Notable Alumni
- Carisa McMillan - Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader
- Jennifer E. Alley – Former North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball head coach
- Isaac Anderson - Olympic Wrestler (1988 Summer Olympics)
- Eric Bachmann - American musician and producer; principal member of the groups Crooked Fingers and Archers of Loaf.
- Don Beaver – Healthcare Mogul, owner of the Charlotte Knights, New Orleans Zephyrs, Hickory Crawdads, and partial owner and member of the board of directors for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Eric Church – Country music singer
- Clare Cox - American women's tennis player
- Dexter Coakley – NFL Dallas Cowboys & St. Louis Rams (Linebacker)
- Howard Coble – Longtime Republican 6th District US Congressman from (only attended Appalachian for one year) Greensboro, NC
- Eustace Conway- notable naturalist, focus of the book The Last American Man
- Josh Day - Percussionist for Sara Bareilles
- Stephen J. Dubner – Writer, co-author of Freakonomics
- Armanti Edwards - NFL Carolina Panthers
- Brian Quick - NFL Saint Louis Rams
- Charles Frazier – Novelist, author of Cold Mountain
- Alvin Gentry – NBA Phoenix Suns head coach, former head coach of the Miami Heat, Detroit Pistons and Los Angeles Clippers
- Franklin Graham – Evangelist and missionary, son of Billy Graham, CEO and president of Samaritan's Purse
- Michael Gregory of The Gregory Brothers and creator of the Auto-tune the News series.
- Dino Hackett – NFL Kansas City Chiefs (Linebacker)
- Mary Jayne Harrelson – Track athlete, two-time NCAA Outdoors 1500 m Champion
- Byron Hill – Country and pop music songwriter
- Jonathan Hodges - Linebackers Coach at Johnson C. Smith University
- Jason Hunter – NFL Denver Broncos (Defensive End)
- Allen Joines - Mayor of Winston-Salem
- Philip Kloc - Australian Tennis Player 2008-2012
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- Allen Humblet - Canadian Tennis Player 2008-2012. Currently an assistant coach with the men's tennis team.
- Melissa Morrison-Howard – Two-time Olympic hurdler bronze medalist (2000 & 2004)
- Dexter Jackson – Former NFL Carolina Panthers (Wide Receiver)
- Corey Lynch – NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Safety), son-in-law of Franklin Graham
- Marques Murrell – NFL New York Jets (Linebacker)
- Ron Prince – Former head football coach at Kansas State University
- Tyler Pyle - American Tennis player
- Douglas Sarine – Co-creator of Ask a Ninja
- Tommy Lawlor - Philadelphia Eagles beatwriter and NFL Insider
- John Settle – NFL Atlanta Falcons (Running Back), current running backs coach of the Carolina Panthers
- Belus Smawley - basketball pioneer, one of the inventors of the jump shot
- Mary Ellen Snodgrass – Author and two-time New York Public Library award winner
- Chris Swecker – Head of Corporate Security for Bank of America and former Assistant Director, FBI
- Coaker Triplett - Two-sport star and baseball team captain, MLB outfielder for the Cubs, Cardinals and Phillies from 1938–45, player-manager for Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, and member of the Appalachian State Athletic Hall of Fame since 1976
- Caitlin Upton, fashion model and beauty queen
- Gary Wheeler – Film director and producer
- Daniel Wilcox – NFL Baltimore Ravens (Tight End)
- J. Bradley Wilson – Former Chairman, University of North Carolina Board of Governors and current President and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
- Everett Withers - Interim head football coach at The University of North Carolina
- Gene Wooten – Nashville Dobro player and session musician
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