Auburn Tigers Information

In the last several years, Auburn's swimming and diving sportsmen have become a real threat for the competitors in the SEC under the head coach David Marsh. Coach Marsh is a US Olympic coach and AU swimmers have been representatives of the USA and also other countries in the recent Olympic Games. Auburn's most successful swimmer is an Olympic gold medalist Rowdy Gaines; he was awarded with three gold medals in the 1984 Summer Olympic Games. The Universitys female winner of the Olympics in swimming is Kirsty Coventry, who received gold, silver and bronze medals at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens.

The most famous player of the men's basketball team is considered to be Charles Barkley. Other NBA players from the University are Wesley Person, Chuck Person, Marquis Daniels, Chris Porter, Moochie Norris, and Pat Burke.

The Auburn Universitys womens basketball team is one of the most competitive teams in the USA and in the SEC. The team has won 4 SEC Tournament championships and 4 regular season SEC championships. The Coach Joe Ciampi trained the team for twenty-five years. After he retired, his place took Nell Fortner, the highly experienced, former Purdue and US National and Olympic team head coach. The most prominent University players of the past are: Vickie Orr, Ruthie Bolton, Monique Morehouse, Carolyn Jones and Chantel Tremitiere.

Auburn Universitys main two competitors are Alabama and Georgia. Alabama is the most heated competitor, and the rivalry is really intensive. It is also referred to as the Iron Bowl. Alabama keeps the edge at 38-31-1.

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