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Oklahoma State University 's men's athletics teams are called the ''' Cowboys ''', a name commonly referring to men that tend Sheep and Cattle on ranches in the western United States . Women's teams and athletes are known as '''Cowgirls'''. '''"Aggies"''' is also a popular nickname for Oklahoma State's sports teams. Oklahoma State was once known as the " Aggies ," when the school was named '''Oklahoma A&M'''. Oklahoma State is a member of the NCAA 's Division I-A in most of its sports, and in the Big 12 's South division. The current athletic director is Mike Holder . OSU has 46 total national titles, the fourth-most team national championships in the country, 34 of which come from wrestling. While competing in the Big Eight Conference , the Cowboys and Cowgirls won 135 team titles and 500 individual conference championships. In the Big 12, they have earned to date 18 regular season titles and 5 postseason tournament wins. THE OLYMPICS Fifty-five different athletes from Oklahoma State have participated in some Olympic sport as coaches, wrestlers, baseball players, softball players, track and field participants, managers, and team physicians. OSU athletes have amassed 24 medals: 21 gold, two silver, and one bronze. Olympic medalists
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WRESTLING Oklahoma State's 33 national wrestling championships are the most for any team in any sport at the college or professional level. The team's first NCAA-era coach, Ed C. Gallagher , established Stillwater as a destination for wrestlers, winning 11 championships in the first 13 years of NCAA competition. Although that pace was not sustained in recent years, current coach John Smith has set a new school record with 229 dual wins to date and national championships in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. Wrestling coaches
BASKETBALL Coach Henry Iba was the first notable basketball coach at OSU, then Oklahoma A&M, in the 1940s . His 1945 and 1946 teams were the first in NCAA history to win back-to-back national championships. Under current coach Eddie Sutton , OSU has made 13 appearances in the NCAA tournament, including a pair of Final Four s in 1995 and 2004 . Basketball coaches
FOOTBALL The OSU football team has 16 bowl appearances, including three in the last three seasons. The current coach is Mike Gundy , former Cowboy quarterback. The football program is known for producing pro-caliber running backs such as Bob Fenimore , Terry Miller , Thurman Thomas , and Barry Sanders . Sanders won the Heisman Trophy in 1988. GOLF OSU plays its home matches at Karsten Creek Golf Course, which opened in 1994 as Golf Digest 's Best New Public Course. It hosted the NCAA Men's Championship in 2003. The men's squad has qualified for the NCAA Championship in each of its 59 seasons, a feat unmatched by any other program in the country. In its storied history, the team has won nine national championships, has produced seven individual national champions and won the conference 49 times. The women's squad, currently coached by Mike McGraw , has made 16 NCAA appearances and won 16 conference titles. BASEBALL The Cowboy baseball program has reached the College World Series 19 times, the second-most in NCAA history, including a national championship in 1959. Former player Pete Incaviglia was named Baseball America 's "Player of the Century"; Robin Ventura also played for the Cowboys. Current coach Frank Anderson led the team to their first Big 12 tournament title in 2004. TRADITIONS "The Trilogy" is considered Oklahoma State's fight song, although it is really comprised of three songs; the "Waving Song," "Waving Song," and the "Dr. Who's theme song." The Waving Song was inspired by "In Old New York," from the operetta ''The Red Mill''. The Waving Song is played after every OSU touchdown at football games and after a Cowboy victory in basketball or wrestling, while Cowboy fans all wave one of their arms in unison. The school's alma mater is played at twenty past the hour by the campus's Carillon , and in recent years, the alma mater has become a postgame tradition at football games. Since 1984, at the beginning of each home game and after every OSU touchdown, the "Spirit Rider" appears to stir up the crowd. RIVALRIES Oklahoma State and the University Of Oklahoma have a long-standing intra-state rivalry known as Bedlam . The series, sponsored by Ford and the Bank Of Oklahoma , is based upon an all-sports points system. Each individual sport's champion is awarded a crystal bell trophy, and the overall series champion gets a larger trophy called the Bedlam Bell. Other often-cited rivalries, often driven by mutual success, are the wrestling rivalry with the Iowa Hawkeyes and a basketball rivalry with the University Of Kansas . NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
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