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  • Dan Brooks with friends

    Cat Chats: Dan Brooks and Mike Murphy

    August 15

    In this edition of Cat Chats, current football student-athlete Mike Murphy talks with former player Dan Brooks '76. Dan went on to coach at Tennessee and Clemson. He is also a member of the Catamount Club Board of Directors.

  • Dale Sims

    Cat Chats: Immanuel Wilder and Dale Sims

    August 15

    Building connections with current and former Catamount student-athletes is key to the success of our athletics programs.

  • Mike Wade

    Former Football Academic All-American Honors Mother, Stepmom with Gifts to Athletics, the Arts

    August 15

    Mike Wade, a former two-time Academic All-American at ĢƵ, will tell you that football is the greatest metaphor for life: to survive you have to get back up every time you get knocked down — and you will get knocked down, he insists, many, many times.

  • Catamount football fans at a recent home game

    Catamount Club Day

    August 15

    Announced in conjunction with Western Carolina’s football home opener back on Labor Day weekend, the Catamount Club, the Athletics department fundraising arm, is celebrating a milestone this year with its 50th year of operation. Fifty years of supporting student-athletes; fifty years of celebrating successes both on and off the field. Fifty years of connecting and engaging with alumni and community friends; fifty years of investing in the unlimited potential of student-athletes to inspire the ĢƵcampus community.

  • Endye Frazier during a match

    Endye Frazier

    August 15

    During her four years on the soccer field at ĢƵ, Endye Frazier showed the kind of growth coaches love to see. Off the field, her work with the Special Olympics displayed the type of compassion everyone should seek to have.

  • E.J. Whitmire Stadium

    Understanding the House v. NCAA Settlement and what it means for WCU

    July 15

    In June 2025, the House v. NCAA Settlement reshaped college athletics by allowing Division I schools to provide more financial support to student-athletes, including backpay for past NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) opportunities and a new revenue-sharing model.

  • Groundbreaking for renovations at E.J. Whitmire Stadium

    ĢƵholds groundbreaking for renovations to E.J. Whitmire Stadium

    June 12

    A long-awaited $37 million upgrade to renovate the west side stands of ĢƵ’s aging E.J. Whitmire Stadium is now underway with an official groundbreaking ceremony held Thursday, June 12, in the shadows of the construction zone.

  • Kyle Pifer

    Kyle Pifer named ĢƵDirector of Athletics

    May 19

    ĢƵ Chancellor Kelli R. Brown announced today, Monday, May 19, the selection of Kyle Pifer to serve as the director of athletics following approval of his contract by the university’s Board of Trustees during a special-called meeting earlier in the day.

  • Drake Barlow at a recent ĢƵsoftball game

    A whole lot of heart: ĢƵsoftball bat boy defies odds, cheers on Catamounts

    April 28

    Drake Barlow walks up to home plate with the most swagger out of anyone on game days. He sports a sick pair of shades, some Catamount gear and a toothy grin that coaches across the Southern Conference have come to know.

  • EJ Whitmire stadium

    Search underway for new athletics director

    March 18

    ĢƵ has launched a search for a new intercollegiate athletics director following the resignation of Alex Gary earlier this month. Chancellor Kelli R. Brown has appointed a 13-member committee to assist in selecting Gary's successor.