FACILITIES

HANNER FIELDHOUSE

The W.S. Hanner Fieldhouse serves as the home of Eagle basketball and volleyball. Completed in 1969, the facility is named for the late W.S. "Shep" Hanner, the school's faculty athletic chairman from 1935 to 1959. Hanner also served at various times as tennis coach, assistant football coach, professor and chairman of the Division of Exercise Sciences.

The Fieldhouse is actually part of the larger Hanner Complex, which houses the Health, Physical Education and Professional Studies as well as most of the Eagle men's coaches offices. In addition to the main basketball arena, the complex contains a smaller gymnasium, a weight room, a gymnastic/aerobic room, an eight-lane collegiate swimming facility and athletic training facilities.

During the summer of 1995, the University completed a $500,000 renovation to Hanner Fieldhouse. Wooden bleachers at floor level were replaced with chairback seats, new floor graphics were painted and portable baskets with shot clocks were purchased. Outside the arena, the basketball locker rooms and coaches' offices were also renovated.

Basketball Practice Facility
Georgia Southern refurbished the back gym in Hanner Fieldhouse, providing a stand-alone practice facility for the men's and women's basketball programs, in the fall of 2019.  The old floor was replaced with a three-quarter-inch wood regulation playing surface, which was painted and lined to replicate the same surface the Eagles play on in the main Hanner arena.

New lighting, which also imitates the lighting in the main arena, was installed along with a scoreboard, clocks and shot clocks. The side goals have regulation 3-point lines for shooting practice, and decorative wall wraps were added to brand the facility and basketball programs.