Editing Northern Michigan University (section)

==Athletics==
{{main|Northern Michigan Wildcats}}
{{see also|Northern Michigan Wildcats men's ice hockey}}
[[File:Football signed by 1978 Northern Michigan Wildcats (1987.569).jpg|thumb|right|A football signed by the 1978 Northern Michigan Wildcats football team]]

NMU's Wildcats compete in the NCAA's Division II [[Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]] in basketball, football, golf, cross country, soccer, volleyball, track & field, and swimming/diving. The hockey program competes in Division I as a member of the [[Central Collegiate Hockey Association]]. The Nordic ski team competes in the [[Central Collegiate Ski Association]]. The Division II football team plays in the world's largest wooden dome, the [[Superior Dome]].<ref>[http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_superior_dome_upper_peninsula_heritage_center.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604052129/http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_superior_dome_upper_peninsula_heritage_center.html|date=June 4, 2008}}</ref> [[Lloyd Carr]], former head coach at the [[Michigan Wolverines football|University of Michigan]], former NFL coach [[Jerry Glanville]], and [[Steve Mariucci]], former head coach of the [[Detroit Lions]] and [[San Francisco 49ers]] and [[Robert Saleh]], current head coach of the [[New York Jets]], played football for NMU, and current [[Michigan State Spartans men's basketball|Michigan State]] coach [[Tom Izzo]] played basketball at NMU. Northern Michigan's rivals in sports action are the two other major schools in the Upper Peninsula: [[Michigan Technological University]], and [[Lake Superior State University]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/coaches/lcarr.htm |title = Football Coaches |publisher = University of Michigan Athletics |access-date = July 1, 2010 |archive-date = August 4, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110804045658/http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/coaches/lcarr.htm |url-status = live }}</ref>

===Olympic Training Site===
With more than 70 resident athletes and coaches, the NMU-OTS is the second-largest Olympic training center in the United States, in terms of residents, behind [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]. The USOEC has more residential athletes than the [[Lake Placid, New York|Lake Placid]] and [[Chula Vista, California|Chula Vista]] sites combined. Over the years, it has grown into a major contributor to the U.S. Olympic movement.

NMU-OTS athletes attend NMU while training in their respective sports, and are officially recognized as NMU varsity athletes. The student athletes receive free or reduced room and board, access to training facilities as well as sports medicine and sports science services, academic tutoring, and a waiver of out-of-state tuition fees by NMU. Although athletes are responsible for tuition at the in-state rate, they may receive the B.J. Stupak Scholarship to help cover expenses.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Team-USA/Olympic-Training-Facilities/NMU-OTS-in-Marquette-MI |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150501085458/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Team-USA/Olympic-Training-Facilities/NMU-OTS-in-Marquette-MI |url-status = dead |archive-date = May 1, 2015 |title = NMU-OTS - Marquette, Michigan }}</ref>

The NMU-OTS also offers a variety of short-term training camps; regional, national, and international competitions; coaches and officials education clinics; and an educational program for retired Olympians.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://webb.nmu.edu/SportsUSOEC/ |title = Home: United States Olympic Education Center |publisher = Northern Michigan University |access-date = July 1, 2010 |archive-date = July 11, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100711032751/http://webb.nmu.edu/SportsUSOEC/ |url-status = live }}</ref>