The Castleton Spartans are the athletic teams that represent the Castleton campus of Vermont State University. The Spartans compete in 28 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III intercollegiate sports.
Conference affiliations Mayflower Conference – 1987–88 to 2000–01 North Atlantic Conference – 2001–02 to 2017–18 Little East Conference – 2018–19 to Present
Sports sponsored Men's sports Women's sports Alpine Skiing Alpine SkiingBaseballBasketballBasketball Cross Country Cross Country Field Hockey Football Ice Hockey Golf Lacrosse Ice Hockey Nordic Skiing Lacrosse Rugby Union Nordic Skiing Soccer Soccer Softball Tennis Tennis Track and Field Track and Field Wrestling Volleyball
National championships Team Men's soccer (1) NAIA Single 1963 Earlham —Men's Nordic SkiingUSCSA2019ClarksonMen's Nordic SkiingUSCSA2020St. OlafWomen's Nordic SkiingUSCSA2020WyomingMen's Alpine SkiingUSCSA2023Rocky MountainMen's Alpine SkiingUSCSA2024Rocky Mountain
Individual programs Men's basketball From 1983 to 1986, Stan Van Gundy (later head coach of the Orlando Magic and the Detroit Pistons) coached Men's Basketball at Castleton.
Men's soccer Castleton's men's soccer team were declared 1963 NAIA co-champions (along with Earlham College of Indiana) after the championship and consolation games at Frostburg State University in Maryland were cancelled due to snow.
Ice hockey The men's and women's Castleton Spartans hockey teams compete at the Spartan Arena in the site of the former Diamond Run Mall in Rutland. They compete in the New England Hockey Conference (NEHC). Beginning in 2025-26, the Spartans will join the Little East Conference for Ice Hockey, departing the NEHC.
Football
The Castleton Spartans football team represents the school in NCAA Division III. The team has been coached by Tony Volpone since 2014. Volpone replaced Marc Klatt, who resigned in December 2013. It has been part of the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC) since its inaugural season in 2009.
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