Athletics
The athletics program fields men's intercollegiate teams in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, and golf and women's teams in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball. All intercollegiate sports are affiliated with NCAA Division II of the as a member of a member of the Gulf South Conference. In 2006, amid the Native American mascot controversy, the UWG changed its athletic nickname from the "Braves" to the "Wolves."
Tim Brooks, former member of the 1999 Gulf South Conference Championship Men's Cross Country team, was named Head Coach of the Men's and Women's teams in 2010.
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