The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers are the athletic teams that represent Coastal Carolina University. They participate in Division I of the NCAA as a member of the Sun Belt Conference (SBC) in most sports, having joined that conference as a full but non-football member on July 1, 2016. At that time, the football team began a transition from the second-level Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to the top-level Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The team played the 2016 season as an FCS independent, joined SBC football for the 2017 season, and became full FBS members for 2018 and beyond. A Chanticleer is a proud and fierce rooster. Before joining the SBC, the Chanticleers had been members of the Big South Conference since that league's formation in 1983. Coastal fields varsity teams in 19 sports, 8 for men and 11 for women. The university regularly competed for the Sasser Cup, the Big South's trophy for the university with the best sports program among the member institutions, winning the trophy nine times, tied with rival Liberty University.
Harold Nichols is an American football coach and former player. He was the head football coach at Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina from 2009 to 2016. Nichols played college football as a quarterback at Presbyterian from 1987 to 1989. He has worked an assistant football coach at Georgia Southern University, the University of Rhode Island, Bucknell University, and his alma mater, Presbyterian.
The Liberty Flames football program represents Liberty University, a private Christian university located in Lynchburg, Virginia, in college football. The Flames compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) as a member of Conference USA. The program, which previously competed in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), announced it would start a transition to the top level of NCAA football in July 2017. The Flames became a provisional FBS member in 2018, and became a full FBS member with bowl eligibility in 2019. In 2020, Liberty entered the rankings in the AP Poll at 25 for the first time in program history.
The 2009 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute during the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was VMI's 119th all-time football season which started in 1891. They competed in the Big South Conference, and they were led by 2nd year head coach Sparky Woods, who was appointed VMI's 30th head coach in 2008. VMI played its home games at Alumni Memorial Field, as they still do ever since 1962.
The 2011 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team represented Presbyterian College in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Blue Hose were led by third-year head coach Harold Nichols and played their home games at Bailey Memorial Stadium. They are a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 3–3 in Big South play to finish in a tie for third place.
The 2012 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team represented Presbyterian College in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Harold Nichols and played their home games at Bailey Memorial Stadium. They are a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 2–9, 0–6 in Big South play to finish in last place.
The 2013 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team represented Presbyterian College in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Harold Nichols and played their home games at Bailey Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 3–8, 1–4 in Big South play to finish in a tie for fifth place.
The 2014 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team represented Presbyterian College in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Harold Nichols and played their home games at Bailey Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 3–2 in Big South play, to finish in a tie for third place.
The 2015 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team represented Presbyterian College in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Harold Nichols and played their home games at Bailey Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 2–9, 1–5 in Big South play to finish in last place.
The 2015–16 Presbyterian Blue Hose men's basketball team represented Presbyterian College during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blue Hose, led by 27th year head coach Gregg Nibert, played their home games at the Templeton Physical Education Center and were members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 11–20, 5–13 in Big South play to finish a four way tie for eighth place. They defeated Radford in the first round of the Big South tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Winthrop.
The 2016–17 Campbell Fighting Camels basketball team represented Campbell University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Camels were led by fourth-year head coach Kevin McGeehan and played their home games at Gore Arena in Buies Creek, North Carolina as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 19–18, 7–11 in Big South play to finish in a tie for seventh place. Due to tiebreakers, they received the No. 7 seed in the Big South tournament where defeated Presbyterian, UNC Asheville, and Radford to advance to the championship game where they lost to Winthrop. They received an invitation to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Houston Baptist and UT Martin before losing in the quarterfinals to Furman.
The 2016–17 Presbyterian Blue Hose men's basketball team represented Presbyterian College during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blue Hose, led by 28th-year head coach Gregg Nibert, played their home games at the Templeton Physical Education Center in Clinton, South Carolina as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 5–25, 1–17 in Big South play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Big South tournament to Campbell.
The 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The FCS Championship Game was played on January 6, 2018, in Frisco, Texas. The North Dakota State Bison beat the James Madison Dukes, 17–13, to capture their sixth title in seven years.
The 2009 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team represented Presbyterian College in the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Harold Nichols and played their home games at Bailey Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 0–11, 0–6 in Big South play to finish in last place.
The 2010 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team represented Presbyterian College in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Harold Nichols and played their home games at Bailey Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 2–9, 1–5 in Big South play to finish in last place. Later it was revealed that the Blue Hose had used an ineligible player and their two wins were vacated.
The 2017 Davidson Wildcats football team represented Davidson College in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Paul Nichols and played their home games at Richardson Stadium. They were members of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 2–9, 0–8 in PFL play to finish in last place.
The 2008 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team represented Presbyterian College in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Bobby Bentley and played their home games at Bailey Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 1–4 in Big South play to finish in last place.
The 2017–18 Presbyterian Blue Hose men's basketball team represented Presbyterian College during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blue Hose, led by first-year head coach Dustin Kerns, played their home games at the Templeton Physical Education Center in Clinton, South Carolina as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 11–21, 4–14 in Big South play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Big South tournament to Charleston Southern.
The 2018 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team represented Presbyterian College in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Tommy Spangler, in his second stint as PC head coach, as he coached the Blue Hose from 2001–06. The Blue Hose played their home games at Bailey Memorial Stadium as a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 2–8, 0–5 in Big South play to finish in last place.
The 2019 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team represented Presbyterian College in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Tommy Spangler, in his second stint as PC head coach, as he coached the Blue Hose from 2001–06. The Blue Hose played their home games at Bailey Memorial Stadium in their 13th and final season as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 2–10, 1–5 in Big South play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.
