Fleming Gymnasium

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

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 the full-time home of the men's basketball team as well, but beginning in the 2009–10 basketball season, they moved to larger Greensboro Coliseum for most of their games.^[3] The men's basketball team plays a few games every season at Fleming Gymnasium when the Coliseum is being used for other large events.

Prior to the 2006–2007 season, 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. Also as part of the renovation, the team locker rooms and meeting areas for film breakdown and other activities were expanded.^[4]

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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, and was informally called Spectator Gymnasium^[5] until it was re-named for Fleming.^[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[edit]

^ Fleming Gymnasium - UNCGSpartans.com. Accessed March 21, 2008.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2010-11-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 2010-11-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-11-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Atkinson, Charlie (January 14, 1993). "UNCG's prayer for last-second miracle gets answered". Greensboro (NC) News & Record.

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[FLEM-1] Fleming Gymnasium - UNCGSpartans.com. Accessed March 21, 2008.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2010-11-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 2010-11-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[GYM-4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-11-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] Atkinson, Charlie (January 14, 1993). "UNCG's prayer for last-second miracle gets answered". Greensboro (NC) News & Record.

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v t e University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Located in: Greensboro, North Carolina
Academics	Strong College Grogan College Ashby College UNCG University Libraries Lloyd International Honors College African American and African Diaspora Studies Program College of Visual and Performing Arts
Athletics	Spartans Men's basketball Women's basketball Baseball Men's soccer Greensboro Coliseum Complex UNCG Baseball Stadium Fleming Gymnasium Soccer Stadium Southern Conference
People	Charles Duncan McIver Delta Chi Xi
Founded: 1891

v t e UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball
Venues	Fleming Gymnasium (1989–2009) Greensboro Coliseum Complex (2009–present)
Rivalries	North Carolina A&T
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of 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 1999–2000 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 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

v t e 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)
The American	Dale F. Halton Arena (Charlotte) Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (East Carolina)
Big South	Kimmel Arena (UNC Asheville) Millis Athletic Convocation Center (High Point) Paul Porter Arena (Gardner–Webb) Corbett Sports Center (North Carolina A&T)
CAA	John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center (Campbell) Schar Center (Elon) Hanover Hall (UNC Wilmington)
MEAC	McDougald–McLendon Arena (North Carolina Central)
SoCon	Fleming Gymnasium (UNC Greensboro) Ramsey Center (Western Carolina)
Sun Belt	George M. Holmes Convocation Center (Appalachian State)

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