| Team Name: | Tennessee State Tigers |
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| University: | Tennessee State University |
| Sex: | men's |
| Location: | Nashville, Tennessee |
| First Year: | 2024–25 |
| Coach: | Duante Abercrombie |
The Tennessee State Tigers ice hockey is an upcoming college ice hockey program that represents Tennessee State University.
TSU officials announced plans to form a club hockey team to begin play in 2024-25 at the 2023 NHL Draft in Nashville last June with the intent of achieving NCAA Division I status by 2026-27. Becoming the first historically black college or university (HBCU) to offer men's ice hockey at any collegiate level.
On January 20, 2024, 22-year old Toronto native Xavier Abel enrolled at the university to become the first player to commit to the team.[1] [2] Few months later, Duante Ambercombie was named the team's first head coach on April 18.[3]
As of June 20, 2024.