UNC Pembroke Braves

The UNC Pembroke Braves are the athletic teams that represent the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, located in Pembroke, North Carolina, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports.

UNC Pembroke Braves
UniversityUniversity of North Carolina at Pembroke
ConferencePeach Belt Conference
MEC (football, swimming and diving, track and field, wrestling)
NCAADivision II
Athletic directorDick Christy
LocationPembroke, North Carolina
Varsity teams16
Football stadiumGrace P. Johnson Stadium
Basketball arenaEnglish E. Jones Center
Baseball stadiumSammy Cox Field
Softball stadiumUNCP Softball Field
Soccer stadiumVarsity Grounds
NatatoriumAquatics Center
NicknameBraves
ColorsBlack and Gold[1]
         
Websiteuncpbraves.com

The Braves compete as members of the Peach Belt Conference for 11 of their 16 varsity sports. All other sports currently compete in the Mountain East Conference, with indoor track & field, swimming & diving, and wrestling having joined for the 2019–20 school year and football following in the 2020–21 school year.[2]

In July 2021, UNCP will rejoin Conference Carolinas after an absence of nearly 30 years. The school had been a CC member from 1976 to 1992 under its former name of Pembroke State University. Since CC sponsors all of the non-football sports that the Braves currently house in the Mountain East, its only remaining MEC sport will be football.[3]

History
English E. Jones Athletic Center

UNC Pembroke's athletic teams are known as the Braves. Due to its heritage as an institution founded for the benefit of American Indians and support from the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, the school has largely been immune to the ongoing controversies related to American Indian-themed nicknames and mascots.

Varsity teams

List of teams

References
  1. UNC Pembroke Style Guide (PDF). February 18, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  2. "Davis & Elkins To Join MEC; UNC Pembroke To Be Associate Member" (Press release). Bridgeport, West Virginia: Mountain East Conference. August 30, 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  3. "Conference Carolinas Announces Addition of Francis Marion and UNC Pembroke" (Press release). Conference Carolinas. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
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