Faulkner University - Athletics

Athletics

Faulkner University teams, nicknamed athletically as the Eagles, are part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC). The Eagles are also a member of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA). Men's sports include baseball, basketball, football, golf and soccer; while women's sports include basketball, golf, soccer, softball and volleyball.

The men's basketball team finished the 2007 regular season tied for first in the SSAC standings with neighboring Auburn–Montgomery. The inaugural football season started in Fall 2007 under head coach Jim Nichols, who spent the previous three years as a graduate assistant to Auburn head coach Tommy Tuberville. The football team now competes in the Mid-South Conference. After playing their home games at Cramton Bowl in downtown Montgomery for the first four years of the program, Faulkner opened its new 5,000 seat on campus stadium September 22, 2012 with a 43-41 victory against Lindsey Wilson College in front of a nearly sold out crowd.

One of the few NAIA schools in the country to have its own radio network that covers all basketball and football games. The Faulkner Radio Network was started in 1997 by then local talk show host Doug Amos, who also handles the play by play duties. He was joined on the broadcasts by color analyst Darrell Dapprich in 1998.

In 2001 the Eagles won the NAIA Basketball National Championship behind notable players such as Treives Henry and Paul Little who won the Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player Award. The same year, the Men’s Baseball team won the NCCAA national championship. During the 2012 Football Season Ray Ray Armstrong transferred from the University of Miami after playing three seasons for the Hurricanes, and was scheduled to play his senior season for the Eagles, unfortunately he was found to be ineligible by the NAIA. Armstrong remained with the program as an assistant coach.