The Montevallo Falcons are the athletic teams that represent the

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Division II intercollegiate sports. The Falcons compete primarily as members of the

Gulf South Conference The Gulf South Conference (GSC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, which operates in the Southeastern United States. History Originally known as the Mid ...

where fourteen of Montevallo's sports belong. Rivals include UWA, AUM, UAH, and UNA. The track and field teams are independents while the lacrosse program is a member of the

Great Lakes Valley Conference The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) is a List of NCAA conferences, college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the NCAA Division II, Division II level. Its thirteen member institutions a ...

(GLVC). The Falcons were members of the Gulf South Conference from 1995–96 to 2008–09. They then competed in the

Peach Belt Conference The Peach Belt Conference (PBC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. The 11 member institutions are located in the South Atlantic states of South Carolina ...

from 2009–10 to 2016–17, until re-joining the GSC before the 2017–18 academic year.

Varsity teams

List of teams

Men's sports * Baseball * Basketball * Cross Country * Golf * Lacrosse * Soccer * Tennis * Track and field * Swimming Women's sports * Softball * Basketball * Cross Country * Golf * Lacrosse * Soccer * Tennis * Track and field * Swimming * Volleyball

Individual teams

Men's basketball

* Trustmark Aren

* 2004 Gulf South Conference, GSC Champion * 2004

South Region Finalist * 2005 Gulf South Conference, GSC Champion * 2005

South Region Finalist * 2006

South Region Champions * 2006

Elite Eight Quarter finalists * 2007 Gulf South Conference, GSC Champion * 2007

South Region Champions * 2007

Elite Eight Quarter finalists * 2010

Southeast Region Finalist * 2011

Southeast Region Tournament * 2012 PBC Tournament Champion * 2012

Southeast Region Champions * 2012

Division II National Finalist * 2013

Southeast Region Tournament * 2014

Southeast Region Finalist * 2015 PBC Regular Season Champion * 2015 PBC Tournament Champion * 2015

Southeast Region Finalist * The men's basketball team is led by Coach Danny Young and Assistant Coach Brannan Anthony. Young, a native to Phoenix, Arizona, has brought considerable success to Montevallo's program after his arrival in 2003. He was named the Gulf South Conference East Division Coach of the Decade for 2000–2010, Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year for 2015 and Southeast Region Coach of the Year for 2015.

Men's baseball

Kermit A Johnson Fiel

* 2006

South Central Region Champions * 2006

National * 2018

Regional

Baseball was led by former Head Coach Robert Riesener in 1973. Riesener led the Falcon's

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 ...

program for 30 years and ended his career with a 937-671 record. The Montevallo Baseball team is now led by Coach Chandler Rose with the help of Assistant Coaches Ben Jackson and Franklin Bush. Going into the 2020 season, Rose will continue to lead the team for his 10th season. Rose has made an impressive turnaround in the Falcon's baseball program. Leading the Falcons to an NCAA Regional in 2018 and the Peach Belt Conference tournament championship game twice during his tenure. Back-to-back appearances by the Falcons in 2013 and 2014 marked just the third and fourth time Montevallo has played in a conference tournament championship game in its NCAA Division II er

Montevallo baseball has had 28 players that have become professional baseball players one of which being Rusty Greer drafted by the Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangersbr>
Nine of these players of which were coached by Rose.

Men's soccer

Varsity Fiel

1999 Gulf South Conference, GSC Champions

* 2004 Gulf South Conference, GSC Champions * 2007

South Region Champions * 2007 Final Four * 2010 PBC Champions * 2012 PBC Champions * 2013 PBC Champions *2021 Gulf South Regular Season Champions The team has been coach by Bruce Dietterle since 2013. Trey Gregory has been the assistant since 2016.

Men's cross country

The men's cross country team was founded in 2010. Michael Marquardt was coach for the inaugural season, and was succeeded by current coach Tommy Barksdale.

Softball

In 2013, the board of trustees voted to start a women's

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program during the 2014–2015 competition season. This addition brought the number of university sports offered to 13. During the 2014-2015 year, a track stadium was built for the women's and newly formed men's track and field team in the fall.

References

External links

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University Website
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