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2024 American Athletic Conference football standings The 2024 Charlotte 49ers football team represent the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The 49ers play their home games at Jerry Richardson Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, and compete in their first season as a member of the American Athletic Conference (AAC). They are led by first-year head coach Biff Poggi.

Coaching staff
On December 4, offensive line coach and assistant head coach Kyle DeVan accepted the offensive line coach job at his alma mater. On December 7 the 49ers announced the hiring of Colorado tight ends coach Tim Brewster for the same position at Charlotte. He also takes on assistant head coaching duties from the departing DeVan. John Morookian made an internal move from tight ends to offensive line. Jason Barnes joined the coaching staff from the analyst pool to take over wide receivers.

Recruiting class
The following recruits and transfers have signed letters of intent or verbally committed to the Charlotte 49ers football program for the 2024 recruiting year.

2023 NFL Draft
The following players were selected in the 2024 NFL Draft.

Television
Charlotte 49ers home games and conference road games are broadcast through the American Athletics Conference's television partners ESPN, and ABC Sports.

Radio
Radio coverage for all games are broadcast by IMG College through the Charlotte 49ers Radio Network flagship station WZGV ESPN Radio 730 AM The Game, and the TuneIn Charlotte 49ers IMG Sports Network app. The radio announcers are "Voice of the 49ers" Matt Swierad with play-by-play alongside NFL veteran Al Wallace providing color commentary and Bobby Rosinski and Walker Mehl providing sideline reports.

Preseason poll
The American Athletic Conference preseason media poll was released at AAC Media Day on July 25, 2023.


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James Madison

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North Carolina

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Gardner-Webb

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Indiana

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Tulane

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Navy

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East Carolina

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Florida Atlantic

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UAB

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Memphis

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Rice

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South Florida

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Football
The newest sports rivalry between these in-state foes began on October 21, 2023 when the 49ers played at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium for the first time. Charlotte restarted their long defunct football program in 2013 and was invited to rejoin Conference USA, which at the time included East Carolina as a member. Shortly afterwards, East Carolina was invited as a football-only member to the Big East Conference, eventually becoming a full-sports member when the football playing schools of the Big East reorganized into the AAC. A non-conference series was originally scheduled between the two programs to start in 2024. When Charlotte agreed in October 2021 to join the AAC starting in the 2023 season, both programs scheduled new non-conference series with other programs. In November 2023 the AAC released their four year conference schedule, which featured Charlotte and ECU as each others annual rivalry game.

ECU head coach Mike Houston had been offered and accepted in principle to become the 49ers' head coach in late November 2018. The offer was withdrawn on November 30 after it became public that Houston was still considering other options. He subsequently became the Pirates' head coach on December 3. The 49ers went on to hire Will Healy on December 5.

The 49ers' series inaugural victory was Biff Poggi's first win over an FBS team, and his and the program's first win over an AAC opponent. The 49ers would also set a new program record for least yards allowed at 127 yards.

Basketball
Charlotte has controlled the series with a nearly two-to-one advantage, which included both schools being conference and non-conference foes during that time period.

Game Results
(*) 2010 Charleston Classic

Baseball
Baseball was the first sport the two universities played against each other after Charlotte moved up from the NAIA to the NCAA in the 1970's, 1979 being the 49ers baseball program's inaugural season. East Carolina, with a long tradition of dominant baseball performances and multiple post-season appearances has easily controlled the baseball matchup between these two institutions.

Game Results
(*) 2003 C-USA Tourney