Syracuse University Athletics

The state-of-the-art home of the SU Orange football program first captivates and greets its visitors with the Team Court patio outside the main entrance. The granite dome, which documents the accomplishments of SU football teams over the years is at the center with a ring of granite tablets containing the names of all football captains since 1889 at its perimeter.

Then, the building's entrance opens into a spectacular two-story atrium that features a Football Hall of Fame and recruiting gallery. This area showcases trophies, memorabilia and artifacts of SU's storied history and Orangemen legends such as Ernie Davis, Jim Brown and Larry Csonka. If you look up, you can see the sun streaming through an arched skylight running the length of the lobby.

The first floor also includes the 175-seat Ferguson Auditorium/Ampitheater, recruiting offices, a computer cluster for student-athletes, meeting rooms, locker room, a video room and the office of Coach Marrone. The second level consists of the assistant coaches' offices and eight team meeting rooms, some of which look down on the entry gallery. The complex also includes a reception area, study lounges and a cafeteria that allows training table meals to be prepared on site.

One of the best aspects of the complex is the accessibility of everything to the student-athlete. The complex is connected to Manley Field House, which includes the weight room, sports medicine areas, SU's athletic department offices and additional locker rooms for Syracuse's other athletic teams. In addition, practice fields, both natural grass and artificial surface, are plentiful and close to the football complex. With all of these aspects, it's easy to see why the football facilities at Syracuse are considered second to none.

In June 1996, the football wing was renamed the George R. Iocolano and William C. Petty Football Wing, in honor of two premier alumni and benefactors of Syracuse University and its athletics program.