Hampton Pirates and Lady Pirates
Hampton Pirates | |
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University | Hampton University |
Conference | Big South Conference |
NCAA | Division I |
Athletic director | Novelle Dickenson |
Location | Hampton, Virginia |
Varsity teams | 15 |
Football stadium | Armstrong Stadium |
Basketball arena | Hampton Convocation Center |
Nickname | Pirates |
Colors |
Reflex Blue and White |
Website |
www |
The Hampton Pirates and Lady Pirates refer to the sports teams representing Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia in intercollegiate athletics. The Pirates and Lady Pirates compete in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Big South Conference.[1]
The Pirates were previously members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference between 1995 and 2018.
Teams
Men's sports | Women's sports |
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Basketball | Basketball |
Cross country | Cross country |
Football | Golf |
Golf | Soccer |
Lacrosse | Softball |
Tennis | Tennis |
Track and field† | Track and field† |
Volleyball | |
Co-ed sports | |
Sailing‡ | |
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor ‡ – Sailing is not sanctioned by the NCAA. | |
A member of the Big South Conference, Hampton sponsors teams in eight men's and nine women's NCAA sanctioned sports. The school also sponsors a co-ed varsity sailing team, but sailing is not an NCAA sanctioned sport. The lacrosse team competes as an independent.
On November 16, 2017, Hampton announced they would be leaving the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference to join the Big South Conference. Hampton is one of two Division I HBCU (after Tennessee State University of the Ohio Valley Conference) to be a member of a conference other than the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference or Southwestern Athletic Conference.[2]
References
- ↑ http://www.meacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=20800&ATCLID=1506257
- ↑ "Hampton is leaving MEAC to join the Big South". USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2018.