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A WINNING TEAM GMC Sports is a specialty practice dedicated to the design of athletic facilities.

Championship programs are defined by what makes them exceptional, not typical, and we believe the same rings true for design.

Teamwork, communication and an integrated process are part of every project. Through our broad and diverse experience, we have learned that nothing can be pre-determined or off-the-shelf. Every sport and team has unique demands and goals for their facilities, and every project we design is tailored to meet those specific needs and achieve the desired vision.

GMC has successfully designed athletic facilities for national championship-caliber teams, including the Auburn University and Clemson University Tigers, the Coastal Carolina University Chanticleers and the University of South Carolina Gamecocks to accommodate a multitude of sports, including football, basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, track and field, tennis, rowing and more.

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This has a ‘wow’ factor to it and when recruits come on your campus you have that factor. But, it further demonstrates this University’s commitment to competing to be the best. If our competition is providing these resources and we are not, well, you are not on a level playing field.

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

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- Dabo Swinney, Head Football Coach

INDOOR FOOTBALL PRACTICE FACILITY CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

FOOTBALL OPERATIONS FACILITY

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

Left: A Sports Performance Zone connects the new Clemson Football Operations Building to the existing indoor practice facility and includes fitness and weight equipment and a mezzanine for cardio machines.

Right: The new facility also features an athlete concourse, players’ lounge, training room, dining area, team meeting rooms, equipment area, locker rooms, sports medicine area, coaching offices and outdoor amenities.

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The new football ops building is 145,000 square feet of the best of everything.

-D r. Jim Clements, President CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

PROTECTIVE STADIUM

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

Left: Protective Stadium. The new multi-purpose stadium is designed to accommodate a maximum of 45,000 fans for NCAA DI football games and will be the home field for the University of Alabama-Birmingham Blazers Football. It will also accommodate professional soccer, bowl games, outdoor concerts, shows and other special events.

The west side tower has an indoor club and club seating for 1,000. There are two suite levels with a total of 32 suites. The top floor contains a pressbox for coaching, broadcast, and other media. The south endzone has a concourse club and the north endzone has a “supporter” section, for soccer fans during soccer matches and students and the marching band for football games.

Other features include outdoor party decks, a large entry plaza on the south end, at-grade access on the north end of the concourse, several large, multi-functional locker rooms and enough support space to accommodate a variety of events.

Top Right: Inside the UAB Blazers Locker Room.

Bottom Right: Many aspects of the interior design pays homage to the UAB Blazer Football Program.

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They’ve designed Protective Stadium with a clear understanding of what has worked well – and what hasn’t – for other facilities around the world.

- Tad Snider

Executive Director and CEO of the BJCC Authority

Top & Bottom Left: Exterior designs include lush landscaping and focus on connecting the new stadium with surrounding facilities like the BJCC, Uptown Entertainment District and Topgolf.

Right: The entire stadium was built with one thing in mind, the experience. With that said, there isn't a seat in the stadium that doesn't immerse the consumer in a sporting experience like no other.

PROTECTIVE STADIUM BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

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I would like to take this opportunity to offer my sincerest gratitude to the team at Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC) for a job well done. The new UAB Football Operations Building set the stage for a record setting return season for the Blazers and is a game changer for our football program.

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- Bill Clarke

Head Coach UAB Football

Left: The approximately 46,000-square-foot UAB Football Operations Building includes a full sized turf field covered by a “Sports Pavilion” that allows players to practice under a roof, free of the elements.

Right: The building also houses two weight training facility, locker rooms, training areas, and coaches’ offices.

FOOTBALL OPERATIONS BUILDING

THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM

Left: The new Softball Complex and Stadium, designed to accommodate 1,000 fans, features a team clubhouse with a team lounge, locker room, sports medicine room, equipment room, and coaches’ offices. The facility also includes an indoor player development hitting facility, a press box with three broadcast booths and a videoboard.

Right: The new softball complex supports the Tigers’ first-ever softball program, which began play in January 2020.

SOFTBALL COMPLEX CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

The standalone football facility, which has been a priority for athletics director Allen Greene, will house Auburn’s football operations building, a new indoor practice facility, as well as two outdoor natural turf practice fields. The operations building is set to take up 138,100 square feet, while the indoor practice facility is planned for 95,300 square feet. Among the other features of the complex are a new weight room, a locker room for players, team meeting rooms, a players’ lounge, barbershop, recruiting lounge, flight simulator and two recording studios. The facility will also be home to the program’s sports medicine and nutrition offices, football administration offices, equipment room and laundry.

Top Left: Team players lounge.

Middle Left: The new 95,300 sf indoor practice facility.

Bottom Left: Main lounge area.

Right: Aerial overview of entire football complex.

AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL PERFORMANCE CENTER AUBURN, ALABAMA

GMC Sports has worked on more than 60 projects at Auburn University alone over the last decade, including the nation’s largest college video board at Jordan-Hare Stadium.

AIA MONTGOMERY

2012 Honorable Mention

VARIOUS ATHLETIC COMPLEX PROJECTS

AUBURN UNIVERSITY

Left: The graphics system in the Athletic Complex Lower lobby creates a dynamic environment that is comfortable and inviting for current and prospective athletes.

Top Right: Renovations of the Auburn baseball team’s facilities at Plainsman Park enhance the time players spend at the ballpark.

Middle Right: Old dressing rooms in the Athletic Complex were converted into a multi-function theater that resembles an ESPN SportsCenter studio, providing athletes a place to get away and relax between practices and study.

Bottom Right: The AU Football weight room celebrates the athletes and the game itself with compelling graphics.

HOUSTON MARKHAM FOOTBALL COMPLEX

ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY

Above: Located in the north end zone of ASU’s Football Stadium, the Houston Markham Football Complex serves as an aesthetic backdrop for action taking place on the field.

Left: Every detail of the new football complex was designed to inspire and immerse players, coaches and recruits in ASU Hornet Football, including supergraphics showcasing former Hornet NFL players.

Left: The lobby of the USC Women’s Basketball Practice Facility was upgraded to include several new trophy cases to display their Final Four Trophies. The center of the lobby space features a circular glass trophy case that showcases the 2017 Women’s Basketball National Championship Trophy, as well as the Coaches Trophy.

Right: The Colonial Life Arena lobby was redesigned to include a celebration of the 2017 Women’s Basketball National Championship as well as the Men’s Basketball program by constructing three new trophy display cases as well as mounting the Championship flooring logo to the wall.

COLONIAL LIFE ARENA LOBBY RENOVATIONS

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

FOOTBALL PRACTICE COMPLEX

GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

Left, Top Right & Bottom Right: GMC provided conceptual design plans, elevations, renderings, and promotional video for a covered turf practice facility. The design also includes 42 game day tailgate suites, restrooms, and storage and support spaces.

The covered turf area is 200’ x 480’ to provide all weather practice space for multiple sports including football, soccer, baseball, softball, and track.

The conceptual designs will be used for Georgia Southern’s Athletic Department to secure private funding in order to finance the construction of the practice facility.

Conceptual Video

Left: Sitting just off Interstate-85 on Alabama State University’s campus, the 450,000-square-foot three-level facility is highly visible to people driving by and marks a pivotal turning point for Hornet Football and the entire ASU Athletics Program.

Right: The newly-renovated Pete Mathews Coliseum at Jacksonville State University is home to the men’s and women’s basketball teams, as well as the women’s volleyball team. With capacity for 3,500 spectators, “The Pete” now provides the ultimate experience for Gamecock fans.

ASU FOOTBALL STADIUM

ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY

PETE MATHEWS COLISEUM

JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY

TROJAN ARENA

TROY UNIVERSITY

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There was no stone unturned to make this place as aesthetically beautiful and alluring to fans and recruits as possible. Give the folks who had the vision to build it and the folks who did build it the credit. They hit a home run with this place.

TROY UNIVERSITY

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- Phil Cunningham, Men’s Basketball Head Coach

Above: The Coastal Carolina University’s Baseball team won the 2016 NCAA College World Series – the Chanticleers’ firstever national title in any sport. GMC, in collaboration with Populous, designed the new $15.8 million baseball complex, which was completed in 2015.

Right: The new baseball and softball complex renovations entailed building new grandstands, restrooms, concessions stands, coaches offices, locker rooms, lounges, meeting space, state-of-the-art video board and scoreboard, athletic training room, laundry facilities, premium fan and media areas.

BASEBALL/SOFTBALL COMPLEX COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

DOUG KINGSMORE STADIUM

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

Left: Aerial of Doug Kingsmore Stadium. The stadium was clad entirely in brick and cast-stone, with a wrought iron and brick pilaster fence enclosing the park and bisecting the interior and exterior entrance plazas, greatly improving security.

Concession points were increased sevenfold and restroom space was quadrupled for fans, along with the addition of patio space to accommodate groups and special events on the press level. The green roofing extends to cover a great deal of the stadium seating, and the press box was increased to twice its size to accommodate media covering the game. Four unified batting cages were built just outside the right-field fence, dugouts almost doubled in size and the pitcher development area was expanded. Other aspects of the renovation include more convenient parking and access to the main entrance, addition of ticket booths, construction of two plazas near the entrance and improved fan and player amenities.

Upgrades to Kingsmore Stadium were completed in association with Populous.

Top Right: View of stadium seating showing the green roof that extends over much of the seating area.

Middle Right: Plaza area.

Bottom Right: Fans at the stadium.

One of the “7 must-visit stadiums to catch a game at” — NCAA Ranked No. 6 best college baseball park in the country and No. 1 in the ACC — D1 Baseball One of the nation’s best facilities — Baseball America

Left & Right: Entryway to Doug Kingsmore Stadium

DOUG KINGSMORE STADIUM CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

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It’s the nicest dorm I’ve ever seen and I know it’s going to be the nicest dorm in the country. It’s the Taj Mahal. The guys love it! It’s going to build that family atmosphere. Even the guys living off campus are going to want to be there.

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- Nosa Eguae, Former Auburn Tigers Defensive End AU B U R N U N I V E R S I T Y

SOUTH DONAHUE ATHLETIC RESIDENCE HALL

AUBURN UNIVERSITY

Top Right: The Wellness Kitchen is located within proximity to South Donahue Residence Hall and to all major sporting and training venues. It was designed to provide a variety of menu choices for student athletes, along with general students.

Bottom Right: Under the direction of a registered dietitian, the Wellness Kitchen helps student athletes prepare for and recover from competition and to achieve peak physical condition.

WELLNESS KITCHEN AUBURN UNIVERSITY

ROWING FACILITY

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

Left: Clemson University’s 10,000-square-foot rowing boathouse sits on the western edge of campus on the shore of Lake Hartwell, one of the largest lakes in the Southeast.

Right: Auburn University’s 2008, two-story 22,000-square-foot Soccer & Track Facility overlooks both the competition track and soccer fields.

SOCCER & TRACK FACILITY AUBURN UNIVERSITY

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2012 Honor Award

WELLNESS CENTER

AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY

Above: Located prominently at the campus’s main entrance, the AUM Wellness Center is designed to promote a healthy lifestyle.

Left: The comprehensive facility includes a gymnasium, indoor pool, multiple exercise areas, a 25-foot climbing wall, running track, stretching areas, multipurpose rooms, and an outdoor patio area with a spa and bocce ball court.

Left: An all-inclusive health and fitness center, the UAH Fitness Center features an indoor swimming pool, indoor track, weight training room, outdoor volleyball court, aerobics and activity studio and a cardiovascular center.

Right: The facility is located on campus, but serves the community as a whole, with memberships available to Huntsville-area residents.

UNIVERSITY FITNESS CENTER

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE

TROUP HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC COMPLEX

TROUP COUNTY, GEORGIA

Left: Troup High School Athletic Complex is a brand-new athletic complex constructed with a pre-engineered metal building shell with a standing seam roof to house multi-purpose spaces for a wide variety of sports and events.

Top Right: The 2,000-seat basketball arena introduces the ability to hold regulation basketball tournaments.

Middle Right: The full-width indoor practice facility with artificial turf allows teams to escape the outdoor elements without sacrificing the way they prepare for competition.

Bottom Right: The architecture prioritizes school spirit and identity.

Left: The new 71,800-square-foot Athens Recreation Center features three full-size basketball courts; an indoor walking track and fitness center; racquetball, tennis and sand volleyball courts; a conference, office and meeting rooms; and a daycare and playground area for children.

Right: The Recreation Center is an investment by the City of Athens for its young people and families by providing them with an inviting facility with a variety of recreational amenities.

ATHENS RECREATION CENTER ATHENS, ALABAMA

HOOVER SPORTS & EVENTS CENTER

HOOVER, ALABAMA

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Left: The 155,000-square-foot Finley Center at the Hoover Met Complex boasts basketball and volleyball courts, a climbing attraction, sports performance area, suspended track, trade show booth space and a food court.

Right: Sitting on 120 acres, the Hoover Sports Complex outdoor features include five NCAA regulation-size soccer/football/ lacrosse fields, five NCAA regulation-size baseball/softball fields, 16 tennis courts and pro shop, playground, splash pad and event lawn.

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Left: The 90,000-square-foot Foley Event Center is a premier space for sports tournaments, trade shows and concerts. GMC also designed the stands and locker rooms at the Championship Field, in addition to providing planning, architecture and engineering services for the 500-acre-site on which the sports complex sits, featuring the entertainment destination OWA. Right: The Pelham Park Recreation Center is the City of Pelham, Alabama’s new, state-of-the-art recreation facility, designed to serve the community at-large.

FOLEY EVENT CENTER

FOLEY, ALABAMA

PELHAM PARK RECREATION CENTER PELHAM, ALABAMA

OXFORD RECREATION COMPLEX

OXFORD, ALABAMA

Left: The Oxford Recreation Complex enables the City of Oxford to host regional and state sports tournaments that generate approximately $14 million in revenue – a substantial economic impact for the city.

Right: The 360-acre complex, also known as Choccolocco Park, features signature baseball and softball fields, four additional baseball fields, five additional softball fields, two baseball/softball fields, 16 batting cages, four soccer fields, a full-scale track and field venue and two playgrounds. The signature baseball field was voted “National High School Field of the Year” in 2016 by the National High School Baseball Coaches Association.

BEAR LEVIN STUDER FAMILY YMCA

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA

Left: The downtown Pensacola YMCA is a 52,000 square-foot (sf) 2-story recreational complex that includes a full size gymnasium aquatics center, wellness center, multi-purpose/community rooms, demonstration kitchen, locker rooms, conference room and administration office.

Top Right: The entire facility is designed to be a unique place where people can learn to improve their health and quality of life.

Middle Right: One of the community rooms where people can participate in one of the many group exercise programs that are available. A healthcare partner has also teamed with the YMCA to provide a therapy component.

Bottom Right: View of the aquatic center and slide that are available to YMCA patrons.

HARBERT FAMILY RECRUITING CENTER AT JORDAN-HARE STADIUM

AUBURN UNIVERSITY

Sports and recreational facilities are an integral part of the community, whether designed to support a major collegiate athletic program or a local little league team.

With several former athletes comprising our team of specialists, we offer a unique perspective and an unprecedented level of expertise.

Get in the game with GMC Sports.

Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC) is one of the

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region’s largest privately-held architecture

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and engineering firms, with more than 450+ employees located in offices throughout the Southeast and projects spanning nationwide.

Florida Pensacola Sarasota Tampa

Georgia Atlanta Augusta Brunswick Savannah

South Carolina Charleston Columbia Greenville

Louisiana New Orleans

Tennessee Franklin Nashville

North Carolina Charlotte

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