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Welcome to the Niner Nation, Parents!
Photo by Haley Twist Welcome to the Niner Nation family. This is an exciting time. Football is on the horizon, many new facilities are being built and the student population is increasing greatly. It...
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Get to know: SGA
Student Body President Conor Dugan. Photo by Cody Brown In high school or your previous college student government may not have played a huge role in your experience, but coming to UNC Charlotte it’s...
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Charlotte unveils first official helmet for football program
The Charlotte 49ers unveiled their new football helmet Wednesday morning in a ceremony overlooking the nearly completed McColl-Richardson Field. “We are really excited about this look,” said Charlotte...
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49er football gets closer as the stadium reaches completion
*Correction: Niner Times apologizes for this article being published under the wrong name in the print edition. The construction status of the McColl-Richardson Field as of August 7, 2012. Photo by...
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Charlotte entering final season in A10 before the transition
The Chairman of the University’s Board of Trustees Gene Johnson and the University’s Athletic Director Judy Rose discuss the conference change. Photo by Michael Stennett Niner Nation, if you are a fan...
View ArticleCampus makes multiple changes over summer for the new semester
Since the end of the 2011-12 academic year, UNC Charlotte’s campus has seen many changes. From the official completion of construction projects to the addition of campus amenities there is plenty for...
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Behind the names: meet the people behind UNC Charlotte’s history
As students and staff head to their assigned buildings for class, living, exercise or just pure shenanigans, they tend to miss the plaque that states why or to whom the dedication of the buildings...
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Queen City Army rocks Transamerica
Queen City Army cheers on their Charlotte 49ers. Photo by Chris Crews The atmosphere of a sporting event holds the ability to completely alter the experience, and sometimes the outcome for players,...
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COLUMN: Where is the Passion?
Last weekend, I was in Blacksburg, Va. for a Virginia Tech football game. The Hokies were playing big bad Austin Peay and took care of business as they should have, but the game experience is not what...
View ArticleCOLUMN: Enough With the Replacement Refs Already
Okay, NFL. The joke’s over. Enough of the blown calls. Enough of the unseen personal fouls and bogus, unprofessional penalty descriptions over the PA. The second week of the 2012 NFL season is in the...
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Plans underway to make McColl-Richardson Field a zero-waste stadium
The McColl-Richardson Field/ Photo by Chris Crews As if students needed any more reasons to be excited about UNC Charlotte Football kick-off Aug. 31, 2013, there may be another big one for students and...
View ArticleFootball parking to affect on-campus resident students
Monday, April 8, UNC Charlotte Parking and Transportation Services announced to university residents intended plans for on-campus parking for the Green and White spring football game on Saturday, April...
View ArticleWill UNC Charlotte students ever get involved?
School spirit reaches a whole new low when results of the Student Government Association (SGA) student body election came in. According to the SGA website, only 985 students out of 24,609 students that...
View ArticleFootball Town Hall meeting gives community members chance to hear official...
On Monday, April 15, at 3 p.m., the Football Town Hall meeting was hosted in the UNC Charlotte McKnight Hall of the Cone University Center. The majority of attendees were university staff and faculty....
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Game-day parking in Lot 25
Photo by Chris Crews This Saturday, April 20, the Charlotte 49er’s football team will be playing in their Green and White spring game. In an email last week from Gary Caton, Parking and Transportation...
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Green dominates in inaugural Charlotte spring game
Nearly 14,000 fans witnessed Green dominate White in Saturday’s inaugural spring game. Photo by Chris Crews The first spring game in Charlotte 49ers football history was a tremendous success as the...
View ArticleFootball jerseys: Unveiled before the unveiling?
UPDATE: 4:22 p.m., May 20, 2013 In an email from Tom Whitestone, associate athletic director of media relations, he said, “Keep in mind, though, that the true version will be unveiled, in its entirety,...
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It’s official: Charlotte 49ers now have football jerseys
Charlotte 49ers football players model the four color combinations fans can expect to see on the field come August 31. Photo by Libby Weihsmann The Charlotte 49ers football jerseys were officially...
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University football stadium named after $10 million donation from Carolina...
Tuesday at a public press conference on the stadium concourse, university officials including Chancellor Philip Dubois, Director of Athletics Judy Rose and Head Football Coach Brad Lambert, gathered...
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49ers add JMU to 2013-2014 football schedule
Photo by Libby Weihsmann The Charlotte 49ers now have a new opponent for the two seasons they will spend as an FCS Independent team. Old Dominion recently announced that they would not be traveling to...
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