San Diego Toreros
University	University of San Diego
Conference	WCC (primary) Pioneer Football League Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (women's swimming & diving)
NCAA	Division I (FCS)
Athletic director	Bill McGillis
Location	San Diego, California
Varsity teams	17
Football stadium	Torero Stadium
Basketball arena	Jenny Craig Pavilion
Baseball stadium	Fowler Park
Mascot	Diego Torero
Nickname	Toreros
Colors	Navy, white, and Toreros blue[1]
Website	www.usdtoreros.com

The San Diego Toreros are the 17 teams representing the University of San Diego of San Diego, California in intercollegiate athletics. The Toreros compete in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and are members of the West Coast Conference for most sports.

Sports sponsored

Louise Lieberman has been the San Diego Toreros women soccer team's head coach since 2017, when she was hired as the fourth coach in team history.^[2][3]

National championships

Rugby

Team

• † Title shared with UC Irvine

Individual

Notable athletes

• Oliver Kane - MLR Prop San Diego Legion
• Jamal Agnew - NFL wide receiver
• Eric Bakhtiari - former NFL linebacker
• Kris Bryant - MLB outfielder/third baseman
• Josh Butler - former MLB pitcher
• Brady Clark - Former MLB outfielder
• Dylan Covey - former MLB pitcher
• Ross Dwelley - NFL tight end
• Scott Garlick - former MLS Goalkeeper
• Michael Gasperson - NFL wide receiver
• A.J. Griffin - former MLB pitcher
• Evan Hlavacek - former AFL wide receiver
• Josh Johnson - NFL quarterback
• Zuzana Lešenarová - former professional tennis player
• Matt Maslowski - former NFL wide receiver
• John Matthews - former NFL wide receiver
• Brian Matusz - former MLB pitcher
• Mike McCoy - former MLB utility player
• James Pazos - MLB pitcher
• Paul Sewald - MLB pitcher
• Sammy Solís - former MLB pitcher
• Vern Valdez - former NFL defensive back
• Stan Washington - former NBA player
• John Wathan - former MLB utility player

Notable non-varsity teams

Rugby

The University of San Diego Rugby Football Club was founded in 1980.^[5] USD plays college rugby in Division 1-AA in the Gold Coast Conference. They are coached by Charlie Purdon.

In the 2021–22 season, USD finished 4-0 in conference play and qualified for the D1-AA national playoffs in both 15s and 7s, where they lost to Fresno State 46-7 (who later won the 15s National Championship) and defeated Sacramento State 53-17. The Toreros then regrouped and poised themselves to take a shot at the National Title in 7s later that year in Atlanta, Georgia. The Toreros went 6-0 in the tournament, defeating Kennesaw State, Iowa State, Harvard, Stanford, Nebraska, and finally Harvard once again to claim the First National Championship in the club's 42-year history: