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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. 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.

Current members

Full members

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Joined	Team Name
Charleston Southern University	Charleston, South Carolina	1964	Private/Baptist	3,224	1983	Buccaneers
Coastal Carolina University	Conway, South Carolina	1954	Public	8,049	1983	Chanticleers
High Point University	High Point, North Carolina	1924	Private/Methodist	3,079	1999	Panthers
Liberty University	Lynchburg, Virginia	1971	Private/Baptist	10,500	1991	Flames
Radford University	Radford, Virginia	1910	Public	9,220	1983	Highlanders
University of North Carolina at Asheville	Asheville, North Carolina	1927	Public	3,635	1984	Bulldogs
Virginia Military Institute	Lexington, Virginia	1839	Public	1,377	2003	Keydets
Winthrop University	Rock Hill, South Carolina	1886	Public	6,292	1983	Eagles

Associate member

Gardner-Webb University Runnin' Bulldogs (2002) [associatemember in football only]

Future members

Presbyterian College will begin playing a conference schedule in 2008–2009.(External Link

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Gardner-Webb University, already a football member, will join in the 2008–2009 academic year for all other sports.

State University of New York at Stony Brook, football only starting in 2008.

Former members

Institution	Current Conference	Joined	Left
Armstrong Atlantic State	Peach Belt	1983	1987
Augusta State	Peach Belt	1983	1990
Birmingham-Southern	SCAC, Division III	2000	2007
Campbell	Atlantic Sun	1983	1994
Davidson	SoCon	1990	1992
Elon	SoCon	1999	2003
UM-Baltimore County	America East	1992	1998
UNC Greensboro	SoCon	1992	1997
Towson	Colonial	1992	1995

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're 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

Season	Regular Season Champion	Tournament Champion	Tournament Final Location
1986	Charleston Southern (5-1)	Charleston Southern	Savannah Civic Center, Savannah, Georgia
1987	Charleston Southern (12-2)	Charleston Southern	Savannah Civic Center
1988	Coastal Carolina (9-3)	Winthrop	Winthrop Coliseum, Rock Hill, South Carolina
1989	Coastal Carolina (9-3)	UNC-Asheville	Winthrop Coliseum
1990	Coastal Carolina (11-1)	Coastal Carolina	Winthrop Coliseum
1991	Coastal Carolina (13-1)	Coastal Carolina	Civic Center of Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina
1992	Radford (12-2)	Campbell	Civic Center of Anderson
1993	Towson State (14-2)	Coastal Carolina	North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, South Carolina
1994	Towson State (15-3)	Liberty	North Charleston Coliseum
1995	UNC-Greensboro (14-2)	Charleston Southern	Vines Center, Lynchburg, Virginia
1996	UNC-Greensboro (11-3)	UNC-Greensboro	Vines Center
1997	UNC-Asheville (11-3)	Charleston Southern	Vines Center
1998	UNC-Asheville (11-1)	Radford	Vines Center
1999	Winthrop (9-1)	Winthrop	Asheville Civic Center, Asheville, North Carolina
2000	Radford (12-2)	Winthrop	Asheville Civic Center
2001	Radford (12-2)	Winthrop	Roanoke Civic Center, Roanoke, Virginia
2002	Winthrop (10-4) (#1 seed) UNC-Asheville (10-4)	Winthrop	Roanoke Civic Center
2003	Winthrop (11-3)	UNC-Asheville	Vines Center (semis & finals only)
2004	Liberty (12-4)	Liberty	Vines Center (finals only)
2005	Winthrop (15-1)	Winthrop	Winthrop Coliseum (finals only)
2006	Winthrop (13-3)	Winthrop	Winthrop Coliseum (semis & finals only)
2007	Winthrop (14-0)	Winthrop	Winthrop Coliseum (semis & finals only)
2008	UNC-Asheville (10-4)(#1 seed) Winthrop (10-4)	Winthrop	Justice Center (Semis & finals only)

Conference facilities

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity	Soccer stadium	Capacity
Charleston Southern	Buccaneer Field	4,000	CSU Field House	790	Buccaneer Field	4,000
Coastal Carolina	Brooks Stadium	6,408	Kimbel Arena	1,039	CCU Soccer Field	N/A
Gardner-Webb	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium	7,800	Paul Porter Arena	5,000	N/A	N/A
High Point	Non-Football School	N/A	Millis Center	2,565	Dick and Peg Vert Track and Soccer Stadium	1,100
Liberty	Williams Stadium	12,000	Vines Center	9,000	Liberty Soccer Field	N/A
Radford	Non-Football School	N/A	Dedmon Center	5,000	Cupp Stadium	5,000
UNC-Asheville	Non-Football School	N/A	Justice Center	1,100	Greenwood Field	N/A
VMI	Alumni Memorial Stadium	10,000	Cameron Hall	5,800	Patchin Field	1,000
Winthrop	Non-Football School	N/A	Winthrop Coliseum	6,100	Eagle Field	1,500

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