University Of Northern Colorado Football Division
The team plays its home games at the 8533 seat nottingham field on campus.
University of northern colorado football division. The university of northern colorado unc is a public research university in greeley coloradothe university was founded in 1889 as the state normal school of colorado and has a long history in teacher education. The official football page for the university of northern colorado bears. Uncs 19 athletic teams compete in ncaa. An upgrade to the athletic departments weight room is inthe discussion stage.
Student success starts here. Extended campus locations in are in loveland denver and colorado springs. University of northern colorado. The bears schedule includes opponents date time and tv.
The bears are coached by ed mccaffrey. They have the use of two natural grass fields and twosynthetic turf fields which are lit for practice. The team competes in the big sky conference at the ncaa division i football championship subdivision level. Before upgrading to ncaa division i in 2006 unc was a member of the rocky mountain athletic conference from 1923 to 1972.
University of northern colorado sports news and features including conference nickname location and official social media handles. Approximately 12000 students are enrolled in six colleges. The northern colorado bears football program is the intercollegiate american football team for the university of northern colorado located in greeley colorado. Joining the great plains athletic conference for four years 197276.
The universitys first football team was fielded in 1893.