Tampa, Florida

===College sports===

====University of South Florida====
{{See also|South Florida Bulls}}

The [[University of South Florida]] is the only [[NCAA Division I]] sports program in Tampa. USF began playing intercollegiate sports in 1965. The [[South Florida Bulls|Bulls]] established a [[South Florida Bulls men's basketball|men's basketball]] team in 1971 and a [[South Florida Bulls football|football team]] in 1997 and sponsor 17 teams in total. The Bulls joined the [[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]] in 2005, and the football team rose to as high as #2 in the [[Bowl Championship Series|BCS]] rankings in 2007. They are now part of the [[American Athletic Conference]]. USF has won six NCAA national championships: softball in 1983 and 1984, women's swimming in 1985, and sailing in 2009, 2016, and 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=(NCAA Div. II Champions) 1984–85 Swimming Team (2009) – USF Athletic Hall of Fame |url=https://gousfbulls.com/honors/usf-athletic-hall-of-fame/-ncaa-div-ii-champions-1984-85-swimming-team/5 |access-date=October 18, 2020 |website=USF Athletics |language=en |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117204523/https://gousfbulls.com/honors/usf-athletic-hall-of-fame/-ncaa-div-ii-champions-1984-85-swimming-team/5 |url-status=live }}</ref>

====University of Tampa====
{{See also|Tampa Spartans}}

The [[University of Tampa]] [[Tampa Spartans|Spartans]] compete in 20 sports at the [[NCAA Division II]] level in the [[Sunshine State Conference]] (SSC). They have won a total of 19 Division II National Championships, including eight in baseball.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=National Championships |url=https://www.tampaspartans.com/information/traditions/National_Championships |access-date=October 18, 2020 |website=University of Tampa Athletics |language=en |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227145918/https://www.tampaspartans.com/information/traditions/National_Championships |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Hillsborough Community College====
The [[Hillsborough Community College]] Hawks are an [[National Junior College Athletic Association|NJCAA]] Division I junior college team and a member of the [[Florida College System Activities Association]] they compete in the [[Suncoast Conference]] and the Southern Conference in [[NJCAA Region VIII|Region VIII]] of The [[National Junior College Athletic Association]] (NJCAA).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.visittampabay.com/listings/hillsborough-community-college-athletics/3792/ |title=Hillsborough Community College Athletics |website=www.visittampabay.com |language=en-us |access-date=June 16, 2019 |archive-date=June 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616083127/https://www.visittampabay.com/listings/hillsborough-community-college-athletics/3792/ |url-status=live }}</ref>