GREEVILLE, S.C. – Conference Carolinas held its first football media conference as the sponsored sport returns to the league for the first time in 51 years at the downtown Greenville Hyatt Regency Hotel.

The seven teams, Barton College, Chowan University, Erskine College, Ferrum College, UNC Pembroke, North Greenville University and Shorter University, sent their head coaches and top offensive and defensive players to take part in the two-day event. 

On Wednesday, coaches met with head of officials Jack Childress to go over rules, while Associate Commissioner Kit Alewine shared governance and policies with them as well.

Student-Athletes had a seminar with Leslie Barnes, Associate Director of Athletics for Student-Athlete Development at Duke University and Cricket Lane, University of North Carolina’s Senior Associate Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Development about genuine authenticity, leading from the front, and delivering positive communication. They were joined by their head coaches for the final hour.

A buffet dinner with cornhole and relaxing fun was the key part of the evening’s activities.

Thursday’s activities were led off by Commissioner Chris Colvin addressing the media with how far the league has come to get to this point in sharing the multiple dominoes that fell for this to happen. The excitement for the league’s first year of football and the plans to make sure each first conference game is recognized on the members’ campus.

A Q&A with the players followed with a photo session following for marketing and promotion of the top student-athletes. Follow Conference Carolinas on social media to see interviews from your favorite team's players and coaches.

The first Conference Carolinas is September 13 as Barton travels to North Greenville for a 7:00 p.m. kickoff.

Check back to this page and our social media channels in the coming week to see your favorite school highlighted with clips from their media availability. Below is the schedule of when they will be released.

School Media Release Dates
Thursday, July 24 - Conference Carolinas Commissioner Chris Colvin - Watch on YouTube
Friday, July 25 - Barton - Watch on YouTube
Saturday, July 26 - Chowan - Watch on YouTube
Monday, July 28 - Erskine - Watch on YouTube
Tuesday, July 29 - Ferrum - Watch on YouTube
Wednesday, July 30 - UNC Pembroke - Watch on YouTube
Thursday, July 31 - North Greenville - Watch on YouTube
Friday, August 1 - Shorter - Watch on YouTube