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South Dakota Coyotes
University	University of South Dakota
Conference	Summit League (primary) Missouri Valley Football Conference
NCAA	Division I (FCS)
Athletic director	Jon Schemmel
Location	Vermillion, South Dakota
Varsity teams	18 (7 men's, 11 women's)
Football stadium	DakotaDome
Basketball arena	Sanford Coyote Sports Center
Mascot	Charlie Coyote
Nickname	Coyotes
Fight song	Hail, South Dakota!
Colors	Red and white
Website	goyotes.com

The South Dakota Coyotes, also known as the USD Coyotes (locally /ˈkaɪoʊts/ KY-ohts), are the athletic teams for the University of South Dakota. Their team colors are vermilion and white. They have been members of Summit League of the NCAA's Division I since the 2011–12 school year. The football team plays in Division I's Football Championship Subdivision as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The Coyotes were charter members of the Division II North Central Conference and were members until 2008 when it upgraded to Division I.

Before the 2016–17 school year, most of the Coyotes' athletic events were held in the multi-purpose DakotaDome, located in Vermillion, South Dakota. Football and basketball were the main events for the venue, followed by volleyball, indoor track, and swimming. The basketball and volleyball teams moved to the new Sanford Coyote Sports Center upon its opening in August 2016; the other aforementioned sports remain at the DakotaDome.

Sports sponsored

A primary member of the Summit League, the University of South Dakota sponsors teams in seven men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports. The football program competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

The Coyote softball team appeared in one Women's College World Series in 1971.

The Coyote women's basketball team made its first NCAA Division 1 Tournament appearance in 2014.

The Coyote women's basketball team won the WNIT Championship over Florida Gulf Coast in 2016.

The Coyote Volleyball team made its first NCAA Division 1 Tournament Appearance in 2018.

National championships

Team

References

1. University of South Dakota Graphic Standards and Editorial Guide. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
2. Plummer, William; Floyd, Larry C. (2013). A Series Of Their Own: History Of The Women's College World Series. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States: Turnkey Communications Inc. ISBN 978-0-9893007-0-4.

SD Coyotes Sports Talk

External links

• Official website

v t e The University of South Dakota
Academics	School of Law Sanford School of Medicine
Athletics	Programs South Dakota Coyotes Football Men's basketball Women's basketball Rivalries South Dakota State North Dakota (Sitting Bull Trophy)
Campus	Belbas Center DakotaDome Inman House National Music Museum Old Main Sanford Coyote Sports Center W. H. Over Museum
Media	KAOR South Dakota Review Vermillion Literary Project Magazine
Related	List of people (School of Law)

v t e Sports teams based in the Dakotas
Baseball	AA: Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks Sioux Falls Canaries NwL: Badlands Big Sticks Bismarck Larks Minot Hot Tots IndL: Spearfish Sasquatch
Basketball	NBA G League: Sioux Falls Skyforce
Hockey	ECHL: Rapid City Rush USHL: Fargo Force Sioux Falls Stampede NAHL: Aberdeen Wings Bismarck Bobcats Minot Minotauros Watertown Shamrocks
Roller derby	WFTDA: Fargo Moorhead Derby Girls Sioux Falls Roller Dollz
Soccer	NPSL: Dakota Fusion FC Sioux Falls Thunder FC
College athletics	NCAA Division I North Dakota Fighting Hawks North Dakota State Bison South Dakota Coyotes South Dakota State Jackrabbits NCAA Division II Augustana Vikings Black Hills State Yellow Jackets Mary Marauders Minot State Beavers Northern State Wolves Sioux Falls Cougars South Dakota Mines Hardrockers NAIA Dakota State Trojans

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