This is a list of Michigan State Spartans' varsity and club athletic team national championships and runner-up finishes.
Michigan State University has 29 varsity sports teams that compete under the Spartan nickname. The university participates in the NCAA's Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all varsity sports. Michigan State offers 14 varsity sports for men and 15 for women.[1]
The university's current interim athletic director is Bill Beekman, following the resignation of Mark Hollis.[1]
MSU's Spartan Marching Band or Spartan Brass plays the fight song at every university event. Michigan State University was the first NCAA Division I athletic program to have multiple national championships in both football and basketball, as well as the only school to have multiple national championships in football, basketball, and hockey.
Varsity Team National Championships
1939 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA
1948 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA
1949 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA
1951 - Boxing - NCAA
1951 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Billingsley, Helms, Poling
1952 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA
1952 - Football - No. 1 ranking by AP, Billingsley, Boand, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, Helms, Litkenhous, NCF, Sagarin, UPI, Williamson
1955 - Boxing - NCAA
1955 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA
1955 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Boand
1956 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA
1957 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Billingsley, Dunkel, Sagarin
1958 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA D1
1958 - Men's Gymnastics - NCAA
1959 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA D1
1965 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Berryman, DeVold, Dunkel, Football News, FWAA, Helms, Litkenhous, NFF, Poling, Sagarin, UPI
1966 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Football Research, Helms, NFF, Poling
1966 - Men's Ice Hockey - NCAA
1967 - Men's Soccer - NCAA
1967 - Wrestling - NCAA D1
1968 - Men's Soccer - NCAA
1976 - Softball - AIAW
1979 - Cheerleading - UCA Co-ed D1A
1979 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
1986 - Men's Ice Hockey - NCAA D1
2000 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
2007 - Men's Ice Hockey - NCAA D1
2014 - Women's Cross Country - NCAA D1
Varsity Team National Runners-up
1941 - Wrestling - NCAA
1942 - Wrestling - NCAA
1943 - Boxing - NCAA
1948 - Boxing - NCAA
1948 - Wrestling - NCAA
1949 - Boxing - NCAA
1950 - Boxing - NCAA
1950 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA
1951 - Men's Swimming and Diving - NCAA
1952 - Boxing - NCAA
1957 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA
1959 - Men's Ice Hockey - NCAA
1960 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA D1
1964 - Men's Soccer - NCAA
1965 - Men's Soccer - NCAA
1970 - Wrestling - NCAA D1
1972 - Men's Indoor Track and Field - NCAA
1972 - Wrestling - NCAA D1
1987 - Men's Ice Hockey - NCAA D1
2005 - Women's Basketball - NCAA D1
2009 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
Basketball NCAA Final Four Appearances
1957 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
1979 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1 (Champion)
1999 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
2000 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1 (Champion)
2001 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
2005 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
2005 - Women's Basketball - NCAA D1 (Runner-up)
2009 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1 (Runner-up)
2010 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
2015 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
2019 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
Club Team National Championships
1989 - Equestrian - Western - IHSA
1990 - Equestrian - Western - IHSA (co-champion)
1998 - Archery - Mixed Men and Women's Olympic Style - USCA USIAC
2 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Titles
1903
1905
Men's Cross Country
14 Big Ten Titles
1951
1952
1953
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1962
1963
1968
1970
1971
Women's Cross Country
6 Big Ten Titles
1981
2001
2010
2011
2013
2014
Field Hockey
4 Big Ten Titles
2001
2003
2004
2009
2 Big Ten Tournament Titles
2009
2013
Men's Soccer
1 Big Ten Title
2008
3 Big Ten Tournament Titles
2004
2008
2012
Volleyball
2 Big Ten Titles
1995
1996
Winter Sports
Men's Basketball
16 Big Ten Titles
1957
1959
1967
1978
1979
1990
1998
1999
2000
2001
2009
2010
2012
2018
2019
2020
6 Big Ten Tournament Titles
1999
2000
2012
2014
2016
2019
Women's Basketball
3 Big Ten Titles
1997
2005
2011
1 Big Ten Tournament Title
2005
Men's Ice Hockey
7 Central Collegiate Hockey Association Titles
1985
1986
1989
1990
1998
1990
2001
2 WCHA Tournament Titles
1966
1967
5 Big Ten Titles
1959
1967
1971
1973
1976
11 CCHA Tournament Titles
1982
1983
1984
1985
1987
1989
1990
1998
2000
2001
2006
Men's Indoor Track
3 Big Ten Titles
1966
1972
1999
Men's Swimming
1 Big Ten Title
1957
Women’s Gymnastics
2 Big Ten Titles
2022
2023
Wrestling
8 Big Ten Titles
1961
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
Spring Sports
Baseball
4 Big Ten Titles
1954
1971
1979
2010
5 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Titles
1888
1889
1893
1894
1902
Men's Golf
4 Big Ten Titles
1969
2005
2007
2008
Women's Golf
11 Big Ten Titles
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1982
2001
2007
2011
2012
2014
Men's Outdoor Track
3 Big Ten Titles
1965
1966
1972
15 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Titles
1889
1890
1892
1895
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
Women's Outdoor Track
1 Big Ten Title
1982
Rowing
3 Big Ten Titles
2005
2008
2009
Men's Tennis
2 Big Ten Titles
1951
1967
1 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Title
1907
Women's Tennis
2 Big Ten Titles
1973
1974
Notes
^"Michigan State names Bill Beekman as interim athletic director". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
^"From Worst to First: No. 2 Michigan State University Claims Fourth Men's National Collegiate Club Championship by Downing No. 1 University of California-San Diego, 12-11". 14 November 2021.