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{{Short description|Sports teams of Central State University}}
{{Infobox college athletics
| name                    = Central State Marauders
| logo                    = Central State Marauders logo.png
| logo_width              = 200
| university              = [[Central State University]]
| association             = NCAA
| conference              = [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|SIAC]] (primary)
| division                = [[NCAA Division II|Division II]]
| director                = Kevicia Brown
| location                = [[Wilberforce, Ohio]]
| first season            =
| teams                   = 9
| mens_teams              = 5
| womens_teams            = 4
| coed_teams              =
| stadium                 = McPherson Stadium
| basketballarena         = Beacom/Lewis Gym
| mascot                  =
| nickname                = Marauders and Lady Marauders
| fightsong               =
| pageurl                 = https://maraudersports.com/
| ncaa titles             = 2
| indiv_relay ncaa champs =
}}
The '''Central State Marauders and Lady Marauders''' are the athletic teams that represent [[Central State University]], located in [[Wilberforce, Ohio]], in intercollegiate sports as a member of the [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] level of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA), primarily competing in the [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]] (SIAC) since the 2015–16 academic year (with football joining first as an affiliate member from 2013–14 to 2015 before upgrading for all sports). The Marauders and Lady Marauders previously competed in the D-II [[Great Midwest Athletic Conference]] (G-MAC) from 2012–13 to 2014–15, and as an [[NCAA Division II independent schools|NCAA D-II Independent]] from 2002–03 to 2011–12; as well as competing in the [[American Mideast Conference]] of the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] (NAIA) from 2000–01 to 2001–02.
==Varsity teams==
Central State competes in 11 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include basketball, cross country, football, track & field (indoor and outdoor) and volleyball; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, track & field (indoor and outdoor) and volleyball. Central State's main rivals are Kentucky State University and West Virginia State University.
==National championships==
===Team===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Central State Marauders|Sport|Association|Division|Year|Runner-up|Score}}
|- align="center"
| rowspan="2" | [[Central State Marauders basketball|Men's basketball]] (2)
| rowspan="2" | [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]]
| rowspan="2" | [[NAIA men's basketball championship|Single]]
| [[1965 NAIA basketball tournament|1965]]
| [[Oklahoma Baptist Bison|Oklahoma Baptist]]
| 85–51
|- align="center"
| [[1968 NAIA basketball tournament|1968]]
| [[Fairmont State Falcons|Fairmont State]]
| 51–48
|- align="center"
| rowspan="2" | [[Central State Marauders cross country|Men's cross country]] (2)
| rowspan="2" | NCAA
| rowspan="2" | [[NCAA Division II Men's Cross Country Championships|College]]
| 1960
| [[Minnesota State Mavericks|Mankato State]]
| 72–109
|- align="center"
| 1962
| [[Northern Illinois Huskies|Northern Illinois]]
| 77–96
|- align="center"
|rowspan="2"| Men's indoor track and field (2)
|rowspan="2"| NAIA<ref>{{cite web|title=NAIA Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship Results |url = https://www.naia.org/sports/mtrack-ind/Records/M_INDOOR_Championship_Records.pdf |work=Men’s Championship History |publisher=NAIA|access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"| [[NAIA women's indoor track and field championship|Single]]
|1993
|[[Lubbock Christian Chaparrals|Lubbock Christian]]
|77–70
|- align="center"
|1994
|[[Azusa Pacific Cougars|Azusa Pacific]]
|84–76
|- align="center"
|rowspan="2"| Women's indoor track and field (2)
|rowspan="2"| NAIA<ref>{{cite web|title=NAIA Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship Results |url = https://www.naia.org/sports/wtrack-ind/Records/W_INDOOR_Championship_Records.pdf |work=NAIA|publisher=NAIA.org|access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"| [[NAIA women's indoor track and field championship|Single]]
| 1993
| [[Wayland Baptist Pioneers|Wayland Baptist]]
| 97–65
|- align="center"
| 1996
| Wayland Baptist
| 96–86
|- align="center"
|rowspan="1"| Men's outdoor track and field (1)
|rowspan="1"| [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]]
|rowspan="1"| [[NAIA men's outdoor track and field championship|Single]]<ref>{{cite web|title=NAIA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship Results |url=https://www.naia.org/sports/mtrack-out/Records/M_OUTDOOR_Championship_Records.pdf  |work=NAIA Sports Information Directors Manual|publisher=NAIA|access-date=26 May 2022}}</ref>
| 1993
| [[Prairie View A&M Panthers|Prairie View A&M]]
| 99–70 (+29)
|- align="center"
|rowspan="5"| Women's outdoor track and field (5)
|rowspan="5"| [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]]
|rowspan="5"| [[NAIA women's outdoor track and field championship|Single]]<ref>{{cite web|title=NAIA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship Results |url=https://www.naia.org/sports/wtrack-out/Records/WOUTDOOR_Championship.pdf |work=NAIA|publisher=NAIAHonors.com|access-date=26 May 2022}}</ref>
| 1991
| [[Simon Fraser Red Leafs|Simon Fraser]]
| 115–81 (+34)
|- align="center"
| 1992
| Simon Fraser
| 140–125.5 (+14.5)
|- align="center"
| 1993
| Simon Fraser
| 132–116 (+16)
|- align="center"
| 1994
| [[Doane Tigers|Doane]]
| 96–71 (+25)
|- align="center"
| 1996
| [[Azusa Pacific Cougars|Azusa Pacific]]
| 108–65.5 (+42.5)
|}
==Individual teams==
=== Football ===
The Central State University Marauder football team experienced much success in [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] and [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] during the 1980s through 1995 under then head football coaches, [[Billy Joe (American football)|William "Billy" Joe]] (1981 to 1993) and [[Rick Comegy]] (1993 to 1996).<ref name="returnglory">{{cite news|last=Wright|first=Branson|publisher=[[The Plain Dealer]]|work=Cleveland.com|url=http://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/index.ssf/2011/09/cleveland_classic_central_stat.html|title=Cleveland Classic: Central State hopes it can return to its former glory|date=September 10, 2011|access-date=October 23, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419025612/http://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/index.ssf/2011/09/cleveland_classic_central_stat.html|archive-date=April 19, 2014}}</ref> Under Billy Joe, the Marauders were NCAA Division II runners-up in 1983 and won the [[NAIA Football National Championship]] (Division I) in 1990 and 1992.<ref name="returnglory"/> Under Comegy, a former assistant coach under Joe, the Marauders won the [[NAIA Football National Championship]] (Division I) in 1995.<ref name="returnglory"/> The heyday of Central State football ended in the late 1990s when the university administration was forced to drop the football program in 1997 due to financial difficulties and a significant drop of enrollment.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/call-post-all-ohio-edition/mi_8089/is_20100113/central-state-university-growing-challenged/ai_n50820714 | work=Call & Post; All-Ohio edition | first=Gilbert | last=Price | title=Central State University growing, but still challenged | year=2010}}</ref> In 2005, under new administration leadership of president Dr. John W. Garland, Esq, (Class of 1971), the university reinstated the Central State Marauder football program.<ref name="returnglory"/>
Notable Marauder alumni who went on to play in the [[National Football League]] include: [[Vince Heflin]], [[Vince Buck]], [[Erik Williams]], [[Hugh Douglas (American football)|Hugh Douglas]], [[Charles Hope (American football)|Charles Hope]], [[Brandon Hayes]], [[Mel Lunsford]], [[Kerwin Waldroup]], and [[Dayvon Ross]].<ref name="returnglory"/>
== References ==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://maraudersports.com/}}
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{{Ohio Sports}}
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