Presbyterian College

Presbyterian is a member of the Big South Conference of NCAA Division I and fields seventeen varsity teams in eleven sports: football (FCS), men's and women's cross country, volleyball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's basketball, softball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's tennis, women's lacrosse, baseball, and men's and women's wrestling. Football has competed within the FCS conference Pioneer Football League since 2021. The college's colors are royal blue and garnet and its teams are known as the Blue Hose. Although PC's mascot Scottie the Scotsman is a medieval Scottish warrior, the Blue Hose name originally referred to the socks worn by the football team in the early 20th century. notable alumni : Art Baker; former head football coach at Furman University (1973–1977), The Citadel (1977–1982), and East Carolina University (1985–1988) Justin Bethel; NFL Pro Bowl defensive back for the Atlanta Falcons William Bradley Bryant, JD; superintendent of public schools state of Georgia John Bright; Cyrus H. McCormick Chair of Hebrew and Old Testament Interpretation, Union Theological Seminary; American biblical scholar; author A History of Israel; listed notable alumni Union Presbyterian Seminary Glen Browder; member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1982–1986), Secretary of State, State of Alabama (1987–1989), member of the US House of Representatives (1989–1997), Professor Emeritus of political science, Jacksonville State University[27] Harry S. Dent, Sr.; attorney, aide to U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond and U.S. President Richard Nixon Joan Gray; Moderator of the 217th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA)[28] Kimberly Nicole Hampton (1976–2004); Captain in the United States Army and the first female US military pilot to be shot down and killed by hostile fire Stephen A. Hayner; president of Columbia Theological Seminary, ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church USA, professor, former president of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship C. Hugh Holman (1914–1981); American literary scholar.[29] Tammy Susan Hurt; vice chair of the board of trustees at the Recording Academy Grant C. Jaquith; American lawyer and judge Douglas Kiker (1930–1991); journalist and author, NBC News national-affairs correspondent; anchor, NBC Nightly News; NBC News Rome bureau chief (Europe and Western Asia); White House correspondent, the New York Herald Tribune; Peabody Award, Columbia University's prize for broadcast journalism George L. Mabry, Jr.; US Army Major General, Medal of Honor recipient Charles B. MacDonald; former US Army Captain, US Army Deputy Chief Historian, and author of renowned WWII memoir Company Commander John McKissick; head football coach at Summerville High School (SC), the record holder for most career wins in high school football Allen Morris; tennis player, 1956 U.S. Davis Cup team member, quarter-finalist at Wimbledon; former head tennis coach, UNC Chapel Hill (1980–1993); inductee, North Carolina and South Carolina Tennis Halls of Fame Bebo Norman; contemporary Christian musician Jim Samples; president of HGTV Ernest Shahid; businessman and real estate developer Roy Skinner (1930–2010); former head coach of the Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team[30] Bob Staton; 18th president of Presbyterian College, and former chairman and CEO of Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company Tyson Summers; American college football coach, head coach of the Georgia Southern University football team Jimmie Turner; former professional football player Theodore Wardlaw; president and professor of homiletics, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary[31] Bob Waters; former head football coach and athletic director at Western Carolina University Lee Williamson; former professional football player