The current coach of the Boilermaker men's basketball team is Matt Painter.

The Boilermaker women have one National Championship ( 1999 ), one national runner-up finish ( 2001 to Notre Dame ), seven Big Ten Championships, and have won six of the thirteen women's Big Ten Tournaments.

Originally home to the Boilermaker basketball team and the Boilermaker Swimming Team, the fieldhouse now is used solely by the Men's and Women's Track teams for indoor competitions.

Thus, the trains which carried Purdue's sporting teams and their fans to other cities for athletic contests were known as " Boilermaker Specials ".

Glenn left Purdue after becoming the only Boilermaker to have more than 1, 000 points, 500 rebounds, 100 steals, 100 assists and 50 blocked shots in a career during his two seasons at Purdue, along with a school weightlifting record with a 309-pound clean-and-jerk.

Sheetmetal bearing the words " Purdue " and " Boilermaker Special " were saved and have been archived.

While he was reluctant to take over Woody Hayes ' split-T offense with the Buckeyes, the true reason for his selection of Purdue stemmed from the chemistry he had established with a Boilermaker assistant coach, Hank Stram, beginning a friendship that would last for more than a half century.

With a pair of " cherry-bomb " glass-pack mufflers on a dual exhaust, the Boilermaker Special III had significantly more power and sounded like a hot rod when at wide-open throttle.

The Boilermaker Special III represented the university for 33 years and travelled more than 110, 000 miles ( 177, 000 km ).

Modern swing dance bands active in the U. S. during the 1990s and 2000s include many contemporary jazz big bands, swing revival bands with a national presence such as Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers ( based in San Francisco ), and local / regional jazz bands that specialize in 1930s-1940s swing / Lindy dance music, such as The Swingout Big Band, White Heat Swing Orchestra, and Beantown Swing Orchestra ( Boston ), The Boilermaker Jazz Band ( Pittsburgh ), the Southside Aces ( Minneapolis ), Gordon Webster Septet ( New York ), Jonathan Stout and His Campus Five ( Los Angeles ) and The Jonathan Stout Orchestra featuring Hilary Alexander ( Los Angeles ), The Flat Cats ( Chicago ), The Gina Knight Orchestra ( Chicago and Joliet, IL ), the Solomon Douglas Swingtet and the Tom Cunningham Orchestra ( Washington, D. C .), Sonoran Swing ( Arizona ), and The Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra ( Los Angeles ).

As a sophomore in 1954, Dawson put together an outstanding first season as the NCAA's leader in pass efficiency, while also playing defense and serving as the Boilermaker kicker.

Eligible for his sophomore season, Glenn led the Boilermakers with 24. 1 points and 9. 4 rebounds a game in his first season as a Boilermaker.

During the football season, caps bearing the logos of defeated opponents are attached to the Boilermaker Special's cow-catcher.

The majority of their bodies and chassis were scrapped when they were replaced, primarily to prevent any person from later claiming they owned what used to be the Boilermaker Special.

Due to the high placement of the single headlight and a minimal number of other exterior lights, Boilermaker Special I was not driven at night for safety reasons.

The school mascot is named Yohan and bears a strong resemblance to " Boilermaker Pete " from Purdue University.

The Boilermaker is organized by a staff of race directors, in conjunction with the National Distance Running Hall of Fame and has been run every year since 1978.

Robinson was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the first overall pick in the 1994 NBA Draft, the first Boilermaker to be selected as the first pick since Joe Barry Carroll in 1980.

Since the chassis was not equipped with power steering, the Boilermaker Special III was under-powered and difficult to drive.

Much to the delight of many Reamer Club Alumni, the Boilermaker Special VII is outfitted with modern LED lighting on both its running boards as well as its cyclops.

On April 10, 2012 the Boilermaker Special was involved in an accident with a police car.

Shortly after entering service in 1960, the Boilermaker Special III suffered a brake failure and collided with a police car.

Fans can meet and get autographs from the Purdue Cheerleaders and mascot Purdue Pete, or check out the Boilermaker Special before heading to Ross-Ade Stadium with the band for the pre-game.

A brass bell and steam whistle were donated to Purdue University by the Monon Railroad in 1940 for installation on the original Boilermaker Special I.

Financial and moral support for the first Boilermaker Special was provided by key members of the Purdue University graduating class of 1907, and members of the Purdue Reamer Club from the graduating classes of 1940 and 1941.

After the drive train was replaced, the Boilermaker Special was capable of driving on highways at the posted speed limit for extended periods.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Studebaker Corporation, which provided the chassis for Boilermaker Special I, was losing money.

In an effort to raise money and reduce operating costs, Studebaker sold the naming rights for its Loadstar heavy truck line to International Harvester, which provided the chassis for Boilermaker Special II.

Pieces of sheetmetal from the Boilermaker Special I body containing the words " Purdue " and " Boilermaker Special " were saved when the body of Boilermaker II was scrapped in 1960 and remained on display in the Boilermaker Special garage for many years.

Although it is owned by Purdue University and the State of Indiana, the Boilermaker Special has been operated, maintained, and funded by the men and women of the Purdue Reamer Club since its introduction in 1940.

* James J. Jeffries, a. k. a. " The Boilermaker "-a world heavyweight boxing champion, was born in Carroll.

He currently is ranked in the top ten in career interceptions, solo tackles, total tackles, passes deflected, and kickoff return yardage as a Boilermaker.

The Boilermaker Road Race is a USATF-certified race in Utica, New York, United States.

The Boilermaker was established in 1978 by Earle C. Reed as a measure of giving back to the local community through his Utica Boiler business.

The Boilermaker Jazz Band is a Pittsburgh-based band which plays hot jazz and swing music.

He also unanimously received the John R. Wooden Award and Naismith Award, the first national player of the year-honored Boilermaker since John Wooden himself did it in 1932 ( who also wore the jersey # 13 ).

* The Boilermaker Special, the official mascot of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Student musical organizations are the Knights of Carleton and the Overtones ( men's vocal groups ), and the Keynotes ( a women's singing group ).

The lay leadership of the church may be invited to speak on the various phases of church life, service opportunities, the church school, missions, men's work, women's work, youth program, social activities, and finances.

Historically, the university has shown great athletic dominance in men's, women's, and mixed archery ; men's, women's, and mixed badminton ; women's golf ; women's swimming and diving ; and baseball.

ASU has won 23 national collegiate team championships in the following sports: baseball ( 5 ), men's golf ( 2 ), women's golf ( 7 ), men's gymnastics ( 1 ), softball ( 2 ), men's indoor track ( 1 ), women's indoor track ( 2 ), men's outdoor track ( 1 ), women's outdoor track ( 1 ), and wrestling ( 1 ).

Except for men's and women's meetings, most meetings targeting specific demographics ( including newcomers, gays, and young people ) do not exclude other alcoholics.

Since 1992, badminton has been an Olympic sport with five events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles, in which each pair consists of a man and a woman.