Athletics

Board of Trustees Chair Mitchell Morgan and President Jason Wingard addressing the football team.

Temple President Jason Wingard and Board Chair Mitchell Morgan gave football players a talk on winning strategies

Temple President Jason Wingard and Board of Trustees Chair Mitchell Morgan offered encouragement to the Owls football team.

July 21, 2022

Campus stock of the Bell Tower and a Temple flag.

Name, image, likeness — and, finally, some fairness: College athletics’ brave new world

Temple University President Dr. Jason Wingard discusses how NIL could be the great equalizer when it comes to leveling the playing field across the Division I Athletics landscape.

June 14, 2022

Introducing a new head coach of women’s basketball

Diane Richardson will be calling the shots at Temple.

April 6, 2022

Image of the panel members at Tuesday night’s Campus Conversations event.

espnW Campus Conversations celebrates and inspires Temple student-athletes

Temple University joined forces with espnW for a Campus Conversations event to support, educate and inspire women student-athletes.

a graduate in robe and cap walks in front of large Temple T

Owl athletes break record for academic success

Student-athletes earn a record-setting GSR

Image of Jacob Martin, a defensive end for the Houston Texans and graduate of Temple University.

Owls in the NFL are carrying on Temple’s mission and spirit

Learn how Owls in the NFL give back to the community.

Sophia Gulotti is one of the only two female cadets in the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) who is also a student-athlete at Temple.

How Temple’s only two female student-athlete Army ROTC cadets balance college life

Juniors McKenna Burkhardt and Sophia Gulotti explain how they balance college life being the only two female student-athlete Army ROTC cadets at Temple.

Arthur Johnson pictured with President Wingard, holding Johnson's replica Temple jersey.

What they’re saying about Temple’s new athletic director

Program leaders from around the country weigh in on Temple’s newest Owl.

Temple welcomes Arthur Johnson to the nest

Arthur Johnson named vice president and director of athletics at Temple University

Johnson formerly led the athletics program at the University of Texas.

Temple experts talk Olympics

COVID concerns, equity issues and forever fans: Three STHM researchers share their insights on the Tokyo games.

Kamali Thompson dressed in her fencing uniform

Owls are everywhere—even in the Olympics

Watch these Owls display their athleticism as Olympic competitors.

Temple women's fencing head coach Nikki Franke

A balanced life: Nikki Franke, 'fencing legend'

Nearly half a century after becoming the first Black woman to coach an NCAA fencing team, Temple’s Nikki Franke is still fueled by the joy of mentorship.

Temple student-athletes continue long-standing trend of academic achievement

Owl student-athletes are graduating at record-setting rates.