Fall 2023, Carolina Christian College is proud to introduce collegiate soccer as part of our athletic program. This program will be a welcomed addition to our growing athletic department, including men’s and women’s basketball and football coming in 2024. We are now taking applications for the fall start. All interested parties should contact our coach matt.kelly@carolina.edu. Coach Matt Kelly has coached soccer for the last 9 years. Coach Kelly began with Carolina University from 2014-2021 as the assistant men’s coach. Coach Kelly helped to build their program from his insight as a player and leader. Since 2021 Coach Kelly has been the head boys soccer coach at Carter G Woodson and the head mens club soccer coach at High Point University. Coach Kelly coached 5 All Conference players at Carter G Woodson and finished as runner up’s in the state finals in 2022. Coach Kelly’s tenacity and commitment was built at his Alma Matter, Southern Wesleyan University. Coach Kelly was a walk on for their soccer team so he knows the work ethic that’s needed to be a success and he has earned a bachelor degree in Sports Management so he knows how that work ethic pays off, but more importanty he knows that it’s only the strenght given from God that builds the work ethic of any person. Coach Kelly resides in Thomasville, NC with his wife Angela and their three boys, Samuel, Elijah, and Jonathan, and one soon to be daughter Hannah. We welcome coach Kelly as part of the CCC family and are excited with the future.
Greenville, SC (5/26/23) – The National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) is pleased to announce and welcome its newest members for the 2023-24 academic year: Carolina Christian College and Wayland Baptist University. Justice College, Kuyper College, and Westmont College were previously announced as new members. NCCAA Executive Director Dan Wood said, “We continue to see a mix of new members utilizing intercollegiate athletics to grow along with past members reconnecting. While each institution is developing at its own pace and for its own unique purposes, all new members are intentionally Christ-centered partners with the NCCAA in keeping Christ at the center of intercollegiate athletics.” Carolina Christian College Carolina Christian College, located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, will be entering as a Division II member in the South Region. The Centurions will participate in the following NCCAA sports: Men’s & Women’s Basketball, and Men’s Soccer. “We are elated to be members of the NCCAA, such a respected and well-established association,” stated Dr. T. Tyrone Tyson, Carolina Christian College Athletic Director. “We are excited to become a valued member and represent the mission of Christian service and athletic competition that this association strives for.”
Maurice Crocker
2024 Carolina Christian College Graduates
President Tyson and Camry Barbour
Grand Coaching Program
On Saturdays August 10, 2024 Carolina Christian College welcomed students to the new student orientation for the 24-25 academic year. CCC is proud to welcome a new freshman class of scholars and athletes. With our new addition of women’s soccer along with our current program of men’s and women’s basketball we will be welcoming students from all walks of life to join the CCC family. Dean of Undergraduate studies Nneka Forsman led the students through the orientation process and states, “This is always exciting to me. It is a unique pleasure and opportunity to meet new students and be blessed to make an impact on their life.”
It’s an historic day at CCC. The pandemic left many schools struggling to adjust and maintain enrollment. Many schools did not survive the pandemic, but CCC was favored to survive and rebound. Beginning with a stellar athletic program, CCC was forced to be innovative to attract students and expand our offerings. Major successes was the 21 Century Leadership Program and the Certified Spiritual Life Coaching Program that create an online enrollment that made up for the lack of in-person classes. For the 24-25 year, CCC is happy to announce its biggest incoming class since the pandemic. With students from all over the country and serval different foreign countries, CCC is positioning itself to increase enrollment exponentially.
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