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Beam Hall at LTSS. LTSS was founded in 1830 to help serve the needs of educating pastors for Lutheran Churches in the South. John Bachman was the first to call for the formation of a seminary, and LTSS owes much of its existence to his impassioned call for a place to educate future pastors.
Lenoir–Rhyne fields 20 intercollegiate teams and competes in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II (NCAA Division II) as a member of the South Atlantic Conference. The school nickname is the Bears; its mascots are Joe and Josie Bear.
In 1960, it was the site for the NAIA National Semifinal football game, which Lenoir-Rhyne won on its way to their only national championship in school history. Moretz Stadium was also home of a 1962 NAIA National Semifinal game and an NCAA Division II Semifinal game in 2013.
Hanley Hayes Painter (August 28, 1924 – November 16, 2001) was an American football and baseball coach, college athletics administrator, and educator. He served as the head football coach at Lenoir–Rhyne College—now known as Lenoir–Rhyne University—in Hickory, North Carolina from 1962 to 1973, compiling a career college football of 66–43–2.
Doug Socha (born c. 1975) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach for Lenoir–Rhyne University, a position he has held since 2024.Socha led the Keiser Seahawks to back-to-back NAIA Football National Championship title games in 2022 and 2023: winning in 2023.
The 1961 Lenoir Rhyne Bears football team was an American football team that represented Lenoir Rhyne College (now known as Lenoir–Rhyne University) as a member of the Carolinas Conference during the 1961 college football season.
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The 1956 season was part of an eight-year run from 1955 to 1962 under Stasavich and his successor, Hanley Painter, during which Lenoir Rhyne compiled a 76–6–4 record and won eight consecutive NSC championships and an NAIA national title in 1960. [2] The team played home games at College Field in Hickory, North Carolina.