Monmouth Hawks
Intercollegiate sports teams of Monmouth University / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Monmouth Hawks refer to the 23 sports teams representing Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey. The Hawks compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Coastal Athletic Association, joining on July 1, 2022. The football team became an FCS Independent for the 2013 season, and moved to the Big South Conference on July 1, 2014.[2] The women's bowling program was a charter member of the Southland Bowling League, a single-sport conference formed in January 2015,[3] but moved that sport to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference after the 2017–18 season.[4]
Monmouth Hawks | |
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University | Monmouth University |
Conference | Coastal Athletic Association (primary) Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (bowling) |
NCAA | Division I (FCS) |
Athletic director | Jeff Stapleton |
Location | West Long Branch, New Jersey |
Varsity teams | 23 |
Football stadium | Kessler Stadium |
Basketball arena | OceanFirst Bank Center |
Baseball stadium | Monmouth Baseball Field |
Mascot | Shadow |
Nickname | Hawks |
Colors | Midnight blue and white[1] |
Website | www |
On January 25, 2022, Monmouth announced it would be leaving the MAAC to join the Colonial Athletic Association, effective July 1, 2022. At that time, its football team will leave the Big South to join CAA Football, which is administered by the all-sports CAA but is legally a separate entity.[5]