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Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears
University
Missouri State University
Conference
Missouri Valley Conference (primary) Missouri Valley Football Conference Mid-American Conference (men's swimming & diving) Conference USA (beach volleyball)
NCAA
Division I (FCS)
Athletic director
Kyle Moats
Location
Springfield, Missouri
Varsity teams
17
Football stadium
Robert W. Plaster Stadium
Basketball arena
Great Southern Bank Arena
Baseball stadium
Hammons Field
Soccer stadium
Allison South Stadium
Mascot
Boomer the Bear and Growl the Bear
Nickname
Bears and Lady Bears
Fight song
The Scotsman
Colors
Maroon and white[1]
Website
missouristatebears.com
Missouri Valley Conference logo in Missouri State's colors
The Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears are the athletic teams representing Missouri State University (formerly Southwest Missouri State University). Missouri State's athletics programs date back to 1908. Missouri State competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The majority of sports play in the Division I Missouri Valley Conference. Missouri State football competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference, while men's swimming & diving competes in the Mid-American Conference, and the women's beach volleyball team, nicknamed Beach Bears instead of "Bears" or "Lady Bears",[2] competes in Conference USA, having moved from the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association after the spring 2023 season.[3] Missouri State athletics are frequently abbreviated as "MOST" when televised.
^"Colors - Identity Standards - Missouri State University". February 5, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
^See, e.g., "Beach Volleyball Program Will Join C-USA in 2024" (Press release). Missouri State Athletics. May 11, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023. The Beach Bears will part ways with the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) next season to join TCU and Tarleton State as affiliate members of Conference USA.
^"BVB: C-USA Adds TCU, Tarleton State and Missouri State as Affiliate Members for Beach Volleyball" (Press release). Conference USA. May 11, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
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