baseball. The Rams play their home games at Bowen Field. , nine former Bluefield baseball players have gone on to play professionally. Football Bluefield fielded a football program from 1922 to 1941, but had not had a football program since the attack on Pearl Harbor. On June 4, 2011, Bluefield University announced the return of a football program under head coach Mike Gravier, beginning with "club football" season in 2011, and began play in the NAIA in 2012. The school hired Ordell Walker as the program's new head coach in 2013, and the Rams earned their first win since the program's return with a 46–24 defeat of the Apprentice Builders in Newport News, Va., on September 13, 2014. The Rams play their home games in 10,000-seat Mitchell Stadium. Cross country Bluefield hired Coach Travis Yoder in 2014 to build a cross country and track and field program from ground zero. In his first year as head coach he had the schools first NCCAA national qualifier in school history (Kendall Haynes). After his first year Coach Travis Yoder left Bluefield. Bluefield then hired Coach Kendall Haynes to Coach cross country and is now building a track and field program as well. During Coach Haynes's first year in 2017 he had the schools first girls NCCAA national qualifiers in school history (Kenize Marshall and Jordyn O'Saben). Notable alumni Jon Link – Major League Baseball player Kenneth Massey – sports statistician known for his development of the Massey Ratings, which stemmed from an honors project at Bluefield, and was used in the Bowl Championship Series computer rankings from 1999 to 2013 References External links Official athletics website Universities and colleges affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention Private universities and colleges in Virginia Educational institutions established in 1922 Universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Education in Tazewell County, Virginia Baptist Christianity in Virginia Buildings and structures in Tazewell County, Virginia Council for Christian Colleges and Universities 1922 establishments in Virginia Appalachian Athletic Conference schools