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'Big South Conference'
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'Data'
Classification	NCAA Division I-AA
Established	1983
Members	8
Sports fielded	16 (8 men’s, 8 women’s)
Region	Southern United States
States	3 - North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia
Headquarters	Charlotte, North Carolina
Commissioner	Kyle Kallander
'Locations'

The 'Big South Conference' is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I-AA in football and Division I in all other sports; it was founded in 1983. The conference is firmly rooted in the southeastern United States, with member institutions located in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
'Charter members' included Armstrong State (now Armstrong Atlantic State), Augusta (now Augusta State), Campbell University, Charleston Baptist (now Charleston Southern), Coastal Carolina University, Radford, and Winthrop.
'Former members' include Armstrong State (1983-1987), Augusta (1983-1990), Campbell (1983-1994), Elon (1999-2003), Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) (1992-1998), North Carolina-Greensboro (1992-1997), and Towson State (now Towson University) (1992-1995). Departing members have joined the Atlantic Sun Conference (Campbell), Atlantic Ten Conference (Towson football), Colonial Athletic Association (Towson for other sports), Northeast Conference (UMBC), Peach Belt Conference (Armstrong State and Augusta), and Southern Conference (Davidson, UNC-Greensboro, Elon).
The Big South Conference began sponsoring football in 2002, with Charleston Southern University, Gardner-Webb University, and Liberty University fielding teams; Coastal Carolina University and Virginia Military Institute joined the conference as football-playing members in 2003.

Contents

Current members

Full members

Associate member

Future members

Departing member

Teams

Sports

Conference champions

Conference facilities

External link

Current members

Full members

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Joined
Charleston Southern University	Charleston, South Carolina	1964	Private/Baptist	3,000	1983
Coastal Carolina University	Conway, South Carolina	1954	Public	7,021	1983
High Point University	High Point, North Carolina	1924	Private/Methodist	2,899	1999
Liberty University	Lynchburg, Virginia	1971	Private/Baptist	13,750	1991
Radford University	Radford, Virginia	1910	Public	9,552	1983
University of North Carolina at Asheville	Asheville, North Carolina	1927	Public	3,488	1984
Virginia Military Institute	Lexington, Virginia	1839	Public	1,300	2003
Winthrop University	Rock Hill, South Carolina	1886	Public	6,447	1983

Associate member

★ Gardner-Webb University (2002) [associate member in football only]

Future members

★ Presbyterian College will begin playing a conference schedule in 2008–2009 [1]

★ Gardner-Webb University, already a football member, will join in the 2008–2009 academic year for all other sports.

★ State University of New York at Stony Brook, Football only starting in 2008.

Departing member

★ Birmingham-Southern College announced plans in May, 2006 to transition to Division III and will leave the conference after the 2006-2007 academic year. In preparation for the transition, the school elected not to field a men's basketball team for the 2006-2007 season. [2]

Teams

★ Charleston Southern Buccaneers

★ Coastal Carolina Chanticleers

★ High Point Panthers

★ Liberty Flames

★ Radford Highlanders

★ UNC-Asheville Bulldogs

★ VMI Keydets

★ Winthrop Eagles

★ Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs

★ Presbyterian Blue Hose

Sports

The Big South Conference sponsors intercollegiate competition in men’s baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s football, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, men's and women’s outdoor track and field, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s softball, men’s and women’s tennis, and women’s volleyball.
Interestingly, they are the only collegiate athletic conference to sponsor a quizbowl competition, starting this in 2006, and using questions from National Academic Quiz Tournaments. Liberty has won both years.

Conference champions

'Men's basketball'

Season	Regular Season Champion	Tournament Champion	Tournament Final Location
1986	Charleston Southern (5-1)	Charleston Southern	Savannah Civic Center, Savannah, Georgia
1987	Charleston Southern (12-2)	Charleston Southern	Savannah Civic Center
1988	Coastal Carolina (9-3)	Winthrop	Winthrop Coliseum, Rock Hill, South Carolina
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, South Carolina
1992	Radford (12-2)	Campbell	Civic Center of Anderson
1993	Towson State (14-2)	Coastal Carolina	North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, South Carolina
1994	Towson State (15-3)	Liberty	North Charleston Coliseum
1995	UNC-Greensboro (14-2)	Charleston Southern	Vines Center, Lynchburg, Virginia
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, North Carolina
2000	Radford (12-2)	Winthrop	Asheville Civic Center
2001	Radford (12-2)	Winthrop	Roanoke Civic Center, Roanoke, Virginia
2002	Winthrop (10-4)	Winthrop	Roanoke Civic Center
2003	Winthrop (11-3)	UNC-Asheville	Vines Center
2004	Liberty (12-4)	Liberty	Vines Center
2005	Winthrop (15-1)	Winthrop	Winthrop Coliseum
2006	Winthrop (13-3)	Winthrop	Winthrop Coliseum
2007	Winthrop (14-0)	Winthrop	Winthrop Coliseum

'Football'

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)
	Coastal Carolina	3-1 (9-2)
2006	Coastal Carolina	4-0 (9-3)

'Quizbowl Tournament'

Year	Champion	Record	Host School
2006	Liberty	8-0	VMI
2007	Liberty	6-1	Radford

Conference facilities

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity	Soccer stadium	Capacity
Charleston Southern	Buccaneer Field	4,000	CSU Field House	790	Buccaneer Field	4,000
Coastal Carolina	Brooks Stadium	6,408	Kimbel Arena	1,039	CCU Soccer Field	N/A
High Point	''Non-Football School''	N/A	Millis Center	2,565	Albion Millis Stadium	3,000
Liberty	Williams Stadium	12,000	Vines Center	9,000	Liberty Soccer Field	N/A
Radford	''Non-Football School''	N/A	Dedmon Center	5,000	Cupp Stadium	5,000
UNC-Asheville	''Non-Football School''	N/A	Justice Center	1,100	Greenwood Field	N/A
VMI	Alumni Memorial Stadium	10,000	Cameron Hall	5,800	Patchin Field	1,000
Winthrop	''Non-Football School''	N/A	Winthrop Coliseum	6,100	Eagle Field	1,500

External link

★ Online home of the Big South Conference

★ Online Forum for the Big South Conference

★ Online Forum for Presbyterian Blue Hose Sports

★ The Liberty Nation - Fans of Liberty University

★ Flame Fans - ''Serious'' Fans of Liberty University