Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
The Yellow Jackets is the name used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that play for the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. There are 8 men's and 7 women's teams that compete in the NCAA Division I athletics and Division I-A football. Georgia Tech is a member of the Coastal Division in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The traditional rival, in all sports is in-state University of Georgia. There are also rivalries with out-of-state Auburn and conference foe Clemson.

Football:
The football team games are played at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field. In addition to yearly cross divisional games, Georgia Tech plays an Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division schedule against Clemson and two other Atlantic Division teams. In addition, the team has a yearly out-of-conference meeting with Georgia at the end of the season.The current coach Chan Gailey. Chan Gailey has posted a 37-27 record, 5 straight bowl berths, and a 2-3 record in bowl games in five seasons. Chan's 5 straight bowl appearances have the Jackets at 10 in a row overall.

Men's basketball:
Georgia Tech features a strong and popular basketball program. The team plays its home games in Alexander Memorial Coliseum. Georgia Tech established itself as a national force in basketball. Bobby Cremins led his team to the first ACC tournament victory in school history in 1985 and in 1990.

Baseball:
The baseball team makes its home at Russ Chandler Stadium and is one of the premier baseball teams in the NCAA. The team's success is guided by head coach Danny Hall. He has coached Tech for 13 seasons and has posted 579 wins over that span. He has led Georgia Tech to only three College World Series appearances in 1994, 2002, and 2006 and 12 years of NCAA regional play.

Golf:
The men's golf team has made the NCAA Championship round nine straight years. The program was rated by Golf Magazine as the #1 collegiate golf program in the country in 2005.

Volleyball
Georgia Tech Women's Volleyball is one of the newer additions to Georgia Tech's athletic department, having only been started in the past twenty years. In four seasons Bond, Shymansky, has shaped Georgia Tech volleyball into a powerful, perennial ACC title contender and NCAA tournament qualifier. Tech has been in the NCAA tournament three out of the past four years and has set several school records for victories in a season, consecutive ACC victories.

Tennis
Georgia Tech has both men's and women's tennis teams. By winning 4-2 over UCLA in May 2007, the women's tennis team became the first NCAA National Champion in Georgia Tech team sports history. Women's tennis has won the last three consecutive ACC titles as well.

Other sports
Georgia Tech also fields women's basketball, softball, men and women's track & field, men and women's swimming & diving, men and women's cross country, and assorted club sports.The non-NCAA sanctioned club sports include but are not limited to crew, cricket, cycling, equestrian, fencing, field hockey, gymnastics, ice hockey, kayaking, lacrosse, paintball, roller hockey, rowing, rugby, sailing, skydiving, triathlon, ultimate, water polo, and wrestling.

Traditions:
The official mascot of Georgia Tech is Buzz.

The Ramblin' Wreck was the first official mascot of Georgia Tech. It is a 1930 Ford Model A Sports Coupe. Since 1961 the Wreck has led the football team onto the field every home game. The Wreck features a gold and white paint job, two gold flags emblazoned with the words "To Hell With Georgia" and "Give 'Em Hell Tech", and a white soft top.