Norman, Oklahoma

==Sports==
[[File:OklahomaSooners-EnterField-20070915.jpg|thumb|OU takes the field at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.]]
The University of Oklahoma sponsors many collegiate sporting events in Norman. The school is well known for its [[Oklahoma Sooners football|football program]], having won seven [[NCAA Division I]] National Football Championships.<ref name="NCAA_Champs"/> In addition, it has the best winning percentage of any [[Football Bowl Subdivision|Division I FBS]] team since the introduction of the [[AP Poll]] in 1936<ref>{{cite web |title=Oklahoma Football Quick Facts |work=SoonerSports.com |publisher=University of Oklahoma |url=http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/m-footbl-quick-facts.html |access-date=August 21, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820100647/http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/m-footbl-quick-facts.html |archive-date=August 20, 2007 |df=mdy}}</ref> and has played in four [[BCS National Championship Game]]s since 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ticketcity.com/bowl-game-tickets/bcs-champions.html |publisher=Ticket City |title=BCS Champions |access-date=January 10, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bcsfootball.org/news/story?id=4809942 |publisher=BCS Football |title=BCS, Alliance & Coalition games, year-by-year |access-date=January 10, 2012 |archive-date=October 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014094904/http://www.bcsfootball.org/news/story?id=4809942 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
During football season, the Oklahoma Sooners football program contributes significantly to Norman's economy. During game day weekends, Norman sees an influx out of town traffic from all over the country with over 80,000 people routinely attending [[American football|football]] games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.travelok.com/Norman |publisher=Discover Oklahoma |title=Norman |access-date=January 13, 2012}}</ref> Norman's local businesses, especially areas around campus and Campus Corner, benefit greatly from the game day traffic alone. The program ranks in the top 10 of ESPN's top college football money-makers with home games generating revenues at approximately $59&nbsp;million and game day operating expenses at about $6.1 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://normantranscript.com/headlines/x550068706/Norman-businesses-look-for-home-game-boost |publisher=Norman Transcript |title=Norman businesses look for home game boost |access-date=September 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130012824/http://normantranscript.com/headlines/x550068706/Norman-businesses-look-for-home-game-boost |archive-date=January 30, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In 1951 and 1994 its baseball team won the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] national championship,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oudaily.com/news/2004/jan/23/champs-to-return-for-diamond-dinner/ |publisher=OU Daily |title=Champs to Return for Diamond Dinner |access-date=January 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729045951/http://oudaily.com/news/2004/jan/23/champs-to-return-for-diamond-dinner/ |archive-date=July 29, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> and the women's softball team won the national championship in 2000, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, and 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://soonersports.com/news/2023/6/8/softball-sooners-complete-three-peat-win-seventh-national-title |publisher=University of Oklahoma Athletics |title= Sooners Complete Three Peat, Win Seventh National Title |access-date=June 19, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230611013856/https://soonersports.com/news/2023/6/8/softball-sooners-complete-three-peat-win-seventh-national-title |archive-date=June 11, 2023 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The men's and women's [[gymnastic]]s teams have won ten national championships since 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oudaily.com/news/2011/dec/09/no-1-mens-gymnastics-team-gear-season-saturday-int/ |publisher=OU Daily |title=No. 1 Men's Gymnastics Team to Gear Up for Season |access-date=January 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729052252/http://oudaily.com/news/2011/dec/09/no-1-mens-gymnastics-team-gear-season-saturday-int/ |archive-date=July 29, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Other university men's sports include: basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, football, Ultimate Frisbee, tennis, track and field, and wrestling.<ref name="OU_Athletics">{{cite web |url=http://www.ou.edu/content/web/left/athletics.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501121908/http://www.ou.edu/content/web/left/athletics.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 1, 2012 |publisher=University of Oklahoma |title=OU Athletics |access-date=January 10, 2012}}</ref> The OU Sooners men's hockey team competes in the American College Hockey Association, at the "club" level, but has yet to apply for higher-level play. Due to the lack of a rink in Norman, the team plays at the Blazers Ice Centre in south Oklahoma City. Women's sports include: basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, football, Ultimate Frisbee, rowing, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, and volleyball.<ref name="OU_Athletics" />

The [[Golf Coaches Association of America]] (GCAA), a non-profit professional association of men's collegiate golf coaches, is located in Norman.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://collegiategolf.com/about.html |title=About |publisher=Collegiategolf.com |access-date=March 30, 2014}}</ref>