Athletics

Yes, we're a community college, and yes, we have great sports teams!

2012 NWAACC Champions!!!

The Titans are a perennial power in the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges. Last year they made history by becoming the first NWAACC team to complete a season undefeated (16-0) in league play, while winning their 6th Western Region title in 8 years. This year they won the NWAACC Championship. The Titans are coached by Carl Howell, who is the most-winning, active men's basketball coach in NWAACC. Howell's winning percentage (77.6 percent) is second only to Gonzaga's Mark Few (79.1 percent ) among Northwest men's basketball coaches. Howell has coached the Titans to 342 victories. Dozens of players have gone on to NCAA teams after their time at TCC.

TCC Men's Basketball has won 7 NWAACC Championships and 14 Western Regional Championships. We have had 9 straight seasons of 25 or more wins under Coach Howell!

Titans Take to the Field

TCC student athletes suit up for success in 6 intercollegiate sports programs:

• Men's baseball
• Men's basketball and women's basketball
• Men's soccer and women's soccer
• Women's volleyball.

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NWAACC

TCC is a member of the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges, the parent organization 39 community colleges in the states of Washington Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia. The NWAACC is the largest multi-state organization of its type in the nation.

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News

Baseball: Extra Innings Walk-Off Home Run Against Lower Columbia Sends Titans to NWAACC Championships

5/22/2013 10:29:00 AM - Tacoma, WA - Playoff baseball is what your Tacoma Titans had in store for them this past weekend as they faced off against division foe Lower Columbia, with a birth to the NWAACC championships on the line.

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General: New Post

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Women's Basketball: Former Seattle U Coach Dan Kriley to lead TCC Women's Basketball

5/9/2013 9:53:00 AM - Former Seattle University Head Women's Basketball coach Dan Kriley has been hired as the new Women's Head basketball coach/Academic Advisor at Tacoma Community College. Kriley who was 77-59 in 5 years as Head Coach at Seattle U. replaces Heidi Collier who resigned last month to pursue a graduate degree at Utah. Collier led the Titans to 3 straight NWAACC Tournament appearances from 2010-13. The Titans had only had 4 postseason appearances prior to 2010.
Kriley had 2 of the top 5 single season win totals in SU history winning 18 games in 2006-07 while winning 20 games and reaching postseason in his final season of 2008-09. Kriley was also the assistant Women's coach for 6 years at Seattle U and also coached the Pierce College Men from 1996-99. " We are extremely excited to be able to hire a coach with Dan's experience, He brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record as a Head Coach while also having advising experience during his tenure at Pierce" said TCC Director of Athletics Carl Howell
"I am very excited about the opportunity to lead the Women's Basketball program at TCC. The unyielding support and athletic success at TCC recently made this position very attractive." I fully intend to build on the recent accomplishments of the Women's program and ultimately guide them to a championship.""It feels great to be back in the NWAACC and competing with old friends" Stated Kriley.
The Lady Titan's open the 2013-14 season on Wednesday December 4th at Olympic College.

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General: Former Seattle U Coach Dan Kriley to lead TCC Women's Basketball

5/9/2013 9:51:00 AM - Former Seattle U Coach Dan Kriley to lead TCC Women's Basketball

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Baseball: TCC Sweeps Grays Harbor, Moves Into 2nd In The West

4/25/2013 11:09:00 AM - Tacoma, WA- The Titans opened up its fourth consecutive conference series vs. Grays Harbor. The Titans coming into the series were (19-7) overall with an (8-4) conference record. Grays Harbor coming into the series were (6-22) overall with an (4-7) conference record. After having back to back weeks of rescheduling games due to weather and the Hall of fame dinner the series kicked off on a nice sunny Saturday.

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Baseball: Baseball Takes 4-Game Series Against Centralia

4/25/2013 10:51:00 AM - Tacoma, WA- The Titans were set to take on Centralia Friday and Sunday for its third consecutive conference series. However, the weather would have different ideas. Games one and two were set to take place at Tacoma on Friday, while games three and four would be on Sunday at Centralia. This was due to the Hall of Fame dinner that the Tacoma CC athletic department was holding on Saturday. Due to weather and Centralia's poor field conditions the series would drag out until Wednesday of the next week, again forcing the Titans to play conference games in the middle of the week. Game one took place at Minnitti field as did game two, however game two was played on Sunday while games three and four were both played on Wednesday at Wheeler field.

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Baseball: Titans Split Series With Pierce To Open Conference Play

4/3/2013 11:57:00 AM - Tacoma, WA- The Titans opened up conference play this past weekend versus the defending NWAACC champions, Pierce Raiders. With it being Easter Sunday, the series took place Friday at TCC's Minnitti Field and Saturday at Pierce's home field Mt Tahoma High School.

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Baseball: TCC Baseball Wins TCC/PC Spring Invite Tournament for 2nd Year In A Row

3/28/2013 9:21:00 PM - Tacoma, WA- The Titans had its first full weekend at home, hosting the TCC-PIC Spring invite. The tournament included four of the top eight ranked teams in the NWAACC, Everett #1, Bellevue #3, Tacoma #6, and Pierce #8. Also invited were Southwest Oregon CC and Lane CC. Last year your Titans won the invite with a record of (3-0-1). This year would be no different with the Titans taking all four games to win the invite for the second straight year.

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General: Athletics Hall of Fame Dinner & Auction Supports Scholarships

3/27/2013 11:18:00 AM - Athletics Hall of Fame Dinner & Auction Supports Scholarships

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Baseball: Titans Battle Rough Conditions at WSU, Take Series Against Spokane

3/19/2013 11:34:00 AM - Tacoma, WA - After Traveling to the Eastside of the state last weekend, the Titans traveled back over the mountains to Pullman, WA to play a series vs. Spokane CC at Washington State University this past weekend. The Titans split games 1 and 2 but swept games 3 and 4 to win the series. TCC outscored Spokane 47-17 on the weekend.

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