Big South Conference
Established: 1983
NCAA	Division I FCS
Members	10
Sports fielded	16 (men's: 8; women's: 8)
Region	South Atlantic States
Headquarters	Charlotte, NC
Commissioner	Kyle Kallander (since 1996)
Website	http://www.bigsouthsports.com
Locations

The Big South Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I. The conference's football teams are part of the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA). The Big South, founded in 1983, is firmly rooted in the southeastern United States, with member institutions located in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.^[1]

Charter members included Armstrong State (now Armstrong Atlantic State), Augusta (now Augusta State), Campbell University, Charleston Baptist (now Charleston Southern), Coastal Carolina University, Radford, and Winthrop.

The Big South Conference began sponsoring football in 2002, with Charleston Southern University, Gardner-Webb University, and Liberty University fielding teams; Coastal Carolina University and Virginia Military Institute joined the conference as football-playing members in 2003. Presbyterian joined the conference in 2007, moving up from Division II. They will be eligible for regular-season championships and conference honors during the 2008 athletic year.^[2] Gardner-Webb, which had been a football playing member since 2002, joined the conference for all sports on July 1, 2008.^[2]

Current members

Full members

Associate members

• Stony Brook University (football)

Former members

Sports

The Big South Conference sponsors intercollegiate competition in men’s baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s football, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, men's and women’s outdoor track and field, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s softball, men’s and women’s tennis, and women’s volleyball.

Interestingly, they are the only collegiate athletic conference to sponsor a quizbowl competition, starting this in 2006, and using questions from National Academic Quiz Tournaments. Liberty has won all three years.

Conference champions

Men's basketball

Football

Quizbowl Tournament

Conference facilities

References

External links

• Online home of the Big South Conference
• Online Forum for the Big South Conference
• Online Forum for Presbyterian Blue Hose Sports
• High Point University Athletics
• Online home of UNC Asheville Athletics
• UNCA Fans -- The UnOfficial home of UNC Asheville Athletics
• Flame Fans - Serious Fans of Liberty University
• High Point Message Board
• Stony Brook Radio (Football)