Big South Conference

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 as 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. Associate members are located in Alabama, Georgia, and New Jersey.[1]

Not to be confused with Conference South, Conference League South, or Southern Conference.
Big South Conference
Established1983 (1983)
AssociationNCAA
DivisionDivision I
SubdivisionFCS
Members11 (12 in 2021)
Sports fielded
  • 19
    • men's: 9
    • women's: 10
RegionSouth Atlantic States
HeadquartersCharlotte, North Carolina
CommissionerKyle Kallander (since 1996)
Websitewww.bigsouthsports.com
Locations

History

Charter members included Armstrong State (later Armstrong Atlantic State University and now merged into Georgia Southern University as its Armstrong Campus) (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 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]

The Big South's most recently announced membership changes are the July 2021 arrivals of North Carolina A&T State University from the MEAC as a full member, including football,[16] and Robert Morris University as a football-only member.[17]

Member schools

Current full members
Institution Location Founded Joined Type Enrollment Nickname Colors
Campbell University Buies Creek, North Carolina 1887 1983,
2011[note 1]		 Private
(Baptists)		 6,448 Fighting Camels          
Charleston Southern University North Charleston, South Carolina 1964 1983 Private
(Southern Baptist)		 3,414 Buccaneers          
Gardner–Webb University Boiling Springs, North Carolina 1905 2008 Private
(Baptist)		 3,594 Runnin' Bulldogs          
Hampton University Hampton, Virginia 1868 2018 Private
(Nonsectarian, HBCU)		 4,321 Pirates          
High Point University High Point, North Carolina 1924 1999 Private
(United Methodist)		 4,545 Panthers          
Longwood University Farmville, Virginia 1839 2012 Public 4,470 Lancers          
Presbyterian College Clinton, South Carolina 1880 2007 Private
(PCUSA)		 1,330 Blue Hose          
Radford University Radford, Virginia 1910 1983 Public 9,335 Highlanders          
University of North Carolina at Asheville Asheville, North Carolina 1927 1984 Public
(UNC)		 3,762 Bulldogs          
University of South Carolina Upstate Spartanburg, South Carolina 1967 2018 Public
(USCS)		 6,000 Spartans               
Winthrop University Rock Hill, South Carolina 1886 1983 Public 6,073 Eagles          
Notes
  1. 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
Institution Location Founded Joined Type Enrollment Primary Conference Nickname Big South Sport(s) Colors
Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, Georgia 1963 2015[18] Public
(USG)		 35,420 ASUN Owls Football          
Monmouth University West Long Branch, New Jersey 1933 2014 Private
(Nonsectarian)		 6,167 Metro Atlantic (MAAC) Hawks Football          
University of North Alabama Florence, Alabama 1830 2019 Public 7,650 ASUN Lions Football          

    Future member
    Institution Location Founded First
    Football
    Year    		 Type Enrollment Joining Nickname Current
    Primary
    Conference    		 Colors
    North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, North Carolina 1891 1901 Public
    (UNC, HBCU)    		 12,556 2021 Aggies MEAC          

    Future associate member
    Institution Location Founded Type Enrollment Joining Nickname Big South Sport Current
    Primary
    Conference    		 Colors
    Robert Morris University Moon Township, Pennsylvania 1921 Private 4,895 2021 Colonials Football Horizon League               

    Divisional realignment, 2012–2014

    With the additions of Campbell and Longwood to the Big South in 2011 and 2012, Big South commissioner Kyle Kallander stated the conference would break up into two divisions of six teams each beginning in 2012–2013.[19] He also said the Big South Basketball Tournaments would be held at a single, neutral location. The divisional setup was as follows:

    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
    Institution Location Founded Joined Left Type Enrollment Nickname Current
    Conference
    Armstrong State University Savannah, Georgia 1935 1983 1987 Public
    (USG)    		 7,538 Pirates Defunct (Merged with Georgia Southern Eagles in 2018; now operates as Georgia Southern's Armstrong Campus.)[n 1]
    Augusta University[n 2] Augusta, Georgia 1785 1983 1990 Public
    (USG)    		 6,919 Jaguars Peach Belt
    (NCAA Division II)
    Birmingham–Southern College Birmingham, Alabama 1856 2000 2007 Private
    (Methodist)    		 1,600 Panthers SAA
    (NCAA Division III)
    Coastal Carolina University Conway, South Carolina 1954 1983 2016 Public 10,641 Chanticleers Sun Belt
    Davidson College Davidson, North Carolina 1837 1990 1992 Private
    (PCUSA)    		 1,756 Wildcats Atlantic 10
    Elon University Elon, North Carolina 1889 1999 2003 Private
    (Nonsectarian)    		 6,720 Phoenix CAA
    Liberty University Lynchburg, Virginia 1971 1991 [n 3] 2018 Private
    (Nondenominational)    		 110,000 Flames and Lady Flames ASUN
    FBS independent
    University of Maryland, Baltimore County Catonsville, Maryland 1966 1992 1998 Public
    (USM)    		 13,637 Retrievers America East
    University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina 1891 1992 1997 Public
    (UNC)    		 18,502 Spartans SoCon
    Towson University Towson, Maryland 1866 1992 1995 Public
    (USM)    		 21,950 Tigers CAA
    Virginia Military Institute Lexington, Virginia 1839 2003 2014 Public 1,500 Keydets SoCon

    Former associate members
    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
    (PCUSA)    		 1,756 Wildcats Women's lacrosse Atlantic 10
    Stony Brook University Stony Brook, New York 1957 2008 2013 Public
    (SUNY)    		 24,607 Seawolves Football America East CAA
    University of North Carolina at Wilmington Wilmington, North Carolina 1947 2000 2004 Public
    (UNC)    		 14,918 Seahawks Women's golf CAA
    1. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. 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
    Robert Morris UniversityNorth Carolina A&T State UniversityUniversity of North AlabamaHampton UniversityUSC Upstate SpartansKennesaw State UniversityMonmouth UniversityLongwood UniversityStony Brook UniversityPresbyterian CollegeSouthern ConferenceVirginia Military InstituteGardner–Webb UniversitySouthern Athletic AssociationSouthern Collegiate Athletic ConferenceBirmingham–Southern CollegeHigh Point UniversityColonial Athletic AssociationSouthern ConferenceElon UniversityAmerica East ConferenceNortheast ConferenceUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore CountySouthern ConferenceUniversity of North Carolina at GreensboroColonial Athletic AssociationAmerica East ConferenceTowson UniversityAtlantic Sun ConferenceLiberty UniversityAtlantic 10 ConferenceSouthern ConferenceDavidson CollegeUniversity of North Carolina at AshevilleWinthrop UniversityRadford UniversitySun Belt ConferenceCoastal Carolina UniversityCharleston Southern UniversityAtlantic Sun ConferenceCampbell UniversityPeach Belt ConferenceAugusta UniversityPeach Belt Conference
    • Augusta State was merged into Georgia Regents University in January 2013; the merged school renamed itself Augusta University in 2015.

    Sports
    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.[20][21] Three schools, Kennesaw State, Monmouth, and North Alabama, are currently associates in football.

    Teams in Big South competition
    SportMen'sWomen's
    Baseball
    10
    -
    Basketball
    11
    11
    Cross Country
    11
    11
    Football
    8
    -
    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

    Divisional alignments from 2021 onward

    The Big South plans to institute divisions with the addition of North Carolina A&T in 2021. The divisions align below and apply only to men's and women's basketball and volleyball.

    East Division West Division
    Campbell Charleston Southern
    Hampton Gardner-Webb
    High Point UNC Asheville
    Longwood Presbyterian
    North Carolina A&T USC Upstate
    Radford Winthrop

    Men's sponsored sports by school
    SchoolBaseballBasketballCross CountryFootballGolfSoccerTennisTrack & Field
    (Indoor)    		Track & Field
    (Outdoor)    		Total Big South Sports
    Campbell
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    9
    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
    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
    N[lower-alpha 1]
    Y
    Y
    Y
    N
    N
    6
    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
    4+3
    10
    9
    9
    8
    8
    82
    Future member
    North Carolina A&T
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    Y
    8
    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
    North Alabama
    N
    N
    N
    Y
    N
    N
    N
    N
    N
    1
    Notes
    1. Presbyterian football left the Big South after the 2019 season. It will be an FCS independent in the 2020–21 school year and join the Pioneer Football League in 2021.

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

    SchoolLacrosseSailing[lower-alpha 1]SwimmingWrestling
    CampbellNoNoNoSouthern
    Gardner–WebbNoNoCCSASouthern
    HamptonIndependentMAISANoNo
    High PointSouthernNoNoNo
    PresbyterianNoNoNoSouthern
    Notes
    1. Sailing is a coeducational sport governed by the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association instead of the NCAA.

    In addition to the above, Campbell counts both its male and female cheerleaders as varsity athletes.

    Women's sponsored sports by school
    SchoolBasketballCross CountryGolfLacrosseSoccerSoftballTennisTrack & Field
    (Indoor)    		Track & Field
    (Outdoor)    		VolleyballTotal 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
    Future member
    North Carolina A&T
    Y
    Y
    Y
    N
    N
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    8

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

    SchoolAcrobatics &
    Tumbling[lower-alpha 1]    		BowlingField HockeySailing[lower-alpha 2]SwimmingWrestling[lower-alpha 3]
    CampbellNoNoNoNoCCSANo
    Gardner–WebbNoNoNoNoCCSANo
    HamptonNoNoNoMAISANoNo
    LongwoodNoNoMACNoNoNo
    North Carolina A&TNoMEAC[lower-alpha 4]NoNoNoNo
    PresbyterianIndependentNoNoNoNoIndependent
    UNC AshevilleNoNoNoNoCCSANo
    Notes
    1. Part of the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program; national championship competition is governed by the National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association.
    2. Sailing is a coeducational sport governed by the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association instead of the NCAA.
    3. Part of the NCAA Emerging Sports program; national championship competition is governed by the Women's Collegiate Wrestling Association.
    4. North Carolina A&T bowling currently plans to remain in the MEAC after it otherwise joins the Big South.

    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.

    Name Position School Draft year Draft pick NFL team
    Tyler ThigpenQBCoastal Carolina2007Round 7, Pick 217Vikings
    Jerome SimpsonWRCoastal Carolina2008Round 2, Pick 46Bengals
    Brian JohnstonDEGardner–Webb2008Round 7, Pick 210Chiefs
    Rashad JenningsRBLiberty2009Round 7, Pick 250Jaguars
    Josh NormanCBCoastal Carolina2012Round 5, Pick 143Panthers
    Justin BethelSPresbyterian2012Round 6, Pick 177Cardinals
    Walt AikensCBLiberty2014Round 4, Pick 125Dolphins
    NFL Draftees from the Big South Conference

    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, 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
    2019 Campbell, Radford (12–4) Gardner–Webb Dedmon Center, Radford, VA

    Basketball Tournament Championships by school
    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
    Gardner–Webb 1 2019
    UNC Greensboro† 1 1996
    • †Former member of the Big South
    Main articles: Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament and Big South Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

    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)
    2007 Liberty 4–0 (8–3)
    2008 Liberty 5–0 (10–2)
    2009 Stony Brook 5–1 (6–5)
    Liberty 5–1 (8–3)
    2010 Coastal Carolina* 5–1 (6–5)
    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)
    Stony Brook 5–1 (9–2)
    Liberty 5–1 (6–5)
    2013 Coastal Carolina 4–1 (10–2)
    Liberty 4–1 (8–4)
    2014 Liberty* 4–1 (8–4)
    Coastal Carolina 4–1 (11–1)
    2015 Charleston Southern 6–0 (9–2)
    2016 Charleston Southern* 4–1 (7–4)
    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)

    Women's basketball
    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
    2018–19 Radford Radford Campbell

    Men's Soccer
    Further information: Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

    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
    School Sport Coach Year Opponent Opponent's Conference
    Coastal CarolinaBaseballGary Gilmore2016ArizonaPac-12

    Facilities

    Future members/teams in gray.

    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[lower-alpha 1]
    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 1,000
    Hampton Armstrong Stadium 10,000 Hampton Convocation Center 6,000 Non-baseball school HU Soccer Complex  
    High Point Non-football school Qubein Arena[lower-alpha 2] 4,200 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 350
    Monmouth Kessler Field 4,600 Football-only member
    North Alabama Braly Municipal Stadium 14,215 Football-only member
    North Carolina A&T BB&T Stadium 23,000 Corbett Sports Center 5,000 World War Memorial Stadium 7,500 Non-soccer school
    Presbyterian Plays football as an FCS independent in 2020 Templeton Physical Education Center 2,300 Presbyterian College Baseball Complex 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
    Robert Morris Joe Walton Stadium 3,000 Football-only member
    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
    1. 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.
    2. Replaces the Millis Center (capacity 1,750) in 2020–21.
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