Camel Call - Sports Podcast

Nearly 40 years ago, Brad Childress arrived in Buies Creek as part of Billy Lee's first recruiting class. The son of a college coach, Brad was a North Carolina East-West all-star game selection after graduating from Albemarle High School. Not only did he immediately move into the Camel starting lineup, but he led CU to the Big South title game twice in four seasons. He concluded his career as the...

It's a basketball preview as Chris Hemeyer gets you set for the start of the Campbell Basketball season. We check in on Women's Basketball, then visit with Head Men's Basketball Coach John Andrzejek to talk about his team, the opening game against a nationally ranked Wisconsin team, and what he loves about Campbell University. Then we zoom with Campbell great Chris Clemons, who just scored 52 poin...

Jim Gurkin arrived at Campbell from Little Washington in the fall of 1965 and before he finished, earned All-America honors and helped establish the Fighting Camels as a national golf powerhouse.   Under the direction of coaches Danny Roberts, Jimmy and his teammates established a golf dynasty in Buies Creek – even before Keith Hills golf club was built in 1974 and the athletic teams transitioned...

It's a basketball preview and football recap as Camel Call Live returns to Napper Tandy's in downtown Angier. Campbell head men's basketball coach John Andrzejek and head women's basketball coach Ronny Fisher preview their upcoming seasons, plus head football coach Braxton Harris talks about the homecoming game. 

Homecoming is here and Campbell's fall sports are winning. Men's Soccer is in first place, Women's Soccer, Volleyball and Football are all in the top four in the CAA standings. We preview a big homecoming weekend and introduce you to Football's opponent New Hampshire. The CAA football only member is one of the best and most consistent FCS programs in the nation over the last 20 years, we will hear...

On Camel Call we get you set for a huge weekend of Campbell sports by interviewing Campbell Head Volleyball Coach Greg Goral. Goral tells us about the 10-3 start to the season and the big matches with Charleston this weekend. We also visit with former Campbell Cheerleader B.T. Hale who is a contestant on Jimmy Fallon's new NBC reality show On Brand. Plus, Chris Hemeyer talks Campbell Football, Bas...

Head men's soccer coach Dustin Fonder and head football coach Braxton Harris are our guests on Camel Call Live, recorded live at Napper Tandy's in downtown Angier.

The name Koonce has been synonymous with Campbell Baseball since the 1960 season. The Koonce brothers – Cal, then Charles – helped close Campbell's junior college era and usher in the Fighting Camels' transition to senior college status. Both of the Koonce brothers are enshrined in the Campbell Athletics Hall of Fame. Cal went on to pitch in the big leagues, then returned to his alma mater in the...

Campbell head football coach Braxton Harris and head women's soccer coach Jeff Gross are the featured guests on the first Camel Call Live of the season. Then we take a closer look at the 2025 football roster and preview the season opener at No. 9-ranked Rhode Island with Coach Harris. We examine the undefeated start for women's soccer while looking ahead to Campbell's three-match home stand. Camel...

John Marshall arrived at Campbell in the fall of 1980 from his home in Henderson, N.C., to join a golf team that was in its early years of competing at the NCAA Division I level. While competing under three different head coaches, John not only helped lay the groundwork for what would become a mid-major college golf powerhouse program, but he also discovered a career path. He graduated in 1984, an...

The 2025-26 Campbell Athletics season is here! Chris Hemeyer, Lendl Suggs and Evan Budrovich give you a preview of the first fall sports of the season. With soccer kicking off first, we have interviews with Campbell head women's soccer coach Jeff Gross and head men's soccer coach Dustin Fonder.

Sixty years ago this summer, John Marshbanks arrived on the Campbell College campus for the fall semester in 1965.   By the time he graduated four years later, no one in Campbell Basketball history had scored more points than the 6-foot-8 center from Marietta.   Now, more than 55 years since John left Buies Creek, only three players have amassed more points in their career – Chris Clemons, Jonatha...

Hall of Fame golf coach John Crooks has accomplished so much in his 35-year career at Campbell that it took two Tales from the Creek episodes to share his story.   The man who has led Campbell's men's and women's teams to 38 NCAA postseason appearances, 27 conference titles and 162 tournament championships has guided his teams in three different Division I leagues and through an ever-changing land...

The Voice of the Fighting Camels, Chris Hemeyer, interviews Head Men's Basketball Coach John Andrzejek. Topics include his recent national championship with Florida, assembling a coaching staff, recruiting philosophies, and growing up in upstate New York. Chris also previews a big week for Campbell Athletics, covering Football ticket news and the upcoming Camel Caravan stop in Fayetteville.

Numbers don't tell the whole story.   But sometimes, those numbers are so impressive that they are a starting point for a really good story.   162 Tournament titles 38 NCAA postseason appearances 27 Conference championships 28 Conference players of the Year 17 Conference freshmen of the Year 215 All-Conference performers 381 Conference All-Academic team members   That's just a small sample of the...

On the Camel Call podcast, Chris, Lendl, and Evan recap a strong season for our spring sports. We also take a look back at the runs our basketball teams made. Men's Basketball begins the John Andrzejek era as we discuss Campbell's new Head Coach. Plus, we take a close look back at the Kevin McGeehan era and preview a fantastic fall Football schedule.

Four decades ago, Cory Satterfield arrived on campus as a heralded right-handed pitcher from South Jersey. Recruited by Cal Koonce – a member of the 1969 Amazin' Mets – and later coached by 1982 Cy Young runner-up Mike Caldwell – Cory enjoyed a career capped by leading the Camels to their first Big South baseball title in 1988 and earning all-conference and all-tournament honors along the way. Thi...

Harnett County native Ernest Gilchrist grew up with an interest in journalism and basketball and his passions led him to Campbell College in 1976.   The multicultural relationships he developed as a youth influenced him as he matured, played college basketball, and went on to earn undergraduate and master's degrees in business.   Over the last four and one-half decades, "Ernie G" – as he's still k...

Sam Brewer arrived at Campbell in the fall of 1968 and before he finished, left with three All-America honors and played a large role in the school's first national championship.   A transfer from Wake Forest, Sam helped lead the Camels to three-straight NAIA national tournament appearances and top honors in 1970.   Under the direction of coaches Danny Roberts and Hargrove Davis, Brewer and his te...

Sam Brewer arrived at Campbell in the fall of 1968 and before he finished, left with three All-America honors and played a large role in the school's first national championship.   A transfer from Wake Forest, Sam helped lead the Camels to three-straight NAIA national tournament appearances and top honors in 1970.   Under the direction of coaches Danny Roberts and Hargrove Davis, Brewer and his te...

Head Women's Basketball Coach Ronny Fisher and Head Softball Coach Emily Carosone join host Chris Hemeyer on Camel Call Live. Recorded live at Napper Tandy's, the show also features softball catchers Madison Ford and Rayanan Motas, plus women's basketball's Audrey Fuller, Olivia Tucker, and Jasmine Felton. Coach Fisher and crew discuss the 22-win season and the team's combination of veteran leader...

Dale Steele literally built the Campbell Football program from the ground up.  He arrived in Buies Creek in 2006 and spent the next two years putting together facilities, a staff and roster in time for the program to relaunch in 2008 after a 58-year hiatus.   Coach Steele brought a quarter century of college football coaching experience to Campbell and turned the program into a winner in just four...

In the early days of Campbell's transition to NCAA Division I competition – folks who were around campus knew Buies Creek not just as home to a budding law school and an intimate undergraduate setting, but also as a training ground for some of the nation's – and world's – best decathletes. Orville Peterson and Ernie White both transferred to Campbell to train with the legendary Coach Brant Tolsma....

"We have an incredible opportunity right now...when people talk about the glory days we were rolling in baseball, we were rolling in basketball, all of our sports were firing...we are in that right now, it is happening right now." Zach Berly says it on the Camel Call podcast, as Campbell Athletics is winning in February. Chris Hemeyer, Lendl Suggs, and Evan Budrovich join Zach to talk about the ro...

Janet Wooten arrived at Campbell in 1991 and was the first of dozens of impact players John Crooks has coached over more than three decades.   A transfer from Auburn, Janet is the answer to nearly all the important "first" trivia questions in Campbell women's golf history: First women's tournament individual winner First women's conference title winner First NCAA postseason individual berth First...