of a new basketball venue, the Bob Carpenter Center, Delaware's first artificial surface facility at Rullo Stadium, and major renovations of Delaware Stadium, Delaware Field House, and Carpenter Sports Building. In his honor, The Edgar Johnson Award is given each year to the University of Delaware senior male athlete who best exhibits the characteristics of dedication, hard work, and fairness, and consistently reaches for excellence. During his tenure, his teams were awarded 10 consecutive America East Commissioner's Cup Awards, won a total of 83 titles in their conferences, and appeared in 32 NCAA Championships.
Former head football coaches Bill Murray, Dave Nelson and Harold "Tubby" Raymond are College Football Hall of Fame inductees. Delaware is one of only two schools to have three straight head coaches inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame (Georgia Tech is the other).
The Blue Hens have won 29 CAA championships since joining in 2001:
Unofficially, the women's rowing team has won the CAA title …