Conference History
The Fighting Camels and Lady Camels are full members of the Big South Conference. However the University fields teams as associate members of other conferences for sports the Big South doesn't sponsor. Campbell is an associate member of the Southern Conference for wrestling. The women’s swimming team was formerly an associate member of the Northeast Conference until 2007 when Campbell became a charter member of the Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association along with 11 other women's swimming programs as well as six men's swimming teams. Campbell does not currently field a men's swimming team. The Fighting Camels football team began play in 2008 and is a member of the Pioneer Football League. Campbell will field a Women's lacrosse team in 2012-13.
Campbell University became a four-year college in 1961 and began competing athletically in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). In 1977, the Fighting Camels program joined the NCAA Division I level. Campbell was a charter member of the Big South Conference in 1983, before leaving to join the Trans-America Athletic Conference, which is now the Atlantic Sun Conference, in 1994. Campbell returned to the Big South on July 1, 2011 and competes in all sports, except for football, wrestling, and women's swimming.
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