2007 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball National Champions

1902-25
The first quarter century of Atlantic Christian College (ACC) athletics is the beginning of firsts. The new school was focused on establishing itself as a Christian academic institution. Men's baseball was the primary organized sport at ACC through 1913.

1908 - Baseball under Coach James J. Walker played as first intercollegiate sport, losing both games played
1913 - First men's basketball team competes
1920 - First football team, under Coach Casey Blackburn, has a 2-7 record
1923 - Filo Pearce becomes the first full-time employee in Athletics, serving as Athletic Director and Head Football Coach

1926-50
As their second quarter century begins, Atlantic Christian College experiences the thrill of winning, gaining their first championships in both football and basketball. With the onset of World War II, ACC and other North State schools limit or suspend athletics. With the end of the war, competition resumes, and ACC sees the return of football after 15 years including a win over East Carolina and the return of the "Bohunkus" trophy to Wilson.

1927 - The best athletic year ever for AC to date features Clyde "Pea Head" Walker serving for this one year only as Athletic Director and Head for football (6-1-1 record), basketball (11-5 record and Little Six champions), and baseball
1928 - Mascot changes from the "Little Christians" to the Bulldogs
1930 - Baseball team discontinued
1931 - Baseball brought back and football discontinued
1933 - Old North State Conference is formed with Atlantic Christian College as a charter member and to this day Barton College remains as the lone charter member remaining of what is now known as Conference Carolinas
1933 - Wilson Gymnasium (known as the "Old Gym") is opened and men's tennis is added as an intercollegiate sport
1935 - Men's boxing is added as an intercollegiate sport, and becomes the most competitively successful sport at the College in the next few years
1940 - Boxing is discontinued
1942 - Due the World War II all sports, except for an abbreviated basketball season, are suspended
1944 - Teams in men's baseball and basketball are re-established
1946 - Teams in football and men's tennis are re-established, with M.J. "Red" Bird serving as Athletic Director and head coach for football, basketball, and baseball
1949 - Men's tennis is discontinued
1950 - Football is discontinued, not to return again as an intercollegiate sport until 2011

1951-75
The 25 years between 1950 and 1975 saw some significant changes in ACC athletics starting with the elimination of football at the school and with the Carolinas Conference. The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) is formed paving the way for small schools to compete at a national level. Track and Field, Tennis, Golf, and Soccer are added to the men's sports lineup with successful teams and individual standouts arising. With the passage of Title IX, ACC's Women's Recreation Association teams gain varsity status including basketball, volleyball, and tennis.

1951 - Bulldog Booster Club, now known as the Bulldog Club, is established
1951 - National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) is formed, the College affiliates with the NAIA, and it remains our national affiliation for 44 years
1951 - Former N.C. State basketball and baseball standout Jack McComas is hired to coach both sports and serve as Athletic Director
1954 - The first youth summer sports camp, a tennis camp directed by Ed Cloyd, is conducted by the athletic program
1955 - Men's basketball team wins the North State Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (NSIAC) Tournament and NAIA District 26 championship to advance to the NAIA National Tournament
1956 - Men's Track and Field is added as an intercollegiate sport, with Tom Evaul serving as the head coach
1957 - Men's Cross Country is added as an intercollegiate sport, with Sam Coker serving as the head coach for it and for track and field
1957 - Men's Golf added as an intercollegiate sport with Ed Cloyd s serving for the first of 31 years as the head coach
1958 - Wilson City Recreation Center Gymnasium becomes the home court for men's basketball
1960 - Men's golf team is North State Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champions under Head Coach Ed Cloyd
1961 - Men's golf team is North State Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champions
1961 - The North State Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (NSIAC) is renamed as the Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIAC)
1965 - Jack McComas resigns from the College to become the Head Golf Professional at Wedgewood Country Club
1965 - Ira Norfolk is hired to be Director of Athletics and Head Men's Basketball Coach
1965 - Tom Parham is hired as Head Men's Tennis Coach
1966 - Wilson Gymnasium is opened as becomes the home court for the College's men's basketball team
1968 - The College's athletic teams are moved from NAIA District 26 to the newly formed NAIA District 29
1969 - Men's basketball players James Jones and future Hall of Famer Cliff Black become the first Black athletes at Atlantic Christian College
1970 - The men's tennis team wins its first championships under Head Coach Tom Parham, the Carolinas Conference and NAIA District 29 titles
1971 - The men's tennis team is Carolinas Conference and NAIA District 29 champions
1972 - The men's tennis team is Carolinas Conference and NAIA District 29 champions
1972 - Men's tennis players Danny Thompson and Danny Phillips are named as NAIA First Team All-Americans, becoming the first athletes at the College to be named as First Team All-Americans
1972 - Ira Norfolk resigns from the College as Director of Athletics and Head Men's Basketball Coach to build East Carolina University's Pirate Club
1972 - David Adkins, a 1964 alumnus, is hired as Director of Athletics and Head Men's Soccer Coach, a new intercollegiate sport at the College
1973 - Men's tennis team is NAIA District 29 champions
1974 - Men's golf team is NAIA District 26 champions
1974 - Men's tennis team is NAIA District 29 champions
1975 - Men's golf team is Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champions
1975 - Men's tennis team is NAIA District 29 champions
1975 - Women's intercollegiate teams in basketball and volleyball, both coached by Carole McKeel, and tennis, coached by Barbara Smith, are a added and compete in affiliation with the Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIAC) and Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW)

1976-2000
The fourth quarter century is a big one for Atlantic Christian College athletics. Men's baseball, soccer, and golf teams have winning years. Men's Tennis, led by four-time National Coach of the Year Tom Parham, wins two National Championships. Women's athletics comes into its own at AC/Barton College.

1976 - Men's tennis team is Carolinas Conference and NAIA District 29 champions
1976 - 12-court lighted tennis facility opens, designed by Coach Tom Morris and with fundraising spearheaded by Turner Bunn
1977 - Baseball team is NAIA District 26 champions
1977 - Men's tennis team is Carolinas Conference and NAIA District 29 champions and after a tenth place finish in the NAIA National Tournament, Tom Parham is named as NAIA National Coach of the Year
1978 - Men's tennis team has a 17-2 overall record and wins the Carolinas Conference and NAIA District 29 championships
1978 - The college's men's athletic teams are moved to compete in NAIA District 26 as District 29 is discontinued
1978 - Men's soccer team wins Carolinas Conference championship with a perfect 6-0 league record, the first championship to be won in the seven-year history of the program
1979 - Men's tennis team wins Carolinas Conference, NAIA District 26, and NAIA National championships, earning the College's first national championship in any sport
1979 - Men's tennis coach Tom Parham is named as NAIA National Coach of the Year
1979 - Senior tennis player Tom Morris becomes the first and only athlete to win the College's Kiwanis Male Athlete of Year Award three times
1979 - Men's soccer team is NAIA District 26 champions
1980 - Women's basketball team, under Coach Carole McKeel, is Carolinas Conference champions, the first championship won by a women's team at the College
1980 - Property on Kincaid Avenue is secured by the College and will eventually be developed as the Outdoor Athletic Complex, with fields for baseball, soccer, and softball
1980 - David Adkins resigns as Director of Athletics and Head Men's Soccer Coach after holding both positions for eight years
1980 - Men's soccer team is NAIA District 26 champions under first-year Head Coach Mike Smith
1981 - Men's track and field is discontinued as an intercollegiate sport
1981 - Women's softball, played by slow-pitch rules, is added as an intercollegiate sport and is coached by Dr. Kay Jeffries
1981 - Men's soccer team wins Carolinas Conference and NAIA District 26 championships
1981 - The National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) adds women's sports for affiliation and the College discontinues membership with the Association for Intercollegiate Athletic for Women (AIAW) to affiliate with the NAIA
1982 - Men's tennis team wins Carolinas Conference and NAIA District 26 championships, under Head Coach Tom Parham in his return to this position after a two-year stint not serving in this capacity
1982 - Dr. Bruce Curtis hired as Director of Athletics and Chair of the Department of Physical Education and Sports Studies
1983 - Women's basketball player Tyra Boyd is named as an NAIA All-American, becoming the first female athlete at the College to ever be named as an All-American
1983 - The first Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Banquet is held with H.F. "Buster" Bell, '33; M.J. "Red" Bird; H.H. Cunningham, '36; Monroe Fulghum, '29; Harry Helmer, '50; and Ned Liggon, '50; being enshrined and recognition of honorary members Matthew Boykin and Willis Hackney
1983 - Men's soccer team wins fifth consecutive NAIA District 26 championship, the last four under Head Coach Mike Smith
1984 - Baseball team, coached by Dr. John "Doc" Sanford, wins Carolinas Conference championship
1984 - Men's tennis team wins Carolinas Conference, NAIA District 26, and NAIA National championships, under Head Coach Tom Parham
1985 - Tom Parham, who led the College to 26 combined conference, district, and national championships in men's tennis resigns from the College to become Head Men's Tennis Coach at Elon University
1985 - Men's tennis team wins Carolinas Conference and NAIA District 26 championships
1986 - Director of Athletics Dr. Bruce Curtis resigns and Mark Tobin is hired as Director of Athletics and Head Women's Basketball Coach
1986 - Carole McKeel discontinues position as Head Women's Basketball Coach to become Assistant Director of Athletics
1986 - Men's basketball team wins the Carolinas Conference and NAIA District 26 championships, under Head Coach Gary Edwards
1987 - Wendee Saintsing hired as Head Women's Volleyball and Head Softball Coach
1987 - Women's tennis team wins Carolinas Conference and NAIA District 26 championships under Coach Jerry Cooper
1987 - Men's basketball team is Carolinas Conference and NAIA District 26 champions
1987 - Head Women's Tennis Coach Barbara Smith resigns after 23 years of service to the College
1988 - Todd Wilkinson hired as Head Baseball Coach
1988 - Randy Pridgen, a 1984 alumnus, is hired as Head Athletic Trainer
1989 - Wendee Saintsing discontinues coaching women's softball and is named as Head Women's Basketball Coach
1989 - Gary W, Hall, a 1980 alumnus, is hired as Director of Athletics, Chair of the Department of Physical Education and Sports Studies, and Head Men's Soccer Coach.
1989 - Catawba College, Elon College, Guilford College, Lenoir-Rhyne College, and Wingate College discontinue membership in the Carolinas Conference
1989 - Original Wilson Gymnasium (referred to at this time as the "Old Gym") is torn down
1990 - Atlantic Christian College is renamed as Barton College at the opening convocation on September 6. The men's golf team plays a one-day tournament nearby, teeing off as Atlantic Christian College and finishing as Barton College. Reportedly as a good sign for the name transition as far as Athletics is concerned, the team's scorers were better on the back nine, which the team began about the time of the 11:45 a.m. announcement at the convocation.
1990 - Tom Morris, inducted into the College's Athletic Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in the previous year, is hired as Head Men's and Women's Tennis Coach
1991 - Women's volleyball team wins the Carolinas Conference championship, under Head Coach Wendee Saintsing
1991 - Men's soccer team wins the Carolinas Conference championship, its first under Head Coach Gary W. Hall
1991 - Women's basketball team wins the Carolinas Conference championship, its first under Head Coach Wendee Saintsing
1991 - Sandeep Mulay is recognized as Barton's first-ever recipient of the Carolinas Conference's Murphy Osborne Award, recognizing the league's top overall student-athlete
1993 - Men's soccer team wins Carolinas Conference championship
1993 - The project to build a field house at the Outdoor Athletic Complex is completed with an appreciation event for donors on August 17. This facility will be renamed later as Scott Davis Field House.
1993 - Baseball team is Carolinas Conference champions, its first title under Head Coach Todd Wilkinson
1993 - Women's tennis team is Carolinas Conference and NAIA District 26 champions
1994 - Carolinas Conference votes to change its national affiliation to NCAA Division II, beginning for the 1995-96 academic year
1995 - Barton begins competition in the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference (CVAC) with Longwood College, Erskine College, and Queens College joining with the member institutions of the former Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIAC) and begins national affiliation with NCAA Division II
1995 - Baseball team wins Carolinas Conference championship, under Head Coach Todd Wilkinson
1996 - Sheryl Neff is hired as Head Softball Coach
1996 - John Hackney is hired as Sports Information Director and in the next year will be named as Head Men's Golf Coach
1997 - Men's tennis wins the CVAC championship
1997 - 12-court lighted tennis facility opens, designed by Coach Tom Morris and with fundraising spearheaded by Turner Bunn
1997 - Men's basketball team wins Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference championship in first year under new Head Coach Ron Lievense
1997 - The Kennedy Intramural and Recreation Center (KRIC), with a gymnasium, elevated walking/running track, weight and fitness room, and swimming pool, is opened on February 7 and named in honor of benefactor K.D. Kennedy, Jr. and his family
1998 - Men's soccer team wins Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference championship
1998 - Men's and women's cross country are added as intercollegiate sports, both teams coached by John Hackney
1998 - Women's tennis team is Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference champions
1998 - Head men's and women's tennis coach Tom Morris departs, after coaching the College's teams to 14 combined championships, to coach the same teams at East Carolina University
1999 - Soccer player Todd Bailess is Barton's first-ever recipient of the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference's Male Athlete of the Year Award

2001-10

2000 - Todd Wilkinson is hired back to Barton College as Head Baseball Coach
2000 - Men's cross country team, under Head Coach Chad Reynolds, wins the CVAC championship and qualifies for the NCAA Division II National Meet after finishing second in the Southeast Regional Meet
2001 - Women's soccer team wins the CVAC championship, the first ever championship for this program, under Head Coach Todd Bailess
2002 - Women's soccer team wins Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference championship
2002 - Baseball team wins Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference championship
2002 - Shemkia Reid, a member of the women's volleyball and basketball teams, is honored as CVAC Female Athlete of the Year
2003 - Dr. James B. Hemby retires as President and speaks at the athletic banquet at which all participants in the College's athletic program are hailed as champions by virtue of winning the Joby Hawn Cup. Dr. Norval C. Kneten is hired as President. Hemby served and Kneten would eventually serve as President of the College's athletic conference. Both men are acknowledged as leaders among college Presidents in charting the direction of intercollegiate athletics.
2003 - After finishing in second place for four of the previous six years, Barton College wins the Joby Hawn Cup, the all-spots award for the CVAC, for the first time ever
2003 - Men's golf team is NCAA Division II Atlantic Region champions
2004 - Barton College's baseball field is named Nixon Field in honor of the benefactor Dr. William P. Nixon, a 1964 alumnus, and his family
2004 - Barton College wins its second consecutive Joby Hawn Cup, the CVAC's all-sports award
2004 - Men's golf team wins NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional championship
2004 - Women's tennis team wins Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference championship, under Head Coach Marc Walters
2004 - Women's basketball team wins Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference championship
2004 - Jamie McFadden, a member of the women's volleyball and basketball teams, is honored with the CVAC's Murphy Osborne Award, making her the first female recipient ever from Barton
2005 - Barton College wins its third consecutive Joby Hawn Cup, the CVAC's all-sports award, in spite of winning no league championships nor having a Player of the Year or Coach of the Year award recipient
2005 - Barton College's softball field is named Jeffries Field in honor of benefactor Dr. Kay Jeffries, the College's first softball coach, and her family
2006 - The game soccer field at the Outdoor Athletic Complex is lighted and donors to the project are recognized in a ceremony at a home doubleheader on September 9
2006 - Wendee Saintsing retires from coaching the College's women's volleyball team after 18 years at the helm, but retains her position as Head Women's Basketball Coach
2006 - Men's basketball team wins CVAC and NCAA Division II East Region championships, the latter won in an eight-team tournament hosted by Barton College, and advances to the NCAA DII Elite Eight (National Tournament), losing to eventual champion Winona (MN) State University in the quarterfinals 86-78 in overtime
2006 - Baseball team wins Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference championship
2006 - Baseball player Brock Godwin and basketball and volleyball player Keauna Vinson are named CVAC Male and Female Athlete of the Year, respectively
2007 - Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference (CVAC) changes its name to Conference Carolinas.
2007 - Gary W. Hall retires from college soccer coaching after 27 years, the past 18 as head coach at Barton College, to assume duties solely as Director of Athletics. Matt Akins is hired as Head Men's Soccer Coach.
2007 - Head Men's Basketball Coach Ron Lievense is named as NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year.
2007 - The men's basketball team wins the CVAC championship, East Region Tournament, hosted by Barton College for the second consecutive year, and the NCAA Division II National championship, played in Springfield, MA. Last second shots by Senior Anthony Atkinson produce victories in all three games, including the 77-75 defeat of Winona state University in the championship game. Atkinson scored ten points in the last 45 seconds as Barton overcomes a seven-point deficit. The game is broadcast nationally by CBS. On Sunday, the day after the title game, the bus returning the team to campus from RDU Airport passes an estimated 6,000 cheering supporters on its route. On Monday an estimated 4,000 people attend a campus celebration of the championship and Wilson Mayor Bruce Rose has the sections of Woodard Street and Rountree Street which wrap around Wilson Gymnasium renamed as Championship Drive, with street signs with a royal blue background and white letters.
2007 - Anthony Atkinson is selected as CVAC Male Athlete of the Year
2008 - NCAA Division II revises it eight region plan so that each member institution is in the same region for all of its athletic teams. The result is that members of Conference Carolinas, the Peach Belt Conference, and the South Atlantic Conference are all assigned to the Southeast Region.
2008 - Tom Schrecengost is hired as Head Men's and Women's Tennis Coach
2008 - Barton College hosts Mount Olive College in men's basketball in the first-ever national telecast, by Fox Sports South, of a home athletic event. Barton wins 84-81 before a near sellout crowd of 2,200.
2008 - Gary W. Hall, Director of Athletics and recently retired former Head Men's Soccer Coach is inducted into the North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame
2009 - Men's golf team is Conference Carolinas champions
2009 - Women's basketball team is Conference Carolinas champions
2009 - Men's basketball team is Conference Carolinas champions
2010 - Head Athletic Trainer Randy Pridgen departs Barton College after 23 years of service in that position
2010 - Barton College announces plans to add men's volleyball and women's golf as intercollegiate sports for 2011-12. Jim Freeman is hired as Head Men's and Women's Volleyball Coach and John Hackney is named as Head Women's Golf Coach, in addition to retaining duties as Head Men's Golf Coach and Sports Information Director. Kevin Buczek, a 2002 alumnus, is hired as Director of Athletics Media Relations and Assistant Men's and Women's Golf Coach.
2010 - Former College standout men's tennis player and former Head Men's and Women's Tennis Coach Tom Morris is inducted into the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame
2010 - Karen Godlock is hired as Head Coach of Men's and Women's Cross Country and Track and Field and Barton College commits to add men's and women's track and field teams as new intercollegiate sport teams for the 2010-11 year

2011-20

2011 - Todd Wilkinson retires as Head Baseball Coach after a combined 19 years of service in that position and assumes the post of Assistant Athletic Director and Compliance Coordinator. Joshua Simmons, with a total of six years experience as assistant coach, becomes Head Baseball Coach.
2011 - Former Head Men's Tennis Coach Tom Parham is inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
2011 - The men's golf team, under Head Coach John Hackney, qualifies for the NCAA Division II championship tournament in Florence, Ala., and reaches the quarterfinal round of match play
2011 - Women's basketball team is Conference Carolinas champions
2011 - St. Andrews Presbyterian College leaves Conference Carolinas. King University (Tenn.) and North Greenville University become new members
2012 - Women's Basketball Team, under Head Coach Wendee Saintsing in her 25th year on staff, wins the Conference Carolinas East Division title, the program's fourth straight regular season championship
2012 - Men's Basketball Team wins the Conference Carolinas Tournament Championship by winning consecutive road games at Belmont Abbey College, Queens University of Charlotte, and Mount Olive College.
2012 - Jeff Lennox is hired as Head Coach of Men's and Women's Volleyball, replacing Jim Freeman
2012 - Ike Onyeador departs as Head Women's Soccer Coach and is replaced by Kurt Bienias
2012 - Barton College and eight other member institutions of Conference Carolinas add Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field as official NCAA Division II and league sports, bringing the number of intercollegiate teams sponsored by Barton to 18
2013 - Men's basketball team is Conference Carolinas champions
2013 - John Hackney, Head Men's and Women's Golf Coach and Sports Information Director, departs after leading his men's golf teams to 12 consecutive NCAA Division II postseason appearances. Ashley Leonard is hired as Head Men's and Women's Golf Coach
2013 - Kurt Bienias leaves and Chris Shaw is named as Head Women's Soccer Coach
2013 - Southern Wesleyan University and Emmanuel College (Ga.) become members of Conference Carolinas as they both enter probationary periods for NCAA Division II membership
2014 - Jim Boykin, Jr. ('72) compiles A History of Atlantic Christian/Barton College Track and Field
2014 - Men's soccer team is selected to compete in the NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Tournament for the first time in school history.
2014 - Men's basketball team is Conference Carolinas regular season champions for the second straight year
2014 - Women's basketball player Nyesha Willie is selected as Conference Carolinas Female Athlete of the Year
2014 - Chris Shaw departs and Todd Clark is hired as Head Women's Soccer Coach
2014 - Barton College wins the first of what will become three consecutive Allan R. Sharp Awards, presented each year to the Conference Carolinas member institution with the highest graduation rate among its student-athletes
2014 - Gary W. Hall retires as Director of Athletics, after serving 25 years in the position, to work in the Office of Institutional Advancement. Todd Wilkinson is promoted to fill the position. Hall is also named as Athletic Director Emeritus by the College's Board of Trustees. At the convention for the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), Hall is recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the NCAA Division II Athletic Directors Association
2014 - Todd Clark leaves as Head Women's Soccer Coach
2015 - Dr. Norval C. Kneten retires as President of Barton College and Dr. Douglas N. Searcy enters the position
2015 - Tom Schrecengost departs as Head Coach of Men's and Women's Tennis and is replaced by Matt Rowe. Todd Clark resigns as Head Coach of Women's Soccer and is replaced by Thomas Goines
2015 - Thomas Goines hired as Head Coach of Women's Soccer
2016 - Former Atlantic Christian College baseball player and legendary high school and American Legion coach James "Rabbit" Fulghum is inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
2016 - Karen Godlock departs as Head Coach of Men's and Women's Cross Country and Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field, and David Nicholson is hired to fill those positions. Sheryl Neff departs as Head Softball Coach and is replaced by Junior Bailey
2016 - Barton begins its first-ever season of women's lacrosse, under Head Coach Brit Kadlowec. Barton also begins its first-ever seasons of men's and women's swimming under Head Coach Tyler Ziegler
2016 - Women's volleyball team wins the North Division regular season championship of Conference Carolinas and the league tournament championship under Head Coach Jeff Lennox, and moves on to the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time ever
2017 - Men's tennis team, under Head Coach Matt Rowe, is Conference Carolinas Tournament champions, and eventually advances to the second round of NCAA Division II postseason play
2017 - Baseball player Calvin Hawke wins the Murphy Osborne Award, symbolic of being the top all-around student-athlete in Conference Carolinas
2017 - Men's Head Soccer Coach Matt Akins and Head Men's and Women's Tennis Coach Matt Rowe depart. Ian McMichael and Lee Underwood fill these positions, respectively
2017 - Warren Shumate is hired as Barton's first-ever Head Men's Lacrosse Coach for a team to begin competition in the spring of 2018. This addition brings the number of Bulldog teams to 22, the largest number in the history of the athletic program
2017 - Pfeiffer University leaves Conference Carolinas to join the USA South and re-classify as NCAA Division III
2017 - Women's volleyball team repeats as Conference Carolinas regular season and tournament champions advancing to the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive year
2017 - Men's Volleyball under the leadership of Jeff Lennox shares the Conference Carolinas regular season championship and wins the tournament to advance to the NCAA National Championship tournament at Ohio State to face Brigham Young.
2017 - Josh Simmons departs as Head Baseball Coach, to be replaced by Jim Chester
2018 - The addition of intercollegiate football is announced
2018 - Women's swimming and women's basketball teams claim Conference Carolinas Meet and Tournament championships. Women's basketball advances to the NCAA Tournament. Wendee Saintsing wins her 500th game as Head Women's Basketball Coach at Barton College in the Conference Tournament Championship versus King on March 2, 2018.
2018 - Brit Kadlowec and David Nicholson depart as Head Women's Lacrosse Coach and Head Men's and Women's Head Cross Country and Track and Field Coach, respectively, to be placed by Regan Denham and Chad Balentine
2018 - Chip Hester is hired as Barton's first Head Football Coach since the program was discontinued in 1950 and is charged with leading a team to be re-established in 2020
2018 - A groundbreaking event is held for the new synthetic turf field which will become the home playing site for Barton's football and lacrosse teams beginning in 2019 and is just across Championship Drive from Wilson Gymnasium
2018 - The Sport Performance Center opens at the former site of the Physical Plant Facility, just across College Street from Wilson Gymnasium
2018 - Benny Benton departs from his role as Director of Athletic Communications, to be replaced by John Karrs
2019 - Electric Supply Company Field at Truist Stadium opens with a women's lacrosse match against Coker on a rainy February night.
2019 - Barton men's swimming wins first-ever Conference Carolinas Championship
2019 - Barton women's basketball clinches a share of the Conference Carolinas Regular Season Championship and earned a berth to the NCAA Division II Playoffs for the second straight year
2019 - Barton's Larry Russell earns indoor All-American Men's Track and Field honors in the long jump after taking fourth place at the national championship meet. Russell is now a five-time All-American (two in indoor and three in outdoor)
2019 - Men's Volleyball wins its third straight Conference Regular Season Championship and second league tournament title in three years. The Bulldogs also hosted an NCAA playoff match for the first time in school history while Angelos Mandilaris earns honorable mention All-American accolades
2019 - Jim Chester resigns to take the Head Coaching position at Gardner-Webb after two years and is replaced by Keith Gorman
2019 - Chad Balentine resigns as Head Men's and Women's Track and Field and Cross Country Coach after six months at helm and is replaced by Tyler Amerson. Amerson was originally in an interim capacity before taking over the role permanently
2019 - Ashley Leonard resigns as Head Men's and Women's Golf Coach to take over the Head Women's Golf Coaching position at UNC Greensboro. Assistant Derek Hamm takes over in an interim role before eventually earning the full-time position
2019 - Thomas Goines resigns as Head Women's Soccer Coach and is replaced by Andy McNab
2019 - Renovations for Wilson Gymnasium are complete which includes new chairback seats, a videoboard and a new floor
2020 - Men's Swimming wins its second straight Conference Carolinas Championship and Bartlomiej Swiderski becomes the first-ever All-American in program history
2020 - Barton's Shanika Peterkin named the Conference Carolinas Women's Basketball Player and Defensive Player of the Year and earned All-American accolades. The Bulldogs won 24 games for the second straight season
2021 - Barton women's basketball advances to the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Championship while Shanika Peterkin earned All-American honors and was named the league's player and defensive player of the year for the second straight season.
2021 - After a pause because of COVID-19, Barton football finally hits the field for an abbreviated season in the spring
2021 - Women's Swimming captures its second Conference Carolinas Championship in four years under first-year mentor Kevin Woodull-Smith
2021 - Barton football completes its first full season in the fall and ends the year with a winning record (6-5)
2021 - Andy McNab departs as women's soccer to take the same position at UNC Asheville and is replaced by Peter Mais
2021 - Tyler Amerson steps down as Head Men's and Women's Cross Country & Track and Field Coach and is replaced by Tim Foster on an interim basis.