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The York Lions is the official name for the athletic varsity teams that represent York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The university's varsity teams compete in the Ontario University Athletics conference of U Sports and, where applicable, in the east division. The Lion's logo features a red lion from the school's logo with the university's colours, red and white.
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- York lions wits testimonial vienna
- York lions marilyn grammenopoulos wins 2017 bryce m taylor award 2017 varsity banquet
- Interuniversity sport teams
- Lions womens ice hockey
- Lions mens soccer
- Lions football
- Season by season record
- York Lions in the CFL
- References
York's former teams were known as the York Yeomen and York Yeowomen, but changed their name to the gender-neutral Lions in 2003. In 2008, the York Lion's men's soccer team won the Canadian men's soccer championship, York's first national championship in any sport in 18 years, and their first soccer championship since 1977.
York lions marilyn grammenopoulos wins 2017 bryce m taylor award 2017 varsity banquet
Interuniversity sport teams
Lions women's ice hockey
The York Lions women's ice hockey team competes in the 10-team Ontario University Athletics conference and finished their 2010-11 season with an 11-16 record. The team's head coach is Dan Church, who is entering his eighth year with the team in the 2011-12 season.
Lions men's soccer
In 2015, the men's soccer team has won the Ontario University Athletics championship, for the third time in three years.
Lions football
The York Lions football team has been in continuous operation since 1969 and are one of two teams currently playing in U Sports football to have never won a conference championship. The other team, the Sherbrooke Vert et Or, did not begin their current programs until 2003. Their current head coach is Warren Craney, who became the team's head coach before the 2010 season.
The program has been one of futility, finishing out of the playoffs for the past 12 seasons. After Queen's and Ottawa joined the OUA in 2001, the playoffs were expanded to include eight teams, meaning that the Lions would make the playoffs for four consecutive seasons. This format was discontinued after the 2003 season, so the Lions did not qualify for post-season play in 2005. In 2012, the Lions finished with a 2-6 record, the most wins for the program since 2005 and in 7th place, their highest finish in eight years. In 2013, the team finished 8th overall in the OUA, matching their previous season's record of 2-6. Following the 2013 season, head coach Warren Craney signed a contract extension with York University to remain at the helm of the program. During the next two seasons, the Lions took a step backward as they recorded no wins in 2014 and one in 2015. The team had a 2-6 2016 record, showing some improvement.
Season-by-season record
The following is the record of the York Lions football team since 2003:
York Lions in the CFL
As of the end of the 2016 CFL season, four former Lions players are on CFL teams' rosters: