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The Union Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs (alternately Union Commonwealth or UCU) are the athletic teams that represent Union Commonwealth University, located in Barbourville, Kentucky, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) for most of its sports since the 2002–03 ...
Union Commonwealth University (formerly Union College) is a private university in Barbourville, Kentucky. The university was founded in 1879 and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Union's approximately 825 undergraduate students represent 27 states and nine countries. [3] Union's 100-acre (0.40 km 2) campus is in southeastern ...
The Union football program did not restart again until 1984. Since football was resumed, the program has had little success, experiencing a 25-game losing streak that ran from 1998 to 2000. The program did win one Mid-South Conference co-championship in 1992 and played one game (a loss) in the NAIA championship series in 2008.
The Union College radio station was among the first wireless transmitters in the country to broadcast regularly scheduled programs. [59] The weekly Concordiensis, the principal newspaper of Union College since 1877, is the thirteenth oldest student newspaper in the United States and the oldest continuously published newspaper in Schenectady. [60]
Prior to 2023, the college's teams were known as the "Dutchmen" and "Dutchwomen." [2] The nickname was changed to "Garnet Chargers" as part of a branding update. [2]Garnet has been the school's official color for 150 years, and the name "chargers" is a reference to "Schenectady’s legacy as a leader in electrical technologies."
The Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). [2] Members of the conference are located in the Southeastern United States in Tennessee , Kentucky , Georgia , South Carolina , North Carolina , and Virginia .
1995 – In 1995, the Liberty League was founded as the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association (UCAA). Charter members included Clarkson University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, the University of Rochester, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), St. Lawrence University, Skidmore College and Union College, effective beginning the 1995–96 academic year.
Jonathan Drach (born c. 1981) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Union College, a position he has held since 2024. [1] [2] [3] He was the head football coach for Wilkes University from 2018 to 2023.