Campbell Fighting Camels football
The Campbell Fighting Camels football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Campbell University located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and is a member of CAA Football, the legally separate football league operated by the multi-sports Coastal Athletic Association (CAA). Campbell's first football team was fielded in 2008. The team plays its home games at the 5,000 seat Barker–Lane Stadium in Buies Creek, North Carolina. Mike Minter, former safety for the National Football League's Carolina Panthers, is the head coach.
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| First season | 1925 (first program); 2008 (modern era program) | ||
| Athletic director | Hannah Bazemore | ||
| Head coach | Braxton Harris 1st season, 0–0 (–) | ||
| Stadium | Barker–Lane Stadium (capacity: 6,200) | ||
| Field surface | FieldTurf | ||
| Location | Buies Creek, North Carolina | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FCS | ||
| Conference | CAA Football | ||
| All-time record | 54–96 (.360) | ||
| Rivalries | Davidson Wildcats | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | Caleb Snead (2018) | ||
| Colors | Black and orange | ||
| Fight song | Campbell University Fight Song | ||
| Mascot | Gaylord the Camel; Gladys the Camel | ||
| Marching band | Sound of the Sandhills | ||
| Website | GoCamels.com | ||
The Fighting Camels, which did not award scholarships in football (though awarding them in other sports), transitioned to scholarship football and joined most of the school's other sports in the Big South Conference in 2018. In 2023 the team transitioned into CAA Football, with the rest of the athletic program joining the multi-sports CAA at that time.