San Diego State Aztecs

{{Short description|Intercollegiate sports teams of San Diego State University}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox college athletics | name = San Diego State Aztecs | logo = San Diego State Aztecs logo.svg | logo_width = 200 | university = San Diego State University | association = NCAA | conference = Mountain West (primary) Pac-12 (starting July 1, 2026) WAC (men's soccer) GCC (women's water polo) Big 12 (women's lacrosse) | division = Division I (FBS) | director = John David Wicker | location = San Diego, California | teams = 17 | stadium = Snapdragon Stadium | basketballarena = Viejas Arena | baseballfield = Tony Gwynn Stadium | softballstadium = SDSU Softball Stadium | soccerstadium = SDSU Sports Deck |mens_teams=6|womens_teams=11|lacrossefield=Aztec Lacrosse Field| natatorium = Aztec Aquaplex | tenniscourt = Aztec Tennis Center |trackvenue=SDSU Sports Deck (aka "Aztrack")|volleyballarena=Peterson Gymnasium| arena2 = | mascot = Spirit Leader<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gomez |first=Luis |date=2018-05-17 |title=A brief history of decades of debate at SDSU about the Aztec name and Aztec Warrior mascot, er, spirit leader |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/sd-san-diego-state-mascot-warrior-brief-history-of-debate-20180517-htmlstory.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613114525/https://www.baltimoresun.com/sd-san-diego-state-mascot-warrior-brief-history-of-debate-20180517-htmlstory.html |archive-date=2021-06-13 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Baltimore Sun |publisher=San Diego Union-Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Price |first=Steve |date=April 3, 2023 |title=Where is San Diego State's Mascot at the NCAA Championship? |url=https://www.cbs8.com/article/sports/ncaa/ncaab/where-is-san-diego-states-mascot/509-dd1bc44e-776f-463a-b99f-9b7f996044f5 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=CBS8 San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Decisions on Aztec Identity {{!}} Former SDSU President Sally Roush's Full Statement |url=https://president.sdsu.edu/moving-forward/aztec-identity/frequently-asked-questions.aspx |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=president.sdsu.edu |language=en}}</ref> | nickname = Aztecs | fightsong = SDSU Fight Song | pageurl = {{url|https://goaztecs.com/}} | altlogo = 200px }}

The '''San Diego State Aztecs''' are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent San Diego State University (SDSU). The university fields 17 varsity teams (6 men's, 11 women's) in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, primarily as a member of the Mountain West Conference (Pac-12 Conference starting in 2026). The Aztecs football team competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest level of NCAA football competition. The Aztecs nickname was chosen by students in 1925; team colors are scarlet (red) and black. As of 2021, athletes from the university had won 14 medals at the Olympic Games.

Its primary conference is the Mountain West Conference; its women's rowing team competes in the American Athletic Conference, its women's water polo team participates in the Golden Coast Conference, and its men's soccer team is a single-sport member of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). The ice hockey team competes in the ACHA with other western region club teams (www.sdsuhockey.com). The university colors are scarlet (red) and black, SDSU's athletic teams are called the "Aztecs", and its mascot is the Aztec Warrior, formerly referred to as "Monty Montezuma".

As of 2021, athletes from the university have won 14 medals at the Olympic Games.

== History == thumb|left|300px|San Diego State Aztecs historical logos. The first major sport on campus was rowing, but it initially had no coaches or tournaments.<ref name="Starr28">Starr, p. 28</ref> Other sports that developed early in the campus's history were tennis, basketball, golf, croquet, and baseball.<ref name="Starr28"/> Early on, the school's football program had such a limited selection of players that faculty had to be used to fill the roster.<ref name="Starr28"/> When the college merged with the junior college in 1921, the college became a member of the Junior College Conference. After the school won most of the conference titles in a variety of sports, the league requested that college leave out of fairness to the smaller schools. For its football program, the team outscored its opponents 249 to 52 in ten games, resulting in the first sales of season tickets in 1923.<ref name="Starr60">Starr, p. 60</ref> From 1925 to 1926, the college played as an independent. It then joined the Southern California Conference in 1926, where it did not win a football conference championship until 1936. However, in other sports including tennis and basketball, it excelled.<ref name="Starr60"/> The college remained with the conference until 1939, when it joined the California Collegiate Athletic Association.<ref name="Starr1025">Starr, p. 102, 105</ref>

The basketball team reached and won multiple championship games during the 1930–1940s, including a conference title in 1931, 1934, 1937, and 1939. It reached the national championship in 1939 and 1940, losing in the final rounds. However, in 1941 the college returned and won the college's first national title.<ref name="Starr1025"/> In track, the team won conference titles in 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, and 1939.<ref name="Starr1025"/> The football team won conference titles in 1936 and 1937, and the baseball team won three conference titles and placed second three times between 1935 and 1941.<ref name="Starr1025"/>

In 1955, the Aztec Club was established and raised $20,000 a year by 1957. The club worked in increasing athletic scholarships, hiring better coaches, and developing the college's intercollegiate athletic programs. In 1956, students approved through a vote of allowing a mandatory student activity fee, with a portion going to athletics. By the end of the decade the budget had doubled to $40,000. The campus's most successful sports program during the 1950s was cross-country, when the team won eight straight conference titles and AAU regional titles and placed high in national competitions. Basketball teams ranged from last in the conference to multiple conference, regional, and national appearances. The football program had its first undefeated team in 1951, but in the last part of the decade earned the worst records in the school's football program under the direction of head coach Paul Governali.<ref name="Starr1445">Starr, p. 144-45</ref>

Under Governali, the campus's football program suffered due to Governali's policy of not recruiting players. To improve the program, Love hired in 1961 Don Coryell, who led the program win three consecutive championships (1966–68), and 104 wins, 19 losses, and 2 ties by the time he left SDSU. Coryell was assisted by John Madden, Joe Gibbs, and Rod Dowhower, among others. In Coryell's first year, attendance at home games averaged 8,000 people, but by 1966 it had doubled to 16,000. This later jumped to 26,000–41,000 per game with the addition of the new San Diego Stadium. At some games, attendance was larger than at San Diego Chargers games. There were several undefeated seasons and many players broke records for most catches, touchdowns, and passing yards. In 1969, San Diego State College moved into NCAA Division I, leaving the California Collegiate Athletic Association. In 1972, Coyrell left to pursue coaching in the NFL.<ref name="Starr15962">Starr, p. 159-62</ref>

Basketball also did well, with the 1967–68 team being ranked the number one college-level team in the nation, although it did not win a national title. The Aztecs also won the 1960 CCAA baseball title and multiple national championships throughout the 1960s in track, cross country, and swimming.<ref name="Starr15962"/>

By 1970–71, the campus had 14 NCAA sports. The 1973 men's volleyball team won the NCAA national championship which was the first NCAA national title since moving to Division I status.<ref name="Starr221">Starr, p. 221</ref>

SDSU competes in NCAA Division I (FBS). Its primary conference is the Mountain West Conference; its women's rowing team competes in the American Athletic Conference, its women's water polo team participates in the Golden Coast Conference, and its men's soccer team is a single-sport member of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). The ice hockey team competes in the ACHA with other western region club teams (www.sdsuhockey.com). The university colors are scarlet (red) and black, SDSU's athletic teams are called the "Aztecs", and its mascot is the Aztec Warrior, formerly referred to as "Monty Montezuma".

==Sports sponsored== {| class="wikitable"; style= "text-align: " ! width= 150px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|San Diego State Aztecs|border=1|color= white }}"| Men's sports ! width= 150px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|San Diego State Aztecs|border=1|color= white }}"| Women's sports |- | Baseball || Basketball |- | Football|| Cross country |- | Basketball|| Golf |- | Golf|| Lacrosse |- | Soccer || Soccer |- | Tennis|| Softball |- | || Swimming & diving |- | || Tennis |- | || Track & field† |- | || Volleyball |- | || Water Polo |- | colspan="2" style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|San Diego State Aztecs}}" | {{small|† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor.}} |}

=== Men's varsity sports ===

====Baseball==== {{main|San Diego State Aztecs baseball}} * Head Coach: Shaun Cole * Stadium: Tony Gwynn Stadium * Conference regular season championships: 5 (1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 2002 • 2004)<ref name=":0" /> * Conference tournament championships: 8 (1990 • 1991 • 2000 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2017 • 2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://themw.com/sports/2019/4/5/2019_BASEBALL_CHAMP.aspx|title=2019 Mountain West Baseball Championship|website=themw.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref> * NCAA Division I Baseball Championship appearances: 14 (1979 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1986 • 1990 • 1991 • 2009 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2017 • 2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/ncaa-baseball-championships-statistics-and-records|title=NCAA Baseball Championships Statistics and Records|last=pbrock|date=2013-11-29|website=NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref>

[[File:MW logo in San Diego State colors.svg|thumb|120px|San Diego State is a member of the Mountain West Conference]] {| class="wikitable" {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=San Diego State Aztecs|Year|Tournament Record|Notes}} |- align="center" | 1979 | 2-2 | Lost in the Mideast Regional finals to Pepperdine. |- align="center" | 1981 | 0–2 | Eliminated by Oral Roberts in the Midwest Regional. |- align="center" | 1982 | 0–2 | Eliminated by Houston in the West II Regional. |- align="center" | 1983 | 1–2 | Eliminated by UC Santa Barbara in the West I Regional semifinals. |- align="center" | 1984 | 3–2 | Lost in the West I Regional finals to Cal State Fullerton. |- align="center" | 1986 | 0–2 | Eliminated by Texas-Pan American in the Central Regional. |- align="center" | 1990 | 3–2 | Lost in the West I Regional finals to Stanford. |- align="center" | 1991 | 0–2 | Eliminated by Portland in the West II Regional. |- align="center" | 2009 | 1–2 | Eliminated by UC Irvine in the Irvine Regional. |- align="center" | 2013 | 0–2 | Eliminated by San Diego in the Los Angeles Regional. |- align="center" | 2014 | 0–2 | Eliminated by Louisiana in the Lafayette Regional. |- align="center" | 2015 | 1–2 | Eliminated by USC in the Charlottesville Regional. |- align="center" | 2017 | 1–2 | Eliminated by Long Beach State in the Long Beach Regional. |- align="center" | 2018 | 0–2 | Eliminated by Northwestern State in the Corvallis Regional. |}

:''See: San Diego State baseball and College baseball''

====Football==== {{main|San Diego State Aztecs football}}

[[File:Snapdragon Stadium interior-Night panorama view 1.jpg|thumb|Snapdragon Stadium, home venue]] [[file:MarshallFaulkSDSUGameBall.jpg|thumb|170px|Marshall Faulk's game ball from the September 14, 1991, game, when he ran for an NCAA record {{convert|386|yd|m}} and scored 44 points]] * Head Coach: Sean Lewis * Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium * Conference championships: 19 (1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1936 • 1937 • 1950 • 1951 • 1962 • 1966 • 1967 • 1969 • 1970 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1986 • 2012 • 2015 • 2016) * NCAA postseason bowl game appearances: 20 (1948 Harbor Bowl • 1952 Pineapple Bowl • 1966 Camellia Bowl • 1967 Camellia Bowl • 1969 Pasadena Bowl • 1986 Holiday Bowl • 1991 Freedom Bowl • 1998 Las Vegas Bowl • 2010 Poinsettia Bowl • 2011 New Orleans Bowl • 2012 Poinsettia Bowl • 2013 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl • 2014 Poinsettia Bowl • 2015 Hawaii Bowl • 2016 Las Vegas Bowl • 2017 Armed Forces Bowl • 2018 Frisco Bowl • 2019 New Mexico Bowl • 2021 Frisco Bowl • 2022 Hawaii Bowl)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/san-diego-state/|title=San Diego State Aztecs Bowls|website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=December 24, 2021}}</ref>

San Diego State University's football team is part of the highest level of American collegiate football, the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I (which was formerly known as Division I-A). SDSU is 10–9 all time in post-season bowl games. They first went to a bowl game in 1948 and first won a major-college bowl game in 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/mountainwest/san_diego_state/bowl_history.php|title=San Diego State Bowl History|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104162836/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/mountainwest/san_diego_state/bowl_history.php|archive-date=2012-11-04|access-date=2012-11-30}}</ref> Until the 2010 season, the Aztec football team had not won a bowl game in the past 37 years. In 2019, the Aztecs reached their 10th straight bowl game.

The Aztecs moved into the new Snapdragon Stadium, located in what had been the parking lot of the team's former home of San Diego Stadium,{{efn|During the Aztecs' tenure in the stadium, the venue was also known as Jack Murphy Stadium, Qualcomm Stadium, and SDCCU Stadium.}} for the 2022 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thedailyaztec.com/97677/news/san-diego-state-announces-multimillion-dollar-donation-to-help-fund-mission-valley-stadium/|title=San Diego State announces multi-million dollar donation to help fund Mission Valley stadium|last=Giovanniello|first=Jeanette|date=2019-12-05|website=The Daily Aztec|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref> During the construction of Snapdragon Stadium, the Aztecs played the 2020 and 2021 seasons at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. The team had played at San Diego Stadium from its opening in 1967 until its closure after the 2019 season; before that, it played in the on-campus Aztec Bowl (now the location of Viejas Arena).

{| class="wikitable" {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=San Diego State Aztecs|Date|Coach|Bowl|Opponent|Result}} |- | January 1, 1948 || Bill Schutte || Harbor Bowl || Hardin–Simmons || L 0–53 |- | January 1, 1952 || Bill Schutte || Pineapple Bowl || Hawaii || '''W''' 34–13 |- | December 10, 1966 || Don Coryell || Camellia Bowl || Montana State || '''W''' 28–7 |- | December 9, 1967 || Don Coryell || Camellia Bowl (1961–80)|Camellia Bowl || San Francisco State || '''W''' 27–6 |- | December 6, 1969 || Don Coryell || Pasadena Bowl || Boston University || '''W''' 28–7 |- | December 30, 1986 || Denny Stolz || Holiday Bowl || #16 Iowa || L 38–39 |- | December 30, 1991 || Al Luginbill || Freedom Bowl || #23 Tulsa || L 17–28 |- | December 19, 1998 || Ted Tollner || Las Vegas Bowl || North Carolina || L 13–20 |- | December 23, 2010 || Brady Hoke || Poinsettia Bowl || Navy || '''W''' 35–14 |- | December 17, 2011 || Rocky Long || New Orleans Bowl || Louisiana|| L 30–32 |- | December 20, 2012 || Rocky Long || Poinsettia Bowl || BYU || L 6–23 |- | December 21, 2013 || Rocky Long || Famous Idaho Potato Bowl || Buffalo || '''W''' 49–24 |- | December 23, 2014 || Rocky Long || Poinsettia Bowl || Navy || L 16–17 |- | December 24, 2015 || Rocky Long || Hawaii Bowl || Cincinnati || '''W''' 42–7 |- | December 17, 2016 || Rocky Long || Las Vegas Bowl || Houston || '''W''' 34–10 |- | December 23, 2017 || Rocky Long || Armed Forces Bowl || Army || L 35–42 |- | December 19, 2018 || Rocky Long || Frisco Bowl || Ohio || L 0–27 |- | December 21, 2019 || Rocky Long || New Mexico Bowl || Central Michigan || '''W''' 48–11 |- | December 21, 2021 || Brady Hoke || Frisco Bowl || UTSA || '''W''' 38–24 |- | December 24, 2022 || Brady Hoke || Hawaii Bowl || Middle Tennessee || L 25–23 |}

====Basketball==== {{main|San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball}}

* Head Coach: Brian Dutcher * Arena: Viejas Arena[[File:USA CA SanDiego SDSU 001 2013 - Viejas Arena.jpg|thumb|Viejas Arena]] * Conference regular season championships: 24 (1923 • 1925 • 1932 • 1934 • 1937 • 1939 • 1941 • 1942 • 1954 • 1957 • 1958 • 1967 • 1968 • 1977 • 1978 • 2006 • 2011 • 2012 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2020 • 2021 • 2023)<ref name=":0" /> * Conference tournament championships: 9 (1976 • 1985 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2011 • 2018 • 2021 • 2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://themw.com/sports/2020/1/15/champ_mbball_2020.aspx|title=2020 Mountain West Men's Basketball Championship|website=themw.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref> * NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament appearances: 16 (1975 • 1976 • 1985 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2018 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/ncaa-mens-basketball-championship-tournament-records|title=NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records|last=pbrock|date=2013-11-27|website=NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref>

Aztec basketball alumni who became more famous outside the sport include 1930s player Art Linkletter, who went on to an illustrious entertainment career that spanned more than 70 years, and Tony Gwynn, who also played baseball at San Diego State and opted for that sport professionally, ending up in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

In the 2010–11 season, the men's team had a record of 32–2 to capture a share of the Mountain West Conference title. They won the conference tournament outright for the automatic berth to the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The only losses of the regular season were to another top 10 ranked team, BYU, who the Aztecs later beat to win the conference tournament. They earned a 2nd seed in the NCAA tournament, advancing to the Sweet 16. In the 2013–2014 season, the Aztecs finished 29–4, again reaching the NCAA tournament's Sweet 16 round.

The Aztecs reached the Elite Eight, Final Four, and the National Championship for the first time during the 2022–23 season, where they finished runner-up to UConn. The Aztecs returned to the tournament in 2024, reaching the Sweet Sixteen.

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=San Diego State Aztecs|Year|Seed|Round|Opponent|Result}} |- | 1975 ||style="background:#E6E8FA;"| || Round of 32 || #16 {{cbb link|1974|sex=none|team=UNLV Runnin' Rebels|title=UNLV}} || L 80–90 |- | 1976 ||style="background:#E6E8FA;"| || Round of 32 || #5 UCLA || L 64–74 |- | 1985 || 13 W || Round of 64 || (4) #9 UNLV || L 80–85 |- | 2002 || 13 M || Round of 64 || (4) #13 Illinois || L 64–93 |- | 2006 || 11 W || Round of 64 || (6) Indiana || L 83–87 |- | 2010 || 11 M || Round of 64 || (6) #15 Tennessee || L 59–62 |- | 2011 || 2 W || Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen || (15) Northern Colorado (7) Temple (3) #9 Connecticut || '''W''' 68–50 '''W''' 71–64 2OT L 67–74 |- | 2012 || 6 M || Round of 64 || (11) NC State || L 65–79 |- | 2013 || 7 S || Round of 64 Round of 32 || (10) Oklahoma (15) Florida Gulf Coast || '''W''' 70–55 L 71–81 |- | 2014 || 4 W || Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen || (13) New Mexico State (12) North Dakota State (1) #4 Arizona || '''W''' 73–69 OT '''W''' 63–44 L 64–70 |- | 2015 || 8 S || Round of 64 Round of 32 || (9) St. John's (1) #4 Duke || '''W''' 76–64 L 49–68 |- | 2018 || 11 W || Round of 64 || (6) #21 Houston || L 65–67 |- | 2021 || 6 MW || Round of 64 || (11) Syracuse || L 62–78 |- | 2022 || 8 MW || Round of 64 || (9) Creighton || L 69–72 OT |- | 2023 || 5 S || Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship || (12) Charleston (13) Furman (1) #1 Alabama (6) Creighton (9) #25 Florida Atlantic (4) #10 UConn || '''W''' 63–57 '''W''' 75–52 '''W''' 71–64 '''W''' 57–56 '''W''' 72–71 L 59–76 |- | 2024 || 5 E || Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen|| (12) UAB (13) Yale (1) #1 UConn|| '''W''' 69–65 '''W''' 85–57 L 82–52 |}

==== Golf ==== {{main|San Diego State Aztecs men's golf}}

* Head Coach: Ryan Donovan *Mountain West Conference championships: 3 (2011, 2012, 2015, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://themw.com/sports/2018/5/5/champs-tournament.aspx|title=All-Time Mountain West tournament champions|website=themw.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref> * NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships appearances: 23 (1960, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/ncaa-mens-and-womens-golf-championships-records-and-results|title=NCAA Men's and Women's Golf Championships Records and Results|last=pbrock|date=2013-11-29|website=NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref>

The Aztecs men's golf team has more NCAA postseason appearances than any other San Diego State athletic team. Notable alumni include major champions Gene Littler, Xander Schauffele, and J.J. Spaun. In 2017, Schauffele received the 2017 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year award.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pgatour.com/news/2017/10/03/xander-schauffele-voted-wins-rookie-year.html|title=Xander Schauffele voted 2017 Rookie of the Year|work=PGATour|access-date=2018-10-21|language=en}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" |- {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=San Diego State Aztecs|Year|Finish|Score}} |- |- align="center" | 1950|| 10th || 606 |- align="center" | 1960|| 14th || 625 |- align="center" | 1962|| 15th || 637 |- align="center" | 1965|| 24th || 620 |- align="center" | 1966|| 6th || 604 |- align="center" | 1967|| 23rd || 613 |- align="center" | 1970|| 16th || 1,230 |- align="center" | 1971|| 20th || 585 |- align="center" | 1972|| 16th || 603 |- align="center" | 1974|| 17th || 606 |- align="center" | 1975|| 19th || 606 |- align="center" | 1976|| 18th || 1,205 |- align="center" | 1977|| 15th || 1,248 |- align="center" | 1978|| 12th || 1,190 |- align="center" | 1979|| 26th || 943 |- align="center" | 1980|| 22nd || 917 |- align="center" | 1981|| 21st || 895 |- align="center" | 1982|| 14th || 1,178 |- align="center" | 1983|| 23rd || 909 |- align="center" | 1984|| 24th || 889 |- align="center" | 1999|| 29th || 628 |- align="center" | 2003 || 30th || 965 |- align="center" | 2005|| 23rd || 893 |- align="center" | 2008 || 14th || 1,222 |- align="center" | 2011 || 16th || 898 |- align="center" | 2012 || 5th || 871 |- align="center" | 2015 || 15th || 1,193 |- align="center" | 2017 || 25th || 872 |}

==== Soccer ==== {{main|San Diego State Aztecs men's soccer}}

* Head Coach: Ryan Hopkins * Home field: SDSU Sports Deck * NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship appearances: 8 (1969 • 1982 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 2005 • 2006 • 2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/ncaa-mens-soccer-championship-tournament-records|title=NCAA Men's Soccer Championship Tournament Records|last=pbrock|date=2013-11-29|website=NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref>

The San Diego State men's soccer team competes in the Western Athletic Conference. In 1987, the Aztecs reached the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship Final, losing in the game by a score of 0–2 to Clemson. The team has an overall NCAA Division Tournament record of 5–8 through eight appearances.<ref>{{cite web |title=Division I Men's Soccer Championships Records Book |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_champs_records/2017/D1.pdf |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=22 July 2018}}</ref> Lev Kirshner was head coach for over two decades.

{| class="wikitable" {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=San Diego State Aztecs|Year|Round|Opponent|Result}} |- align="center" | 1969 || Second round || San Francisco || L 1–2 |- align="center" | 1982 || First round Second round || Fresno State San Francisco || '''W''' 1–0 L 0–2 |- align="center" | 1987 || First round Second round Third round Semifinals National Championship || Saint Louis SMU UCLA Harvard Clemson || '''W''' 2–1 '''W''' 3–2 '''W''' 2–1 '''W''' 2–1 L 0–2 |- align="center" | 1988 || First round || UCLA || L 1–2 |- align="center" | 1989 || First round || UCLA || L 1–2 |- align="center" | 2005 || First round || UC Santa Barbara || L 0–2 |- align="center" | 2006 || First round || UC Santa Barbara || L 1–2 |- align="center" | 2016 || First round || UNLV || L 1–2 |}

==== Tennis ==== {{main|San Diego State Aztecs men's tennis}}

* Head Coach: Gene Carswell *Home court: Aztec Tennis Center *Mountain West Conference regular season championships: 6 (2002 • 2003 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2013)<ref name=":0" /> *Mountain West Conference tournament championships: 3 (2002 • 2003 • 2005)<ref name=":2" /> * NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship tournament appearances: 7 (1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2002 • 2003 • 2005 • 2015)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/ncaa-mens-and-womens-tennis-championships-records-and-results|title=NCAA Men's and Women's Tennis Championships Records and Results|last=pbrock|date=2013-11-29|website=NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=San Diego State Aztecs|Year|Round|Opponent|Result}} |- align="center" | 1998 || Region VII Regional || New Mexico || L 2–4 |- align="center" | 1999 || First round Second round || Tulsa UCLA || '''W''' 4–1 L 1–4 |- align="center" | 2000 || First round Second round Round of 16 || Washington Pepperdine VCU || '''W''' 4–3 '''W''' 4–2 L 3–4 |- align="center" | 2002 || First round Second round || Hampton UCLA || '''W''' 5–0 L 1–4 |- align="center" | 2003 || First round Second round || San Diego Washington || '''W''' 5–0 L 3–4 |- align="center" | 2005 || First round || Cal || L 1–4 |- align="center" | 2015 || First round Second round || San Diego USC || '''W''' 4–3 L 0–4 |}

=== Women's varsity sports ===

==== Basketball ==== {{main|San Diego State Aztecs women's basketball}}

* Head Coach: Stacie Terry-Hutson * Arena: Viejas Arena * Conference regular season championships: 6 (1994 • 1995 • 1997 • 2009 • 2012 • 2013)<ref name=":0" /> * Conference tournament championships: 4 (1994 • 1997 • 2010 • 2012) *NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament appearances: 9 (1984 • 1985 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1997 • 2009 • 2010 • 2012)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/ncaa-womens-basketball-championship-tournament-records|title=NCAA Women's Basketball Championship Tournament Records|last=pbrock|date=2013-11-27|website=NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=San Diego State Aztecs|Year|Seed|Round|Opponent|Result}} |- style="text-align:center;" | 1984 || #6 || First round Regional semifinals || #3 Oregon #2 Long Beach State || '''W''' 70–63 L 73–91 |- style="text-align:center;" | 1985 || #5 || First round Regional semifinals || #4 UNLV #1 Louisiana Tech || '''W''' 70–68 L 64–94 |- style="text-align:center;" | 1993 || #9 || First round || #8 Georgia || L 68–85 |- style="text-align:center;" | 1994 || #5 || First round Second round || #12 Hawaii #13 Texas A&M || '''W''' 81–75 L 72–75 |- style="text-align:center;" | 1995 || #5 || First round || #12 Montana || L 46–57 |- style="text-align:center;" | 1997 || #11 || First round || #6 Oregon || L 62–79 |- style="text-align:center;" | 2009 || #10 || First round Second round || #7 DePaul #2 Stanford || '''W''' 76–70 L 49–77 |- style="text-align:center;" | 2010 || #11 || First round Second round Regional semifinals || #6 Texas #3 West Virginia #2 Duke || '''W''' 74–63 '''W''' 64–55 L 58–66 |- style="text-align:center;" | 2012 || #12 || First round || #5 LSU || L 56–64 |}

==== Cross Country ==== {{main|San Diego State Aztecs women's cross country}}

* Head Coach: Shelia Burrell * Home field: Morley Field * NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship appearances: 1 (1981)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/ncaa-mens-and-womens-cross-country-championship-records|title=NCAA Men's and Women's Cross Country Championship Records|date=2014-04-17|website=NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref>

The San Diego State Aztecs women's cross country team has appeared in the NCAA tournament one time, with that appearance resulting in 7th place in the 1981–82 school year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Division I Women's Cross Country Championships Records Book |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_cross_country_champs_records/2018-19/D1.pdf |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=San Diego State Aztecs|Year|Finish|Points}} |- align="center" | 1981 || 7th || 169 |}

==== Golf ==== {{main|San Diego State Aztecs women's golf}}

* Head Coach: Lauren Dobashi *Mountain West Conference championships: 2 (2015 • 2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://themw.com/sports/2019/3/26/2019_WGOLF_CHAMPIONSHIP.aspx|title=2019 Women's Golf Championship|website=themw.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>

Notable alumni include 2015 graduate Paige Spiranac.

==== Lacrosse ==== {{main|San Diego State Aztecs women's lacrosse}}

* Head Coach: Kylee White * Home field: Aztec Lacrosse Field *Conference championships: 2 (MPSF) (2018 • 2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mpsports.org/news/2019/4/29/womens-lacrosse-aztecs-repeat-as-mpsf-champs.aspx|title=Aztecs Repeat as MPSF Champs|website=mpsports.org|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref>

The women's lacrosse team began play in 2012 and will play its first season in the Big 12 Conference in spring 2025. The Aztecs had played in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation before that conference dropped the sport after the 2021 season (2020–21 school year) due to a lack of competing members. They then spent the next two seasons as an independent before becoming an affiliate member of the Pac-12 Conference in the 2024 season, the last before that conference's collapse. The Aztecs became one of the six inaugural members of Big 12 women's lacrosse, joined by full members Arizona State, Cincinnati, and Colorado plus fellow affiliates Florida and UC Davis.

==== Soccer ==== {{main|San Diego State Aztecs women's soccer}}

* Head Coach: Mike Friesen * Home field: SDSU Sports Deck *Mountain West Conference regular season championships: 6 (1999 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2019)<ref name=":0" /> *Mountain West Conference tournament championships: 5 (2009 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://themw.com/sports/2019/9/26/2019-wsoc-championship.aspx|title=2019 Mountain West Women's Soccer Championship|website=themw.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref> * NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship appearances: 7 (1998 • 1999 • 2009 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/ncaa-womens-soccer-records|title=NCAA Women's Soccer Records|last=pbrock|date=2013-11-20|website=NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref>

The Aztecs women's soccer team have an NCAA Division I Tournament record of 4–7 through seven appearances.<ref>{{cite web |title=Division I Women's Soccer Championships Records Book |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_soccer_champs_records/2017/D1.pdf |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=25 July 2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=San Diego State Aztecs|Year|Round|Opponent|Result}} |- align="center" | 1998 || Second round Third round || USC Portland || '''W''' 1–0 L 0–5 |- align="center" | 1999 || First round || San Diego || L 1–2 |- align="center" | 2009 || First round Second round || San Diego UCLA || '''W''' 1–0 L 0–5 |- align="center" | 2012 || First round Second round Third round || CSU Northridge Cal UCLA || '''W''' 3–0 '''W''' 2–1 L 0–3 |- align="center" | 2013 || First round || UCLA || L 0–3 |- align="center" | 2014 || First round || Cal || L 2–3 |- align="center" | 2017 || First round || UCLA || L 1–3 |}

==== Softball ==== {{main|San Diego State Aztecs softball}}

* Head Coach: Stacey Nuveman Deniz * Stadium: SDSU Softball Stadium *Mountain West Conference championships: 8 (2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2006 • 2008 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://themw.com/sports/2018/5/5/champs-reg-season.aspx|title=All-Time Mountain West Regular-Season Champions|website=themw.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref> * NCAA Division I softball tournament appearances: 11 (2001 • 2003 • 2006 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/ncaa-softball-records-books|title=NCAA Softball Records Books|last=pbrock|date=2013-11-26|website=NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=San Diego State Aztecs|Year|Tournament Record|Notes}} |- align="center" | 2001 | 3–2 | Lost in the Region 2 Regional finals to UCLA. |- align="center" | 2003 | 1–2 | Eliminated by Oregon in the Region 6 Regional. |- align="center" | 2006 | 2-2 | Lost in the Los Angeles Regional finals to UCLA. |- align="center" | 2008 | 1–2 | Eliminated by Fresno State in the Gainesville Regional. |- align="center" | 2009 | 0–2 | Eliminated by Cal State Fullerton in the Tempe Regional. |- align="center" | 2010 | 1–2 | Eliminated by Fresno State in the Los Angeles Regional. |- align="center" | 2011 | 2-2 | Lost in the Tempe Regional finals to Arizona State. |- align="center" | 2012 | 2-2 | Lost in the Tampa Regional finals to Hofstra. |- align="center" | 2013 | 1–2 | Eliminated by Georgia in the Tempe Regional. |- align="center" | 2014 | 1–2 | Eliminated by Michigan in the Tallahassee Regional. |- align="center" | 2015 | 2-2 | Lost in the Los Angeles Regional finals to UCLA. |}

==== Swimming & Diving ==== {{main|San Diego State Aztecs women's swimming & diving}}

* Head Coach: Mike Schrader * Home pool: Aztec Aquaplex *Mountain West Conference regular season championships: 1 (2011)<ref name=":0" /> *Mountain West Conference tournament championships: 4 (2011 • 2013 • 2015 • 2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://themw.com/sports/2018/12/13/WSD_CHAMPS.aspx|title=2019 Women's Swimming & Diving Championships|website=themw.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref> * NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships appearances: 8 (1982 • 2010 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2017 • 2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/2019-womens-swimming-and-diving-championships-results-and-records|title=2019 Women's Swimming and Diving Championships Results and Records|last=rpowell|date=2019-07-09|website=NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=San Diego State Aztecs|Year|Finish}} |- align="center" | 1982 || 23rd |- align="center" | 2010 || 42nd |- align="center" | 2012 || 45th |- align="center" | 2013 || 41st |- align="center" | 2014 || 27th |- align="center" | 2015 || 39th |- align="center" | 2017 || 46th |- align="center" | 2019 || 38th |}

==== Tennis ==== {{main|San Diego State Aztecs women's tennis}}

* Head Coach: Peter Mattera * Home court: Aztec Tennis Center *Mountain West Conference regular season championships: 3 (2002 • 2003 • 2013)<ref name=":0" /> *Mountain West Conference tournament championships: 1 (2003)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://themw.com/sports/2019/3/22/2019_WTEN_CHAMPIONSHIP.aspx|title=2019 Mountain West Women's Tennis Championship|website=themw.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref> * NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championship appearances: 22 (1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2002 • 2003 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2009 • 2013)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/2019-womens-tennis-championships-results-and-records|title=2019 Women's Tennis Championships Results and Records|date=2019-08-05|website=NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=San Diego State Aztecs|Year|Round|Opponent|Result}} |- align="center" | 1982 || First round Quarterfinals || Northwestern Trinity || '''W''' 8–1 L 3–6 |- align="center" | 1983 || First round Quarterfinals || Miami (FL) Stanford || '''W''' 5–4 L 4–5 |- align="center" | 1984 || First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Third-place game || Cal Texas Stanford Trinity || '''W''' 7–2 '''W''' 6–3 L 2–7 L 4–5 |- align="center" | 1985 || First round Quarterfinals || Northwestern USC || '''W''' 6–3 L 0–9 |- align="center" | 1986 || First round || Oklahoma State || L 3–6 |- align="center" | 1989 || First round Second round || William & Mary Stanford || '''W''' 6–3 L 0–9 |- align="center" | 1990 || First round || Indiana || L 3–5 |- align="center" | 1991 || First round Second round || Tennessee Stanford || '''W''' 5–1 L 1–5 |- align="center" | 1992 || First round Second round || Kansas Duke || '''W''' 5–4 L 1–5 |- align="center" | 1993 || First round || Ole Miss || L 3–5 |- align="center" | 1996 || West Regional || Arizona State || L 4–5 |- align="center" | 1997 || West Regional West Regional || Oregon Pepperdine || '''W''' 5–2 L 2–5 |- align="center" | 1998 || West Regional West Regional || San Diego USC || '''W''' 5–2 L 1–5 |- align="center" | 1999 || California Regional || Marquette || L 1–5 |- align="center" | 2000 || First round Second round || South Florida Wake Forest || '''W''' 5–0 L 0–5 |- align="center" | 2002 || First round || Arizona || L 3–4 |- align="center" | 2003 || First round || Fresno State || L 0–4 |- align="center" | 2005 || First round || Arizona State || L 0–4 |- align="center" | 2006 || First round || UCLA || L 0–4 |- align="center" | 2007 || First round || Florida State || L 0–4 |- align="center" | 2009 || First round || Washington || L 0–4 |- align="center" | 2013 || First round || Baylor || L 1–4 |}

==== Track & Field (Indoor and Outdoor) ==== {{main|San Diego State Aztecs women's track & field}}

* Head Coach: Shelia Burrell * Home track: Aztrack at SDSU Sports Deck *Mountain West Conference indoor championships: 1 (2013)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://themw.com/sports/2018/5/5/champs-tournament.aspx|title=All-Time Mountain West tournament champions|website=themw.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref> *Mountain West Conference outdoor championships: 5 (2003 • 2013 • 2014 • 2017 • 2018)<ref name=":1" /> * NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships appearances: 10 (2006 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/2019-womens-indoor-track-and-field-championships-results-and-records|title=2019 Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships Results and Records|date=2019-06-19|website=NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref> * NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships appearances: 22 (1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1998 • 1999 • 2001 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/2019-womens-outdoor-track-and-field-championships-results-and-records|title=2019 Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships Results and Records|date=2019-09-04|website=NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=San Diego State Aztecs|Year|Competition|Finish}} |- align="center" | 2006 || Indoor || 51st |- align="center" | 2008 || Indoor || 33rd |- align="center" | 2009 || Indoor || 34th |- align="center" | 2010 || Indoor || 21st |- align="center" | 2012 || Indoor || 48th |- align="center" | 2013 || Indoor || 25th |- align="center" | 2014 || Indoor || 19th |- align="center" | 2017 || Indoor || 21st |- align="center" | 2018 || Indoor || 17th |- align="center" | 2019 || Indoor || 27th |}

{| class="wikitable" {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=San Diego State Aztecs|Year|Competition|Finish}} |- align="center" | 1982 || Outdoor || 10th |- align="center" | 1983 || Outdoor || 24th |- align="center" | 1984 || Outdoor|| 11th |- align="center" | 1985 || Outdoor || 9th |- align="center" | 1986 || Outdoor|| 20th |- align="center" | 1998 || Outdoor || 51st |- align="center" | 1999 || Outdoor || 62nd |- align="center" | 2001 || Outdoor || 37th |- align="center" | 2003 || Outdoor || 29th |- align="center" | 2004 || Outdoor || 27th |- align="center" | 2005 || Outdoor || 29th |- align="center" | 2007 || Outdoor || 46th |- align="center" | 2008 || Outdoor || 31st |- align="center" | 2009 || Outdoor || 25th |- align="center" | 2011 || Outdoor || 60th |- align="center" | 2012 || Outdoor || 9th |- align="center" | 2013 || Outdoor || 23rd |- align="center" | 2014 || Outdoor || 12th |- align="center" | 2016 || Outdoor || 20th |- align="center" | 2017 || Outdoor || 32nd |- align="center" | 2018 || Outdoor || 46th |- align="center" | 2019 || Outdoor || 32nd |}

==== Volleyball ==== {{main|San Diego State Aztecs women's volleyball}}

* Head Coach: Brent Hilliard * Home arena: Aztec Court at Peterson Gymnasium *Mountain West Conference regular season championships: 1 (2012)<ref name=":0" /> * NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament appearances: 14 (1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 2001 • 2012)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/2018-ncaa-women-s-volleyball-tournament-statistics-and-records|title=2018 NCAA women's volleyball tournament Statistics and Records|date=2018-11-01|website=NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref>

The Aztecs women's volleyball team have an NCAA Division I Tournament record of 13–14 through fourteen appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_volleyball_champs_records/2017/D1.pdf|title=Division I Women's Volleyball Championship Records Book|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|access-date=6 August 2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=San Diego State Aztecs|Year|Round|Opponent|Result}} |- align="center" | 1981 || Regional semifinals Regional Finals Semifinals || New Mexico UC Santa Barbara UCLA || '''W''' 3–0 '''W''' 3–0 L 1–3 |- align="center" | 1982 || Regional semifinals Regional Finals Semifinals || Cal UCLA USC || '''W''' 3–1 '''W''' 3–1 L 0–3 |- align="center" | 1983 || First round Regional semifinals Regional Finals || Colorado State Arizona Stanford || '''W''' 3–0 '''W''' 3–1 L 0–3 |- align="center" | 1984 || First round Regional semifinals || BYU USC || '''W''' 3–0 L 0–3 |- align="center" | 1985 || First round || Hawaii || L 1–3 |- align="center" | 1986 || First round Regional semifinals || UC Santa Barbara Pacific || '''W''' 3–1 L 0–3 |- align="center" | 1988 || First round Regional semifinals || San Jose State Hawaii || '''W''' 3–1 L 0–3 |- align="center" | 1989 || First round || Long Beach State || L 0–3 |- align="center" | 1990 || First round Regional semifinals || BYU Stanford || '''W''' 3–1 L 1–3 |- align="center" | 1994 || First round Second round || Memphis Arizona State || '''W''' 3–1 L 2–3 |- align="center" | 1995 || Second round Regional semifinals || Long Beach State Michigan State || '''W''' 3–1 L 0–3 |- align="center" | 1996 || First round Second round || Sam Houston State Texas || '''W''' 3–1 L 0–3 |- align="center" | 2001 || First round || Long Beach State || L 0–3 |- align="center" | 2012 || First round || Saint Mary's || L 2–3 |}

==== Water Polo ==== {{main|San Diego State Aztecs women's water polo}}

* Head Coach: Carin Crawford * Home pool: Aztec Aquaplex * NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship appearances: 3 (2007 • 2008 • 2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/womens-water-polo-championship-records|title=Women's Water Polo Championship Records|last=pbrock|date=2013-11-29|website=NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=San Diego State Aztecs|Year|Finish}} |- align="center" | 2007 || 4th |- align="center" | 2008 || 5th |- align="center" | 2016 || 8th |}

==Conference affiliations== San Diego State has been a member of six different athletic conferences in its history.

* Southern California Junior College Conference (1921–1924) * Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1926–1938) * California Collegiate Athletic Association (1939–1967) * Pacific Coast Athletic Association (1969–1975) *''Independent'' (1925, 1968, 1976–1977) * Western Athletic Conference (1978–1998) * Mountain West Conference (1999–present)

== Discontinued sports ==

In the past, San Diego State, like most American universities, has sponsored several additional varsity sports programs to those currently offered. These programs have since been discontinued. Budgeting and Title IX equity challenges have been cited as the primary reasons for these programs being cut.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-1s28azcoment004126-no-headline-2008dec28-story.html|title=A no-win situation: It's time to drop football at SDSU|last=Zeigler|first=COMMENTARY Mark|work=sandiegouniontribune.com|access-date=2018-10-21|language=en-US}}</ref> In some cases (notably men's crew and men's volleyball), club teams have emerged in place of discontinued sports programs.

=== Men's former varsity sports === '''Crew'''

* Year discontinued: 1976<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://digital.sdsu.edu/media.php?i=182179&t=5&p=10&dg=826be85a7b29b69a7baa3aadd294c665f18d231a&WINID=1580190657132|title=It's Official: SDSU crew dropped to club status|date=May 4, 1976|work=The Daily Aztec|page=10}}</ref>

'''Cross Country''' * Year discontinued: 1993<ref name=":0a">{{Cite news|url=https://digital.sdsu.edu/media.php?i=47103&t=5&p=10&dg=10d689c790c3b38ec88e700f276e23484b9fe6c5&WINID=1579721081867|title=Title IX|date=May 8, 1996|work=The Daily Aztec|page=8}}</ref> *NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship team appearances: 3 (1968 • 1970 • 1976)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/2017-mens-cross-country-championship-results-and-records|title=2017 Men's Cross Country Championship results and records|date=2017-10-27|work=NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA|access-date=2018-10-21|language=en}}</ref> *NCAA Men's Division II Cross Country Championship team national championships: 3 (1965 • 1966 • 1967)<ref name="champ" /> The Aztecs men's cross country team won three consecutive NCAA Division II national championships in 1965, 1966, and 1967 shortly before the program's ascension to Division I. {| class="wikitable" {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=San Diego State Aztecs|Year|Finish|Points}} |- align="center" | 1968 || 6th || 247 |- align="center" | 1970 || 9th || 356 |- align="center" | 1976 || 8th || 361 |} '''Gymnastics''' * Year discontinued: 1974 *NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships team appearances: 1 (1959)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/2018-mens-gymnastics-championships-results-and-records|title=2018 Men's Gymnastics Championships Results and Records|date=2018-03-15|work=NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA|access-date=2018-10-21|language=en}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=San Diego State Aztecs|Year|Finish}} |- align="center" | 1959 || 18th |} '''Swimming & Diving''' * Year discontinued: 1985<ref name=":0a" /> *NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships team appearances: 1 (1969)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/2018-mens-swimming-and-diving-championships-results-and-records|title=2018 Men's Swimming and Diving Championships Results and Records|date=2018-03-15|work=NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA|access-date=2018-10-21|language=en}}</ref> *NCAA Men's Division II Swimming and Diving Championships team national championships: 2 (1965 • 1966)<ref name="champ" /> Men's swimming & diving won back-to-back NCAA Division II national championships in 1965 and 1966 shortly before the program's transition to Division I. {| class="wikitable" {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=San Diego State Aztecs|Year|Finish}} |- align="center" | 1969 || 27th |} '''Track & Field (Indoor and Outdoor)''' * Year discontinued: 1992<ref name=":0a" /> * NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships team appearances: 1 (1979)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/2018-mens-indoor-track-and-field-championships-results-and-records|title=2018 Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships Results and Records|date=2018-03-15|work=NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA|access-date=2018-10-21|language=en}}</ref> * NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships team appearances: 14 (1965 • 1966 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1974 • 1976 • 1977 • 1979 • 1980 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1989)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/2018-mens-outdoor-track-and-field-championships-results-and-records|title=2018 Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships Results and Records|date=2018-04-30|work=NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA|access-date=2018-10-21|language=en}}</ref> * NCAA Division II Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships team national championships: 2 (1965 • 1966)<ref name="champ" /> The men's track & field team won back-to-back NCAA Division II outdoor national championships in 1965 and 1966 shortly before the program's transition to Division I. {| class="wikitable" {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=San Diego State Aztecs|Year|Competition|Finish}} |- align="center" | 1979 || Indoor || 60th |}

{| class="wikitable" {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=San Diego State Aztecs|Year|Competition|Finish}} |- align="center" | 1965 || Outdoor || 25th |- align="center" | 1966 || Outdoor || 24th |- align="center" | 1969 || Outdoor|| 19th |- align="center" | 1970 || Outdoor || 12th |- align="center" | 1971 || Outdoor || 35th |- align="center" | 1974 || Outdoor || 16th |- align="center" | 1976 || Outdoor || 19th |- align="center" | 1977 || Outdoor || 55th |- align="center" | 1979 || Outdoor || 28th |- align="center" | 1980 || Outdoor || 41st |- align="center" | 1982 || Outdoor || 53rd |- align="center" | 1983 || Outdoor || 74th |- align="center" | 1984 || Outdoor || 71st |- align="center" | 1989 || Outdoor || 67th |} '''Volleyball''' * Year discontinued: 2001<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://goaztecs.com/news/2000/4/12/SDSU_Men_s_Volleyball_Season_Ends_In_A_Heartbreak.aspx|title=SDSU Men's Volleyball Season Ends In A Heartbreak|website=SDSU Athletics|date=April 12, 2000 |language=en|access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref> * NCAA men's volleyball tournament appearances: 2 (1972 • 1973)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/2017-mens-volleyball-tournament-statistics-and-records|title=2017 men's volleyball tournament Statistics and Records|date=2017-04-18|work=NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA|access-date=2018-10-21|language=en}}</ref> * NCAA men's volleyball tournament National Championship: 1 (1973)

The men's volleyball team won San Diego State's first (and to-date only) NCAA Division I National Championship in 1973. The team's home court was Peterson Gymnasium. {| class="wikitable" {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=San Diego State Aztecs|Year|Round|Opponent|Result}} |- align="center" | 1972 || Semifinals Championship || UC Santa Barbara UCLA || '''W''' 3–2 L 2–3 |- align="center" | 1973 || Semifinals Championship || Ball State Long Beach State || '''W''' 3–0 '''W''' 3–1 |} '''Water Polo''' * Year discontinued: 1978<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://digital.sdsu.edu/index.php?a=ViewItem&key=SXsiTiI6MTQyLCJQIjp7InZhbHVlIjoiZmllbGRfaG9ja2V5Iiwib3BlcmF0b3IiOiIxIiwiZnV6enlQcmVmaXhMZW5ndGgiOiIzIiwiZnV6enlNaW5TaW1pbGFyaXR5IjowLjg1LCJtYXhTdWdnZXN0aW9ucyI6IjUiLCJhbHdheXNTdWdnZXN0IjpudWxsfX0&pg=48&WINID=1580190657132#ZG7NdK2uGeIAAAFv6rPkqA/185445|title=Five sports may be eliminated|date=May 17, 1978|work=The Daily Aztec|pages=28, 34}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://digital.sdsu.edu/media.php?i=187622&t=5&p=10&dg=3b6a75288f10b3355db39d8ea04ef378e6794811&WINID=1580190657132|title=Time takes its toll on water polo team|date=September 6, 1979|work=The Daily Aztec|page=6}}</ref>

Despite coming off a season in which the team was ranked in the top 10 nationally, the men's water polo team, along with other programs, was cut, due to a combination of a lack in athletic department funding, Proposition 13's passage, and necessity to comply with Title IX.<ref name=":4" />

'''Wrestling''' * Year discontinued: 1992<ref name=":0a" /> * NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships team appearances: 3 (1956 • 1969 • 1992)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/2018-wrestling-championships-results-and-records|title=2018 Wrestling Championships Results and Records|date=2018-03-15|work=NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA|access-date=2018-10-21|language=en}}</ref>

In 1949, San Diego State wrestler Harold Hensen became the first African-American to compete in an NCAA wrestling championship tournament when he competed in individual competition at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wrestlingpod.com/wrestling-news/w2863/national-wrestling-hall-of-fame-marks-black-history-month-with-new-exhibit/|title=National Wrestling Hall of Fame Marks Black History Month with New Exhibit|date=2009-02-08|work=WrestlingPod|access-date=2018-10-21|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://goaztecs.com/news/2008/6/11/Former_Aztec_Leaves_Mark_in_History_Books.aspx?path=general|title=Former Aztec Leaves Mark in History Books - San Diego State University|website=goaztecs.com|date=June 11, 2008 |language=en|access-date=2018-10-21}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=San Diego State Aztecs|Year|Finish|Points}} |- align="center" | 1956 || 33rd || 1 |- align="center" | 1969 || 17th || 15 |- align="center" | 1992 || 41st || 5 |}

=== Women's former varsity sports === '''Field Hockey''' * Year discontinued: 1978<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://digital.sdsu.edu/media.php?i=185543&t=5&p=10&dg=fb3199925d5c0694d7722e4c26712ef0488d39da&WINID=1580190657132|title=Title IX looms over athletics|date=September 5, 1978|work=The Daily Aztec|page=22}}</ref> '''Gymnastics''' * Year discontinued: 1985<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://digital.sdsu.edu/media.php?i=138899&t=5&p=10&dg=b57e9ae5bbecd6263785b15d8a7c83bb1fa1417d&WINID=1579721081867|title=CSSA Debates Support of Athletic Scholarship Bills|date=March 3, 1986|work=The Daily Aztec|page=3}}</ref>

==== Rowing ==== * Year discontinued: 2021<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-20|title=San Diego State to cut women's rowing after 2020-21 season|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/aztecs/story/2020-11-20/san-diego-state-sdsu-aztecs-womens-rowing-program-cut-drop-ncaa-title-ix-gender-equity|access-date=2021-08-01|website=San Diego Union-Tribune|language=en-US}}</ref>

The women's rowing team, which had last competed in the American Athletic Conference, was discontinued following the 2020–21 academic year due to ongoing Title IX gender equity challenges and financial stress on the athletics department brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The team's home was the Mission Bay Aquatic Center.

== Athletic facilities ==

=== Venues === {|class="wikitablesortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:90%;" |- !scope="col"|Facility ! scope="col" |'''Team(s)''' !Opened |- |'''Snapdragon Stadium''' |'''Football''' |2022 |- |'''Viejas Arena''' |'''Basketball (men's)''' '''Basketball (women's)''' |1997 |- |'''Tony Gwynn Stadium''' |'''Baseball''' |1997 |- | '''Peterson Gymnasium''' |'''Volleyball (women's)''' |1961 |- |'''SDSU Sports Deck / Aztrack''' |'''Soccer (men's)''' '''Soccer (women's)'''

'''Track & field (women's)''' |2000 |- |'''Aztec Aquaplex''' |'''Swimming & diving (women's)'''

'''Water polo (women's)''' |2007 |- |'''Aztec Lacrosse Field''' |'''Lacrosse (women's)''' |2011 |- |'''Aztec Tennis Center''' |'''Tennis (men's)''' '''Tennis (women's)''' |2005 |- |'''SDSU Softball Stadium''' |'''Softball''' |2005 |- |}

=== Other facilities === {| class="wikitablesortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:90%;" |- ! scope="col" |Facility !Description !Opened |- |'''Fowler Athletics Center''' |Athletics department headquarters and Aztec Hall of Fame |2001 |- | '''Jeff Jacobs JAM Center''' |Practice facility for men's and women's basketball |2015 |- |'''Mission Bay Aquatic Center''' |Facility in Mission Bay co-owned and operated with the University of California, San Diego that provides opportunities for many outdoor activities and water sports for SDSU students. Home to club sports teams such as men's crew and waterskiing and wakesports. |1974 |}

==Non-varsity club sports==

In addition to the varsity sports officially sponsored by the athletic department, San Diego State also supports several club-level sports, most operating through the Aztec Recreation Center.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arc.sdsu.edu/sportclubs/teams|title=Sport Clubs Teams {{!}} Aztec Recreation {{!}} A.S. {{!}} San Diego State University|website=arc.sdsu.edu|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>

Sports with both varsity and club-level teams at the university include baseball and soccer among men's sports, and lacrosse, soccer, volleyball and water polo among women's sports.

===Co-ed club teams===

* Cycling *Sailing * Skiing & Snowboarding * Surfing * Tennis * Triathlon * Waterskiing & Wakesports

===Men's club teams===

* Baseball * Crew * Ice Hockey * Lacrosse * Rugby {{main|San Diego State Aztecs rugby}}

* Soccer * Ultimate Frisbee * Volleyball * Water Polo

=== Women's club teams ===

* Dance * Gymnastics * Lacrosse * Soccer * Ultimate Frisbee * Volleyball * Water Polo

==Championships==

===NCAA tournament appearances===

The San Diego State Aztecs have competed in the NCAA tournament across 16 active sports (6 men's and 10 women's) 191 times at the Division I FBS level.<ref>{{cite web|title=NCAA Championships Statistics|url=https://www.ncaa.org/sports/2021/2/9/statistics.aspx|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|access-date=10 April 2022}}</ref>

* '''Baseball (14)''': 1979 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1986 • 1990 • 1991 • 2009 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2017 • 2018 * '''Men's basketball (14)''': 1975 • 1976 • 1985 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2018 • 2021 • 2022 * '''Women's basketball (9)''': 1984 • 1985 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1997 • 2009 • 2010 • 2012 * '''Women's cross country (1)''': 1981 * '''Football (18)''': 1947 • 1951 • 1966 • 1967 • 1969 • 1986 • 1991 • 1998 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 * '''Men's golf (23)''': 1960 • 1962 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1970 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1999 • 2003 • 2005 • 2008 • 2011 • 2012 • 2015 • 2016 * '''Men's soccer (8)''': 1969 • 1982 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 2005 • 2006 • 2016 * '''Women's soccer (7)''': 1998 • 1999 • 2009 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2017 * '''Softball (11)''': 2001 • 2003 • 2006 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 2022 * '''Women's swimming and diving (8)''': 1982 • 2010 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2017 • 2019 * '''Men's tennis (7)''': 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2002 • 2003 • 2005 • 2015 * '''Women's tennis (22)''': 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2002 • 2003 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2009 • 2013 * '''Women's indoor track and field (10)''': 2006 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 * '''Women's outdoor track and field (22)''': 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1998 • 1999 • 2001 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 * '''Women's volleyball (14)''': 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 2001 • 2012 * '''Women's water polo (3)''': 2007 • 2008 • 2016

===National championships===

==== Division I championships ==== The Aztecs of San Diego State have earned 1 NCAA national championship at the Division I level.<ref name="champ">{{cite web|title=Championships Summary|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/champs_records_book/Overall.pdf|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|access-date=20 May 2018|archive-date=March 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320185655/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/champs_records_book/Overall.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* '''Men's Volleyball''' (1): 1973 {|class="wikitable" width="50%" |- align="center" {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=San Diego State Aztecs|School year|Sport|Opponent|Score}} |- align="center" bgcolor="" | 1972–73 || Men's volleyball || Long Beach State || 3–1 |}

==== Division II championships ==== San Diego State won 7 national championships while at the Division II level.<ref name="champ" />

* Men's cross country (3): 1965, 1966, 1967 * Men's track and field (outdoor) (2): 1965, 1966 * Men's swimming and diving (2): 1965, 1966

The Aztecs also claimed 3 national team titles at the varsity level while a member of NCAA Division II that were not bestowed by the NCAA (being awarded instead by sponsors of College Division football polls):

* Football (3): 1966 (both polls), 1967 (both polls), 1968 (coaches' poll) (NCAA College Division)

==== NAIA championship ==== Basketball (1): 1941 (NAIA)

==== Other championships ==== SDSU's cheerleading and dance teams have won national championships. * Cheerleading (2): 2009, 2011 * Dance (1): 2011 Below are eleven national club team championships:

* Men's badminton (1): 1976 (ABA) * Flowboarding (1): 2011 (CBS) * Rugby (1): 1987 (USA Rugby) * Sailing (2): 1968, 1969 (ICSA) * Surfing (2): 2007, 2013 (NSSA) *Men's water polo (1): 2017 (CWPA) *Women's water polo (1): 2014 [https://collegiatewaterpolo.org/records/ (CWPA)] *Waterskiing (2): 1979, 2006 (NCWSA)

===Individual Championships===

San Diego State has had 15 individuals win NCAA individual national championships at the Division I level.<ref name="champ" />

{|class="wikitablesortable " width="60%" |- align="center" ! colspan=5 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|San Diego State Aztecs|color=white}}"| NCAA individual championships |- ! Order ! School year ! Athlete(s) ! Sport ! Source |- align="center" bgcolor="" | 1 || 1933–34 || Jack Rand || Men's outdoor track and field || <ref name="MOT&F">{{cite web |title=Division I Men's Outdoor Track Championships Records Book |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/track_outdoor_champs_records/2017/D1Men.pdf |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=10 July 2018}}</ref> |- align="center" bgcolor="" | 2 || 1946–47 || Willie Steele || Men's outdoor track and field || <ref name="MOT&F" /> |- align="center" bgcolor="" | 3 || 1947–48 || Willie Steele || Men's outdoor track and field || <ref name="MOT&F" /> |- align="center" bgcolor="" | 4 || 1948–49 || Bob Smith || Men's outdoor track and field || <ref name="MOT&F" /> |- align="center" bgcolor="" | 5 || 1949–50 || Bob Smith || Men's outdoor track and field || <ref name="MOT&F" /> |- align="center" bgcolor="" | 6 || 1964–65 || Larry Godfrey || Men's outdoor track and field || <ref name="MOT&F" /> |- align="center" bgcolor="" | 7 || 1969–70 || Arnie Robinson || Men's outdoor track and field || <ref name="MOT&F" /> |- align="center" bgcolor="" | 8 || 1975–76 || Quentin Wheeler || Men's outdoor track and field || <ref name="MOT&F" /> |- align="center" bgcolor="" | 9 || 1983–84 || Ramona Pagel || Women's outdoor track and field || <ref name="WOT&F">{{cite web |title=Division I Women's Outdoor Track Championships Records Book |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/track_outdoor_champs_records/2017/D1Women.pdf |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=10 July 2018}}</ref> |- align="center" bgcolor="" | 10 || 1984–85 || Laura De Snoo || Women's outdoor track and field || <ref name="WOT&F" /> |- align="center" bgcolor="" | 11 || 1984–85 || LaTanya Sheffield || Women's outdoor track and field || <ref name="WOT&F" /> |- align="center" bgcolor="" | 12 || 2011–12 || Whitney Ashley || Women's outdoor track and field || <ref name="WOT&F" /> |- align="center" bgcolor="" | 13 || 2012–13 || Shanieka Ricketts || Women's outdoor track and field || <ref name="MOT&F" /> |- align="center" bgcolor="" | 14 || 2013–14 || Shanieka Ricketts || Women's indoor track and field || <ref name="WIT&F">{{cite web |title=Division I Women's Indoor Track Championships Records Book |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/track_indoor_champs_records/2018-19/D1women.pdf |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=10 July 2018}}</ref> |- align="center" bgcolor="" | 15 || 2013–14 || Shanieka Ricketts || Women's outdoor track and field || <ref name="WOT&F" /> |}

At the NCAA Division II level, San Diego State garnered 14 individual championships.<ref name="champ" /> In 1975 Barbara Barrow won the women's national intercollegiate individual golf championship after a tie-breaker playoff (an event conducted by the AIAW, which was succeeded by the current NCAA women's golf championship).

==National Award Winners==

{|class="wikitable |- align="center" ! colspan=5 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|San Diego State Aztecs |color=white}}"| Corbett Award |- ! Year ! Name ! Position |- align="center" bgcolor="" | 2000|| Cedric Dempsey || Athletic Director |- | 2007|| Fred L. Miller || Athletic Director |}

==Rivals==

=== BYU ===

SDSU athletics has had a rivalry with the BYU Cougars of Brigham Young University since at least the 1980s when both programs were members of the Western Athletic Conference. The rivalry intensified after both schools left the conference to become charter members of the Mountain West Conference in 1999. Through their many years in the same conferences, the Aztecs and Cougars were routinely tough competition for conference championships in numerous sports among both the men and women. The Cougars departed the Mountain West in 2011, though the programs continue to compete semi-regularly. Men's basketball and football have represented the most high-profile contests of the rivalry.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-29|title=Aztecs fans love to loathe BYU — and for good reason (they believe)|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/aztecs/story/2019-11-28/san-diego-state-aztecs-football-fans-rivalry-byu-brigham-young-university|access-date=2020-12-03|website=San Diego Union-Tribune|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=BYU and San Diego State were fierce rivals in the WAC and Mountain West; now they meet again|url=https://sltrib.com/sports/byu-cougars/2019/11/26/byu-san-diego-state-were|access-date=2020-12-03|website=The Salt Lake Tribune|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Fresno State===

San Diego State has a longtime rivalry with California State University, Fresno, primarily stemming from the American football rivalry dating back to the 1920s. The two schools have competed against each other in over 55 football, 50 men's basketball, and 190 baseball matches.<ref>{{cite web |title=San Diego State Aztecs vs. Fresno State Bulldogs football series history |url=http://www.winsipedia.com/san-diego-state/vs/fresno-state |publisher=Winsipedia |access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Head-to-Head Records for San Diego State men's basketball |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/san-diego-state/head-to-head.html |publisher=College Basketball Reference|access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2017 San Diego State Aztecs baseball guide |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/sdsu/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/2017bblmediaguide.pdf |publisher=Athletics at San Diego State University |access-date=5 June 2018 |archive-date=August 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818162521/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/sdsu/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/2017bblmediaguide.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===San Diego===

The Aztecs have a local rivalry with the University of San Diego's San Diego Toreros, emphasizing the competition in college men's basketball. The rivalry has featured many competitions in neutral locations such as Petco Park across many sports.<ref>{{cite web |title=USD shocks SDSU at Petco Park |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/aztecs/sdut-sdsu-basketball-usd-upset-Petco-2015dec06-htmlstory.html |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=6 December 2015 |access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref>

=== UC San Diego ===

Though more of a rivalry historically outside of sports, the University of California, San Diego, the other major public university in San Diego, represents another local rival of SDSU. The UC San Diego Tritons joined NCAA Division I in 2020. Similar to the way SDSU's student section, The Show, refers to the San Diego Toreros, they often refer to the UC San Diego Tritons as the ''"little brothers"'' or ''"little sisters"''.<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=theshowsdsu |number=1222278031697272832 |url=https://twitter.com/theshowsdsu/status/1222278031697272832 |access-date=2023-06-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130162320/https://twitter.com/TheShowSDSU/status/1222278031697272832 |archive-date=Jan 30, 2020 |title=As much as we HATE our little sisters at USD,… |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |user=theshowsdsu |number=1273356970544660480 |url=https://twitter.com/theshowsdsu/status/1273356970544660480 |access-date=2023-06-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617205659/https://twitter.com/TheShowSDSU/status/1273356970544660480 |archive-date=Jun 17, 2020 |title=We find it extremely cute and we will be rooting for them |language=en}}</ref>

===San Jose State===

'''El Camino Real Rivalry'''

The rivalry between the two Cal State schools dates back to 1935. The matchup is named after the historic 600-mile Camino Real that connects the 21 Spanish missions in California, stretching from San Diego Bay in the south to San Francisco Bay in the north.

In 2014, there were conversations between the two programs about creating a trophy using an old mission bell or a replica of an old Spanish mission bell to be awarded to the winner of the rivalry game, but no trophy ever materialized.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://blogs.mercurynews.com/sjsu/2014/11/06/clearing-valley-trophy-questions/ | title=Cleaning up some Valley Trophy questions | work=Spartan Central | first=Jimmy | last=Durkin | date=6 November 2014}}</ref>

==Aztec Hall of Fame inductees== :''See: Hall of fame and footnote''<ref>[http://goaztecs.cstv.com/trads/SDSU-classes-hof.html Traditions: Aztec Hall of Fame] webpage. San Diego State Aztec Athletics official website. Retrieved 2011-02-25.</ref>

[[File:Neon Aztec Majorette SDSU Mascot.jpg|thumb|Historic Neon Aztec Majorette at the corner of College Avenue and El Cajon Boulevard<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cooley |first=Kathleen H. |date=1985-08-09 |title=Neon Majorette Returning to the College Limelight |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-08-09-me-2448-story.html |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>]] {| |- | valign="top" | '''1988''' • Chris Gaines - Aztec marching Band Singer (1988) • Willie Buchanon - Football (1970–71) • John D. Butler - Football (1933–35) • Don Coryell - Football Coach (1961–72) • Fred Dryer - Football (1967–68) • Gary Garrison - Football (1964–65) • Gene Littler - M. Golf (1949–52) • Haven Moses - Football (1966–67) • Graig Nettles - Baseball (1964–65); M. Basketball (1964–65) • Charles E. Peterson - Football Coach (1921–29); M. Basketball Coach (1921–26);

Track & Field Coach (1922–46) • Milton Phelps - M. Basketball (1939–41) • Art Preston - Football (1949–51); Baseball (1950–52) • Arnie Robinson - M. Track & Field (1970–71) • Dennis Shaw - Football (1968–69) • Brian Sipe - Football (1969–71) • Willie Steele - M. Track & Field (1947–48); M. Basketball (1947); Baseball (1949) '''1989''' • Kevin Crow - M. Soccer (1979–82) • Morris Gross - Baseball, M. Basketball, Football (1922–1924, 1926–1927);

M. Basketball Coach (1929–42); Baseball Coach (1931–1932); Director of Athletics (1935–1941) • Tony Gwynn - Baseball (1979–81); M. Basketball (1978–81) • Don Horn - Football (1965–66) • Jack Rand - M. Track & Field (1934–35); Football (1932–34) '''1990''' • Tim Delaney - Football (1968–70) • Art Linkletter - M. Basketball (1932–34); M. Swimming & Diving (1932–34) • Judy Porter - W. Basketball (1980–83) • Tom Reynolds - Football (1969–71) '''1991''' • Steve Copp - M. Basketball (1973–76) • Chuck Courtney - M. Golf (1960–61) • Tom Dahms - Football (1947–49) • Monte Jackson - Football (1973–74) '''1992''' • Barbara Barrow - W. Golf (1974–77) • Bud Black - Baseball (1978–79) • Tony Pinkins - M. Basketball (1955–57) • Bob Smith - M. Track & Field (1949–50) • Charlie Smith - Baseball Coach (1934–64) • Deby LaPlante - W. Track & Field (1979–80) '''1993''' • Tom Ables - Honorary • Michael Cage - M. Basketball (1981–84) • Vidal Fernandez - M. Soccer (1977–79) • Ann Lebedeff - W. Tennis (1972–74) • Tom Nettles - Football, M. Track & Field (1966–68) • LaTanya Sheffield - W. Track & Field (1983–86) '''1994''' • Patricia Mang - Softball (1987–88) • Chris Marlowe - M. Volleyball (1972–73); M. Basketball (1970–73) • Bill Schutte - Football Coach (1947–55) • Nate Wright - Football (1967–68) • George Ziegenfuss - M. Basketball Coach (1948–69) '''1995''' • Marcelo Balboa - M. Soccer (1988–89) • Bob Brady - M. Basketball (1952–54) • Claudie Minor - Football (1972–73) • Micki Schillig - W. Tennis (1980–83) • Frank Scott - M. Golf Coach (1948–83) '''1996''' • Paul Mott - Football, M. Basketball, M. Track & Field (1925–28) • Ramona Pagel - W. Track & Field (1983–84) • Todd Santos - Football (1984–87) • Eric Wynalda - M. Soccer (1987–89) '''1997''' • Vicki Cantrell - W. Volleyball (1980–83) • Kenny Hale - M. Basketball (1941, 1946–47) • Joel Kramer - M. Basketball (1974, 1976–78) • Duncan McFarland - M. Volleyball (1973) '''1998''' • Marshall Faulk - Football (1991–93) • Chris Gwynn - Baseball (1983–85) • Mary Holland - W. Volleyball (1979–82) • Dick Mitchell - M. Basketball (1940–42) • Chana Perry - W. Basketball (1988–89) '''1999''' • Lennie Clements - M. Golf (1976–79) • Laura De Snoo - W. Track & Field (1983–86) • Harry Hodgetts - M. Basketball (1937–41) • Carol Plunkett - W. Tennis Coach (1976–94) • Wendy Wheat - W. Volleyball (1977–80) '''2002''' • 1940–41 Men's Basketball Team • 1987 Men's Soccer Team • Joe Gibbs - Football (1961–63); Football Coach (1965–66) • Norm Nygaard - Football (1952–54) • Falisha Wright - W. Basketball (1992–95)

'''2003''' • 1973 Men's Volleyball National Champions • Al Skalecky - M. Basketball (1966–67-68) • Nicole Storto - W. Tennis (1990–93) • Angela Rock - W. Volleyball (1981–84) • Marla Runyan - W. Track & Field (1988–91) '''2004''' • Mike Douglass - Football (1976–77) • Rod Dowhower - Football (1963–64) • Claude Gilbert - Football Coach (1967–80, 1995–99) • Travis Lee - Baseball (1994–96) • Ron Reina - Broadcaster (1969–86) • Carrie McLaughlin Stathas - W. Track & Field (1981–83) | valign="top" | '''2005''' • 1987 Men's Rugby National Champion • Hank Allison - Football (1969–70) • Kern Carson - Football (1961–63) • Bernie Finlay - Basketball (1958–60) • Lynn Kanuka-Williams - W. Cross Country, W. Track & Field (1980–82) '''2006''' • Bob Breitbard - Football (1938–40 Player, 1945 Coach) • Kim Goetz - M. Basketball (1978–79) • Cynthia MacGregor - W. Tennis (1983–86) • Neal Petties - Football (1961–63) • Craig Scoggins - Football (1965–66) '''2007''' • Bob Cluck - Baseball (1966–67) • Mike Dodd - M. Basketball (1975–79), M. Volleyball (1978–80) • John "Jake" Duich - Football (1935, 1937–38) • Steve Duich - Football (1966–67) • Jay Gutowski - Football (1953–56) • Bobby Meacham - Baseball (1979–81) • Rachel Scott - W. Water Polo (1995–98) '''2008''' • Isaac Curtis - Football (1972) • John Farris - Football (1962–64) • Kieishsha Garnes - W. Basketball (1991–92) • Mark Grace - Baseball (1985) • Bobby Howard - Football (1965–66) '''2009''' • 1966 Wire Service College Division Football National Champions • Toni Himmer - W. Volleyball (1980–83) • Oliver Maiberger - M. Tennis (2000–03) • Mario Mendez - Football (1961–63) • Jeff Staggs - Football (1965–66) • Ralph Wenzel - Football (1964–65) '''2010''' • Tonette Dyer - W. Track & Field (2002–05) • Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila - Football (1996–99) • La'Roi Glover - Football (1992–95) • Doug Harvey - Baseball (1955–56) • John Hyden - M. Volleyball (1992–95) • Fred Miller - Director of Athletics (1985–95) '''2011''' • Dick Barnes - M. Basketball (1946, 1948–50) • Sandra Durazo - Softball (1998–2001) • Kyle Turley - Football (1994–97) • Quentin Wheeler - M. Track & Field (1975–76) • 1958 NAIA Baseball National Champions (1958) '''2012''' • Dr. O. Kenneth Karr Jr. - Director of Athletics (1969–78) • Randy Holcomb - M. Basketball (2001–02) • Mike Malano - Football (1996–99) • Liane Sato - W. Volleyball (1985–86) • J. R. Tolver - Football (1999–2002) '''2013''' • Brandon Heath - M. Basketball (2003–07) • Mark Reynolds - Sailing (1975–79) • Choc Sportsman - Track & Field Coach (1947–66) • Michelle Suman - W. Basketball (1991–95) • Don Warren - Football (1976–79) '''2014''' • Kirk Morrison - Football (2000–04) • Stephen Strasburg - Baseball (2007–09) • Pete Inge - Football (1976–79) • Kyle Whittemore - M. Soccer (1984–88) • Shayla Balentine - W. Track & Field (2002–05) '''2015''' • Billy Blanton - Football (1994–96) • Ed Imo - Football (1976–77) • Larry Godfrey - M. Track & Field (1965) • Karoline Koehler - W. Track & Field (2007–10) • Anthony Watson - M. Basketball (1983–86) '''2016''' • Kawhi Leonard - M. Basketball (2009–11) • Leon Parma - Football (1948–50) • Noel Prefontaine - Football (1995–96) • Miesha McKelvy-Jones - W. Track & Field (1997–99) • Steve Williams - M. Track & Field (1973–74) '''2017''' • Steve Fisher - M. Basketball Coach (1999–2017) • D.J. Gay - M. Basketball (2007–11) • Whitney Ashley - W. Track & Field (2011–12) • Craig Penrose - Football (1974–75) • Whip Walton - Football (1974–77) '''2018''' • Jamaal Franklin - M. Basketball (2011–13) • Holly Hartzell - W. Water Polo (2001–04) • Lon Hinkle - M. Golf (1970–72) • Travis Hitt - Football (1973–76) • Larry Ned - Football (1998–2001) • Ernie Anderson - Photographer '''2019''' • Jim Dietz - Baseball Coach (1972–2002) • Tally Hall - M. Soccer (2003–06) • Jené Morris - W. Basketball (2008–10) • Xavier Thames - M. Basketball (2011–14) • Shanieka Ricketts - W. Track & Field (2011–14) |}

==Notable athletes== ::''See also the List of San Diego State University people'' * Marcelo Balboa, World Cup and Major League Soccer (MLS) soccer star * Bud Black, former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher and manager of the Colorado Rockies * Jim Campbell, former MLB pitcher * Joe Corona, current U.S. international soccer player * Isaac Curtis, former National Football League (NFL) receiver * Jeff DaVanon, former MLB player (Arizona Diamondbacks) * Fred Dryer, actor-producer and former NFL player * Herm Edwards, Arizona State University head coach * Marshall Faulk, Pro Football Hall of Fame NFL running back and broadcaster * John Fox, former Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, and Denver Broncos head coach * Mark Grace, retired MLB player and World Series champion * Tony Gwynn, Baseball Hall of Famer (and San Diego State baseball head coach at the time of his death in 2014) * Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, former NFL player with the Green Bay Packers * Joe Gibbs, former NFL head coach of the Washington Redskins and current NASCAR team owner * Az-Zahir Hakim, former NFL wide receiver * Kameron Kelly, defensive back for the Pittsburgh Steelers * Armen Keteyian, sports journalist, HBO Sports, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel * Travis Lee, former MLB player * Kawhi Leonard, NBA Small Forward for the Los Angeles Clippers, 2014 and 2019 NBA Finals MVP, 2015 and 2016 NBA Defensive Player of the Year * Art Linkletter, SDSU basketball player and swimmer who went on to a decades-long career as a radio and TV personality * Chris Marlowe, Sportscaster, former Olympic volleyball player * Kirk Morrison, former NFL linebacker with Buffalo Bills * Haven Moses, former NFL receiver, 2x Pro Bowler * Kassim Osgood, former NFL receiver * Rashaad Penny, running back for the Philadelphia Eagles * Noel Prefontaine, former Canadian Football League kicker * Donnel Pumphrey, former NFL running back * Jimmy Raye, former NFL player * Darnay Scott, former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver * Don Shaw, former MLB pitcher * Brian Sipe, former NFL quarterback * Xander Schauffele, PGA Tour golfer * Webster Slaughter, former American football wide receiver * Dave Smith, former MLB pitcher * Stephen Strasburg, MLB pitcher for the Washington Nationals * Carl Weathers, actor/former NFL player most famous for playing Apollo Creed in the ''Rocky'' film series * Eric Wynalda, former World Cup and MLS soccer star, former ABC Sports broadcaster, current head coach of Las Vegas Lights FC * Jeanne Zelasko, sports journalist, Fox Sports

==Footnotes== {{notelist}}

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==External links== {{commons cat}} * {{Official website}}

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