The Newport News Apprentice School (or "Apprentice") athletic teams are known as the "Builders". The school is unique in that it does not grant degrees and therefore is not a member of either the NAIA or the NCAA, but has regularly competed in multiple sports against other degree-granting institutions in the area.

The school competes in the following sports:

• Baseball
• Men's Basketball
• Women's Basketball
• Football
• Golf
• Wrestling

Basketball

The Men's Basketball team has enjoyed historical success at Apprentice. The 1937 men's basketball team won the Virginia State AAU

AAU

-Education:* Aalborg University, in Denmark* Academy of Art University,in San Francisco* Addis Ababa University, in Ethiopia* Allied American University, brand used by Allied Schools in California, United States* Alpen-Adria-University of Klagenfurt, in Austria...

 Championship and qualified for the AAU Nationals in Denver, Colorado

Denver, Colorado

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The school also fields a women's basketball team that has regularly competed nationally at their level.

Football

American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 has been played at Apprentice since 1919, only breaking for two years during World War II

World War II

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. The former coach is Phil Janaro

Phil Janaro

-Coaching history:Coach Phil Janaro was the 28th and then later returned to be the 32nd and current head college football coachfor The Apprentice School Builders located in Newport News, Virginia and he held that position for nine seasons, from 1985 until 1987 and then returning from 2002 until...

, who has led the Builders to a record of 42 wins and 35 losses during his tenure. Former NFL

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 quarterback

Quarterback

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 Norm Snead

Norm Snead

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 also served as a head coach. The Current coach is Michael Vite.

Apprentice is currently a member of the Atlantic Central Football Conference

Atlantic Central Football Conference

The Atlantic Central Football Conference is a college athletic conference which competes in football only in the NCAA Division III...

, playing teams mainly in the NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

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 Division III, although they may schedule games against NAIA

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

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 teams.

Wrestling

Wrestling at Apprentice competes in the National Collegiate Wrestling Association

National Collegiate Wrestling Association

The National Collegiate Wrestling Association is a post secondary athletic association built to help the promotion of collegiate wrestling...

 (NCWA) and the team won the Mid-Atlantic Conference Championship for the 2010 season. The 2009 team, under head coach Bruce Shumaker, won the NCWA national championship.