Morgan State Bears and Lady Bears
collegiate sports club in the United States
The Morgan State Bears are the sixteen varsity sports teams representing Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, men and women's cross country, men and women's tennis and men and women's track and field; women's-only bowling, women’s-only softball, and women’s-only volleyball; women’s-only acrobatics & tumbling, men’s-only wrestling, cheerleading, and men's-only football. The Bears compete in the NCAA Division I FCS and are members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
Teams
Rivals
Morgan State and Howard University are historic rivals. The two teams have met 73 times in football. Morgan State leads the series 43–29–1.
Track and field
From 1951 to 1955, Morgan State had a relay team known as The Flying Four that included Otis Johnson and Josh Culbreath. The team specialized in the 4 × 400 metres relay or its imperial distance equivalent and won several major American championships.
Wrestling
In October 2021, the school announced their plans to resurrect a wrestling team that last competed in 1997. The program started in 2023, with NCAA Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist Kenny Monday as their head coach. Morgan State wrestled as an independent in 2023 before joining the EIWA for the 2024-25 season.
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