Starting in the 2005 season, Maryville College will join the USA South Athletic Conference as an associate member for football-only competition, bringing the number of football-playing USA South institutions to eight.
The Fighting Scots will compete with Averett, Christopher Newport, Ferrum, Greensboro, Methodist, North Carolina Wesleyan and Shenandoah for the USA South title.
“We at Maryville College are very pleased to become a member of the USA South Athletic Conference,” said Dr. Gerald Gibson, president. “Our football program is greatly enhanced by this association with peer colleges with whom we have so much in common. We look forward both to the association and the athletic competition.”
Maryville offers six men’s (cross country, football, soccer, basketball, baseball and tennis) and six women’s (cross country, volleyball, soccer, basketball, softball and tennis) sports. All Fighting Scot teams except football compete for championships in the Great South Athletic Conference, of which Maryville College has been a member since 2000.
Maryville was founded in 1819 as a private, four-year liberal arts college, and introduced its first football team in 1892. Since 1946, Maryville has produced 35 All-Americans from the gridiron. The decade of the 90’s saw great success for Scots football, as the team posted a .500 or better winning percentage in seven of the 10 seasons. They look to continue that winning tradition under the direction of second-year head coach Tony Ierulli, a Maryville College alumnus. The College has been a member of NCAA Division III since 1965.
“It is an exciting day for the Maryville College football program,” Ierulli said. “This is a culmination of many years of hard work by our institution. USA South provides a consistent schedule and conference recognition for out program with other institutions which share Maryville’s vision of college athletics.”

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