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Hampton Pirates and Lady Pirates

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Hampton Pirates
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UniversityHampton University
ConferenceCoastal Athletic Association
NCAADivision I (FCS)
Athletic directorAnthony D. Henderson, Sr.
LocationHampton, Virginia
Varsity teams15 (6 men's, 8 women's, 1 co-ed)
Football stadiumArmstrong Stadium
Basketball arenaConvocation Center
Softball stadiumPirates Softball Stadium
Lacrosse stadiumArmstrong Stadium
Tennis venueNeilson-Screen Stadium
Volleyball arenaHolland Hall
MascotPetey the Pirate
NicknamePirates
ColorsReflex blue and white
   
Websitehamptonpirates.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 Coastal Athletic Association.

The Pirates were previously members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference between 1995 and 2018 [1] and the Big South Conference from 2018 to 2022.

Conference history

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A member of the Coastal Athletic Association, 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 three Division I HBCU (after Tennessee State University of the Ohio Valley Conference and North Carolina A&T State of the Coastal Athletic Association) to be a member of a conference other than the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference or Southwestern Athletic Conference.[2]'

In 2022, Hampton joined the Coastal Athletic Association.

Teams

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Men's sports Women's sports
Basketball Basketball
Cross country Cross country
Football Soccer
Lacrosse Softball
Tennis Tennis
Track and field1 Track and field1
Volleyball
- Triathlon
Co-ed sports
Sailing2
1 – includes both indoor and outdoor
2 – not sanctioned by the NCAA.

Facilities

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Armstrong Stadium
Convocation Center
Venue Sport(s) Opened Capacity Ref.
Armstrong Stadium Football
Lacrosse
1928
12,000
 [3]
Hampton Convocation Center Basketball
1993
7,200
 [4]
Lady Pirates Softball Complex Softball
n/a
n/a
 [5]
Holland Hall Volleyball
n/a
n/a
 [6]
Neilson-Screen Stadium Tennis
n/a
n/a

National championships

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Team

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Assoc. Div. Total
titles 		Sport Competition Titles Year Rival Score/
points
NCAA Division II
3
 Basketball (women's) National championship
1
 1988 West Texas State 65–48
Tennis (men's) National championship
2
 1976 UC Irvine 23–18
1989 Cal Poly–SLO 5–1

Rivalries

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Hampton has two main rivals: Howard University, also known as The Real HU rivalry, and Norfolk State University, also known as the Battle of the Bay.

During Hampton's switch from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference to the Big South Conference, both rivalries were put on hold. In September 2019, Hampton revived their rivalry with Howard during the Chicago Football Classic. The rivalry with Norfolk State resumed on October 2, 2021.

References

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  1. ^ "Member Institutions - MEACsports.com - the Official Site of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference". Archived from the original on 2013-03-26. Retrieved 2013-03-02.
  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.
  3. ^ Armstrong Stadium
  4. ^ Hampton Convocation Center
  5. ^ Lady Pirates Softball Complex
  6. ^ Holland Hall
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