The Carson–Newman Eagles are the athletic teams that represent the

Carson–Newman University Carson–Newman University is a private Baptist university in Jefferson City, Tennessee. Carson-Newman is affiliated with the Tennessee Baptist Convention ( Southern Baptist Convention). Founded in 1851, the university enrolls about 2,500 stu ...

(formerly Carson–Newman College), located in

Jefferson City, Tennessee Jefferson City (originally named Mossy Creek) is a city in Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Morristown Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census the population was 8,419. History Heading southwest along ...

, in

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Division II intercollegiate sports. The Eagles compete as members of the

South Atlantic Conference The South Atlantic Conference (SAC) 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. The SAC was founded in 1975 as a ...

for all 19 varsity sports. Carson–Newman has been a member of the SAC since 1975, when the league was still part of the NAIA.

History

The Eagles previously competed in the

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established in 1940, is a college athletics association for colleges and universities in North America. Most colleges and universities in the NAIA offer athletic scholarships to its stu ...

(NAIA) as members of the

Smoky Mountain Conference The Smoky Mountain Conference – officially the Smoky Mountain Athletic Conference – was an intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from December 1926 to October 1966. Most teams in the league were located in Tennessee, and there were a ...

, the

Volunteer State Athletic Conference The Volunteer State Athletic Conference (VSAC) was a college athletic conference which was predominantly for smaller colleges in the U.S. state of Tennessee.Tennessee Valley Athletic Conference Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by ...

(TVAC). The football team joined the SAC in 1975 when it was still a football-only conference known as SAC-8.

Varsity teams

List of teams

Men's sports *Baseball *Basketball *Cross country *Football *Golf *Soccer *Swimming *Tennis *Track and field Women's sports *Basketball *Beach volleyball *Cross country *Golf *Soccer *Softball *Swimming *Tennis *Track and field *Volleyball

National championships

Team

Facilities

The college's athletic facilities include Roy Harmon Field at

Burke–Tarr Stadium Burke–Tarr Stadium is a football stadium located in Jefferson City, Tennessee on the campus of Carson–Newman University. Construction The original structure, consisting primarily of concrete-supported wooden bleachers and a small press box, w ...

, the Ken Sparks Athletic Complex, McCown Soccer Field, the Silver Diamond Baseball Complex, six tennis courts, a softball complex, Holt Fieldhouse, and Butler-Blanc Gymnasium.

Individual teams

Baseball

In 2007, the C-N baseball team won the South Atlantic Conference Tournament after defeating

Tusculum College Tusculum University is a private Presbyterian university with its main campus in Tusculum, Tennessee. It is Tennessee's first university and the 28th-oldest operating college in the United States. In addition to its main campus, the institution ...

, who had won more than 20 games in a row, twice in one day. The team traveled to

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, to compete in the NCAA Division II Regional Tournament. The baseball team returned to Tampa for the NCAA Regional Tournament in 2008 after receiving an at-large bid and finished third, again eliminating Tusculum College.

Football

In 2009, the C-N football team won the

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South Regional Championship in

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to advance to the Final Four. Football coach

Ken Sparks Ken Sparks (February 25, 1944 – March 29, 2017) was an American football coach and player. He served as the head football coach at Carson–Newman University in Jefferson City, Tennessee from 1980 until his retirement at the end of the 2016 sea ...

, a graduate of the school, coached the team from 1980 to 2016 and ranked fourth in most wins among

coaches upon his retirement."Player Bio:Ken Sparks"
– carsonnewmaneagles.cstv.com. Retrieved January 18, 2008 Its current coach is Mike Clowney.

Men's soccer

The men's soccer team appeared in the final game of the 2013 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship. They were defeated 2–1 by

Southern New Hampshire University Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) is a private university between Manchester and Hooksett, New Hampshire. The university is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education, along with national accreditation for some hospitali ...

Men's swimming

Robert Griswold Robert Griswold (born November 27, 1996) is an American swimmer. He was a member of the 2016 and 2020 U.S. Paralympic Swimming Teams. He holds multiple American and world paralympic swimming records in freestyle, backstroke, butterfly, and in ...

competed for the men's swimming team.

References

External links

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