WUNC basketball started in 1900 when the student Athletic Association was founded and actively recruiting members for sports. Twelve years later, the women showed interest to begin playing against other women’s basketball teams from the colleges around Greensboro. This interest would eventually lead to an AIAW sponsored team. In 1963, the school decided to have an intercollegiate women’s basketball team and officially joined the intercollegiate… Continue reading…
In 1965, Frank Pleasants was hired to develop both intramural and intercollegiate athletic programs for UNCG in an effort to help transition the university into a co-educational institution. One of the first programs to emerge was an intercollegiate men’s soccer team in 1970. During the 1980s and the 1990s, the… Continue reading…
In 1985, UNCG began playing softball as an official intercollegiate sport at the NCAA Division III level. In 1989 they moved up to Division II before eventually moving up to playing Division I level in 1992. Prior to 1985, softball had only been offered as an intramural sport. Over the… Continue reading…
Beginning in 1990, UNCG began playing baseball as an official intercollegiate sport. The team claimed the Big South title in 1994 and 1997, earned a bid to the NCAA South I regional in 1997, and in 2006 earned its first win over a top ranked team, defeating the University of… Continue reading…
Michael Parker was the head coach of the UNCG’s men’s soccer team from 1984 to 2010. Originally from Bradford, England, Parker earned his Bachelors of Science at Madeley College in Staffordshire, England in 1968 and a Masters of Education degree from UNC Chapel Hill in 1971. Within two years of… Continue reading…
Irwin “Ike” Belk is the retired former CEO of the Belk Department Store chain, which was founded by his father, William Henry Belk, in 1888. Under his leadership, Belk Inc. became the largest, privately owned department store chain in the United States. In addition to his corporate work, Belk was… Continue reading…
The Spartan Club is a non-profit organization which endeavors to secure the financial support for UNCG student-athletes. Throughout the year, the Spartan Club, and each of the Spartan varsity teams host special events and hospitality gatherings to promote interest in the athletic programs at UNCG. The primary focus of the… Continue reading…
Starting in the 1970s, the Office of Campus Recreation began sponsoring intramural and club sports at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), as well as more informal recreation opportunities and events for students and faculty. One of the earliest events was the Student-Faculty “Scotch” Golf Foursomes, which ran… Continue reading…
Rugby first came to the University in 1977 with the establishment of the Men’s Rugby Club. The Women’s Rugby Club was founded in 2002. The UNCG Men’s and Women’s Rugby Clubs are University sponsored and student led sports clubs.
Basketball was one of the first sports played at the school now known as UNCG. The university, however, did not admit degree-seeking undergraduate male students until Fall 1964, but men’s basketball was played on campus in 1932. President Julius Foust decided that year to allow young men from the Greensboro area to enroll… Continue reading…