During the 1970s, the Athletics Department began intramural, club-type sports, which transformed into university athletics. “It actually started back when the campus was in Jeffersonville,” Joe Glover, athletic director, said. “It got its kick-start when we moved here to the Grant Line Road location. “That’s when things started to kind of grow and thrive with the new Activities Building that was built and so-forth,” Glover said. “That really kind of helped.”