east tennessee state university football is in the ncaa division i fcs division.
east tennessee state university football is in the ncaa division i fcs division.
what division is east tennessee state university football?
ncaa division i fcs
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the 2017 east tennessee state buccaneers football team represented east tennessee state university (etsu) in the 2017 ncaa division i fcs football season and are in the second year of their second stint as football members of the southern conference (socon). they are led by third-year head coach carl torbush and, for the first time, play all their home games at william b. greene jr. stadium. they finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in socon play to finish in eighth place.
2017 east tennessee state buccaneers football team
etsu was founded as east tennessee state normal school in 1911 to educate teachers; the k-12 training school, called university school, operates to this day. east tennessee state officially became a college in 1925 when it changed its name to east tennessee state teachers college, subsequently gaining accreditation from the southern association of colleges and secondary schools in 1927. by 1930, the school's name had changed again to east tennessee state teacher's college, johnson city. in 1943, east tennessee state teacher's college was expanded into a college with a range of liberal arts offerings, becoming east tennessee state college. the college became east tennessee state university in 1963, adopting the name it holds today. in 1973, shelbridge became the president's official residence.
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