Campbell Fighting Camels
Campbell Fighting Camels | |
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Barker-Lane Stadium | |
Basketball arena | Gore Arena/Pope Convocation Center |
Baseball stadium | Jim Perry Stadium |
Softball stadium | Amanda Littlejohn Stadium |
Soccer stadium | Eakes Athletics Complex |
Aquatics center | Johnson Aquatic Center |
Tennis venue | Nisbet Tennis Center |
Mascot |
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Nickname | Fighting Camels |
Fight song | Campbell University Fight Song |
Colors | Black and orange[1] |
Website | www |
The Campbell Fighting Camels are the athletic teams that represent
Campbell competes in 21 intercollegiate varsity sports. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis, track and field (indoor and outdoor), and wrestling; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field (indoor and outdoor), and volleyball.
Conference affiliations
The Fighting Camels are full members of the
Campbell University became a four-year college in 1961 and began competing athletically in the
Campbell joined the Coastal Athletic Association in all sports sponsored by the conference effective July 1, 2023. The wrestling team will remain in the Southern Conference.[5]
NCAA
- Big South Conference (1983–1994)
- Atlantic Sun Conference(1994–2011)
- Big South Conference (2011–2023)
- Coastal Athletic Association (2023–present)
Varsity teams
Men's sports | Women's sports |
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Baseball | Basketball |
Basketball | Cross country |
Cross country | Golf |
Football | Lacrosse |
Golf | Soccer |
Soccer | Softball |
Tennis | Swimming and diving |
Track and field† | Tennis |
Wrestling[v 1] | Track and field† |
Volleyball | |
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor |
- Notes
- ^ The wrestling team competes as an associate member of the Southern Conference.
Football
Campbell announced in April 2006 that the university would be restarting its football program for 2008. The Fighting Camels compete at the NCAA Division I FCS level as a member of the Big South Conference beginning in the 2018 season. Dale Steele was the first head coach of the Camels and coached from the 2008 season to the 2012 season. His best season was the 2011 season in which the Camels finished 6–5. On November 27, 2012, Campbell University announced former University of Nebraska and Carolina Panthers standout, Mike Minter, as their new Head Football Coach.[6]
Men's basketball
Campbell's basketball teams play their home games in the 3,100-seat
Women's basketball
The Fighting Camels women's basketball program have two conference championship seasons. Campbell won the Big South Conference tournament in 1989 by defeating Radford University 58–53 in Radford, Virginia. Campbell also won the 2000 Atlantic Sun Conference championship, held in Pelham, Alabama by defeating Georgia State University 66–49, which earned the Lady Camels a 15th seed in the 2000 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament East Regional. However, Campbell lost in the opening round to the 2nd seeded Duke Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. Ronny Fisher is in his eighth season as the head coach as of the 2023–24 season, having taken over after Wanda Watkins' 35-year tenure on April 5, 2016.
Baseball
The Fighting Camels baseball team plays its home games at the on-campus
Men's wrestling
The Fighting Camels wrestling team is an associate member of the Southern Conference. Wrestling was founded at Campbell in 1968 under the guidance of Gerald Brown. There have been 10 different coaches that directed the Camels over the past 40 years. The most notable coach would have to be Dave Auble. Auble (1999–2004) was a former U.S. Olympic wrestling coach. The most successful coach was Jerry Hartman. Hartman (1981–1988) had a record of 80–39 in his career as a head coach. The team was coached by former U.S. Olympian Cary Kolat from 2016 to 2020. His successor is Scotti Sentes, a two-time All-American for Central Michigan University. In 2017, the team achieved career highs with its first Southern Conference title, five NCAA qualifiers, and the school's first All-American in Nathan Kraisser.
Traditions
Mascot
Before 1934 Campbell's athletic teams were known as the "Hornets". Other early known nicknames for the program were simply reflective of the school name, like "Campbells" or "Campbellites". The origin of the name "Fighting Camels" is popularly believed to be derived from a statement by early school patron Zachary Taylor Kivett, who approached school founder James Archibald Campbell after a fire had destroyed the three then existing school buildings in 1900 and said, "Your name's Campbell; then get a hump on you! We've got work to do." Campbell thought Kivett said, "you're a camel, then get a hump on you!"[citation needed]
Notable alumni
Baseball
Men's basketball
Men's golf
Men's soccer
- David Doyle
- Travis Golden
- Thibaut Jacquel
- Pasi Kinturi
- Eduardo Maceira
- Steven Riches
- Eric Swalwell
- Téva Lossec
Softball
Women's golf
Women's soccer
Notes
- ^ "Campbell Athletics Style Guide | Campbell University" (PDF). June 30, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ Campbell University Becomes Charter Member of Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association Archived July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (accessed July 12, 2007)
- ^ Campbell University set to add Women's Lacrosse in 2012-13
- ^ Campbell to return to Big South Conference, article in The Fayetteville Observer (accessed May 14, 2009)
- ^ Williams, Jason (August 3, 2022). "Campbell University to Join Colonial Athletic Association in 2023". Campbell University Athletics. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
- ^ "Mike Minter named head football coach at Campbell University - Campbell". Archived from the original on April 4, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
- ^ John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center / Gilbert Craig Gore Arena Archived July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (accessed December 12, 2009)
- ^ "GoCamels.com: Campbell Announces Jim Perry Baseball Stadium Plans". Campbell Fighting Camels. November 12, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2013.