Adams State Grizzlies

The Adams State Grizzlies are the athletic teams that represent Adams State University, located in Alamosa, Colorado, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Grizzlies compete as members of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference for all 18 varsity sports.

Adams State adopted the Grizzlies nickname in the spring of 1996. The school's athletic teams were known as the Indians from the mid-1920s until November 1995.

Teams
Men's sports
 * Baseball
 * Basketball
 * Cross Country
 * Football
 * Lacrosse
 * Soccer
 * Swimming
 * Track & Field
 * Wrestling

Women's sports
 * Basketball
 * Cross Country
 * Golf
 * Soccer
 * Softball
 * Swimming
 * Track & Field
 * Volleyball
 * Wrestling

Team
The Grizzlies have won sixty team national championships.

Cross-country and track
The Grizzly track and cross-country teams are coached by Damon Martin, winner of 20 National Coach of the Year awards. Martin was inducted into Adams State's Hall of Fame in 2007, and the Colorado Running Hall of Fame in 2015. In 2018, he was inducted into the USTFCCCA Hall of Fame. ASU's Men's cross-country team was the first team in history to record a perfect score at the National Championships in 1992. This was the first year Adams competed in NCAA Division II, after previously competing in the NAIA. The women's cross-country team won 15 National Championships between 1992 and 2009. 2016 World Indoor Champion Boris Berian ran for Adams during the 2012 track seasons, winning national championships for the 800m both indoors and outdoors.

Football
Jarrell Harrison is the head coach of the Adams State Grizzlies football team.

Conferences

 * 1930–1945: Independent
 * 1946–1955: New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference
 * 1956: Independent
 * 1957–present: Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

Teams
Men's sports
 * Rugby
 * Rodeo

Women's sports
 * Rodeo

Co-ed sports
 * Cycling
 * Climbing