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The North Carolina A&T Aggies are the athletic teams that represent North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. The Aggies compete in NCAA Division I and are members of the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) in all sports with the exception of football and women's bowling .
The North Carolina A&T Aggies football program represents North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in college football.The Aggies play in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision as a member of CAA Football, the technically separate football league operated by the Aggies' full-time home of the Coastal Athletic Association.
Over the 100 plus years of the university's existence, the academic scope expanded to encompass other disciplines. The North Carolina General Assembly redefined N.C. A&T as a regional university and through legislation made it a member of the University of North Carolina System in 1971. [2] As of 2014, North Carolina A&T had about 40,000 living ...
North Carolina A&T joined the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference as a founding member in 1969. Before that, the Aggies were members of the Division II Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIAA), where they won 14 conference titles, including a six-season streak from 1950 to 1955. [4] Since joining the MEAC, A&T has claimed 3 conference titles.
Eight Aggie coaches have led their teams to conference championships during their tenure, with Bill Hayes and Burt Piggott both winning the most at three each. [1] Three Aggie coaches have won the Black college football national championship during their tenures; Hornsby Howell in 1968, and Bill Hayes in 1990 and 1999, and Rod Broadway in 2015. [3]
At that time the music program at the college began to grow. [2] The following year, Lew started the band program as a 50 Piece ensemble. [2] It was not until the 1930s that marching band was offered as an extracurricular activity. During this time, N.C. A&T was the only Historically Black college in the state of North Carolina with a marching ...
The College of Arts and Science was established in 1968. [7] With 13 departments and programs ranging from the arts, humanities, communications, mathematics; social, behavioral and natural sciences; the College of Arts and Sciences is the largest academic unit at North Carolina A&T. [9] The college is the nation's largest producer of African American psychology graduates.
The Aggies, led by second-year head coach Willie Jones, played their home games at the Corbett Sports Center in Greensboro, North Carolina as members of the Big South Conference. The 2021–22 season was the program's only season as a Big South member. North Carolina AT&T will join the Colonial Athletic Association on July 1, 2022.