include baseball and basketball; women's sports include basketball, softball, and volleyball.
Paine formerly competed in the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) from 1985–86 to 2020–21.
The college's football team was dropped after the 1963 season, but returned to play in 2014. In their first season back, the football team finished 2–8 before the program was again shut down.
== Notable alumni ==
This is a list of notable alumni of Paine Institute and/or Paine College.
== See also ==
List of historically black colleges and universities
== References ==
== Further reading ==
Clary Jr, George Esmond. The Founding of Paine College--a Unique Venture in Inter-racial Cooperation in the New South, 1882-1903 (PhD dissertation, University of Georgia, 1965, 6510286)
== External links ==
Official website
Official athletics website
