BUIES CREEK, N.C. – After more than a five-decade absence, Campbell University plans to once again field a varsity football program in 2008. The Fighting Camels will compete on the NCAA Division I-AA (non-scholarship) level. University President Dr. Jerry M. Wallace made the announcement Friday afternoon in a campus-wide gathering at Turner Auditorium. Fred Taylor, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and Bob Barker, Chairman of Executive Committee of Board of Trustees were also present at the announcement. “Throughout the years, a continuing request from students, alumni, and university friends has been to consider the return of football to the athletic program of the university,” said Dr. Wallace. “After a very careful feasibility study, which included faculty, students, alumni, trustees, and athletic staff, the trustees have approved the addition of football to Campbell’s athletic program. Therefore, I am delighted to announce the Fighting Camels will be back on the gridiron in the fall of 2008.”
This is Coach Dufour's alma mater...GO Campbell...
