The Wayne State Warriors football team is the college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 team at Wayne State University

Wayne State University

Wayne State University is a public research university located in Detroit, Michigan, United States, in the city's Midtown Cultural Center Historic District. Founded in 1868, WSU consists of 13 schools and colleges offering more than 400 major subject areas to over 32,000 graduate and...

 in Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...

. The Wayne State Warriors

Wayne State Warriors

The Wayne State Warriors are the represent Wayne State University, located in Detroit, Michigan. The university is a member of the NCAA at the Division II level, WSU competes in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for all sports except fencing, which competes in the Midwest...

 have competed in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is a competitive intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division II. The GLIAC was founded in June 1972. Member institutions are located in the midwestern United States in the States of Michigan and Ohio, with affiliate...

 since 1999 (and previously from 1975-1989), and are currently a Division II  member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association

National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

 (NCAA). Wayne State plays their home games at Tom Adams Field at Wayne State Stadium. All Wayne State games are broadcast on WDTK

WDTK

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 radio.

Conference championships

Year	Coach	Overall Record	Conference Record	Conference
1956	Herbert L. Smith	4-2-1	3-0-1	Presidents' Athletic Conference
1964	Stanley J. Marshall	4-3-1	4-1-1	Presidents' Athletic Conference
1975	Dick Lowry Dick Lowry (American football) Richard B. Lowry is a former American football coach in the United States. He served as the head coach at Wayne State University from 1974 to 1979 and at Hillsdale College from 1980 to 1996, compiling a career college football record of 172–75–3.-Coaching career:Lowry was the head...	8-3-0	3-1-0	Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Individual award winners

• GLIAC Coach of the Year

Dick Lowry

Dick Lowry (American football)

Richard B. Lowry is a former American football coach in the United States. He served as the head coach at Wayne State University from 1974 to 1979 and at Hillsdale College from 1980 to 1996, compiling a career college football record of 172–75–3.-Coaching career:Lowry was the head...

 - 1975

Paul Winters - 2006

Paul Winters - 2008

• GLIAC Freshman of the Year

Joique Bell - 2006

Kevin Smith - 2008

Warriors in the NFL

Wayne State has had 4 players drafted in the NFL, more than FBS program Middle Tennessee State.

Notable Warrior coaches

Norman "Happy" Wann

Norman G. Wann

Norman Gillespie "Happy" Wann was an American football player, track athlete, coach of multiple sports, and college athletics administrator in the United States...

 - former head coach at Ball State

Brian VanGorder

Brian VanGorder

Brian VanGorder is the current Defensive Coordinator of the Atlanta Falcons. He previously was the head coach of Wayne State University, Georgia Southern University and has been as assistant coach under many other universities, most notably the University of Georgia.-Early coaching...

 - former defensive coordinator at Georgia, Broyles Award

Broyles Award

The Broyles Award is an annual award given to honor the best assistant coach in college football. First awarded in 1996, it was named after former University of Arkansas men's athletic director Frank Broyles...

 winner

Notable Warrior players

Vic Zucco

Vic Zucco

Victor A. Zucco is a former professional American football defensive back in the National Football League. He played four seasons for the Chicago Bears....

 - former DB for the Chicago Bears

Richard Byas, Jr. - former DB for the Atlanta Falcons

Paul Butcher, Sr. - former LB for Detroit, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Carolina and Oakland

Tom "Tarzan" Beer

Tom Beer

Thomas John Beer was an American football player who played at the University of Houston and professionally for the Denver Broncos of the American Football League and the NFL's Boston Patriots and New England Patriots....

 - former TE for Denver and New England

Joique Bell

Joique Bell

Joique D. Bell, Jr is an American football running back for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. He was signed by the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent in 2010...

- RB for the New Orleans Saints

External links

• Official site