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Prior to the 1996 season, the Wofford football team played home games at Snyder Field. The first football game was played at Snyder Field in 1930, with lights installed for the 1948 season. With the move to NCAA Division I, a new football facility was a priority. Gibbs Stadium seats approximately 8,500 in grandstands, while an additional 4,500 seats are available in both endzones. The south endzone, known as the Verandah Lot, has become prime tailgating space for donors to the Terrier Club.
The press box includes two radio booths, a television booth, replay booth, plus two coaches boxes. A crows nest for videographers is also provided. On the second level, the Mungo Room is a hospitality suite that serves as the President’s Box on gameday.
Architects for Gibbs Stadium were McMillan, Smith and Partners, while M.B. Kahn Construction was the general contractor. The overall budget for the project was approximately $4.5 million. In 2015, the playing surface was replaced. During the summer of 2024, a new distributed sound system and video board were installed.
The facility was made possible with a gift from the Gibbs Foundation, along with support from federal economic development grants and Spartanburg County School District 7. Gibbs Stadium is the home of Wofford football and women’s lacrosse (since 2018). It served as the home field for Spartanburg High School football through the 2018 season, was the home of the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas for many years and part of Carolina Panthers training camp for two decades.
Jimmy and Marsha Gibbs
The stadium is named in honor of Jimmy and Marsha Gibbs, recognizing their long friendship with the college and lead gift of $1 million for the stadium project.
Gibbs is president of Gibbs International of Spartanburg, a diversified company engaged primarily in textiles, commercial real estate, industrial equipment, power generation and decommissioning. The Gibbs’ relationship with Wofford spans two generations. The late Melvin I. “Razor” Gibbs of the class of 1943 earned 16 varsity letters at Wofford in the early 1940s. In 1983, they established an endowed football scholarship in his father’s memory.
The Wofford Captain’s Council presented the Gibbs with its 2004 Distinguished Service Award. The Gibbs also received a Wofford Distinguished Service award from the Southern Conference in 2004. In 2008, the Gibbs, along with Ed Wile and Harold Chandler, announced a challenge gift of $1.5 million to raise funds for endowed athletic scholarships. The Gibbs provided the funding for the video board installed in 2010.
Mike Ayers Field
On October 27, 2018, Wofford unveiled a new gateway field entrance and officially named the field at Gibbs Stadium in honor of Coach Mike Ayers. For 30 years, Ayers expected Terrier toughness on the field and Terrier determination in the classroom. He retired at the end of the 2017 season with a 207-137-1 overall record at Wofford.
