Longwood University Athletics

Charles Buddy Bolding is in his 32nd year at Longwood University during 2009-10.  He has an outstanding overall record of 844-457-4 since taking over during the fall of 1978, including 28 winning seasons as mentor of the tradition-rich program.  The Lancers finished 2009 with a final record of 26-22, additionally marking their 28th overall 20-win campaign and 21st season with at least 25 wins in the program’s 32-year history.

Coach Bolding's tenure at Longwood is highlighted by six appearances in the NCAA Division II Tournament, and two trips to the Division II College World Series.  Bolding's 1982 team was the first team to reach the national championship with a 31-10-1 record.  More recently, the 1991 squad completed a school-record 41-8 campaign while advancing to the final four of the national championship.

Bolding served as a U.S. Army medic in Vietnam, then received his B.S. in health, physical education and recreation from Milligan (Tenn.) College in 1973, and his M.S. from the University of Tennessee in 1974.  He and his wife, Andrea, have three children: Lauren, Suzanne, and Brad -- all of whom attended and two who graduated -- from Longwood (Brad also played as a Lancer before graduating from Old Dominion University).

Please click on this link for a complete biography of Coach Bolding.

For more information, please phone Chris Neal at 434.395.2081 or email at nealca@longwood.edu.