The Big South Conference is a collegiate

athletic conference An athletic conference is a collection of sports teams, playing competitively against each other in a sports league. In many cases conferences are subdivided into smaller divisions, with the best teams competing at successively higher levels. Confe ...

affiliated with the

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...

's Division I. Originally a non-

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

conference, the Big South began sponsoring football in 2002 as part of the

Football Championship Subdivision The NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly known as Division I-AA, is the second-highest level of college football in the United States, after the Football Bowl Subdivision. Sponsored by the National Collegiate Athleti ...

(FCS). The Big South, founded in 1983, is firmly rooted in the South Atlantic region of the United States, with full member institutions located in

North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...

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, and

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

. Associate members are located in

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

, North Carolina,

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

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, and South Carolina.

History

Charter members included Armstrong State (later

Armstrong Atlantic State University Armstrong may refer to: Places * Armstrong Creek (disambiguation), various places Antarctica * Armstrong Reef, Biscoe Islands Argentina * Armstrong, Santa Fe Australia * Armstrong, Victoria Canada * Armstrong, British Columbia * Armstrong, O ...

and now merged into

Georgia Southern University Georgia Southern University (GS or Georgia Southern) is a public research university in the U.S. state of Georgia. The flagship campus is in Statesboro, and other locations include the Armstrong Campus in Savannah and the Liberty Campus in Hi ...

as its Armstrong Campus) (1983–1987), Augusta (later Augusta State University and now merged into Augusta University) (1983–1990),

Campbell University Campbell University is a private Baptist university in Buies Creek, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (Southern Baptist Convention). Southern Baptist ConventionColleges and Universities sbc.n ...

(1983–1994; 2011–present), Baptist College (now

Charleston Southern University Charleston Southern University (CSU) is a private Baptist university in North Charleston, South Carolina. It is affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention ( Southern Baptist Convention). History Charleston Southern University was ch ...

) (1983–present),

Coastal Carolina University Coastal Carolina University (CCU or Coastal) is a public university in Conway, South Carolina. Founded in 1954 as Coastal Carolina Junior College, and later joining the University of South Carolina System as USC Coastal Carolina, it became an in ...

(1983–2016), Radford University (1983–present) and

Winthrop University Winthrop University is a public university in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It was founded in 1886 by David Bancroft Johnson, who served as the superintendent of Columbia, South Carolina, schools. He received a grant from Robert Charles Winthrop, ...

(1983–present). The expansion of membership occurred during the 1980s and '90s. Some of those members are the

University of North Carolina at Asheville The University of North Carolina Asheville (UNC Asheville, UNCA, or simply Asheville) is a public liberal arts university in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. UNC Asheville is the designated liberal arts institution in the University of N ...

(1984–present),

Davidson College Davidson College is a private liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina. It was established in 1837 by the Concord Presbytery and named after Revolutionary War general William Lee Davidson, who was killed at the nearby Battle of Cowan� ...

(1990–1992),

Liberty University Liberty University (LU) is a private Baptist university in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia (Southern Baptist Convention). Founded in 1971 by Jerry Falwell Sr. and Elmer L. Towns, Liberty i ...

(1991–2018), the

University of Maryland, Baltimore County The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is a public research university in Baltimore County, Maryland. It has a fall 2022 enrollment of 13,991 students, 61 undergraduate majors, over 92 graduate programs (38 master, 25 doctoral, ...

(1992–1998), the

University of North Carolina at Greensboro The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG or UNC Greensboro) is a public research university in Greensboro, North Carolina. It is part of the University of North Carolina system. UNCG, like all members of the UNC system, is a stand- ...

(1992–1997),

Towson University Towson University (TU or Towson) is a public university in Towson, Maryland. Founded in 1866 as Maryland's first training school for teachers, Towson University is a part of the University System of Maryland. Since its founding, the university h ...

(1992–1995),

Elon University Elon University is a private university in Elon, North Carolina. Founded in 1889 as Elon College, Elon is organized into six schools, most of which offer bachelor's degrees and several of which offer master's degrees or professional doctora ...

(1999–2003),

High Point University High Point University is a private university in High Point, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The university was founded as High Point College in 1924, and it became High Point University in October 1991. HPU of ...

(1999–present) and

Birmingham–Southern College Birmingham–Southern College (BSC) is a private college in Birmingham, Alabama. Founded in 1856, the college is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). More than 1 ...

(2000–2006). The Big South Conference began sponsoring football in 2002, with Charleston Southern, Elon (at the time) and Liberty (

Gardner–Webb University Gardner–Webb University (Gardner–Webb, GWU, or GW) is a private Baptist university in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina ( Southern Baptist Convention). It was founded as Boi ...

also joined as a football-only member) fielding teams; Coastal Carolina and

Virginia Military Institute la, Consilio et Animis (on seal) , mottoeng = "In peace a glorious asset, In war a tower of strength""By courage and wisdom" (on seal) , established = , type = Public senior military college , accreditation = SACS , endowment = $696.8 mill ...

(VMI) joined the conference as football-only members in 2003. In that same athletic year, VMI also joined the conference for all sports, but left to re-join the

Southern Conference The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly ...

in 2014.

Presbyterian College Presbyterian College (PC) is a private Presbyterian liberal arts college in Clinton, South Carolina. History Presbyterian College was founded in 1880 by the William Plumer Jacobs. He had served as the pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Cl ...

joined the conference in 2007, moving up from Division II, and became eligible for regular-season championships and conference honors during the 2008–09 athletic year. Gardner–Webb, which had been a football-only member since 2002, joined the conference for all sports on July 1, 2008. Campbell rejoined the Big South for all sports except football in the 2011–12 athletic year.

Longwood University Longwood University is a public university in Farmville, Virginia. Founded in 1839, it is the third-oldest public university in Virginia and one of the hundred oldest institutions of higher education in the United States. Previously a college, Lo ...

accepted an invitation to join the Big South on January 23, 2012, and membership formally began July 1 of that year; Longwood had been independent since 2004, during their transition to Division I. In 2014, following the departure of VMI, the conference returned to a single-division structure. On September 1, 2015, Coastal Carolina announced they would leave the conference following the 2015–16 school year to transition to FBS-level football and the Sun Belt Conference. On June 30, 2016, the day before the school joined the Sun Belt, Coastal Carolina won the 2016 College World Series in baseball. This was the first time in conference history that a team won an NCAA championship in any sport. In September 2016, the Big South and the ASUN Conference (ASUN) announced a football partnership that effectively combined the two conferences in that sport. Under its terms, any members of either conference that add or upgrade to scholarship football, provided they fall within the current geographic footprint of the two leagues, automatically join Big South football. At the time of announcement, the only ASUN member that played scholarship football, Kennesaw State, was already a Big South football member. The partnership also provides a guaranteed football home to the leagues' non-scholarship football programs (at that time, Campbell from the Big South, and Jacksonville and Stetson from the ASUN) should they upgrade to scholarship status. In November 2016, Campbell announced that it would begin offering scholarships and move its football program from the

Pioneer Football League The Pioneer Football League (PFL) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as a football-only conference. It has member ...

to the Big South in 2018. In December 2016, the University of North Alabama, ASUN, and the Big South Conference announced that, effective in 2018, the school will leave the Division II Gulf South Conference and will join ASUN in non-football sports and the Big South in football. UNA has won three Division II NCAA national championships in football and has won at least a share of the Gulf South Conference football championship for four consecutive seasons through 2016. Three months later, Liberty announced that it would begin a transition to FBS football in July 2017 and leave the Big South football league in 2018. Liberty and the Big South agreed later in 2017 that the school would continue to house all of its non-football sports (except for field hockey and women's swimming, neither of which is sponsored by the Big South) in that conference for the immediate future. Once Liberty became a full FBS member at the start of the 2019–20 school year, it would have technically become a Big South associate member (barring the school joining an FBS conference). However, Liberty's plans would change several months later, as it instead announced in May 2018 that it would move its non-football sports to the ASUN effective that July (except for the aforementioned field hockey and women's swimming, also not sponsored by the ASUN). In November 2017, the

University of South Carolina Upstate The University of South Carolina Upstate (USC Upstate) is a public university in Valley Falls, South Carolina, near Spartanburg and with a Spartanburg postal address.Compare to: (shows the university is not in the Spartanburg city limits)< ...

and

Hampton University Hampton University is a private, historically black, research university in Hampton, Virginia. Founded in 1868 as Hampton Agricultural and Industrial School, it was established by Black and White leaders of the American Missionary Association af ...

announced that they would be leaving the ASUN and

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose full members are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southeastern and the Mid-Atlantic United States. It participates in the National C ...

, respectively, to join the Big South, starting in the fall of 2018. On November 19, 2017,

announced it would be moving its football program to the non-scholarship Pioneer Football League. Presbyterian's last Big South football season was in 2019; the Blue Hose planned to play the 2020 season as an independent before joining the Pioneer League for 2021 and beyond. The Blue Hose remain a member of the Big South in all other sports. A more recent change to its core membership was the July 2021 arrival of

North Carolina A&T State University North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (also known as North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina A&T, N.C. A&T, or simply A&T) is a public, historically black land-grant research university in Greensboro, North Caro ...

from the MEAC as a full member, including football. At the same time,

Robert Morris University Robert Morris University (RMU) is a private university in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1921 and is named after Robert Morris, known as the "financier of the mericanrevolution." It enrolls nearly 5,000 students and offers 60 b ...

was planned to join as a football-only member. North Carolina A&T joined on the originally planned schedule, but Robert Morris became a Big South football member in November 2020.

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led the conference to move its 2020 football season to spring 2021. Since two of the eight Big South football members (apart from RMU) chose to play in the originally scheduled fall 2020 season and a third chose not to play football at all in 2020–21, the Big South chose to bring the Colonials into the football league for spring 2021. More recently, the Big South added three new single-sport members in women's lacrosse effective with the 2022 season (2021–22 school year): Furman University,

Mercer University Mercer University is a private research university with its main campus in Macon, Georgia. Founded in 1833 as Mercer Institute and gaining university status in 1837, it is the oldest private university in the state and enrolls more than 9,000 ...

, and

Wofford College Wofford College is a private liberal arts college in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It was founded in 1854. The campus is a national arboretum and one of the few four-year institutions in the southeastern United States founded before the America ...

. All three are full members of the

(SoCon), which disbanded its women's lacrosse league after the 2021 season. On January 25, 2022, the

Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I whose full members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to South Carolina. Most of its members are public universi ...

announced that

would join that conference, as well as CAA Football, its technically separate football league, on July 1, 2022. On February 22, that conference announced that

would be leaving the Big South, joining the all-sports CAA on July 1. North Carolina A&T would play Big South football in 2022 and join CAA Football on July 1, 2023. Also on February 22, the conference announced its intent to combine its football membership with the

Ohio Valley Conference The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern and Southeastern United States, Southeastern United States. It participates in NCAA Divisi ...

beginning in 2023. The following month saw Bryant University announced as a new football-only member effective with the 2022 season. Campbell announced on August 3 that it will join both sides of the CAA in 2023 as well.

Member schools

Current full members

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Current associate members

;Notes:

Former members

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;Notes:

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;Notes:

Membership timeline

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(1983–1994) bar:3 color:OtherC1 from:1994 till:2011 text: Atlantic Sun (ASUN) bar:3 color:FullxF from:2011 till:2018 text:(2011–2018) bar:3 color:Full from:2018 till:2023 text:(2018–2023) bar:3 color:OtherC1 from:2023 till:end text:

bar:4 color:FullxF from:1983 till:2002 text:

Charleston Southern Charleston Southern University (CSU) is a private Baptist university in North Charleston, South Carolina. It is affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention ( Southern Baptist Convention). History Charleston Southern University was ch ...

(1983–present) bar:4 color:Full from:2002 till:end bar:5 color:FullxF from:1983 till:2003 text:

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(1983–2016) bar:5 color:Full from:2003 till:2016 bar:5 color:OtherC1 from:2016 till:end text: Sun Belt bar:6 color:FullxF from:1983 till:end text: Radford (1983–present) bar:7 color:FullxF from:1983 till:end text: Winthrop (1983–present) bar:8 color:FullxF from:1984 till:end text: UNC Asheville (1984–present) bar:9 color:FullxF from:1990 till:1992 text:

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bar:9 shift:(-60) color:AssocOS from:2012 till:2014 text: (lacrosse, 2012–14) bar:9 color:OtherC1 from:2014 till:end text:

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C-USA Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are ...

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Towson Towson () is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 55,197 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Baltimore County and the second-most populous unincorp ...

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UMBC The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is a public research university in Baltimore County, Maryland. It has a fall 2022 enrollment of 13,991 students, 61 undergraduate majors, over 92 graduate programs (38 master, 25 doctoral, ...

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NEC is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. The company was known as the Nippon Electric Company, Limited, before rebranding in 1983 as NEC. It provides IT and network soluti ...

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Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their nam ...

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Monmouth Monmouth ( , ; cy, Trefynwy meaning "town on the Monnow") is a town and community in Wales. It is situated where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, from the Wales–England border. Monmouth is northeast of Cardiff, and west of London. I ...

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USC Upstate USC most often refers to: * University of South Carolina, a public research university ** University of South Carolina System, the main university and its satellite campuses **South Carolina Gamecocks, the school athletic program * University of ...

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Hampton Hampton may refer to: Places Australia *Hampton bioregion, an IBRA biogeographic region in Western Australia *Hampton, New South Wales *Hampton, Queensland, a town in the Toowoomba Region * Hampton, Victoria Canada * Hampton, New Brunswick *Ha ...

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North Alabama North Alabama is a region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Several geographic definitions for the area exist, with all descriptions including the nine counties of Alabama's Tennessee Valley region. The North Alabama Industrial Development Associ ...

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North Carolina A&T North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (also known as North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina A&T, N.C. A&T, or simply A&T) is a public, historically black land-grant research university in Greensboro, North Caro ...

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bar:30 color:AssocF from:2022 till:end :text: Bryant (football, 2022-present) ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:2 start:1983 TextData = fontsize:L textcolor:black pos:(0,30) tabs:(400-center) text:^"Big South membership history" #> If the chart uses more than one bar color, add a legend by selecting the appropriate fields from the following six options (use only the colors that are used in the graphic.) Leave a blank line after the end of the timeline, then add a line with the selected values from the list, separated by a space. <# * Augusta State was merged into Georgia Regents University in January 2013; the merged school renamed itself Augusta University in 2015.

Sports

{, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" , + Teams in Big South competition !Sport, , Men's, , Women's , - , align="left",

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

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Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

, , 10 , , 10 , - , align="left", Cross Country , , 10, , 10 , - , align="left",

Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

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Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

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Lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively ...

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Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

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Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

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Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

, , 7 , , 8 , - , align="left", Track and Field (Indoor) , , 7 , , 8 , - , align="left", Track and Field (Outdoor) , , 7, , 8 , - , align="left",

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

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Men's sponsored sports by school

Departing member in pink. {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:80%; text-align:center;" , - ! School!! Baseball !! Basketball !! Cross Country !! Football !! Golf !! Soccer !! Tennis !! Track & Field
(Indoor) !! Track & Field
(Outdoor) !! Total Big South Sports , -bgcolor=pink , Campbell , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 9 , - , Charleston Southern , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 7 , - , Gardner–Webb , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 9 , - , High Point , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 7 , - , Longwood , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 6 , - , Presbyterian , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 6 , - , Radford , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 6 , - , UNC Asheville , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 7 , - , USC Upstate , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 8 , - , Winthrop , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 7 , - , Totals , , 10 , , 10 , , 10 , , 3+3 , , 8 , , 9 , , 7 , , 7 , , 7 , , 71+3 , - ! colspan="16", Affiliate members , - , Bryant , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1 , -bgcolor=pink , North Carolina A&T , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1 , - , Robert Morris , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1 ;Notes Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Big South Conference which are played by Big South schools: {, class="wikitable" , - ! School !! Lacrosse !! Swimming !! Wrestling , -bgcolor=pink , Campbell , , No , , No , ,

, - , Gardner–Webb , , No , , CCSA , ,

, - , High Point , ,

, , No , , No , - , Presbyterian , , No , , No , ,

;Notes In addition to the above, Campbell counts both its male and female cheerleaders as varsity athletes.

Women's sponsored sports by school

{, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:80%;" , - ! School !! Basketball !! Cross Country !! Golf !! Lacrosse !! Soccer !! Softball !! Tennis !! Track & Field
(Indoor) !! Track & Field
(Outdoor) !! Volleyball !! Total Big South Sports , -bgcolor=pink , Campbell , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 10 , - , Charleston Southern , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 9 , - , Gardner–Webb , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 10 , - , High Point , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 8 , - , Longwood , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 7 , - , Presbyterian , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 8 , - , Radford , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 10 , - , UNC Asheville , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 8 , - , USC Upstate , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 9 , - , Winthrop , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 9 , - , Totals , , 10 , , 10 , , 10 , , 7+3 , , 10 , , 8 , , 8 , , 8 , , 8 , , 9 , , 88+3 , - ! colspan=12 , Affiliate members , - , Furman , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1 , - , Mercer , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1 , - , Wofford , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1 Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Big South Conference which are played by Big South schools: {, class="wikitable" , - ! School !! Acrobatics &
Tumbling !! Field Hockey !! Swimming !! Wrestling , -bgcolor=pink , Campbell , , No , , No , , CCSA , , No , - , Gardner–Webb , , No , , No , , CCSA , , No , - , Longwood , , No , , MAC , , No , , No , - , Presbyterian , , Independent , , No , , No , , Independent , - , UNC Asheville , , No , , No , , CCSA , , No ;Notes In addition to the above, Campbell, Gardner–Webb, and Presbyterian consider their female cheerleaders to be varsity athletes, with Campbell also considering its male cheerleaders as such.

Football – players drafted to the NFL

The Big South has had a number of players to get drafted and play football professionally in the NFL. {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Name !Position !School !Draft year !Draft pick !NFL team , - , Tyler Thigpen , , QB , ,

, , 2007 , , Round 7, Pick 217 , ,

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Jerome Simpson Jerome Louis Simpson (born February 4, 1986) is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He has also played for the Minnesota Vikings and San Francisco 49ers. ...

, , WR , , Coastal Carolina , , 2008 , , Round 2, Pick 46 , , Bengals , - , Brian Johnston , , DE , , Gardner–Webb , , 2008 , , Round 7, Pick 210 , , Chiefs , - ,

Rashad Jennings Rashad Andre Jennings (born March 26, 1985) is an American football running back and coach for the Fan Controlled Football Kingpens. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He also played for the ...

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Josh Norman Joshua Ricardo Norman (born December 15, 1987) is an American football cornerback who is a free agent. He played college football at Coastal Carolina and was drafted by the Panthers in the fifth round of the 2012 NFL Draft, and has also played f ...

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Justin Bethel Justin Andrew Bethel (born June 17, 1990) is an American football cornerback and special teamer for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the sixth round of the 2012 NFL Draft. He p ...

, , S , , Presbyterian , , 2012 , , Round 6, Pick 177 , ,

Cardinals Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to: Animals * Cardinal (bird) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds **''Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae **''Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, the ...

, - , Walt Aikens , , CB , , Liberty , , 2014 , , Round 4, Pick 125 , ,

Dolphins A dolphin is an aquatic mammal within the infraorder Cetacea. Dolphin species belong to the families Delphinidae (the oceanic dolphins), Platanistidae (the Indian river dolphins), Iniidae (the New World river dolphins), Pontoporiidae (t ...

, - ! colspan=6 , NFL Draftees from the Big South Conference

Conference champions

Men's basketball

{, class="wikitable" !Season !Regular season champion !Tournament champion !Tournament final location , - ,

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

, Charleston Southern (5–1) , Charleston Southern ,

Savannah Civic Center The Savannah Civic Center is a multi-purpose facility located in Savannah, Georgia, in Savannah Historic District. Built-in 1974, the facility consists of an arena, theatre, ballroom, and exhibit halls. Throughout the years, the center hosts var ...

Savannah, GA Savannah ( ) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County, Georgia, Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the Kingdom of Great Br ...

, - , 1987 , Charleston Southern (12–2) , Charleston Southern , Savannah Civic Center , - ,

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

, Coastal Carolina (9–3) , Winthrop ,

Winthrop Coliseum Winthrop Coliseum is a 6,100-seat multi-purpose arena in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It was built in 1982 and is home to the Winthrop University Eagles basketball and volleyball teams. The facility accommodates conventions, trade shows, concerts, ...

Rock Hill, SC Rock Hill is the largest city in York County, South Carolina and the fifth-largest city in the state. It is also the fourth-largest city of the Charlotte metropolitan area, behind Charlotte, Concord, and Gastonia (all located in North Carolina, ...

, - , 1989 , Coastal Carolina (9–3) , UNC Asheville , Winthrop Coliseum , - ,

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

, Coastal Carolina (11–1) , Coastal Carolina , Winthrop Coliseum , - ,

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

, Coastal Carolina (13–1) , Coastal Carolina ,

Civic Center of Anderson The Civic Center of Anderson is part of a larger entertainment complex in Anderson, South Carolina, that also features baseball and soccer fields, tennis courts, an amphitheatre, a playground, and conference center. Together, the facility is known a ...

Anderson, SC Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Anderson County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 28,106 at the 2020 census, and the city was the center of an urbanized area of 75,702. It is one of the principal cities in the Gree ...

, - ,

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

, Radford (12–2) , Campbell , Civic Center of Anderson , - , 1993 , Towson State (14–2) , Coastal Carolina ,

North Charleston Coliseum The North Charleston Coliseum is a multi-purpose arena in North Charleston, South Carolina. It is part of the North Charleston Convention Center Complex, which also includes a performing arts center and convention center. It is owned by the City ...

North Charleston, SC North Charleston is the third-largest city in the state of South Carolina.City Planning Department (2008-07)City of North Charleston boundary map. City of North Charleston. Retrieved January 21, 2011. On June 12, 1972, the city of North Charlest ...

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1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

, Towson State (15–3) , Liberty , North Charleston Coliseum , - ,

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

, UNC Greensboro (14–2) , Charleston Southern ,

Vines Center The Vines Convocation Center, also known as simply The Vines Center, is a 9,547-seat multi-purpose arena in Lynchburg, Virginia. It was built in 1990 and was home to the Liberty University Flames (men's) and Lady Flames (women's) basketball teams ...

Lynchburg, VA Lynchburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. First settled in 1757 by ferry owner John Lynch, the city's population was 79,009 at the 2020 census. Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mounta ...

, - , 1996 , UNC Greensboro (11–3) , UNC Greensboro , Vines Center , - , 1997 , UNC Asheville (11–3) , Charleston Southern , Vines Center , - , 1998 , UNC Asheville (11–1) , Radford , Vines Center , - , 1999 , Winthrop (9–1) , Winthrop ,

Asheville Civic Center The Harrah's Cherokee Center - Asheville, previously known as the U.S. Cellular Center and originally as the Asheville Civic Center Complex, is a multipurpose entertainment center, located in Asheville, North Carolina. Opened in 1974, the compl ...

Asheville, NC Asheville ( ) is a city in, and the county seat of, Buncombe County, North Carolina. Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the largest city in Western North Carolina, and the state's 11th-most populous cit ...

, - ,

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

, Radford (12–2) , Winthrop , Asheville Civic Center , - , 2001 , Radford (12–2) , Winthrop ,

Roanoke Civic Center Berglund Center (originally called the Roanoke Civic Center) is a 10,500-seat multi-purpose arena located in the Williamson Road, Roanoke, Virginia, Williamson Road neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia. It was built in 1971. It was the former home to ...

Roanoke, VA Roanoke ( ) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 100,011, making it the 8th most populous city in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the largest city in Virginia west of Richmond. It is lo ...

, - , 2002 , Winthrop, UNC Asheville (10–4) , Winthrop , Roanoke Civic Center , - , 2003 , Winthrop (11–3) , UNC Asheville , Vines Center (semis & finals only) , - , 2004 , Liberty (12–4) , Liberty , Vines Center (finals only) , - , 2005 , Winthrop (15–1) , Winthrop , Winthrop Coliseum (finals only) , - ,

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

, Winthrop (13–3) , Winthrop , Winthrop Coliseum (semis & finals only) , - , 2007 , Winthrop (14–0) , Winthrop , Winthrop Coliseum (semis & finals only) , - , 2008 , UNC Asheville, Winthrop (10–4) , Winthrop ,

Justice Center The Justice Center is a 1,100-seat multi-purpose arena in Asheville, North Carolina. It is home to the University of North Carolina at Asheville Bulldogs volleyball team and hosted the 2006 Big South Conference women's basketball tournament and ...

, Asheville, NC (semis & finals only) , - , 2009 , Radford (15–3) , Radford ,

Dedmon Center Dedmon Center is a 3,800-seat multi-purpose arena in Radford, Virginia. Construction started in 1979 and finished in 1981. A natatorium featuring an eight-lane olympic-size pool with a diving well was added in 1987. The Dedmon Center is home to ...

, Radford, VA (finals only) , - ,

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

(15–3) , Winthrop ,

Kimbel Arena Kimbel Arena is a 1,039-seat multi-purpose arena located on the campus of Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina, United States. It was home to the Coastal Carolina University Coastal Carolina University (CCU or Coastal) is a pu ...

, Conway, SC (semis & finals only) , - ,

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

(16–2) , UNC Asheville , Kimbel Arena (semis & finals only) , - ,

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

, UNC Asheville (16–2) , UNC Asheville , Kimmel Arena, Asheville, NC (quarters, semis & final) , - ,

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

, High Point (12–4) ,

HTC Center HTC Center, originally known as the Student Recreation and Convocation Center, is a 3,370-seat multi-purpose arena located on the campus of Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina. It is home to the Coastal Carolina University men's ...

, Conway, SC , - , 2014 , High Point (12–4) ,

, HTC Center, Conway, SC , - ,

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

, High Point (13–5) ,

, HTC Center, Conway, SC , - , 2016 , High Point, Winthrop (13–5) , UNC Asheville , Gore Arena, Buies Creek, NC , - , 2017 , Winthrop, UNC Asheville (15–3) , Winthrop ,

(quarters, semis, & finals) , - , 2018 , UNC Asheville (13–5) , Radford , Dedmon Center, Radford, VA , - , 2019 ,

, Radford (12–4) , Gardner–Webb , Dedmon Center, Radford, VA , - ,

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...

, Radford, Winthrop (15–3) , Winthrop , Winthrop Coliseum, Rock Hill, SC , - ,

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

, Winthrop (17–1) , Winthrop , Winthrop Coliseum, Rock Hill, SC

Basketball Tournament Championships by school

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;width:700px;" ! School ! # of Tournament Championships ! Last Tournament Championship , - , Winthrop , 13 , 2021 , - ,

^† , 5 , 2015 , - , UNC Asheville , 5 , 2016 , - ,

, 4 , 1997 , - ,

, 3 , 2013 , - , Radford , 3 , 2018 , - ,

, 1 , 1992 , - , Gardner–Webb , 1 , 2019 , - , Longwood , 1 , 2022 , - , UNC Greensboro^† , 1 , 1996 , - *^†Former member of the Big South

Football

{, class="wikitable" , - !Season !Champion !Record , - , 2002 , Gardner–Webb , 3–0 , - , 2003 , Gardner–Webb , 4–0 , - , 2004 , Coastal Carolina , 4–0 (10–1) , - , rowspan=2, 2005 , Charleston Southern , 3–1 (7–4) , - , Coastal Carolina , 3–1 (9–2) , - , 2006 , Coastal Carolina , 4–0 (9–3) , - , 2007 , Liberty , 4–0 (8–3) , - , 2008 , Liberty , 5–0 (10–2) , - , rowspan=2, 2009 , Stony Brook , 5–1 (6–5) , - , Liberty , 5–1 (8–3) , - , rowspan=3, 2010 , Coastal Carolina* , 5–1 (6–5) * Won the Big South Conference NCAA Division I Football Championship (playoffs) bid , - , Stony Brook , 5–1 (6–5) , - , Liberty , 5–1 (8–3) , - , 2011 , Stony Brook , 6–0 (8–3) , - , rowspan=3, 2012 , Coastal Carolina* , 5–1 (7–4) * Won the Big South Conference NCAA Division I Football Championship (playoffs) bid , - , Stony Brook , 5–1 (9–2) , - , Liberty , 5–1 (6–5) , - , rowspan=2, 2013 , Coastal Carolina , 4–1 (10–2) , - , Liberty , 4–1 (8–4) , - , rowspan=2, 2014 , Liberty* , 4–1 (8–4) * Won the Big South Conference NCAA Division I Football Championship (playoffs) bid , - , Coastal Carolina , 4–1 (11–1) , - , 2015 , Charleston Southern , 6–0 (9–2) , - , rowspan=2, 2016 , Charleston Southern* , 4–1 (7–4) * Won the Big South Conference NCAA Division I Football Championship (playoffs) bid , - , Liberty , 4–1 (6–5) , - , 2017 , Kennesaw State , 5–0 (12–2) , - , 2018 , Kennesaw State , 5–0 (11–2) , - , 2019 , Monmouth , 6–0 (11–3) , - , 2020 , Monmouth , 3–0 (3–1) , - , 2021 , Kennesaw State , 7–0 (11–2)

Women's basketball

{, class="wikitable" , - ! Season ! Regular Season Champion ! Tournament Champion ! Tournament Runner-up , - , 1986–87 , Radford , Radford , Campbell , - , 1987–88 , Radford & Campbell , Radford , Campbell , - , 1988–89 , Radford , Campbell , Radford , - , 1989–90 , Radford , Radford , Campbell , - , 1990–91 , Campbell , Radford , Campbell , - , 1991–92 , Radford , Radford , Campbell , - , 1992–93 , UNC Greensboro , Radford , UNC Greensboro , - , 1993–94 , UNC Greensboro , Radford , UNC Greensboro , - , 1994–95 , UNC Greensboro , Radford , UNC Greensboro , - , 1995–96 , UNC Greensboro , Radford , Winthrop , - , 1996–97 , UNC Greensboro , Liberty , UNC Greensboro , - , 1997–98 , Liberty , Liberty , UNC Asheville , - , 1998–99 , Liberty , Liberty , Coastal Carolina , - , 1999-00 , Liberty , Liberty , Coastal Carolina , - , 2000–01 , Liberty , Liberty , Elon , - , 2001–02 , Liberty , Liberty , Coastal Carolina , - , 2002–03 , Liberty , Liberty , High Point , - , 2003–04 , Liberty , Liberty , Birmingham-Southern , - , 2004–05 , Liberty , Liberty , UNC Asheville , - , 2005–06 , Liberty , Liberty , High Point , - , 2006–07 , High Point , UNC Asheville , Radford , - , 2007–08 , Liberty , Liberty , Radford , - , 2008–09 , Liberty , Liberty , Gardner-Webb , - , 2009–10 , Gardner-Webb , Liberty , Gardner-Webb , - , 2010–11 , Liberty , Gardner-Webb , Liberty , - , 2011–12 , Liberty , Liberty , High Point , - , 2012–13 , Liberty , Liberty , Longwood , - , 2013–14 , High Point , Winthrop , High Point , - , 2014–15 , Liberty , Liberty , High Point , - , 2015–16 , UNC Asheville , UNC Asheville , Liberty , - , 2016–17 , Radford , UNC Asheville , Radford , - , 2017–18 ,

, Liberty , UNC Asheville , - , 2018–19 , Radford , Radford , Campbell

Men's Soccer

Broadcasters (Big South Network)

In addition to basketball games being broadcast on regional and national television, member schools of the Big South Conference are required to provide a live stream of all home games for all sports when playing teams both within and outside the conference. These streams are run by the university hosting the event. All streams are featured on the conference website and are available for free. The football games broadcast on the web are branded as part of a Big South Network.

National Champions

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Facilities

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Beirne Stadium Beirne Stadium is a stadium in Smithfield, Rhode Island. It is the home stadium for the Bryant University college football and men's and women's lacrosse programs. Beirne Stadium will also host USL Championship club Rhode Island FC during their ...

, 5,500 , colspan=6 align=center , ''Football-only member'' , -bgcolor=pink ,

Barker–Lane Stadium Barker–Lane Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Buies Creek, North Carolina. The stadium is located on the campus of Campbell University and hosts the school's American football and women's lacrosse programs. The stadium was scheduled to be co ...

, 5,200 ,

John W. Pope, Jr. Convocation Center The John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center is a multi-purpose arena in Buies Creek, North Carolina. The arena, Gore Arena, is located on the campus of Campbell University and hosts the university's basketball, volleyball, and wrestling programs. It i ...

, 3,095 ,

Jim Perry Stadium Jim Perry Stadium is a baseball stadium in Buies Creek, North Carolina. It is home to the Campbell Fighting Camels baseball team. Previously known as Taylor Field, the venue dates back to the 1940s and Campbell's junior college baseball days. ...

, 630 , Eakes Athletic Complex , 1,000 , - ,

Buccaneer Field Buccaneer Field is a 4,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in North Charleston, South Carolina. It is home to the Charleston Southern University Buccaneers football team. The facility opened in 1970, and has been the school's football stadium since ...

, 4,000 ,

CSU Field House Buccaneer Field House is an 881-seat multi-purpose arena in North Charleston, South Carolina. Called by many the Buc Dome, it is home to the Charleston Southern Buccaneers basketball teams. It is the second smallest arena in Division I basketba ...

, 790
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, 1,500 ,

, 4,000 , - , Gardner–Webb , Ernest W. Spangler Stadium , 7,800 ,

Paul Porter Arena Paul Porter Arena is a 3,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. It is home to the Gardner-Webb University Runnin' Bulldogs, of the Big South Conference. The Arena was named in honor of Paul B. Porter who was a Board of Adv ...

, 3,500 ,

John Henry Moss Stadium John Henry Moss Stadium is a baseball stadium home to the Gardner-Webb University Runnin' Bulldogs. It was officially completed on September 18, 2010. The first regular season game played there was February 22, 2011. It has a capacity of about 7 ...

, 700 , Greene–Harbison Stadium , , - , High Point , colspan=2 align=center , ''Non-football school'' ,

Qubein Center The High Point Panthers are the 16 varsity athletic teams that represent High Point University (HPU) in High Point, North Carolina, United States. All of HPU's varsity teams compete at the NCAA Division I level. All sports except men's lacrosse ...

, 4,200 ,

George S. Erath Field at Coy O. Williard Baseball Stadium George S. Erath Field at Coy O. Williard Baseball Stadium is a baseball venue in High Point, North Carolina, United States. It is home to the High Point Panthers baseball team of the NCAA Division I Big South Conference. It has a capacity of 55 ...

, 700 , Vert Track and Soccer Stadium , 1,100 , - , Longwood , colspan=2 align=center , ''Non-football school'' ,

Willett Hall Willett Hall (originally Lancer Hall) is an academic facility and 1,807-seat multi-purpose arena in Farmville, Virginia. It was built in 1980 and is home to the Longwood University Lancers men's and women's basketball teams. On December 3, 2016, ...

, 1,807 ,

Bolding Stadium Charles "Buddy" Bolding Stadium is a baseball venue in Farmville, Virginia, United States. It is home to the Longwood Lancers baseball team, a member of the Big South Conference. Opened in 1994, the venue has a capacity of 500. It is named ...

, 500 , Longwood University Athletics Complex , , -bgcolor=pink ,

Truist Stadium Truist Stadium is a ballpark in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that replaced Ernie Shore Field. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Winston-Salem Dash minor league baseball team and primary home field of the Carolina D ...

, 21,500 , colspan=6 align=center , ''Football-only member'' , - ,

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'' , Templeton Physical Education Center , 2,300 ,

Presbyterian College Baseball Complex The Presbyterian College Baseball Complex is a baseball venue on the campus of Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina, USA. It is home to the Presbyterian College Blue Hose of the Division I Big South Conference. Also known as the B ...

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Martin Stadium at Edens Field Martin Stadium at Dr. Robert M. Edens Field is a soccer-specific stadium on the campus of Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina. The stadium hosts the Presbyterian Blue Hose men's and women's soccer Women's association football, mor ...

, 400 , - , Radford , colspan=2 align=center , ''Non-football school'' ,

, 3,205 , Williams field at Carter Memorial Stadium , 700 ,

Patrick D. Cupp Stadium The Patrick D. Cupp Stadium (usually called Cupp Stadium) is a multi-use stadium located in Radford, Virginia on the campus of Radford University. Cupp Stadium seats 5,000 with a roof over the premium seats. The stadium is used by Radford's soccer ...

, 5,000 , - , Robert Morris ,

Joe Walton Stadium Joe Walton Stadium is a 3,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. It is home to the Robert Morris University Colonials football team and men's and women's lacrosse team. The facility opened in 2005 and is named for Colonial ...

, 3,000 , colspan=6 align=center , ''Football-only member'' , - , UNC Asheville , colspan=2 align=center , ''Non-football school'' ,

Kimmel Arena Kimmel Arena is the home of the UNC Asheville Bulldogs basketball programs, both men and women's. It is a 3,200-seat arena located on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Asheville in Asheville, North Carolina. Kimmel Arena, named fo ...

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Greenwood Baseball Field Greenwood Baseball Field is a baseball venue in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. It is home to the UNC Asheville Bulldogs baseball team of the NCAA Division I Big South Conference. The facility opened in 1988. It has a capacity of ...

McCormick Field Lewis McCormick Field is a baseball stadium in Asheville, North Carolina. It is the home field of the Asheville Tourists team of Minor League Baseball. As befits the hilly city of Asheville, the ballpark sits on a section of level ground partwa ...

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, colspan=2 align=center , ''Non-football school'' , G. B. Hodge Center , 878 ,

Cleveland S. Harley Baseball Park Cleveland S. Harley Baseball Park is a baseball venue in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It is home to the USC Upstate Spartans baseball team of the NCAA's Division I Big South Conference. It opened on February 1, 2004, when Upstate swept a double ...

, 500 ,

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, 3,000 , - , Winthrop , colspan=2 align=center , ''Non-football school'' ,

, 6,100 ,

Winthrop Ballpark The Winthrop Ballpark is a baseball venue in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It is home to the Winthrop Eagles baseball team of the NCAA Division I Big South Conference. The venue has a capacity of 1,989 spectators. History Renovations between th ...

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References

External links

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History

Member schools

Current full members

Current associate members

Former members

Former associate members

Membership timeline

Sports

Men's sponsored sports by school

Women's sponsored sports by school

Football – players drafted to the NFL

Conference champions

Men's basketball

Basketball Tournament Championships by school

Football

Women's basketball

Men's Soccer

Broadcasters (Big South Network)

National Champions

Facilities

See also

References

External links