Hampton Pirates and Lady Pirates

Hampton Pirates
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.hamptonpirates.com

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
BasketballBasketball
Cross countryCross country
FootballGolf
GolfSoccer
LacrosseSoftball
TennisTennis
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

  1. ↑ http://www.meacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=20800&ATCLID=1506257
  2. ↑ "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.
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