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North Alabama is a region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Several geographic definitions for the area exist, with all descriptions including the nine counties of Alabama's Tennessee Valley region. The North Alabama Industrial Development Association also lists Cherokee , Cullman , Franklin , and Winston counties in the region. [ 1 ]
The University of North Alabama (UNA) is a public university in Florence, Alabama. It is the state's oldest public university. It is the state's oldest public university. Occupying a 130-acre (0.5 km 2 ) campus in a residential section of Florence, UNA is located within a four-city area that also includes Tuscumbia , Sheffield and Muscle Shoals .
North Alabama began its transition to NCAA Division I status in 2018 and joined the ASUN Conference. After hiring Tony Pujol to lead the program, The Lions posted a 10-22 record during its first Division I season, earning a No. 6 seed in the ASUN Tournament with a 7-9 league record after being picked to finish last in the preseason coaches’ poll.
The Lions' home opener will be on September 21 as North Alabama welcomes Illinois State Redbirds to Braly Stadium. This will start a home and home series between the schools and it will also be the first ever meeting of the 2 teams. [11] North Alabama and the UAC announced the 2024 football schedule on November 14, 2023. [12]
North Alabama Lions baseball (2025–future) North Alabama Lions women's soccer ( NCAA ) (2026–future) Bank Independent Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium complex by the University of North Alabama that is being construced in Florence, Alabama to replace Braly Stadium and Mike D. Lane Field for athletic events by the 2026-2027 academic year ...
Alabama (/ ˌ æ l ə ˈ b æ m ə / AL-ə-BAM-ə) [9] is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area, and the 24th-most populous of the 50 U.S. states. [10] [11]
North Alabama and West Alabama first met in 1949 and played every year up to and including 2017. West Alabama was the only program that North Alabama had faced every season since the Lions restored their football program in 1949, after a 21-year-long hiatus since 1928, and until the rivalry was put on hiatus after the 2017 season.
The University of North Alabama was preceded by LaGrange College which opened January 11, 1830, in a mountain hamlet a few miles south of Leighton in eastern Colbert County, Alabama. LaGrange means "The Barn" in French. Twenty-one local college trustees were listed in Acts of Alabama, Eleventh Annual Session.