Artis Gilmore Sr. is an American former professional basketball player who played in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA). Gilmore was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on August 12, 2011.
George F. McGinnis is an American former professional basketball player who played 11 seasons in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted into the ABA from Indiana University in 1971.
Gardner–Webb University is a private Christian liberal arts university in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. It was founded as Boiling Springs High School in 1905. Gardner-Webb is a classified among "Doctoral/Professional Universities".
George Adams is an American former professional basketball player.
The Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs are the athletic teams that represent Gardner–Webb University, located in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. Gardner–Webb participates in 21 varsity sports at the NCAA Division I level. The school's programs are a part of the Big South Conference. Known as the Bulldogs going back to 1922, costumed mascots, registered athletic marks and Gardner-Webb University live mascots have all been featured.
The Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Gardner–Webb University in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Big South Conference. Gardner–Webb's first football team was fielded in 1970. The team plays its home games at the 9,000-seat Ernest W. Spangler Stadium in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. The Runnin' Bulldogs are coached by Tre Lamb.
The Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs men's basketball team is the men's college basketball team that represents Gardner–Webb University in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, United States. The school's team competes in the Big South Conference. They made their first NCAA tournament in 2019 by winning their first Big South tournament.
Christopher Adam Holtmann is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach at Ohio State University.
The 2013–14 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gardner–Webb University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Runnin' Bulldogs, led by first year head coach Tim Craft, played their home games at the Paul Porter Arena and were members of the South Division of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 18–15, 10–6 in Big South play to finish in a three-way tie for second place in the South Division. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big South Conference tournament where they lost to VMI.
The 2015–16 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gardner–Webb University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Runnin' Bulldogs, led by third year head coach Tim Craft, played their home games at the Paul Porter Arena and were members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 17–16, 10–8 in Big South play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated Campbell and Coastal Carolina to advance to the semifinals of the Big South tournament where they lost to Winthrop.
The 1992 NAIA Division I football season was the 37th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 23rd season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.
The 2016–17 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gardner–Webb University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Runnin' Bulldogs, led by fourth-year head coach Tim Craft, played their home games at the Paul Porter Arena in Boiling Springs, North Carolina as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the regular season 18–13, 11–7 in Big South play to finish in fourth place. They received the No. 4 seed in the Big South tournament where they defeated High Point in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to Winthrop.
Eddie Holbrook is an American former college men's basketball head coach. He is best known for his tenure at Gardner–Webb University between 1964 and 1978. He was hired to coach Gardner-Webb when he was just 24-years old, and during his 14-year career there he compiled an overall record of 344 wins to just 67 losses. Holbrook was the coach when the team transitioned from a junior college program to an NAIA school. In his first five years, Holbrook's teams won four conference titles, and two regional titles in 1968–'69 while earning an invitation to play in the National Junior College Athletic Association championship tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas. Eight of his players became All-Americans while five of them went onto careers in the National Basketball Association. In 1973–'74, Holbrook's Runnin' Bulldogs won 23 straight games before losing in the NAIA post-season tournament to West Georgia 116–101. to By the end of his time at Gardner–Webb he had led the Runnin' Bulldogs to seven 20-win seasons and an additional four 30-win seasons. Of his 14 teams, 12 finished the season with national top-10 rankings. In February 2015, the school renamed their home basketball court the "Eddie Holbrook Court." While coaching GW, Holbrook earned eight coach of the year honors, and her earned the reputation of creating players who embodied mental and physical fortitude. He took two of his teams to the NAIA National Post-Season Tournament including a final four appearance in 1972, and the 1971–'72 Runnin' Bulldogs averaged 104.3 points per game during that season. In 1976–'77 season, Holbrook's squad scored over 100 points eighteen times.
The 2019 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team represented Gardner–Webb University as a member of the Big South Conference during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Carroll McCray in his seventh and final season as head coach, the Runnin' Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 3–9 with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, placing in three-way tie for fifth place in the Big South. Gardner–Webb played home games at Ernest W. Spangler Stadium in Boiling Springs, North Carolina.
The 2020–21 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gardner–Webb University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Runnin' Bulldogs, led by eighth-year head coach Tim Craft, played their home games at the Paul Porter Arena in Boiling Springs, North Carolina as members of the Big South Conference.
The 2021–22 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gardner–Webb University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Runnin' Bulldogs, led by ninth-year head coach Tim Craft, played their home games at Paul Porter Arena in Boiling Springs, North Carolina as members of the Big South Conference. With the reintroduction of divisions for the first time since the 2013–14 season, the Bulldogs played in the South division. They finished the season 18–13, 11–5 in Big South play to finish second place in the South division. As the No. 3 seed in the Big South tournament, they defeated Campbell in the quarterfinals before losing to Winthrop in the semifinals.
Laquincy Rideau is an American professional basketball player for Punto Rojo LR of the Liga Ecuatoriana de Baloncesto. He played college basketball for the Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs and South Florida Bulls.
The 2022 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team represented Gardner–Webb University as a member of the Big South Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by third-year head coach Tre Lamb, the Runnin' Bulldogs played their home games at the Ernest W. Spangler Stadium in Boiling Springs, North Carolina.
The 2022–23 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gardner–Webb University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Runnin' Bulldogs, led by tenth-year head coach Tim Craft, played their home games at Paul Porter Arena in Boiling Springs, North Carolina as members of the Big South Conference.
