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On July 1, 2014, Appalachian State moved to the Sun Belt Conference. Appalachian State fields varsity teams in 17 sports, 7 for men and 10 for women. The football team competes in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly I-A, as a result of the transition to the Sun Belt. The wrestling team remains in the Southern Conference ...
SOURCE: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Appalachian State University (2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010). Read our methodology here. HuffPost and The Chronicle examined 201 public D-I schools from 2010-2014. Schools are ranked based on the percentage of their athletic budget that comes from subsidies.
Appalachian State University (/ ˌ æ p ə ˈ l æ tʃ ən / [a]), or App State, is a public research university in Boone, North Carolina, United States.It was founded as a teachers' college in 1899 by brothers B. B. and D. D. Dougherty and the latter's wife, Lillie Shull Dougherty.
The Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team is the college basketball team at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, United States. The Mountaineers compete in the Sun Belt Conference after having competed in the Southern Conference from 1972 to 2014.
As of 2025, the Appalachian State wrestling team has won 123 individual Southern Conference wrestling titles. Austin Trotman (2007–2012), a former NCAA All-American for the Mountaineers in 2012, is the school's career wins leader with 129 wins.
The Marching Mountaineers, also known as North Carolina's Band of Distinction, is the 285 member marching band of Appalachian State University. Founded in 1933, the band performs at all home Mountaineer football games and travels to select away games each year.
Appalachian State offensive lineman Jack Murphy died Friday. Head coach Shawn Clark posted the news of Murphy's death on social media Tuesday. The university also released a statement.
The 2021–22 Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team represented Appalachian State University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.The Mountaineers, led by third-year head coach Dustin Kerns, played their home games at the Holmes Center in Boone, North Carolina as members in the Sun Belt Conference.