberger

Women’s Basketball (3)
2000 - Big 12 Regular Season and Tournament – Bill Fennelly
2001 - Big 12 Tournament – Bill Fennelly
2023 - Big 12 Tournament - Bill Fennelly

Men’s Cross Country (28)
1911—Missouri Valley – Ned Merriam
1913—Missouri Valley – Ned Merriam
1914—Missouri Valley – Ned Merriam
1915—Missouri Valley – Ned Merriam
1916—Missouri Valley – Ned Merriam
1917—Missouri Valley – Ned Merriam
1919—Missouri Valley – Ned Merriam
1920—Missouri Valley – Ned Merriam
1921—Missouri Valley – Art Smith
1922—Missouri Valley – Art Smith
1923—Missouri Valley – Beanie Beanblossom
1926—Missouri Valley – Robert I. Simpson
1930 - Big Six – Robert Simpson
1931 - Big Six – Robert Simpson
1974 - Big Eight – Bill Bergan
1981 - Big Eight - Bill Bergan
1983 - Big Eight - Bill Bergan
1984 - Big Eight - Bill Bergan
1987 - Big Eight - Bill Bergan
1988 - Big Eight - Bill Bergan
1989 - Big Eight - Bill Bergan
1990 - Big Eight - Bill Bergan
1991 - Big Eight - Bill Bergan
1993 - Big Eight - Bill Bergan
1994 - Big Eight - Bill Bergan
2017 - Big 12 – Martin Smith
2018 - Big 12 - Martin Smith
2019 - Big 12 - Martin Smith

Women’s Cross Country (16)
1975 - Big Eight – Chris Murray
1976 - Big Eight - Chris Murray
1977 - Big Eight - Chris Murray
1978 - Big Eight - Chris Murray
1979 - Big Eight - Chris Murray
1981 - Big Eight – Ron Renko
1983 - Big Eight - Ron Renko
1990 - Big Eight – Dick Lee
2011 - Big 12 – Corey Ihmels
2012 - Big 12 - Corey Ihmels
2013 - Big 12 – Andrea Grove-McDonough
2014 - Big 12 - Andrea Grove-McDonough
2016 - Big 12 - Andrea Grove-McDonough
2017 - Big 12 - Andrea Grove-McDonough
2018 - Big 12 – Amy Rudolph
2020 - Big 12 - Amy Rudolph

Football (3)
1911—Missouri Valley—Clyde Williams
1912—Missouri Valley—Clyde Williams
2004 - Big 12 – North Division – Dan McCarney

Men’s Golf (3)
1940 - Big Six – Hugo Otopalik
1947 – Big Six – Jack McGuire
1953 - Big Seven - Jack McGuire

Women’s Golf (1)
1993 - Big Eight – Julie Manning

Women’s Gymnastics (4)
1975 - Big Eight – Char Christiansen
1977 - Big Eight – Karmen Boothe
2000 - Big 12 – Amy Pyle
2006 - Big 12 – K.J. Kindler

Softball (2)
1976 - Big Eight – Mike Anthony
1978 - Big Eight – Lucille Gecewicz

Women’s Swimming and Diving (1)
1974 - Big Eight – Deidre Singleton

Men’s Track and Field (22)
INDOORS (9):
1944 - Big Six – George S. Bretnall
1945 - Big Six - George S. Bretnall
1946 - Big Six - George S. Bretnall
1984 - Big Eight – Bill Bergan
1986 - Big Eight - Bill Bergan
1990 - Big Eight - Bill Bergan
1991 - Big Eight - Bill Bergan
1993 - Big Eight – Steve Lynn
2020 - Big 12 – Martin Smith

OUTDOORS (13):
1908—Missouri Valley—Jack Watson
1944 - Big Six - George S. Bretnall
1945 - Big Six - George S. Bretnall
1981 - Big Eight - Bill Bergan
1983 - Big Eight - Bill Bergan
1984 - Big Eight - Bill Bergan
1985 - Big Eight - Bill Bergan
1986 - Big Eight - Bill Bergan
1988 - Big Eight - Bill Bergan
1991 - Big Eight - Bill Bergan
1992 - Big Eight - Bill Bergan
1993 - Big Eight – Steve Lynn
1994 - Big Eight – Steve Lynn

Women’s Track and Field (11)
INDOORS (5):
1974 - Big Eight – Chris Murray
1975 - Big Eight - Chris Murray
1977 - Big Eight - Chris Murray
1978 - Big Eight - Chris Murray
1979 -Big Eight - Chris Murray

OUTDOORS (6):
1974 - Big Eight - Chris Murray
1975 - Big Eight - Chris Murray
1976 - Big Eight - Chris Murray
1977 - Big Eight - Chris Murray
1978 - Big Eight - Chris Murray
1979 - Big Eight - Chris Murray

Wrestling (18)
1929 - Big Six – Hugo Otopalik
1933 - Big Six - Hugo Otopalik
1937 - Big Six - Hugo Otopalik
1941 - Big Six - Hugo Otopalik
1942 - Big Six - Hugo Otopalik
1947 - Big Six - Hugo Otopalik
1958 - Big Seven – Harold Nichols
1970 - Big Eight - Harold Nichols
1976 - Big Eight - Harold Nichols
1977 - Big Eight - Harold Nichols
1979 - Big Eight - Harold Nichols
1980 - Big Eight - Harold Nichols
1982 - Big Eight - Harold Nichols
1987 - Big Eight – Jim Gibbons
2007 - Big 12 – Cael Sanderson
2008 - Big 12 - Cael Sanderson
2009 - Big 12 - Cael Sanderson
2024 - Big 12 - Kevin Dresser

Discontinued Programs

Men’s gymnastics (10)
1965 - Big Eight – Ed Gagnier
1966 - Big Eight - Ed Gagnier
1967 - Big Eight - Ed Gagnier
1969 - Big Eight - Ed Gagnier
1970 - Big Eight - Ed Gagnier
1971 - Big Eight - Ed Gagnier
1972 - Big Eight - Ed Gagnier
1973 - Big Eight - Ed Gagnier
1974 - Big Eight - Ed Gagnier
1975 - Big Eight - Ed Gagnier

Baseball (4)
1936 - Big Six – Joe Truskowski
1957 - Big Seven – L.C. “Cap” Timm
1970 - Big Eight - L.C. “Cap” Timm
1971 - Big Eight - L.C. “Cap” Timm

Men’s Swimming and Diving (20)
1929 - Big Six – Jake Daubert
1931 - Big Six - Jake Daubert
1932 - Big Six - Jake Daubert
1933 - Big Six - Jake Daubert
1934 - Big Six - Jake Daubert
1936 - Big Six - Jake Daubert
1938 - Big Six – Charles McCaffree
1939 - Big Six - Charles McCaffree
1940 - Big Six - Charles McCaffree
1941 - Big Six - Charles McCaffree
1942 - Big Six – Jack McGuire
1947 - Big Six - Jack McGuire
1948 - Big 7 - Jack McGuire
1949 - Big 7 - Jack McGuire
1951 - Big 7 - Jack McGuire
1954 - Big 7 - Jack McGuire
1967 - Big Eight - Jack McGuire
1976 - Big Eight - Jack McGuire
1977 - Big Eight - Jack McGuire
1995 - Big Eight- Trip Hedrick

Men’s Tennis (1)
1946 - Big Six – Harry Schmidt

Iowa State Conference Affiliations

1907-1927—Missouri Valley (Iowa State, Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma State, Kansas, Oklahoma, Drake, Iowa, Kansas State, Grinnell, Washington U.)
1928-1947—Big Six (Iowa State, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Kansas State)
1948-1957—Big Seven (Iowa State, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Kansas State, Colorado)
1958-1995—Big Eight (Iowa State, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Kansas State, Colorado, Oklahoma State)
1996-2012—Big 12 (Iowa State, Oklahoma, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Texas, Baylor, Texas Tech, Nebraska, Colorado, Texas A&M, Missouri)

2012-2023--Big 12 (Iowa State, Oklahoma, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Texas, Baylor, Texas Tech, TCU, West Virginia)

2023—Big 12 (Iowa State, Oklahoma, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Texas, Baylor, Texas Tech, TCU, West Virginia, UCF, Cincinnati, Houston, BYU)

2024**—Big 12 (Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Baylor, Texas Tech, TCU, West Virginia, UCF, Cincinnati, Houston, BYU, Colorado, Arizona, Arizona State, Utah)

Note: The Big Eight Conference was founded on Jan. 12, 1907. On that date, representatives of five Midland universities gathered to form what was then known as the “Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association.” That name was dropped in 1964 when the league officially became known as the Big Eight Conference. The original five were Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa and Washington University of St. Louis. Iowa State and Drake were added in 1908, and Iowa dropped out following the 1910-11 season.

Kansas State was admitted in 1913, Grinnell in 1919 and Oklahoma a year later. Oklahoma State came aboard in 1925 to grow the league to an all-time high 10 members. On May 19, 1928, six of the seven state institutions—Oklahoma State was the exception—formally organized into a separate conference, the Big Six. On Dec. 12, 1947, the University of Colorado joined the league, and on June 1, 1957, Oklahoma State returned to the conference and the name became the Big Eight.

*Nebraska (1996-2011), Colorado (1996-2011), Texas A&M (1996-2012) and Missouri (1996-2012) were founding Big 12 Conference members. TCU and West Virginia joined the league in 2012. UCF, Cincinnati, Houston and BYU joined the league on July 1, 2023.

**Texas and Oklahoma will leave the league on June 30, 2024; Colorado, Arizona, Arizona State and Utah will join on July 1, 2024.

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