The Charleston Southern Buccaneers are the athletic teams that represent

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 cha ...

, located in

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, in intercollegiate sports at the Division I level of the

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(NCAA), primarily competing in the

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since the 1983–84 academic year. The football program competes in the FCS, formerly known as I-AA. Charleston Southern competes in sixteen intercollegiate varsity sports. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, and track and field (indoor and outdoor); while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field (indoor and outdoor), and volleyball. Other sports formerly offered by the Buccaneers include men's soccer and men's tennis.

Conference affiliations

NCAA *

(1983–present)

Varsity teams

CSU competes in the

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in the following sports: In 2008, CSU closed its highly successful men's tennis program to reallocate funds to other sports. CSU formerly fielded a men's soccer team.

Football

Rivalry with Coastal Carolina

These two schools first met on the football field in 2003 and it has been a rivalry since Charleston Southern defeated

Coastal Carolina 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 ...

34–27 in 2005 to win a share of the Big South Championship that Coastal had already clinched. CSU got the first shutout of the series with their 24–0 win in 2008. Currently, Charleston Southern has a two-game winning streak over Coastal Carolina with Charleston Southern winning 59–58 in 2016. Charleston Southern won a share of the 2016 Big South Championship and got the automatic berth into the NCAA Playoffs. Coastal Carolina leads the series 8–6. *2016 – CSU @ Coastal – W, 59–58 *2015 – Coastal @ CSU – W, 33–25 *2014 – CSU @ Coastal – L, 43–22 *2013 – Coastal @ CSU – W, 31–26 *2012 – CSU @ Coastal – L, 41–20 *2011 – Coastal @ CSU – L, 45–38 *2010 – CSU @ Coastal – L, 70–3 *2009 – Coastal @ CSU – W, 30–23 *2008 – CSU @ Coastal – W, 24–0 *2007 – Coastal @ CSU – L, 41–2 *2006 – CSU @ Coastal – L, 31–17 *2005 – Coastal @ CSU – W, 34–27 (2 OT) *2004 – CSU @ Coastal – L, 56–28 *2003 – Coastal @ CSU – L, 48–14 (First Meeting)

Charleston Southern vs FBS Schools

Men's basketball

Women's basketball

Facilities

* Buccaneer Ballpark – home of the baseball program. It has a capacity of 1,500 spectators. *

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 ...

– home of the football program. It opened in 1970 and has a capacity of 4,000 spectators. * CSU Field House – home of the Men's and Women's Basketball teams. It has a capacity of 881 spectators. It is the 2nd smallest arena in Division I basketball.

Notable alumni

Baseball

* Stuart Lake *

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* George Schaefer * Tyler Thornburg

Men's basketball

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Men's soccer

John Patrick Devereux John Patrick Devereux (born May 20, 1963) is a retired American soccer midfielder/ defender who played professionally for the Charleston Battery and overseas. Devereux was born to a French mother and English father, Frederick Devereux, who w ...

References

External links

* {{South Carolina Sports