Charleston Southern Buccaneers



The Charleston Southern Buccaneers are the athletic teams that represent Charleston Southern University, located in North Charleston, South Carolina, in intercollegiate sports at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in the Big South Conference since the 1983–84 academic year. The football program competes in the FCS, formerly known as I-AA.

Charleston Southern competes in sixteen intercollegiate varsity sports. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, and track and field (indoor and outdoor); while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field (indoor and outdoor), and volleyball. Other sports formerly offered by the Buccaneers include men's soccer and men's tennis.

Conference affiliations
NCAA
 * Big South Conference (1983–present)

Varsity teams
CSU competes in the NCAA in the following sports:

In 2008, CSU closed its highly successful men's tennis program to reallocate funds to other sports. CSU formerly fielded a men's soccer team.

Rivalry with Coastal Carolina
These two schools first met on the football field in 2003 and it has been a rivalry since Charleston Southern defeated Coastal Carolina 34–27 in 2005 to win a share of the Big South Championship that Coastal had already clinched. CSU got the first shutout of the series with their 24–0 win in 2008. Currently, Charleston Southern has a two-game winning streak over Coastal Carolina with Charleston Southern winning 59–58 in 2016. Charleston Southern won a share of the 2016 Big South Championship and got the automatic berth into the NCAA Playoffs.

Coastal Carolina leads the series 8–6.
 * 2016 – CSU @ Coastal – W, 59–58
 * 2015 – Coastal @ CSU – W, 33–25
 * 2014 – CSU @ Coastal – L, 43–22
 * 2013 – Coastal @ CSU – W, 31–26
 * 2012 – CSU @ Coastal – L, 41–20
 * 2011 – Coastal @ CSU – L, 45–38
 * 2010 – CSU @ Coastal – L, 70–3
 * 2009 – Coastal @ CSU – W, 30–23
 * 2008 – CSU @ Coastal – W, 24–0
 * 2007 – Coastal @ CSU – L, 41–2
 * 2006 – CSU @ Coastal – L, 31–17
 * 2005 – Coastal @ CSU – W, 34–27 (2 OT)
 * 2004 – CSU @ Coastal – L, 56–28
 * 2003 – Coastal @ CSU – L, 48–14 (First Meeting)

Facilities

 * Buccaneer Ballpark – home of the baseball program. It has a capacity of 1,500 spectators.
 * Buccaneer Field – home of the football program. It opened in 1970 and has a capacity of 4,000 spectators.
 * CSU Field House – home of the Men's and Women's Basketball teams. It has a capacity of 881 spectators. It is the 2nd smallest arena in Division I basketball.

Baseball

 * Stuart Lake
 * Bobby Parnell
 * George Schaefer
 * Tyler Thornburg

Men's basketball

 * Rolando Hourruitiner

Men's soccer

 * John Patrick Devereux