The Big South Conference is a collegiate athletic conference 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 ...

's Division I. Originally a non- football 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 U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 28th largest and List of states and territories of the United ...

South Carolina )''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...

, 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 are ...

. Associate members are located in Georgia, 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, ...

Rhode Island Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...

, and South Carolina.

History

Charter members included Armstrong State (later Armstrong Atlantic State University 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 H ...

as its Armstrong Campus) (1983–1987), Augusta (later

Augusta State University Augusta State University was a public university in Augusta, Georgia. It merged with Georgia Health Sciences University in 2012 to form Georgia Regents University, later known as Augusta University. History Augusta State University was founde ...

and now merged into

Augusta University Augusta University (AU) is a public university, public research university and academic medical center in Augusta, Georgia. It is a part of the University System of Georgia and has satellite medical campuses in Savannah, Georgia, Savannah, Alba ...

) (1983–1990), Campbell University (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 cha ...

) (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 Radford University is a public university in Radford, Virginia. It is one of the state's eight doctorate-granting public universities. Founded in 1910, Radford offers curricula for undergraduates in more than 100 fields, graduate programs incl ...

(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 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, Lib ...

(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 (1992–1997), Towson University (1992–1995), Elon University (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 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 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 a ...

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. 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 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 ...

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 Furman University is a Private university, private Liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Greenville, South Carolina. Founded in 1826 and named for the clergyman Richard Furman, Furman University is the oldest private institution of hig ...

, Mercer University, and Wofford College. All three are full members of the Southern Conference (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 List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA's NCAA Division I, Division I whose full members are located in East Coast ...

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 North Carolina A&T State University 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 beginning in 2023. The following month saw

Bryant University Bryant University is a private university in Smithfield, Rhode Island. It has two colleges, the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business, and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. History Butler ...

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

;Notes:

Current associate members

;Notes:

Former members

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America East The America East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I founded in 1979, whose members are located in the Northeastern United States. The conference has nine core members including eight public research ...

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SoCon 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 ...

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;Notes:

Former associate members

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;Notes:

Membership timeline

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bar:12 color:FullxF from:1992 till:1997 text:

UNC 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-al ...

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bar:13 color:OtherC2 from:2003 till:end text:

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Sports

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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 extensiv ...

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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 cov ...

, , 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 Sum ...

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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 , , A-10 , , 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 Tyler Beckham Thigpen (born April 14, 1984) is a former American football quarterback. Thigpen was drafted out of Coastal Carolina University in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL Draft (217th overall) by the Minnesota Vikings. He was the firs ...

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

Vikings Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and se ...

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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 Brian Alexander Johnston (24 June 1912 – 5 January 1994), nicknamed Johnners, was a British cricket commentator, author, and television presenter. He was most prominently associated with the BBC during a career which lasted from 1946 until h ...

, , 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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, , 2009 , , Round 7, Pick 250 , ,

, - ,

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 ...

, , 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 , - ! 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 en ...

, 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 va ...

, Savannah, GA , - , 1987 , Charleston Southern (12–2) , Charleston Southern , Savannah Civic Center , - , 1988 , 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, concert ...

, Rock Hill, SC , - ,

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

, 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 humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...

, Coastal Carolina (11–1) , Coastal Carolina , Winthrop Coliseum , - , 1991 , Coastal Carolina (13–1) , Coastal Carolina , Civic Center of Anderson,

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

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 sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...

, Towson State (15–3) , Liberty , North Charleston Coliseum , - , 1995 , 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 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone o ...

, UNC Greensboro (11–3) , UNC Greensboro , Vines Center , - ,

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

, UNC Asheville (11–3) , Charleston Southern , Vines Center , - , 1998 , UNC Asheville (11–1) , Radford , Vines Center , - ,

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

, 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 comple ...

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 ci ...

, - , 2000 , Radford (12–2) , Winthrop , Asheville Civic Center , - ,

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...

, Radford (12–2) , Winthrop , Roanoke Civic Center,

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 ...

, - ,

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

, Winthrop, UNC Asheville (10–4) , Winthrop , Roanoke Civic Center , - ,

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A ...

, Winthrop (11–3) , UNC Asheville , Vines Center (semis & finals only) , - ,

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...

, Liberty (12–4) , Liberty , Vines Center (finals only) , - ,

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; " Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discover ...

, 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 votes to declare independence from Serbia; The 2006 ...

, Winthrop (13–3) , Winthrop , Winthrop Coliseum (semis & finals only) , - ,

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple Inc., Apple's first iPhone (1st generation), iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakis ...

, Winthrop (14–0) , Winthrop , Winthrop Coliseum (semis & finals only) , - ,

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

, UNC Asheville, Winthrop (10–4) , Winthrop , Justice Center, Asheville, NC (semis & finals only) , - ,

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; Protests ...

, Radford (15–3) , Radford , Dedmon Center, 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 men's and women's basketball teams and the women's volle ...

, 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 celebrates ...

(16–2) , UNC Asheville , Kimbel Arena (semis & finals only) , - , 2012 , 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 fa ...

, 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 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...

, 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 April ...

, High Point (13–5) ,

, HTC Center, Conway, SC , - , 2016 , High Point, Winthrop (13–5) , UNC Asheville ,

Gore Arena 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 ...

, Buies Creek, NC , - , 2017 , Winthrop, UNC Asheville (15–3) , Winthrop ,

, Rock Hill, SC (quarters, semis, & finals) , - ,

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

, UNC Asheville (13–5) , Radford , Dedmon Center, Radford, VA , - , 2019 , Campbell, Radford (12–4) , Gardner–Webb , Dedmon Center, Radford, VA , - , 2020 , Radford, Winthrop (15–3) , Winthrop , Winthrop Coliseum, Rock Hill, SC , - , 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 , - , Campbell , 1 , 1992 , - , Gardner–Webb , 1 , 2019 , - , Longwood , 1 , 2022 , - ,

^† , 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

{, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !School !Sport !Coach !Year !Opponent !Opponent's Conference , - ,

, , Baseball , , , , 2016 , ,

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, , Pac-12

Facilities

Departing member in pink. {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" , - !School !Football stadium !Capacity !Basketball arena !Capacity !Baseball stadium !Capacity !Soccer stadium !Capacity , - , Bryant ,

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 thei ...

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

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 c ...

, 5,200 , John W. Pope, Jr. Convocation Center , 3,095 , Jim Perry Stadium , 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
North Charleston Coliseum , 790
11,475 , Buccaneer Ballpark , 1,500 ,

, 4,000 , - , Gardner–Webb ,

Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Ernest W. Spangler Stadium is a 9,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. It is home to the Gardner–Webb University Bulldogs football team. The facility opened in 1969. Spangler Stadium underwent a $7 million overha ...

, 7,800 , Paul Porter Arena , 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 , 4,200 , George S. Erath Field at Coy O. Williard Baseball Stadium , 700 , Vert Track and Soccer Stadium , 1,100 , - , Longwood , colspan=2 align=center , ''Non-football school'' , Willett Hall , 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 Longwood may refer to: Australia * Longwood, Victoria India * Longwood, Shimla New Zealand * Longwood, New Zealand Republic of Ireland * Longwood, County Meath United Kingdom * Longwood, West Yorkshire, England * Longwood, Saint Helena, locatio ...

, , -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 Carolin ...

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

, colspan=2 align=center , ''Plays in the Pioneer Football League'' ,

Templeton Physical Education Center The Ross E. Templeton Physical Education Center is a 2,300-seat multi-purpose arena in Clinton, South Carolina. It was built in 1975 and is home to the Presbyterian College Blue Hose men's and women's basketball, volleyball, and wrestling teams ...

, 2,300 , Presbyterian College Baseball Complex , , Martin Stadium at Edens Field , 400 , - , Radford , colspan=2 align=center , ''Non-football school'' , Dedmon Center , 3,205 , Williams field at Carter Memorial Stadium , 700 , Patrick D. Cupp Stadium , 5,000 , - , Robert Morris , Joe Walton Stadium , 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, Asheville, North Carol ...

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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 3 ...

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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