THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA LIONS

BRALY STADIUM

The Lions have played at the same home site since the rebirth of their football program in 1949. Originally known as Coffee Stadium, adjacent to the former Coffee High School, the facility was renamed Tom Braly, Jr. Stadium in 1964. Braly was a football coach at Coffee High School in the 1940's and 50's and became the school's principal in the early 1950's. Following his death from a heart attack, the stadium was renamed in his honor prior to the start of the 1964 season. With a major renovation to the facility in 1980, the stadium was renamed Braly Municipal Stadium, signifying the partnership between the University of North Alabama, the Florence School Board and the Florence Parks and Recreation Department.

The 14,215 seat stadium has been the site of numerous University of North Alabama football victories and has served as host for 30 of UNA's 47 NCAA playoff games. Additionally, from 1986 to 2013 Braly Municipal Stadium hosted the NCAA Division II Football Championship Game as well. Since the Division II title game was created in 1972, no city had served as the host for more than five years until the Shoals area and Braly Stadium did it for 28 straight years. It is the second longest continuous period that any site had hosted any NCAA championship in any sport on any level.

Renovated in 1980, and again in 1998, the stadium now seats 14,215 and has an artificial ProGrass playing surface. In 1996, the Lions tied an NCAA Division II record when UNA's home winning streak reached  28 games. The Lions all-time record at Braly is now 272-119-8 over the last 72 seasons.


BANK INDEPENDENT STADIUM (Coming Soon)

On June 9, 2023, the UNA Board of Trustees unanimously approved an on-campus, multi-purpose stadium 
project, to be named Bank Independent Stadium. Six months later on December 15, 2023,
UNA announced its partnership with HPM as the project manager and Davis Architechs as the architect
of record. The project is in the design phase with targeted completion during the 2026-27 academic year.

For more information on Bank Independent Stadium, visit una.edu/bistadium.


Bank Independent Stadium concept image from June 9, 2023