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Eastern Kentucky Colonels

Eastern Kentucky Colonels
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UniversityEastern Kentucky University
ConferenceASUN Conference (primary)
United Athletic Conference (football)
NCAADivision I (FCS)
Athletic directorMatt Roan
LocationRichmond, Kentucky
Varsity teams16 (7 men's, 9 women's)
Football stadiumRoy Kidd Stadium
Basketball arenaAlumni Coliseum
Baseball stadiumTurkey Hughes Field
Softball stadiumGertrude Hood Field
Soccer stadiumEKU Soccer Field
Tennis venueTom Higgins Outdoor Courts
MascotThe Colonel
NicknameColonels
Fight songYea Eastern & Hail, Hail Eastern Maroons
ColorsMaroon and white[1]
   
Websitewww.ekusports.com

The Eastern Kentucky Colonels are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Eastern Kentucky University (EKU), located in Richmond, Kentucky, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the NCAA Division I ranks, primarily competing in the ASUN Conference since the 2021–22 academic year. Its football team competes in the United Athletic Conference (UAC), which starts play in 2023 as a football-only merger of the ASUN and the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The Colonels previously competed in the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) from 1948–49 to 2020–21.

Overview

The Colonels athletic program competes in NCAA Division I as a member of the ASUN Conference.[2][3] The football team plays in the second level of Division I football, the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Before joining the ASUN in July 2021, EKU had spent the previous 73 years as a charter member[4] of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC).[5] The EKU mascot is The Colonel, and the school colors are maroon and white. While the women's teams were formerly known as the Lady Colonels, the school now emphasizes that all teams are now Colonels.

The ASUN did not officially sponsor football until the 2022 season.[6] In 2021, EKU football competed as a de facto associate member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), competing in a football partnership between the two leagues officially branded as the "ASUN–WAC Challenge".[7] The ASUN–WAC alliance was renewed for the 2022 season, and the two conferences fully merged their football leagues after that season, announcing the football league's new branding of United Athletic Conference in April 2023.[8]

Conference affiliations

NCAA

Varsity teams

EKU's intercollegiate athletics teams are nicknamed the Colonels.[9] Maroon has been the official color of Eastern athletics since the school was begun as the Eastern Kentucky State Normal School in 1906, and the school's official team nickname was the "Maroons" from the start of intercollegiate competition in 1909–10 until 1963, when then-president Robert Martin changed the nickname to the "Colonels".[10]

A member of the ASUN Conference since July 2021, Eastern Kentucky University sponsors teams in eight men's and nine women's NCAA sanctioned sports.[11]

EKU competes in 18 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, beach volleyball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball.

Men's sports Women's sports
Baseball Basketball
Basketball Beach volleyball
Cross country Cross country
Football Golf
Golf Soccer
Tennis Softball
Track and field Tennis
Track and field
Volleyball
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor.

Football

Roy Kidd Stadium, home to EKU Football

Eastern has traditionally been quite successful on the football field, having won 20 OVC titles and two Division I-AA National Championships in 1979 and 1982. Much of the success came during the long tenure of head coach Roy Kidd from 1964 to 2002. In 1990, Eastern honored Kidd by naming the school's football stadium Roy Kidd Stadium.[12] With their win over Southeast Missouri State University in 2008, Eastern's football team secured their 31st consecutive winning season. The team is currently coached by Walt Wells, former assistant head coach at Eastern and most recently a quality control assistant at the University of Kentucky.

In September 2013, the Lexington Herald-Leader, the daily newspaper of nearby Lexington, reported that EKU was considering moving its program to the top-level Football Bowl Subdivision. However, under NCAA rules, such a move would require that EKU first receive an all-sports invitation from an existing FBS conference.[13] In the end, no such move was made.

As noted previously, EKU football now plays in the UAC.

Conference championships

Year Conference Overall Record Conference Record Coach
1954 Ohio Valley 8–1–1 5–0 Glenn Presnell
1962 Ohio Valley 6–3 4–2 Glenn Presnell
1967 Ohio Valley 8–1–2 5–0–2 Roy Kidd
1968 Ohio Valley 8–2 7–0 Roy Kidd
1974 Ohio Valley 8–2 6–1 Roy Kidd
1976 Ohio Valley 8–3 6–1 Roy Kidd
1981 Ohio Valley 12–2 8–0 Roy Kidd
1982 Ohio Valley 13–0 7–0 Roy Kidd
1983 Ohio Valley 7–3–1 6–1 Roy Kidd
1984 Ohio Valley 8–4 6–1 Roy Kidd
1986 Ohio Valley 10–3–1 6–1 Roy Kidd
1987 Ohio Valley 9–3 5–1 Roy Kidd
1988 Ohio Valley 11–3 6–0 Roy Kidd
1990 Ohio Valley 10–2 5–1 Roy Kidd
1991 Ohio Valley 12–2 7–0 Roy Kidd
1993 Ohio Valley 8–4 8–0 Roy Kidd
1994 Ohio Valley 10–3 8–0 Roy Kidd
1997 Ohio Valley 8–4 7–0 Roy Kidd
2007 Ohio Valley 9–3 8–0 Danny Hope
2008 Ohio Valley 8–4 7–1 Dean Hood
Total 20

Men's basketball

The current head coach of the Colonels is A. W. Hamilton.

The Colonels have appeared in the NCAA tournament seven times. The Colonels play their home basketball games at Alumni Coliseum, located on EKU's campus.

Men's golf

The men's golf team has won 12 Ohio Valley Conference championships: 1975, 1980, 1982–86, 1992, 1997, 2006, 2008, 2015.[14]

Rivalries

Historically, the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and Lady Toppers served as the primary rival to EKU, especially in football. Their matchups, known as the "Battle of the Bluegrass," date back to 1914, with Western leading the overall series 34–47–3.[15] With WKU's recent move up to the Football Bowl Subdivision, any future games between the two teams are uncertain.

Outside of Western, EKU has maintained rivalries with the only remaining in-state OVC member, Morehead State, and Murray State, which left the OVC in 2022 for the Missouri Valley Conference.

Facilities

Facility Sport(s) Capacity
Roy Kidd Stadium Football 20,000
Alumni Coliseum Basketball 6,500
Gertrude Hood Field Softball n/a
Turkey Hughes Field Baseball n/a
Arlington Golf n/a
Tom Samuels Track Outdoor Track and Field n/a

References

  1. ^ Eastern Kentucky University Brand Guide. December 5, 2023. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  2. ^ "Eastern Kentucky University". NCAA. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
  3. ^ "ASUN Conference Announces Three New Institutions; Adds Football as 20th Sport" (Press release). ASUN Conference. January 29, 2021. Archived from the original on January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "OVC History". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
  5. ^ "OVC Member Institutions". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
  6. ^ "ASUN Conference Announces Three New Institutions; Adds Football as 20th Sport" (Press release). ASUN Conference. January 29, 2021. Archived from the original on January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  7. ^ "ASUN, WAC Conferences Announce Football Partnership for 2021" (Press release). ASUN Conference. February 23, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  8. ^ "ASUN-WAC Football Partnership Formally Rebrands As The United Athletic Conference" (Press release). ASUN Conference. April 17, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  9. ^ http://www.ekusports.com/documents/2016/11/4/2016_17_EKU_WBB_Quick_Facts61.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  10. ^ "What is the origin of the EKU Colonel?". Eastern Kentucky University Special Collections & Archives. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  11. ^ "Official Website of the Eastern Kentucky University Colonels". Eastern Kentucky University Athletics. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
  12. ^ "EKU Colonels - Facilities". Ekusports.com. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
  13. ^ Story, Mark (September 14, 2013). "Mark Story: EKU is 'discussing' moving its football program up to the FBS". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
  14. ^ "EKU 2013–13 Men's Golf Guide" (PDF). Ekusports.com. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
  15. ^ "Program History" (PDF). Ekusports.com. Retrieved 2015-07-02.

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