Question: What athletic conference are Valdosta State Blazers football part of?

Context articles: Valdosta State Blazers
Kerwin Bell
Valdosta State–West Georgia football rivalry
List of Valdosta State Blazers football seasons
2016 Valdosta State Blazers football team
Valdosta State Blazers football
Chris Hatcher (American football)
2013 Valdosta State Blazers football team
Gulf South Conference
Jim Yarbrough (basketball)

The Valdosta State Blazers are the athletic programs of Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia.
 Valdosta State is a NCAA Division II member institution and has been a member of the Gulf South Conference since 1981.
Kerwin Douglas Bell (born June 15, 1965) is an American college and professional football coach and former player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL), World League of American Football (WLAF) and the Canadian Football League (CFL) for fourteen seasons in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s.
 Bell played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for four NFL teams, one WLAF team and four CFL teams.
 He was the head coach of the Jacksonville Dolphins football team of Jacksonville University from 2007 to 2015.
 He was announced as the head coach of the Valdosta State Blazers football team of Valdosta State University on January 22, 2016.
The Valdosta State–West Georgia football rivalry, commonly known as the Battle for the Peach Basket, is an college football rivalry game between two public universities in the U.S. state of Georgia, Valdosta State University Blazers and the University of West Georgia Wolves that compete for the Peach Basket.
 The current winner is Valdosta State, who won, 38–27, on October 8, 2016.
 Valdosta State leads the all-time series, 24–12.
The Valdosta State Blazers represent the Valdosta State University in football.
 The Blazers are a member of the Gulf South Conference (GSC) in NCAA Division II.
 Valdosta State University has had a football team since 1981.
 Valdosta State has competed in four NCAA Division II National Football Championships and won three (2004, 2007, 2012), the one loss from 2002.
 The Blazers have also compiled six GSC Championships (1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2010).
The 2016 Valdosta State Blazers football team represented Valdosta State University during the 2016 NCAA Division II football season.
 They were led by head coach Kerwin Bell, who was in his first season at Valdosta State.
 The Blazers played their home games at Bazemore–Hyder Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference.
The Valdosta State football team represents Valdosta State University in football.
 The Blazers are a member of the Gulf South Conference (GSC) in NCAA Division II.
 Valdosta State University has had a football team since 1981.
 The Blazers play in Bazemore–Hyder Stadium in Valdosta, Georgia, which has a capacity of 11,249.
 The Stadium is also the home of the historical Valdosta High School Wildcats, known as "the winningest high school football team in the country".
 The Blazers have won a total of three Division II National Championship titles (2004, 2007 and 2012).
Chris Hatcher (born February 18, 1973) is an American football coach and former player.
 He is currently the head coach at Samford University.
 Previously, Hatcher served as the head coach at Murray State University, a position he held since the 2010 season.
 He has also served as head coach at Valdosta State University from 2000 to 2006 and Georgia Southern University from 2007 to 2009.
 His Valdosta State Blazers won the NCAA Division II National Football Championship in 2004.
 Hatcher played college football as a quarterback at Valdosta State from 1991 to 1994.
The 2013 Valdosta State Blazers football team represented Valdosta State University during the 2013 NCAA Division II football season.
 They were led by seventh year head coach David Dean, and played their home games at Bazemore–Hyder Stadium as a member of the Gulf South Conference.
 The Blazers began the 2013 season ranked first in the American Football Coaches Association poll, the third time the Blazers have opened the season at No. 1.
The Gulf South Conference (GSC) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II level which operates in the southeastern United States.
Jim Yarbrough (born February 8, 1964) is a distinguished college basketball head coach with a 230-177 record over 14 seasons at Valdosta State University and Southeastern Louisiana University.
 He was named Southeastern Louisiana's 11th head basketball coach on June 23, 2005, and was dismissed on March 17, 2014, after compiling a 133-135 record in nine seasons that made Yarbrough the second-winningest men's basketball coach in SLU history, with the second-highest winning percentage in school history.
 His tenure included wins over Mississippi State, Penn State and Oregon State.
 Prior to his SLU career, Yarbrough led Valdosta State to multiple seasons in the NCAA Division II postseason tournament, including two seasons in which he was named both NCAA Division II South Region Coach of the Year and Gulf South Conference Coach of the Year.
 His 2003-04 Valdosta State team finished 25-4 and ranked No. 3 in the nation at the close of the season.
 Before beginning his college head coaching career at Valdosta State, he served six years as an assistant coach and associate head coach under John Kresse in the storied College of Charleston basketball program that compiled a 153-28 record and six conference championships during Yarbrough's years as a top assistant.
 At SLU, Yarbrough coached the Lions to five winning seasons and a school-record five winning campaigns in the Southland Conference, along with 11 players named to all-SLC teams.