The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers represents the athletic programs and intercollegiate teams of Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina. An NCAA Division I school, the university competes in the Big South Conference and the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Coastal Carolina's football program was founded in 2003 and won its first of several Big South Conference championships just a year later. The university hosts a number of other men's and women's athletic programs as well, including baseball, basketball, soccer, softball, tennis, volleyball and cross country.