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UniversityMercer University
ConferenceSouthern Conference(primary)
ASUN(men's lacrosse)
Big South(women's lacrosse)
Sun Belt(beach volleyball)
NCAADivision I(FCS)
Athletic directorJim Cole
LocationMacon,Georgia
Varsity teams18 (8 men's, 10 women's)
Football stadiumFive Star Stadium
Basketball arenaHawkins Arena
Baseball stadiumClaude Smith Field
Softball stadiumSikes Field
Soccer stadiumBetts Stadium
MascotToby
NicknameBears
ColorsBlack and orange[1]
Websitewww.mercerbears.com
SoCon's logo in Mercer's colors

TheMercer Bearsare theathleticteams ofMercer UniversityinMacon, Georgia,United States. Mercer is the onlyprivate universityin Georgia with anNCAA Division Iathletic program and fields teams in eight men's and nine women's sports. The university competes in theSouthern Conferencefor most sports. In 2013, thefootballteam competed in thePioneer Football League.

Mercer joined theSouthern Conferenceas a full member on July 1, 2014; all university-sponsored sports will compete in the Southern Conference except women'slacrosseand women'sbeach volleyball,which are not sponsored by the conference.[2]

Sports teams

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A member of theSouthern Conference,Mercer University sponsors teams in eight men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports:[3]

Men's intercollegiate sports Team article Head coach Women's intercollegiate sports Team article Head coach
Baseball Bears baseball Craig Gibson Basketball Bears women's basketball Susie Gardner
Basketball Bears men's basketball Greg Gary Beach volleyball[v 1] Damian Elder
Cross Country Jerod Wimms Cross Country Jerod Wimms
Football Bears football Mike Jacobs Golf Michele Drinkard
Golf Kirk Kayden Lacrosse[v 2] Samantha Eustace
Lacrosse Bears Men's lacrosse[v 3] Kyle Hannan Soccer Tony Economopoulos
Soccer Bears men's soccer Brad Ruzzo Softball Stephanie DeFeo
Tennis Eric Hayes Tennis Eric Hayes
Track & Field(Outdooronly) Ryan Bailey
Volleyball Damian Elder
Notes
  1. ^The beach volleyball team competes as an associate member of theSun Belt Conference.
  2. ^The women's lacrosse team competes as an associate member of theBig South Conference.
  3. ^The men's lacrosse team competes as an associate member of theASUN Conference.

History and conference affiliations

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Mercer was a member of theSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association(SIAA) from 1906 to 1911 and from 1919 to 1937; the university won the conference championship in basketball in 1922 and 1924.[4]Prior to 1924, the sports teams were known as the 'Baptists' rather than the Bears.[5]Without leaving the SIAA, which focused mostly on basketball and track, Mercer was a charter member of theDixie Conferencein 1930; the university playedfootballin the new conference from 1930 to 1942 and won the conference championship in 1932.[6]Mercer suspended athletics in 1942 duringWorld War II,but rejoined the Dixie Conference from 1948 to 1954 in all sports (except football, Mercer did not revive the sport after the war). The university won the Dixie Conference tournament championship in basketball in 1951, 1952 and 1954; Mercer won the regular season championship in 1950, 1952 and 1953.

Mercer began competition in women's basketball in 1970; the team won the Southern Women's Athletic Conference championship in 1972. The university, competing in theGeorgia Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women,won the conference championship in 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980 (tournament and regular season) and 1982 (regular season). In 1985, Mercer advanced to theNCAADivision IIFinal Four; the team was defeated (82–79) byCentral Missouri State University.Mercer was a charter member of the New South Women's Athletic Conference in 1985–86 and won the conference championship in 1991; the conference merged with theTrans America Athletic Conference(TAAC; now known as the ASUN Conference) the same year.

Mercer became a charter member of the TAAC in 1978 and was the only charter member remaining with the conference before moving to the Southern Conference. The men's basketball team won the conference championship and advanced to theNCAADivision Itournament in 1981; the team was defeated (73–67) by theUniversity of Arkansas.Mercer won the conference championship and advanced to the NCAA Division I tournament again in 1985; the team was defeated (65–58) byGeorgia Tech.

Mercer discontinuedfootballin 1942. The sport was reinstated in 2013; Mercer competed in the non-scholarshipPioneer Football Leaguefor the 2013 season.

Mercer joined theSouthern Conferenceon July 1, 2014; the university accepted an invitation on May 30, 2013, and joined alongsideEast Tennessee State UniversityandVirginia Military Institute.[7]Mercer shifted from non-scholarship to scholarship football when it joined the conference.

Championships

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Mercer joined theSouthern Conferenceon July 1, 2014. The university was previously a member of theASUN Conference(then known as the Atlantic Sun Conference); Mercer won 21 ASUN championships (12 tournament and nine regular season) including four in the spring of 2014. Mercer won four championships in its first year in the SoCon (two tournament and two regular season).

Southern Conference Tournament Championships

Soccer (M) 2016
Baseball 2015
Soccer (W) 2014

Southern Conference Regular Season Championships

Basketball (W) 2016, 2017
Baseball 2015
Soccer (M) 2014

ASUN Conference Tournament Championships

Baseball 1979, 1981, 1983, 2010
Basketball (M) 1981, 1985, 2014
Golf (M) 2014
Soccer (M) 1992, 1999, 2001
Soccer (W) 2010

ASUN Conference Regular Season Championships

Baseball 2013
Basketball (M) 2003, 2013, 2014
Basketball (W) 1991, 1992
Lacrosse (M) 2014
Soccer (M) 2000, 2002

CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) Championship

The men's basketball team won theCollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournamentfollowing the 2011–12 season, the first Atlantic Sun Conference team to win a postseason championship.[8]During the tournament, the team defeatedTennessee State University,Georgia State University,Old Dominion UniversityandFairfield Universityen route to the championship game atUtah State University;Mercer won the championship game 70–67. The championship capped the best season in university history; the team finished the season with a 27–11 record.

Athletics director

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Jim Cole, a Mercer graduate and a former minor league, professional baseball player in theMilwaukee Brewerssystem, is Mercer's athletics director. Cole, a former member of theGeorgia House of Representatives,served as GovernorSonny Perdue's floor leader in the House and was selected to becomeGeorgia Secretary of Statein December 2009.[9]He declined the appointment to become athletics director.[10]Since becoming athletics director, Cole has overseen the addition of men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse, and sand volleyball; the reinstatement of football; and the construction of Mercer's football and lacrosse complex.

Cole replacedBobby Popewho retired on June 30, 2010 after 21 years as athletics director.[11]Pope was affiliated with Mercer for 40 years starting in 1970 as a radio announcer, and in 1980 became sports information director.[12]He became athletics director in 1989 and oversaw construction of theUniversity Centerand renovation of the baseball, softball, and tennis facilities. Pope was inducted into Mercer's Hall of Fame in 2010.[13]

Notable coaches

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Sports

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Football

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Main article:Mercer Bears football
Homer and Ruth Drake Field House, a component of theTony and Nancy Moye Football and Lacrosse Complex

Reinstatement – NCAA Record Wins

On November 19, 2010, Mercer announced the reinstatement of intercollegiatefootballbeginning in the fall of 2013.[15]In 2013, Mercer competed as anNCAADivision IFCSnon-scholarship program in thePioneer Football League;in 2014, Mercer began competing as a scholarship program in theSouthern Conference.Reinstatement came after a 70-year hiatus; the university suspended football duringWorld War IIand did not revive it. The final game was in 1941.[16]

The modern Mercer football program played its first game on August 31, 2013; the team defeatedReinhardt Universitybefore an overflow crowd (12,172 spectators) at theTony and Nancy Moye Football and Lacrosse Complex.[17]Mercer finished the 2013 season undefeated at home with a 10–2 win–loss record (the two road losses were to theUniversity of San DiegoandMarist College), setting an NCAA Division I record for wins (10) by a start-up football program; Mercer had eight home wins..However, four of Mercer wins were from competing against teams in lower division levels of competition (3-NAIA schools and 1-Division III school)[18] [19]also an NCAA Division I record tied the same year (2013) byAuburn University,theFBSnational runner-up, andSam Houston State Universitywho achieved its eighth victory in theFCSpost-season. Mercer won its first game in the Southern Conference on September 27, 2014; the team defeatedVirginia Military Instituteon the road inLexington, Virginia.Mercer finished its first season in the SoCon, and its second season since reinstatement, placing in last place in the SoCon, with an overall 6–6 win–loss record (1–5 in the conference).[20]

Tony and Nancy Moye Football and Lacrosse Complex(under construction, view from the Homer and Ruth Drake Field House)

History

The reinstatement of football revives a storied university program. Mercer and theUniversity of Georgiacompeted in the first football game in Georgia; UGA won 50–0 on January 15, 1892.[21]Later the same year, Mercer playedGeorgia Techin Tech's first football game; Mercer won 12–6 on November 5, 1892.[22]Mercer football alumni includeWally Butts,one of the greatest personalities in Georgia sports history.[23]After his playing days at Mercer, Butts served as the head coach at UGA from 1939 to 1960 and as the school's athletic director from 1939 to 1963; he is a member of theGeorgia Sports Hall of Fameand theCollege Football Hall of Fame.Other notable alumni areJoseph "Phoney" SmithandBill Yoast.Smith was anAll-Americanhalfbackand is Mercer's all-time leading scorer; he scored 176 points and later played for the semi-professionalIronton Tanks.[24][25]Yoast is the high school coach made famous in the movieRemember the Titans.

Bobby Lamb – Head Coach

On January 20, 2011, Mercer announced the hiring ofBobby Lambas its new head football coach.[26]Lamb compiled a record of 67–40 in nine seasons as the head coach atFurman Universityfrom 2002 to 2010. He played quarterback at Furman from 1982 to 1985 and was theSouthern Conferenceplayer of the year in 1985.[27]Lamb was an assistant coach at Furman from 1986 until he became head coach in 2002.[27]He resigned from Furman after compiling a record of 5–6 for the 2010 season, his only losing season in nine years.[28]Lamb is a Georgia native; he was born inAugustaand graduated from high school inCommerce.[27]Lamb's record in his first two seasons at Mercer was 16–6.

Men's basketball

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Main article:Mercer Bears men's basketball
University Center (Hawkins Arena)

Bob Hoffman – Head Coach

Bob Hoffmanwas named men'sbasketballhead coach in 2008.[29]Prior to Mercer, Hoffman was head coach atOklahoma BaptistandTexas-Pan American,as well as theRio Grande Valley Vipers,anNBA D-Leagueteam. Hoffman's overall record as a head coach at the collegiate level is 499–243 (as of the end of the 2012–13 season) including 99 wins at Mercer during his first five seasons (2008–13). His Mercer wins include victories overAlabama(twice),Auburn,Duke,Georgia Tech,Florida State(then the defendingAtlantic Coast Conferencechampion), andTennessee.

History

Hoffman replacedMark Slonakerwho served as head coach for ten seasons and was the 2002–03Jim PhelanNational Coach of the Year. Slonaker received that award after leading Mercer to the best one season turnaround in NCAA history, improving from 6–23 to 23–6. The team won the Atlantic Sun regular season championship with a 14–2 conference record and made school history for number of wins (23); Mercer won 22 games in 1923–24 and 1984–85. The season ended with a loss in the Atlantic Sun tournament. Slonaker was the first National Coach of the Year to receive the award after it was named in honor of Jim Phelan. The four other finalists wereLute Olson(Arizona),Skip Prosser(Wake Forest),Bo Ryan(Wisconsin), andTubby Smith(Kentucky). Mercer did not maintain this level of success, which prompted the university to hire a new head coach.

Mercer's basketball alumni includeSam Mitchell,a retiredNBAplayer who became head coach of theToronto Raptors.Mitchell was drafted with the seventh pick of the third round (54th overall) by theHouston Rocketsin the 1985 NBA draft. He scored nearly 2,000 points at Mercer, the leading scorer in team history, and led Mercer to the 1985Trans-America Athletic Conferenceregular season and tournament championships. More recent alumni include Will Emerson, a forward on the men's basketball team, who was the 2004–05 and 2005–06 Atlantic Sun Conference Male Student Athlete of the Year, only the third person to be selected twice for the award. Emerson was also named toESPN the Magazine'sAcademicAll-Americanfirst team in 2005 and 2006.

Mercer received national attention in November 2007 when the team defeatedUSC,which was ranked 18th in the nation at the time of the game.

Recent Achievements

In 2012, Mercer won theCollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournamentfollowing the 2011–12 season; the first Atlantic Sun Conference team to win a postseason championship.[8]During the tournament, the team defeatedTennessee State,Georgia State,Old DominionandFairfielden route to the championship game atUtah State University;Mercer won the championship game 70–67. The championship capped the best season in university history; the team finished the season with a 27–11 record.

In 2013, Mercer won the conference regular season championship and advanced to theNational Invitation Tournament,defeatingTennesseebefore losing toBYU;the team finished the season with a 24–12 record, the first time in university history that the team had back-to-back 20-win seasons.[30]Mercer had opened the season ranked first in the conference preseason standings; during the season, notable wins included victories over defendingAtlantic Coast ConferencechampionFlorida StateandAlabama.

In 2014, Mercer won the conference regular season championship for the second year in a row (co-champion, tied withFlorida Gulf Coast) and the conference tournament championship; the team defeated Florida Gulf Coast for the tournament championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1985.[31]During the regular season, notable wins included victories overSeton HallandOle Miss.At the conclusion of the conference tournament, Mercer had a record of 26–8, the first time in university history the team had three straight 20-win seasons. Mercer coachBob Hoffmanwas honored as the conference coach of the year for the second consecutive year; Mercer players were honored as the conference player of the year (guard,Langston Hall), defensive player of the year (forward, Daniel Coursey), and scholar-athlete of the year (forward, Jakob Gollon).[14][32]Mercer defeatedDukein the second round of the NCAA Tournament before losing toTennesseein the third round. The team finished the season with a 27–9 record.

Women's basketball

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Susie Gardner – Head Coach

Susie Gardner was named women's basketball head coach in 2010. She replaced Jannell Jones who resigned to become the head coach ofCalifornia State University, Los Angeles;Jones compiled a 35–56 record during three seasons at Mercer.[33][34]Gardner, former head coach at theUniversity of ArkansasandAustin Peay University,was most recently an assistant coach at theUniversity of Florida.[35]She is a graduate of theUniversity of Georgiaand compiled a 64–54 record in four seasons at Arkansas and a 112–93 record in seven seasons at Austin Peay. Gardner is the tenth head coach in Mercer's 41 years of women's basketball.[36]

Recent achievements

In 2013, Mercer advanced to the post-seasonWomen's Basketball Invitationallosing toMcNeese State University;the team finished the season with a 20–12 record, the first 20-win season since 1991–92.[37]The post-season appearance was Mercer's first in a nationally sponsored tournament since 1985.[38]

Baseball

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Claude Smith Field(baseball)

History

Mercer fielded its firstbaseballteam in 1871.[39]Cy Youngcoached the team from 1903 to 1905 winning three Georgia State Championships.[40]In recent years, Mercer has won fiveAtlantic Sun Conferencechampionships including the university's first regular season title in 2013.[41]Since the program began in 1871, ten Mercer players have advanced to theMajor Leagues.[39]

First Pitch Classic

Mercer opens each baseball season with the annual First Pitch Classic.[42]First held in 2009, the event welcomes a distinguished guest with extensive baseball experience to the Macon campus; highlights include an autograph session and an evening banquet featuring the guest as the primary speaker. Speakers have includedJeff Francoeur(2009),Gordon Beckham(2010),John Smoltz(2011),Chipper Jones(2012), andDale Murphy(2013).[42]

Recent Achievements

In 2010 under head coachCraig Gibson,Mercer won the conference tournament championship for the first time since 1983.[43]Mercer, with a 37–22 record, advanced to the NCAA Division IAtlantaRegional where the team defeatedElon University,but lost toGeorgia Techand theUniversity of Alabama.[43][44]The team finished the season with a 38–24 record, one of the most successful in university history.[45][46]

In 2013, Mercer won the conference regular season championship and advanced to the NCAA Division IStarkvilleRegional losing to theUniversity of South Alabamaand theUniversity of Central Arkansas.[47]The team finished the season with a 43–18 record, the best in university history. With the conclusion of the 2013 NCAA Baseball College World Series, Mercer finished the season as the top fielding (.982 percentage) team in the nation out of all 296 eligible Division I teams; Mercer edged out theUniversity of Nebraska,theUniversity of California, Irvineand theUniversity of Oregon.[48]In addition, junior outfielder Derrick Workman was named a first teamCapital OneAcademicAll-American,one of only eleven players in nation selected for this honor.[49]

Lacrosse

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History Mercer added men'slacrosseduring the 2010–11 academic year (2011 season); women's lacrosse was added for 2014–15 (2015 season).[50]The programs are the first in Georgia at the NCAA Division I level. The men's team won its first victory on March 19, 2011 againstCarthage College.[51]

Recent achievements

TheASUN Conference(then the Atlantic Sun Conference) began sponsoring men's lacrosse in 2014; on February 22, 2014, Mercer won the conference opener, defeatingRichmond.[52]Mercer went on to win the conference regular season championship (co-champion withHigh Point); the Bears were defeated in the opening round of the conference tournament.[53][54]Mercer joined theSouthern Conferenceon July 1, 2014; on the same day, the Southern Conference took over sponsorship of men's lacrosse from the Atlantic Sun Conference.

The SoCon dropped men's lacrosse after the 2022 season due toconference realignment,[55]and Mercer returned men's lacrosse to the ASUN (which had reinstated men's lacrosse in the 2022 season).[56]

Facilities

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University Center (Hawkins Arena)and Sikes Field (softball)

Mercer opened theUniversity Center(also known asHawkins Arena) on the Macon campus in 2004. The $40 million 230,000-square-foot (21,000 m2) center houses Mercer's athletics department, a 3,500-seatbasketballarena,an indoor pool, work-out facilities, intramural basketball courts, an air-rifle range, offices, a food court, and numerous meeting facilities. Mercer'sClaude Smith Field(baseball), Sikes Field (softball), and intramural fields are next to the center along with the university's tennis complex. Betts Stadium, the home of men's and women's soccer, is located on the eastern edge of campus between theSchool of Medicineand the university's newest intramural fields. In 2007, a 101-roomHilton Garden Innopened on university-owned land adjacent to theUniversity Center.

The University Center arena was namedHawkins Arenain April 2012. The naming honors J. B. Hawkins, former high school athletic director and basketball coach inCrawford County.[57][58]

In November 2011, the university began construction of the 10,200-seatTony and Nancy Moye Football and Lacrosse Complexon the Macon campus.[59][60]The new facility, adjacent to Hawkins Arena and Mercer's other athletic facilities, has the following components: the Homer and Ruth Drake Field House, the William H. Anderson II Family Field, the Marshall and Jane Butler Family Plaza, and the Tony and Nancy Moye Family Football and Lacrosse Complex. Construction was completed in 2013; theField Turfsurface was completed in July 2012, the Drake Field House opened in November 2012.

Mercer's athletic facilities are located next toInterstate 75.Large parking lots are available for visitors-spectators arriving via the Mercer University Drive exit.

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