Methodist Monarchs

The Methodist Monarchs are the athletic teams that represent Methodist University, located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in NCAA Division III intercollegiate sports.

The Monarchs compete as members of the USA South Athletic Conference (USA South) for all sports.

[3] Tom Austin has been the coach of Methodist University's baseball team since 1980 and is one of 64 college baseball coaches ever to reach a thousand career wins.

[4][5] The Monarch baseball team has reached the NCAA National Tournament 22 times and the Division III College World Series six times, finishing fifth or better each time, including national runners-up in 1995.

[7] The men's team also has 14 NCAA Division III national golf championships (1990–1992, 1994–1999, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2024) and were runners-up three times (1984, 1989, 2000).