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The '''Bethune-Cookman University''' Wildcats complete as members of the [[{{meac}}]] in [[NCAA Division I FCS]] football and in [[NCAA Division I]] basketball.  Bethune-Cookman, a historically black college, is a private Methodist institution located in Daytona Beach, Florida.  The school has an undergraduate enrollment of around 3,000.

The campus is in the heart of Daytona Beach, stretching north from US 92 (International Speedway Boulevard) to State Street between Doctor Martin Luther King Boulevard and Lincoln Street; US 1 is five blocks to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean only a mile away. Moore Gymnasium (3,000) is in the center of campus, just off the corner of MLK and Doctor Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard. Exit 261B off I-95 is the US 92 exit, about four miles west of campus. One mile south of that interchange is the beginning of and exit for I-4, which heads southwest to Orlando and Tampa. A mile past I-95 on US 92 is LPGA Boulevard, which a mile to the north passes by the off-campus Municipal Stadium (9,000).

[[Florida A&M]] is Bethune-Cookman's chief rival, and nobody else even threatens that position.

About 40 players have reached the NFL from Bethune-Cookman, including DL Jeff Williams, DB Rashean Mathis, and Hall of Fame OL Larry Little. Carl Fuller is the most noteworthy of three former Wildcats in the NBA.
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=='''Conference Affiliations'''==
===Football===
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|[[{{meac}}]]
|NCAA I FCS
|1980-present
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|[[{{meac}}]]
|NCAA II
|1979
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|[[{{siac}}]]
|NCAA II
|1973-1978
|-
|[[{{siac}}]]
|NCAA College
|1950-1972
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|[[{{cdind}}]]
|NCAA College
|1941-1950
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|junior college
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|1931-1941
|}
===Men's Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[{{meac}}]]
|NCAA I
|1980-present
|-
|[[{{siac}}]]
|NCAA II
|1973-1979
|-
|[[{{siac}}]]
|NCAA College
|1956-1973
|-
|[[{{siac}}]]
|NCAA
|1950-1956
|-
|[[{{seac}}|South Eastern Athletic Conference]]
|NCAA
|1947-1950
|-
|[[NCAA Independents]]
|NCAA
|1941-1947
|-
|junior college
|
|1931-1941
|}

=='''Post-Season'''==
===Football===
{{Bowl Alert}}
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs]]
|[[2002 NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs|2002]], [[2003 NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs|2003]], [[2010 NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs|2010]], [[2012 NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs|2012]], [[2013 NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs|2013]]
|-
|[[Heritage Bowl]]
|[[Heritage Bowl|1998]]
|-
|[[Vulcan Bowl]]
|'''[[Vulcan Bowl|1951]]'''
|-
|[[NCAA Division II Playoffs]]
|[[1977 NCAA Division II Playoffs|1977]]
|}
===Men's Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|{{nit}}
|[[2011 National Invitation Tournament|2011]]
|-
|{{d2mt}}
|[[1980 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament|1980]]
|-
|[[NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament|NCAA College Division Tournament]]
|[[1965 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament|1965]], [[1968 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament|1968]]
|-
|[[NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|NAIA Tournament]]
|[[1966 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament|1966]]
|}
=='''Championships'''==
===Football===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[{{meac}}]] Champions
|[[1984 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Football|1984]], ''[[1988 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Football|1988]]'', [[2002 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Football|2002]], ''[[2010 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Football|2010]]'', [[2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Football|2012]], , ''[[2013 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Football|2013]]'', ''[[2014 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Football|2014]]''
|-
|[[{{siac}}]] Division I Champions
|[[1973 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Division I Football|1973]], [[1975 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Division I Football|1975]], [[1976 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Division I Football|1976]]
|-
|[[{{siac}}]] Champions
|''[[1952 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Football|1952]]''
|-
|[[{{seac}}|South Eastern Athletic Conference]] Champions
|[[1942 South Eastern Athletic Conference Football|1942]], [[1947 South Eastern Athletic Conference Football|1947]]
|}
===Men's Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[{{meac}}]] Regular Season Champions
|[[2011 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball|2011]]
|-
|[[{{siac}}]] Tournament Champions
|[[1953 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Men's Basketball|1953]], [[1968 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Men's Basketball|1968]], [[1980 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Men's Basketball|1980]]
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|[[{{siac}}]] Regular Season Champions
|[[1953 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Men's Basketball|1953]], [[1965 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Men's Basketball|1965]], [[1970 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Men's Basketball|1970]], ''[[1977 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Men's Basketball|1977]]''
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|[[NAIA District 6 Men's Basketball|NAIA District 6]] Champions
|[[1966 NAIA Men's Basketball District Regionals#District 6|1966]]
|-
|[[{{seac}}|South Eastern Athletic Conference]] Tournament Champions
|[[1948 South Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball|1948]], [[1949 South Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball|1949]]
|}

=='''National Individual Awards'''==
===Football===
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|[[Buck Buchanan Award]]
|2002: Rashean Mathis (CB}
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|[[NCAA Division I FCS First-Team All-Americans]]
|1981: Booker Reese (DE)<br>1998: James Souder (LB)<br>2002: Rashean Mathis (DB)<br>2003: Steve Baggs (DL)<br>2005: Ricky Williams (AP)<br>2007: Bobbie Williams (DB)
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|[[NCAA Division II Football First-Team All-Americans]]
|1975: Willie Lee (DE)
|}

===Men's Basketball===
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=='''External Links'''==
[http://www.bcuathletics.com/ Bethune-Cookman University Athletics]
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