Charleston Southern Buccaneers

The Charleston Southern Buccaneers football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Charleston Southern University located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Big South Conference. Charleston Southern's first football team was fielded in 1991. The team plays its home games at the 4,000 seat Buccaneer Field in North Charleston, South Carolina and are currently coached by Gabe Giardina.

The Big South Conference and the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) announced that they have signed a letter of intent to create an association of their football member institutions, to begin with the 2023 NCAA Division I football season. OVC Commissioner Beth DeBauche and Big South Commissioner Kyle Kallander made the joint announcement on Tuesday, February 22, 2022.