Student Handbook - Southern University New Orleans

AthleticsThe Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) Athletics Departmentis a member of the powerful Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC).The Conference comprises ten schools in the Gulf Coast region– eightprivate universities and two public universities. Southern University atNew Orleans is one of the two public universities in the region.The Conference was established in 1981 and Southern University at NewOrleans became a chartered member in May, 1986. Since that time, theKnights men’s basketball team has won the Conference and Conferencetournament six times, which is more times than any school in the GCAC.The former Men’s basketball coach (Coach Earl Hill) was named“Coach of the Year” three times: 1994-1995, 2001-2002, and 2002-2003.The Lady Knights women’s basketball team has also excelled. In 1999-2000, the team was GCAC regular season Conference champions andthe former coach (Dr. Artis Davenport) was named “Coach of the Year”.The Men’s and Women’s track teams have produced at least six AllAmericans over the years. A Cross Country runner was named All-American, and the track coach (Coach Stephanie Minto) was named RegionalCoach of the Year in 2003-2004 and 2004-2005.In Fall 2009, Women’s Volley Ball was added in the intercollegiateSports Program.In recent years, Southern University at New Orleans has been the onlyschool in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference to have four student athletesgraduate Summa Cum Laude (Bishen Gallo, Rustin Haley, DionAye, Ifeanyi Onor). One was a member of the track team and the otherwas a member of the Men’s basketball team. Both student athletesgraduated with an overall grade point average of 4.0.18