Fleming Gymnasium

Coordinates: 36°04′10″N 79°48′46″W / 36.069384°N 79.81268°W / 36.069384; -79.81268

Michael B. Fleming Gymnasium at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro

The Michael B. Fleming Gymnasium is a 2,320-seat multi-purpose arena in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. It is located in the Health and Human Performance Building, a $16.2 million facility that opened on the University of North Carolina at Greensboro's campus in June 1989. Its street address is 1000 Spring Garden Street, Greensboro, North Carolina.

It is home to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Spartans wrestling and volleyball teams.^[1] It also hosts the women's basketball team.^[2] It was formerly home to the men's basketball team as well, but beginning in the 2009–10 basketball season, they moved to larger Greensboro Coliseum.^[3]

Recently, Fleming Gym underwent a facelift to improve seating amenities. The new seating includes chairback seating on the lower half with bleacher bench seating in the upper half. Both sides were completed prior to the 2006-07 season. Also recently launched a project to overhaul the team locker room areas has begun that will included expanded, modernized space for numerous UNCG teams and also meeting areas for film breakdown and other activities.^[4]

History and facts

The gymnasium, which has seating for more than 1,800 for basketball and 1,200 for volleyball and wrestling, was named for Fleming, a Greensboro civic leader and one of the most ardent supporters of UNCG athletics, on December 1, 1994. Spartan teams first occupied the gym during the 1989-90 academic year.^[4]

The largest crowd to see an athletic contest in the gym was 2,302 for a men's basketball game against Charleston Southern on February 25, 1995. The Spartans won, 98-70.^[4]

Fleming Gymnasium has played host to various conference championship tournaments, including Big South volleyball in 1994 and 1995, Big South women's basketball in 1994, Southern Conference (SoCon) women's basketball in 1998 and 1999, SoCon wrestling in 1999 and SoCon volleyball in 2001 and 2008. In 2005, it played host to the SoCon / ACC Wrestling Championships, also known as MatJam.^[4]

Prior to the 1996–97 season, the National Basketball Association's Boston Celtics held their preseason training camp in the gym.^[4]

References

↑ Fleming Gymnasium - UNCGSpartans.com. Accessed March 21, 2008.
↑ http://www.uncgspartans.com/sports/wbkb/index
↑ http://www.uncgspartans.com/information/coliseum
1 2 3 4 5 http://www.uncgspartans.com/information/Fleming_Gym

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball

Venues	Fleming Gymnasium (1989–2009) Greensboro Coliseum Complex (2009–present)

Culture & lore	History

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Sports venues in the Piedmont Triad

Current	Ace Speedway (Altamahaw) Aggie Stadium (Greensboro) Alumni Gym (Elon) Armfield Athletic Center (Greensboro) BB&T Ballpark (Winston-Salem) BB&T Field (Winston-Salem) Bowman Gray Stadium (Winston-Salem) Burlington Athletic Stadium (Burlington) C. E. Gaines Center (Winston-Salem) Corbett Sports Center (Greensboro) Erath Field (High Point) Finch Field (Thomasville) Fleming Gymnasium (Greensboro) Gene Hooks Field (Winston-Salem) Greensboro Coliseum Complex (Greensboro) Jamieson Stadium (Greensboro) Kentner Stadium (Winston-Salem) LJMV Coliseum (Winston-Salem) LJVM Coliseum Annex (Winston-Salem) Macpherson Stadium (Browns Summit) NewBridge Bank Park (Greensboro) Ragan-Brown Field House (Greensboro) Reynolds Gymnasium (Winston-Salem) Rhodes Stadium (Elon) Simeon Stadium (High Point) Spry Stadium (Winston-Salem) UNCG Baseball Stadium (Greensboro) UNCG Soccer Stadium (Greensboro) World War Memorial Stadium (Greensboro)

Future	--

Defunct	Cone Athletic Park (Demolished, Greensboro) Gene Hooks Stadium (Demolished, Winston-Salem) South Side Park (Burned down, Winston-Salem) Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum (Replaced, Winston-Salem)

NCAA Division I women's college volleyball venues in North Carolina

A-10	John M. Belk Arena (Davidson)

ACC	Cameron Indoor Stadium (Duke) Carmichael Arena (North Carolina) Reynolds Coliseum (NC State) Reynolds Gymnasium (Wake Forest)

Big South	John W. Pope, Jr. Convocation Center (Campbell) Kimmel Arena (UNC Asheville) Millis Athletic Convocation Center (High Point) Paul Porter Arena (Gardner-Webb)

CAA	Hanover Hall (UNC Wilmington)

C-USA	Dale F. Halton Arena (Charlotte) Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (East Carolina)

MEAC	Corbett Sports Center (North Carolina A&T) McLendon–McDougald Gymnasium (North Carolina Central)

SoCon	Alumni Gym (Elon) Fleming Gymnasium (UNC Greensboro) George M. Holmes Convocation Center (Appalachian State) Ramsey Center (Western Carolina)

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