History of the Pittsburgh Steelers 1940, Rooney decided that he had had enough of the copycat Pirates moniker. He worked with the "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" to run a contest to find a new name for the team. Former coach Joe Bach led the panel which selected the name Steelers from amongst the The new name paid homage to the city's largest industry of It is unclear who deserves credit for suggesting the name (which was already being used by at least one local high school team), but it appears there were a total of twenty-one winners, and each received a pair of season tickets to the
2016–17 Hampton Pirates men's basketball team 2016–17 Hampton Pirates men's basketball team The 2016–17 Hampton Pirates men's basketball team represented Hampton University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates, led by eighth-year head coach Edward Joyner, played their home games at the Hampton Convocation Center as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 14–17, 11–5 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MEAC Tournament to Maryland Eastern Shore. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Coastal Carolina. The Pirates