Hampton Pirates and Lady Pirates
Collegiate sports club in the United States
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The Hampton Pirates and Lady Pirates refer to the sports teams representing Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia in intercollegiate athletics. The Pirates and Lady Pirates compete in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Coastal Athletic Association.
| Hampton Pirates | |
|---|---|
| |
| University | Hampton University |
| NCAA | Division I (FCS) |
| Conference | Coastal Athletic Association |
| Athletic director | Anthony D. Henderson, Sr. |
| Location | Hampton, Virginia |
| Varsity teams | 15 (6 men's, 8 women's, 1 co-ed) |
| Football stadium | Armstrong Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Convocation Center |
| Softball stadium | Pirates Softball Stadium |
| Lacrosse stadium | Armstrong Stadium |
| Tennis venue | Neilson-Screen Stadium |
| Volleyball arena | Holland Hall |
| Nickname | Pirates |
| Colors | Reflex blue and white |
| Mascot | Petey the Pirate |
| Website | hamptonpirates |
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The Pirates were previously members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference between 1995 and 2018 [1] and the Big South Conference from 2018 to 2022.
Conference history
A member of the Coastal Athletic Association, Hampton sponsors teams in eight men's and nine women's NCAA sanctioned sports. The school also sponsors a co-ed varsity sailing team, but sailing is not an NCAA sanctioned sport. The lacrosse team competes as an independent.
On November 16, 2017, Hampton announced they would be leaving the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference to join the Big South Conference. Hampton is one of three Division I HBCU (after Tennessee State University of the Ohio Valley Conference and North Carolina A&T State of the Coastal Athletic Association) to be a member of a conference other than the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference or Southwestern Athletic Conference.[2]'
In 2022, Hampton joined the Coastal Athletic Association.
Teams
| Men's sports | Women's sports |
|---|---|
| Basketball | Basketball |
| Cross country | Cross country |
| Football | Soccer |
| Lacrosse | Softball |
| Tennis | Tennis |
| Track and field1 | Track and field1 |
| Volleyball | |
| - | Triathlon |
| Co-ed sports | |
| Sailing2 | |
| 1 – includes both indoor and outdoor 2 – not sanctioned by the NCAA. | |
Facilities
| Venue | Sport(s) | Opened | Capacity | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Stadium | Football Lacrosse | 1928 | 12,000 | [3] |
| Hampton Convocation Center | Basketball | 1993 | 7,200 | [4] |
| Lady Pirates Softball Complex | Softball | n/a | n/a | [5] |
| Holland Hall | Volleyball | n/a | n/a | [6] |
| Neilson-Screen Stadium | Tennis | n/a | n/a |
National championships
Team
| Assoc. | Div. | Total titles |
Sport | Competition | Titles | Year | Rival | Score/ points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCAA | Division II | 3 |
Basketball (women's) | National championship | 1 |
1988 | West Texas State | 65–48 |
| Tennis (men's) | National championship | 2 |
1976 | UC Irvine | 23–18 | |||
| 1989 | Cal Poly–SLO | 5–1 |
Rivalries
Hampton has two main rivals: Howard University, also known as The Real HU rivalry, and Norfolk State University, also known as the Battle of the Bay.
During Hampton's switch from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference to the Big South Conference, both rivalries were put on hold. In September 2019, Hampton revived their rivalry with Howard during the Chicago Football Classic. The rivalry with Norfolk State resumed on October 2, 2021.
