Erskine College Women's Basketball

Mark Peeler recntly completed his 17th year as the leader of the Flying Fleet Athletics program. He has been on staff the past twenty-one years, serving 19 years as the head men's basketball coach. He assumed additional duties in the summer of 2020 becoming the Head Women's Basketball Coach. Peeler has directed an incredible transformation of the Flying Fleet athletics program. Erskine has increased the number of student-athletes since 2000 by 80% and seen record-breaking fundraising totals. The Fleet participated in 10 intercollegiate NCAA Division II sports in 2004 but compete in 24 programs in 2019-20. Erskine athletics teams have seen unprecedented success in NCAA Division II under Peeler's watch. Erskine has won 20 Conference Carolinas championships, participated in 24 NCAA Division II Southeast Regionals, and won two NCCAA National Championships. Peeler, the architect of "The Fleet Way," ignited Erskine's move into dual membership in 2018-19 as the college joined the National Christian Athletic Conference as they remained members of NCAA Division. Peeler brought back a piece of Erskine history with the announcement in August of 2018 that the college would reinstate football in 2020. The college last played football in 1951. Peeler served on the NCAA Men's Basketball Rules Committee as a representative of Division II from 2012-2016. He served as a member of the NCAA Division II National Men's Basketball Committee in 2008-2012 and was chair of the Southeast Region. Peeler is a former member of the Abbeville County School Board of Directors. He spent eleven years on the Lakelands FCA Board of Directors. Peeler was awarded Scotland County (NC) "Volunteer of the Year" in 1998 and received a Governor's Award (NC) for Service in 1999. Peeler has directed Erskine largest summer program the past nineteen years, the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA). Peeler was honored with a Paul Harris Fellows from the rotary in 2006 and 2013 for his service to the RYLA program.  Mark Peeler is a 1984 graduate of the University of the South (Sewanee) where he received a B.A. in Political Science. Peeler played four years on the Sewanee basketball and golf teams. Peeler became the school's all-time assists leader in basketball while leading the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference in assists during his final three seasons. He earned his master's degree from Winthrop University in 1994 while he served as an assistant coach for the Eagles.  Peeler resides in Due West with his four children, Hope (21), Jenkins (18), Max (16), Charlee (7). [](https://erskinesports.com/common/controls/adhandler.aspxad_id=2&target=https://thenccaa.org/) [](https://erskinesports.com/common/controls/adhandler.aspxad_id=3&target=https://www.aramark.com) [](https://erskinesports.com/common/controls/adhandler.aspxad_id=4&target=https://www.bsnsports.com) [](https://erskinesports.com/common/controls/adhandler.aspxad_id=5&target=https://www.nike.com/) [](https://erskinesports.com/common/controls/adhandler.aspxad_id=1&target=http://www.ncaa.org/d2) [](https://erskinesports.com/common/controls/adhandler.aspxad_id=2&target=https://thenccaa.org/) [](https://erskinesports.com/common/controls/adhandler.aspxad_id=3&target=https://www.aramark.com) [](https://erskinesports.com/common/controls/adhandler.aspxad_id=4&target=https://www.bsnsports.com) [](https://erskinesports.com/common/controls/adhandler.aspxad_id=5&target=https://www.nike.com/) [](https://erskinesports.com/common/controls/adhandler.aspxad_id=1&target=http://www.ncaa.org/d2) [](https://erskinesports.com/common/controls/adhandler.aspxad_id=2&target=https://thenccaa.org/) [](https://erskinesports.com/common/controls/adhandler.aspxad_id=3&target=https://www.aramark.com)