Guilford College Athletic Facilities

Guilford College practices and competes year round on some of the top athletic facilities for a school of its size in the region. Here is a look at the primary athletic facilities used by the Quakers varsity student-athletes.

Armfield Athletic Center, McBane Field, The Physical Education Center, Ragan-Brown Field House,

McMichael Centennial Class Tennis Courts, Alumni Gym, Haworth Fields, The Cardinal Golf & Country Club, The Meadows

Armfield Athletic Center: Home to the Guilford's football, men's soccer, women's soccer, men's lacrosse and women's lacrosse teams; Armfield Athletic Center is a 2,200-seat stadium located on the southeast corner of the campus. The stadium has both aluminum bleacher seating and stadium seating. The stadium is equipped with a state-of-the-art scoreboard, sound system, and lights for night games. The playing surface was expanded and covered with Field Turf in the summer of 2009.

The Armfield Athletic Center was originally constructed with funds from the Armfield family and friends and dedicated in honor of William J. Armfield Jr. and in memory of Britt M. Armfield and William J. Armfield III. The elder William Armfield, who died in 1968, played on the college's first football team in the late 1800s. Both William Armfields were Guilford alumni.

In 2006, Armfield Athletic Center received the first phase of an estimated $2.5 million renovation project.  The first phase included a new press box, stadium seating, refurbished bleacher seating, a multi-function scoreboard and exterior fence.  The Armfield Athletic Center's game field was renamed in honor of Dr. Herbert T. Appenzeller, who worked with the Armfield family 45 years ago to build the athletic complex. In his nearly 40 years at Guilford, Appenzeller’s work as a professor and administrator produced many scholars, athletes and leaders in their fields. In 2007, the field received new visitor bleacher seating and field lights. October 2008 saw more exterior improvements with a new entry plaza and gate at the north end of the stadium. The summer of 2009 saw a 106,000 square feet Field Turf playing surface installed. Subsequent phases are slated to include additional seating.  Click here for more information about the project.

McBane Field: Guilford's baseball team plays and practices on McBane Field, named for one of the school's top baseball players, Edgar McBane '14. He donated much of his time to the baseball program and at one time attended at least one Guilford baseball game for 73 straight years.

McBane Field is located next to Alumni Gym on Guilford's campus. The field has permanent dugouts for home and visiting teams, a new padded backstop, new bleacher seating for spectators, a new state-of-the-art inning-by-inning scoreboard, a brick dust warning track and a new eight-foot vinyl coated fence and windscreen. October 2008 saw more exterior improvements with a new entry plaza and terraced seating behind the backstop.

The infield was reseeded with Bermuda grass in 1992, making it one of the finest playing surfaces in the area. The field measures 320' down the lines, 360' in the alleys and 385' to straightaway center field. In 1998, the bullpens were improved by the construction of two regulation pitching mounds in each bullpen and the infield received a new layer of red clay.

The Physical Education Center is a $4-million complex that was dedicated in 1980. In addition to the Ragan-Brown Field House, the P.E. Center houses a 25-meter six-lane pool, a renovated weight room, locker room facilities, team rooms for seven Guilford sports, and a fully equipped training room that was upgraded and expanded in 2004. Adjacent to the P.E. Center are the Guilford College Tennis Courts and the Alumni Gym, the site where Guilford played basketball and volleyball from 1940-80.

Ragan-Brown Field House: Home court to Guilford's men's basketball, women's basketball, and volleyball teams. The recently renovated 2,500-seat arena is part of the College's Physical Education Center. Named for Herbert and Elizabeth Ragan and Edwin and Dorothy Brown, the arena was dedicated in 1980. Ragan-Brown Field House has received $75,000 worth of renovations since 2003 and features a refurbished Robbins Bio-Cushion maple floor. A new sound system and new baskets were installed in 2003. A new multi-panel scoreboard, shot clocks, and scorer's table were installed in 2007. With retractable bleachers, new floor graphics, and a cathedral-like wooden ceiling, the Quakers' home ranks among the top small-college basketball facilities in the Southeast.

Guilford College Weight Room
Locker Rooms
Guilford College Training Room

McMichael Centennial Class Tennis Courts: Home to the men's tennis and women's tennis teams. The Quakers compete and practice on eight tennis courts built in 2008 on the northwest corner of the campus. The courts are surrounded by windscreens and have an adjoining building with restrooms and team meeting space.
Alumni Gym: Home to Guilford College basketball and volleyball from 1940-80, Alumni Gym was refurbished in the summer of 2004, and received new windows, new paint and a renovated playing surface. It is still used by the men's and women's basketball teams for practice. Affectionately known as the "Cracker Box," the gym hosted many memorable basketball contests and served as the home of future National Basketball Association players Bob Kauffman '68, M.L. Carr '73, World B. Free '77 and Greg Jackson '74. The Quakers' men often played local rivals such as Elon, High Point, and Winston-Salem State before standing-room only crowds.

Haworth Fields: Home to the softball team, and the practice facility for men's soccer and women's soccer, is located on the northwest corner of the College. The complex consists of a regulation-size soccer field, a rugby pitch, a softball field, two small intramural fields, public rest rooms, bleacher areas, bench areas, and permanent scoreboards on the soccer practice and softball game fields. One of the intramural fields is lighted and the other hosts a number Ultimate frisbee contests. The fields are sodden with Bermuda grass and used by both Guilford’s varsity and intramural teams. Haworth Soccer Field has been upgraded with a locker room/press box and fan seating. Haworth Softball Field was built in 2003 and received a new scoreboard in the spring of 2006 and new dugouts in the spring of 2008.

The Cardinal Golf & Country Club: Home to the Quakers' golf team. Guilford is privileged to call the Cardinal Golf & Country Club its home course. The course is less than 10 minutes from Guilford's campus and was renovated in 2006-07 by new owner John McConnell and Pete Dye, who designed its original layout. It reopened in July 2007 as a 7,002 yard, par-70 course. Pete Dye design concepts are recognized as some of golf's finest championship courses. His genius was seen early in his career when the Cardinal opened in 1975 as one of the area's most-challenging layouts, a reputation alive today. The restored course is longer, yet retains the Cardinal's unique and demanding qualities. It covers over 140 acres of scenic property and includes two lakes and winding creeks. The Cardinal typically hosts Guilford's Tom and Bettie O'Briant Memorial Tournament each fall. The tourney is named for Guilford Hall of Famer Tom O'Briant and his wife. Past participants in the O'Briant Memorial include the PGA Tour's Len Mattiace and Billy Andrade, plus former members Lee Porter '89 and UNC golf coach John Inman. Wake Forest golf coach Jerry Haas and former PGA Tour member John Maginnes are among the tournament's individual winners. In addition to the O'Briant Memorial, the Cardinal hosts the nationally recognized Cardinal Amateur in August. Guilford thanks the Cardinal's Director of Golf Operations, Scott Stratton, Head Golf Professional Riley Kinlaw, and his staff, Golf Course Superintendent Gary Stafford, new owner John McConnell and all of the Cardinal's membership for their generous support of the Quakers' golf program.