University of South Alabama

The University of South Alabama (USA) is a public, national research university in Mobile, Alabama, United States. It was created by the Alabama Legislature in May, 1963, and replaced

 existing extension programs operated in Mobile by the University of Alabama.

USA is the only major public institution of higher learning on the upper Gulf Coast. With Alabama's

 two older universities more than 200 miles distant, the University is strategically located in the greater Mobile area, which has a population of more than a million within a 

Basketball, Baseball, Tennis, Cross Country, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, and Outdoor Track and Field. Women's sports include Basketball, Softball, Soccer, Tennis, Cross Country, Volleyball, 

Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, and Golf. All sports participate to as simply "South", "USA", or the "Jags", but the more formal South Alabama is often used as well.

The university announced the creation of a NCAA sanctioned football team on December 6, 2007, with the goal of fast tracking 

he school's first ever game was played on September 5, 2009 in front of 26,00+ fans. The Jaguars football team is led by head coach Joey Jones, former Alabama player under Paul "Bear" Bryant. The Jaguars lost at NC Stat 

 League Baseball talent. The most notable current as both the 2011 National League Championship Series MVP and 2011 World Series  for the St. Louis Cardinals, and Juan Pierre, a World Series winner with the Florida Marlins in 2003. Coach Steve 

the end of the 2011 season and handed over the position to the coach in waiting, Mark Cd been on staff \The basketball program has reached the NCAA tournament eight times, with its only win coming against the University 

e Jaguars have been beaten by the eventual national champion 3 of those 8 times (Michigan, Arizona, & the Michigan loss occurring in the second round.