Big South Conference

Big South Conference
Established	1983; 35 years ago
Association	NCAA
Division	Division I
Subdivision	FCS
Members	11
Sports fielded	19 men's: 9; women's: 10; ;
Region	South Atlantic States
Headquarters	Charlotte, North Carolina
Commissioner	Kyle Kallander (since 1996)
Website	www.bigsouthsports.com
Locations

The Big South Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I. Originally a non-football conference, the Big South began sponsoring football in 2002. Its football teams are part of the Football Championship Subdivision (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, South Carolina, and Virginia with affiliates in Georgia and New Jersey.^[1]

History[edit]

Charter members included Armstrong State (later Armstrong Atlantic State University and now merged into Georgia Southern University) (1983–1987), Augusta (later Augusta State University and now merged into Augusta University) (1983–1990), Campbell University (1983–1994; 2011–present), Baptist College (now Charleston Southern University) (1983–present), Coastal Carolina University (1983–2016), Radford University (1983–present) and Winthrop University (1983–present).

The expansion of membership occurred during the 1980s and '90s. Some of those members are the University of North Carolina at Asheville (1984–present), Davidson College (1990–1992), Liberty University (1991–2018), the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (1992–1998), the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (1992–1997), Towson University (1992–1995), Elon University (1999–2003), High Point University (1999–present) and Birmingham–Southern College (2000–2006).

The Big South Conference began sponsoring football in 2002, with Charleston Southern, Elon (at the time) and Liberty (Gardner–Webb University also joined as a football-only member) fielding teams; Coastal Carolina and Virginia Military Institute (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 in 2014. Presbyterian College 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.^[2] Gardner–Webb, which had been a football-only member since 2002, joined the conference for all sports on July 1, 2008.^[2] Campbell rejoined the Big South for all sports except football in the 2011–12 athletic year. Longwood University 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.^[3] In 2014, following the departure of VMI, the conference returned to a single-division structure.^[4] 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.^[5] 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 Atlantic Sun 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.^[6]

In November 2016, Campbell announced that it would begin offering scholarships and move its football program from the Pioneer Football League to the Big South in 2018.^[7]

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.^[8] 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).^[9] 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).^[10]

In November 2017, the University of South Carolina Upstate and Hampton University announced that they would be leaving the ASUN and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, respectively, to join the Big South, starting in the fall of 2018.^[11]^[12]

On November 19, 2017, Presbyterian College announced that it would be moving its football program to the non-scholarship Pioneer Football League.^[13] Presbyterian's last Big South football season will be 2019; the Blue Hose plan to play the 2020 season as an independent before joining the Pioneer League for 2021 and beyond.^[14] The Blue Hose will remain a member of the Big South in all other sports.^[15]

Member schools[edit]

Current full members[edit]

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Nickname
Campbell University	Buies Creek, North Carolina	1887	1983, 2011^{[note 1]}	Private (Baptist)	6,200	Fighting Camels
Charleston Southern University	North Charleston, South Carolina	1964	1983	Private (Southern Baptist)	3,269	Buccaneers
Gardner–Webb University	Boiling Springs, North Carolina	1905	2008	Private (Baptist)	4,617	Runnin' Bulldogs
Hampton University	Hampton, Virginia	1868	2018	Private	4,500	Pirates
High Point University	High Point, North Carolina	1924	1999	Private (United Methodist)	4,199	Panthers
Longwood University	Farmville, Virginia	1839	2012	Public	4,960	Lancers
Presbyterian College	Clinton, South Carolina	1880	2007	Private (PCUSA)	1,433	Blue Hose
Radford University	Radford, Virginia	1910	1983	Public	9,928	Highlanders
University of North Carolina at Asheville	Asheville, North Carolina	1927	1984	Public (UNC)	3,897	Bulldogs
University of South Carolina Upstate	Spartanburg, South Carolina	1967	2018	Public	5,821	Spartans
Winthrop University	Rock Hill, South Carolina	1886	1983	Public	6,130	Eagles

Notes

^ Campbell was a founding member of the Big South Conference in 1983. The Fighting Camels left in 1994 and rejoined in 2011 for all sports, except for their football program, which remained in the Pioneer Football League until joining Big South football in 2018.

Current associate members[edit]

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Primary Conference	Nickname	Big South Sport(s)	Colors
Kennesaw State University	Kennesaw, Georgia	1963	2015^[16]	Public	35,507	ASUN	Owls	Football
Monmouth University	West Long Branch, New Jersey	1933	2014	Private	7,440	Metro Atlantic (MAAC)	Hawks	Football

Future associate member[edit]

Institution	Location	Founded	Joining	Type	Enrollment	Primary Conference	Nickname	Big South Sport(s)	Colors
University of North Alabama	Florence, Alabama	1830	2019	Public	7,244	ASUN	Lions	Football

Divisional realignment, 2012–2014[edit]

With the additions of Campbell and Longwood to the Big South in 2011 and 2012, Big South commissioner Kyle Kallander stated the conference will break up into two divisions of six teams each beginning in 2012–2013.^[17] He also said the Big South Basketball Tournaments will be held at a single, neutral location. The divisional setup was as follows:

North Division

South Division

In men's and women's basketball, teams played the five other divisional opponents twice, one home and one away (ten games). They played teams outside the division once each (six games). This cut the number of conference games to 16, as opposed to 18 both before and after the realignment.

Following the departure of VMI for the Southern Conference in 2014, the conference returned to a single-division structure, and the basketball conference schedule returned to 18 games.^[4]

Former members[edit]

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Left	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Current Conference
Armstrong State University	Savannah, Georgia	1935	1983	1987	Public	7,538	Pirates	Defunct (Merged with Georgia Southern Eagles in 2018)^{[n 1]}
Augusta University^{[n 2]}	Augusta, Georgia	1785	1983	1990	Public	6,919	Jaguars	Peach Belt (NCAA Division II)
Birmingham–Southern College	Birmingham, Alabama	1856	2000	2007	Private	1,600	Panthers	SAA (NCAA Division III)
Coastal Carolina University	Conway, South Carolina	1954	1983	2016	Public	10,263	Chanticleers	Sun Belt
Davidson College	Davidson, North Carolina	1837	1990	1992	Private	1,756	Wildcats	Atlantic 10
Elon University	Elon, North Carolina	1889	1999	2003	Private	6,720	Phoenix	CAA
Liberty University	Lynchburg, Virginia	1971	1991 ^{[n 3]}	2018	Private (Christian)	110,000	Flames and Lady Flames	ASUN FBS independent
University of Maryland, Baltimore County	Catonsville, Maryland	1966	1992	1998	Public	13,637	Retrievers	America East
University of North Carolina at Greensboro	Greensboro, North Carolina	1891	1992	1997	Public	18,502	Spartans	SoCon
Towson University	Towson, Maryland	1866	1992	1995	Public	21,950	Tigers	CAA
Virginia Military Institute	Lexington, Virginia	1839	2003	2014	Public	1,500	Keydets	SoCon

Former associate members[edit]

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Left	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Sport	Primary Conference	Current Conference (former BSC Sport)
Davidson College	Davidson, North Carolina	1837	2012	2014	Private	1,756	Wildcats	Women's lacrosse	Atlantic 10
Stony Brook University	Stony Brook, New York	1957	2008	2013	Public	24,607	Seawolves	Football	America East	CAA
University of North Carolina at Wilmington	Wilmington, North Carolina	1947	2000	2004	Public	14,918	Seahawks	Women's golf	CAA

^ Armstrong State, which was last a member of the NCAA Division II Peach Belt Conference, dropped intercollegiate athletics at the end of the 2016–17 school year due to its impending consolidation with Georgia Southern University.
^ Formerly known as Augusta State University until January 2013, when it merged with another Augusta institution (Georgia Health Sciences University) to create Georgia Regents University. At the time of the merger, only GRU (as Augusta State) had an athletic program, and GRU's sports teams continued to compete as "Augusta State" through the end of the 2012–13 school year. The school changed its name again to the current Augusta University in 2015.
^ Liberty was ineligible for the Big South football title in its final conference season of 2017 (2017–18 school year), as it had started a transition to FBS football in that season.

Membership timeline[edit]

Augusta State was merged into Georgia Regents University in January 2013; the merged school renamed itself Augusta University in 2015.

Sports[edit]

Locations of Big South Conference member institutions, as of 2018.

The Big South sponsors championship competition in nine men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports. Davidson has competed as an associate member in women's lacrosse, but left in 2014 when the school joined the lacrosse-sponsoring Atlantic 10 Conference. Stony Brook has competed as an associate in football, but left in 2013 for membership in the Colonial Athletic Association.^[18]^[19] Two schools, Monmouth and Kennesaw State, are currently associates in football, respectively joining in 2014 and 2015.

Teams in Big South competition
Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	10	-
Basketball	11	11
Cross Country	11	11
Football	6	-
Golf	9	11
Lacrosse	-	7
Soccer	9	11
Softball	-	9
Tennis	8	10
Track and Field (Indoor)	8	9
Track and Field (Outdoor)	8	9
Volleyball	-	10

Men's sponsored sports by school[edit]

School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross Country	Football	Golf	Soccer	Tennis	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Total Big South Sports
Campbell	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Charleston Southern	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	7
Gardner–Webb	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Hampton	N	Y	Y	Y^[a]	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	7
High Point	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	7
Longwood	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	6
Presbyterian	Y	Y	Y	Y^[b]	Y	Y	Y	N	N	7
Radford	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	6
UNC Asheville	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
USC Upstate	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Winthrop	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Totals	10	11	11	5+2	10	9	9	8	8	83
Affiliate Members
Kennesaw State	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	1
Monmouth	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	1
Future Affiliate Member
North Alabama	N	N	N	Y^[c]	N	N	N	N	N	1

Notes

^ Due to scheduling issues, Hampton's football team will be unable to join the Big South until 2019.
^ Presbyterian football will leave the Big South in 2020, spend that season as an FCS independent, and join the Pioneer Football League in 2021.
^ North Alabama football will join the Big South in 2019.

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Big South Conference which are played by Big South schools:

School	Lacrosse	Sailing^[a]	Swimming	Wrestling
Campbell	No	No	No	Southern
Gardner–Webb	No	No	CCSA	Southern
Hampton	Independent	MAISA	No	No
High Point	Southern	No	No	No
Presbyterian	No	No	No	Independent^[b]

Notes

^ Sailing is a coeducational sport governed by the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association instead of the NCAA.
^ Presbyterian launched a men's wrestling program in 2018–19, initially with a partial varsity schedule as an independent before becoming a single-sport Southern Conference member in 2019–20.

Women's sponsored sports by school[edit]

School	Basketball	Cross Country	Golf	Lacrosse	Soccer	Softball	Tennis	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Volleyball	Total Big South Sports
Campbell	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Charleston Southern	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Gardner–Webb	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Hampton	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
High Point	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	8
Longwood	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	7
Presbyterian	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	8
Radford	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
UNC Asheville	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
USC Upstate	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Winthrop	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Totals	11	11	11	7	11	9	10	9	9	10	99

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Big South Conference which are played by Big South schools:

School	Field Hockey	Sailing^[a]	Swimming	Wrestling^[b]
Campbell	No	No	CCSA	No
Gardner–Webb	No	No	CCSA	No
Hampton	No	MAISA	No	No
Longwood	MAC	No	No	No
Presbyterian	No	No	No	Independent^[c]
UNC Asheville	No	No	CCSA	No

Notes

^ Sailing is a coeducational sport governed by the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association instead of the NCAA.
^ Women's wrestling is governed by the Women's Collegiate Wrestling Association instead of the NCAA.
^ Presbyterian launched a women's wrestling program in 2018–19, becoming the first NCAA Division I member to sponsor wrestling as a varsity women's sport. It initially competes as an independent within the WCWA structure.

Football – players drafted to the NFL[edit]

The Big South has had a number of players to get drafted and play football professionally in the NFL.

Name	Position	School	Draft year	Draft pick	NFL team
Tyler Thigpen	QB	Coastal Carolina	2007	Round 7, Pick 217	Vikings
Jerome Simpson	WR	Coastal Carolina	2008	Round 2, Pick 46	Bengals
Brian Johnston	DE	Gardner–Webb	2008	Round 7, Pick 210	Chiefs
Rashad Jennings	RB	Liberty	2009	Round 7, Pick 250	Jaguars
Josh Norman	CB	Coastal Carolina	2012	Round 5, Pick 143	Panthers
Justin Bethel	S	Presbyterian	2012	Round 6, Pick 177	Cardinals
Walt Aikens	CB	Liberty	2014	Round 4, Pick 125	Dolphins
NFL Draftees from the Big South Conference

Conference champions[edit]

Men's basketball[edit]

Season	Regular season champion	Tournament champion	Tournament final location
1986	Charleston Southern (5–1)	Charleston Southern	Savannah Civic Center, Savannah, GA
1987	Charleston Southern (12–2)	Charleston Southern	Savannah Civic Center
1988	Coastal Carolina (9–3)	Winthrop	Winthrop Coliseum, Rock Hill, SC
1989	Coastal Carolina (9–3)	UNC Asheville	Winthrop Coliseum
1990	Coastal Carolina (11–1)	Coastal Carolina	Winthrop Coliseum
1991	Coastal Carolina (13–1)	Coastal Carolina	Civic Center of Anderson, Anderson, SC
1992	Radford (12–2)	Campbell	Civic Center of Anderson
1993	Towson State (14–2)	Coastal Carolina	North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, SC
1994	Towson State (15–3)	Liberty	North Charleston Coliseum
1995	UNC Greensboro (14–2)	Charleston Southern	Vines Center, Lynchburg, VA
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, Asheville, NC
2000	Radford (12–2)	Winthrop	Asheville Civic Center
2001	Radford (12–2)	Winthrop	Roanoke Civic Center, Roanoke, VA
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	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, Asheville, NC (semis & finals only)
2009	Radford (15–3)	Radford	Dedmon Center, Radford, VA (finals only)
2010	Coastal Carolina (15–3)	Winthrop	Kimbel Arena, Conway, SC (semis & finals only)
2011	Coastal Carolina (16–2)	UNC Asheville	Kimbel Arena (semis & finals only)
2012	UNC Asheville (16–2)	UNC Asheville	Kimmel Arena, Asheville, NC (quarters, semis & final)
2013	Charleston Southern, High Point (12–4)	Liberty	HTC Center, Conway, SC
2014	High Point (12–4)	Coastal Carolina	HTC Center, Conway, SC
2015	Charleston Southern, High Point (13–5)	Coastal Carolina	HTC Center, Conway, SC
2016	High Point, Winthrop (13–5)	UNC Asheville	Gore Arena, Buies Creek, NC
2017	Winthrop, UNC Asheville (15–3)	Winthrop	Winthrop Coliseum, Rock Hill, SC (quarters, semis, & finals)
2018	UNC Asheville (13–5)	Radford	Dedmon Center, Radford, VA

Basketball Tournament Championships by school[edit]

School	# of Tournament Championships	Last Tournament Championship
Winthrop	11	2017
Coastal Carolina^†	5	2015
UNC Asheville	5	2016
Charleston Southern	4	1997
Liberty	3	2013
Radford	3	2018
Campbell	1	1992
UNC Greensboro^†	1	1996

^†Former member of the Big South

Football[edit]

Season	Champion	Record
2002	Gardner–Webb	3–0
2003	Gardner–Webb	4–0
2004	Coastal Carolina	4–0 (10–1)
2005	Charleston Southern	3–1 (7–4)
2005	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)
2009	Stony Brook	5–1 (6–5)
2009	Liberty	5–1 (8–3)
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)
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)
2013	Coastal Carolina	4–1 (10–2)
2013	Liberty	4–1 (8–4)
2014	Liberty*	4–1 (8–4) Won the Big South Conference NCAA Division I Football Championship (playoffs) bid
2014	Coastal Carolina	4–1 (11–1)
2015	Charleston Southern	6–0 (9–2)
2016	Charleston Southern*	4–1 (7–4) Won the Big South Conference NCAA Division I Football Championship (playoffs) bid
2016	Liberty	4–1 (6–5)
2017	Kennesaw State	5–0 (12–2)

Women's basketball[edit]

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	Liberty	UNC Asheville

Men's Soccer[edit]

Broadcasters (Big South Network)[edit]

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[edit]

School	Sport	Coach	Year	Opponent	Opponent's Conference
Coastal Carolina	Baseball	Gary Gilmore	2016	Arizona	Pac-12

Facilities[edit]

Future members/teams in gray; departing members/teams in red.

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity	Baseball stadium	Capacity	Soccer stadium	Capacity
Campbell	Barker–Lane Stadium	5,200	John W. Pope, Jr. Convocation Center	3,095	Jim Perry Stadium	630	Eakes Athletic Complex	1,000
Charleston Southern	Buccaneer Field	4,000	CSU Field House North Charleston Coliseum	790 11,475	Buccaneer Ballpark	1,500	Buccaneer Field	4,000
Gardner–Webb	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium	7,800	Paul Porter Arena	3,500	John Henry Moss Stadium	700	Greene–Harbison Stadium	7003100000000000000♠1,000
Hampton	Armstrong Stadium	10,000	Hampton Convocation Center	6,000	Non-baseball school		HU Soccer Complex
High Point	Non-football school		Millis Athletic Convocation Center	1,750	George S. Erath Field at Coy O. Williard Baseball Stadium	700	Vert Track and Soccer Stadium	1,100
Kennesaw State	Fifth Third Bank Stadium	8,300	Football-only member
Longwood	Non-football school		Willett Hall	1,807	Bolding Stadium	500	Longwood University Athletics Complex	7002350000000000000♠350
Monmouth	Kessler Field	4,600	Football-only member
North Alabama	Braly Municipal Stadium	14,215	Football-only member
Presbyterian	Bailey Memorial Stadium	6,500	Templeton Physical Education Center	2,300	Presbyterian College Baseball Complex	7002500000000000000♠500	Martin Stadium at Edens Field	400
Radford	Non-football school		Dedmon Center	3,205	Williams field at Carter Memorial Stadium	700	Patrick D. Cupp Stadium	5,000
UNC Asheville	Non-Football School		Kimmel Arena	3,200	Greenwood Baseball Field, McCormick Field	300, 4,000	Greenwood Field	1,000
USC Upstate	Non-football school		G. B. Hodge Center	878	Cleveland S. Harley Baseball Park	500	County University Soccer Stadium	3,000
Winthrop	Non-football school		Winthrop Coliseum	6,100	Winthrop Ballpark	1,989	Eagle Field	1,500

Notes

Charleston Southern uses the CSU Field House for all conference basketball games. Home games against local rivals or major-conference teams are played at the North Charleston Coliseum when available.

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^ "Kennesaw State Football Joins Big South Conference as Associate Member" (Press release). Kennesaw State Athletics. September 4, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
^ Big South Conference Adds Longwood; Goes to Divisional Play for 2012–13 Season
^ http://www.bigsouthsports.com/HomePage.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4800
^ http://www.bigsouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4800&ATCLID=205672104

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[16] Campbell was a founding member of the Big South Conference in 1983. The Fighting Camels left in 1994 and rejoined in 2011 for all sports, except for their football program, which remained in the Pioneer Football League until joining Big South football in 2018.

[19] Armstrong State, which was last a member of the NCAA Division II Peach Belt Conference, dropped intercollegiate athletics at the end of the 2016–17 school year due to its impending consolidation with Georgia Southern University.

[20] Formerly known as Augusta State University until January 2013, when it merged with another Augusta institution (Georgia Health Sciences University) to create Georgia Regents University. At the time of the merger, only GRU (as Augusta State) had an athletic program, and GRU's sports teams continued to compete as "Augusta State" through the end of the 2012–13 school year. The school changed its name again to the current Augusta University in 2015.

[21] Liberty was ineligible for the Big South football title in its final conference season of 2017 (2017–18 school year), as it had started a transition to FBS football in that season.

[24] Due to scheduling issues, Hampton's football team will be unable to join the Big South until 2019.

[25] Presbyterian football will leave the Big South in 2020, spend that season as an FCS independent, and join the Pioneer Football League in 2021.

[26] North Alabama football will join the Big South in 2019.

[27] Sailing is a coeducational sport governed by the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association instead of the NCAA.

[28] Presbyterian launched a men's wrestling program in 2018–19, initially with a partial varsity schedule as an independent before becoming a single-sport Southern Conference member in 2019–20.

[29] Sailing is a coeducational sport governed by the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association instead of the NCAA.

[30] Women's wrestling is governed by the Women's Collegiate Wrestling Association instead of the NCAA.

[31] Presbyterian launched a women's wrestling program in 2018–19, becoming the first NCAA Division I member to sponsor wrestling as a varsity women's sport. It initially competes as an independent within the WCWA structure.

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[GWebb-2] Big South Conference (2008-07-01). "Gardner–Webb Officially Joins Big South". Big South Sports.

[Longwood-3] Big South Conference (2012-01-23). "Big South Conference Adds Longwood University As Full Member". Big South Sports.

[onedivision-4] Stretlow, Bret (28 October 2014). "Title race in balanced Big South again tough to predict". The Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

[coastal_sunbelt-5] "Statement from Big South Commissioner Kyle B. Kallander on Coastal Carolina" (Press release). Big South Conference. September 1, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2015.

[6] "Big South and ASUN Conference Establish FCS Membership Partnership" (Press release). ASUN Conference. September 13, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016.

[7] "Fighting Camels football to join Big South in 2018" (Press release). Campbell University. November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[8] "NCAA Approves Liberty's Waiver Request for FBS Reclassification Process" (Press release). Liberty University Athletics. February 16, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2017.

[9] "Big South Conference Announces Decision on Liberty's Membership Status" (Press release). Liberty University Athletics. September 22, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2017.

[10] "ASUN Conference Announces Liberty University as League Member for 2018-19" (Press release). ASUN Conference. May 17, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2018.

[upstate-11] Shanesy, Todd (November 15, 2017). "USC Upstate moving to Big South Conference". GoUpstate.com. Retrieved November 15, 2017.

[hampton-12] Johnson, Dave (November 16, 2017). "Hampton to leave MEAC for Big South". Daily Press. Newport News, VA. Retrieved November 16, 2017.

[13] "Presbyterian to join Pioneer Football League in 2021". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-02-16.

[PC_to_Pioneer-14] "Presbyterian College to join Pioneer Football League in 2021" (Press release). Pioneer Football League. November 20, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[15] "Presbyterian to join Pioneer Football League in 2021". FOX Sports. 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2018-02-16.

[17] "Kennesaw State Football Joins Big South Conference as Associate Member" (Press release). Kennesaw State Athletics. September 4, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2013.

[18] Big South Conference Adds Longwood; Goes to Divisional Play for 2012–13 Season

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v t e Big South Conference
Full members	Campbell Fighting Camels and Lady Camels Charleston Southern Buccaneers Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs Hampton Pirates and Lady Pirates (football joining in 2019) Presbyterian Blue Hose (football leaving in 2020)
Non-football members	High Point Panthers Longwood Lancers Radford Highlanders UNC Asheville Bulldogs USC Upstate Spartans Winthrop Eagles
ASUN football alliance	Kennesaw State Owls North Alabama Lions (joining in 2019)
Football-only members	Monmouth Hawks

Big South Conference

Established	1983; 35 years ago (1983)
Association	NCAA
Division	Division I
Subdivision	FCS
Members	11
Sports fielded	19 men's: 9 women's: 10
Region	South Atlantic States
Headquarters	Charlotte, North Carolina
Commissioner	Kyle Kallander (since 1996)
Website	www.bigsouthsports.com
Locations

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