The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) is a

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affiliated with the

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(NCAA) at the Division II level. Formed in 1913, it consists mostly of

historically black colleges and universities Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community. ...

(HBCUs), with all but one member located in the

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. The SIAC has led all NCAA Division II conferences in football attendance.

History

Only three charter members are still part of the conference—

Clark Atlanta University Clark Atlanta University (CAU or Clark Atlanta) is a private, Methodist, historically black research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Clark Atlanta is the first Historically Black College or University (HBCU) in the Southern United States. Found ...

(formerly Clark College),

Tuskegee University Tuskegee University (Tuskegee or TU), formerly known as the Tuskegee Institute, is a private, historically black land-grant university in Tuskegee, Alabama. It was founded on Independence Day in 1881 by the state legislature. The campus was de ...

, and Morehouse (which briefly left before returning). Before 2014, all members had been southern HBCUs, but four of the SIAC's five newest members include its only non-HBCU,

Spring Hill College Spring Hill College is a private, Jesuit college in Mobile, Alabama. It was founded in 1830 by Michael Portier, Bishop of Mobile. Along with being the oldest college or university in the state of Alabama, it was the first Catholic college in the ...

(joined in 2014), and its only member outside the South,

Central State University Central State University (CSU) is a public, historically black land-grant university in Wilberforce, Ohio. It is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Established by the state legislature in 1887 as a two-year program for te ...

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

(joined in 2015). Their last three recent members were former member schools in their first stints:

Savannah State University ) , established = , closed = , type = Public historically black university , parent = University System of Georgia , academic_affiliation = Space-grant , endowment ...

returned to the SIAC in 2019 after a 19-year absence,

Allen University Allen University is a private historically black university in Columbia, South Carolina. It has more than 600 students and still serves a predominantly Black constituency. The campus is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as All ...

returned to the SIAC in 2020 after a 51-year absence, and

Edward Waters University Edward Waters University is a private Christian historically Black university in Jacksonville, Florida. It was founded in 1866 by members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME Church) as a school to educate freedmen and their children. ...

returned to the SIAC in 2021 after a nearly 86-year absence. The U.S. Army's 24th Infantry Division teams competed as members of the SIAC from 1930 until 1935.

Chronological timeline

* 1913 - The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) was founded as the Southeastern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SEIAC). Charter members involved

Lincoln Junior College Lincoln Junior College, located in Fort Pierce, Florida, opened its doors in 1960, at the same time as Indian River Junior College (now Indian River State College), restricted to white students. It was designed to serve Indian River, Martin, O ...

(now Alabama State University),

Atlanta University Clark Atlanta University (CAU or Clark Atlanta) is a private, Methodist, historically black research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Clark Atlanta is the first Historically Black College or University (HBCU) in the Southern United States. Fou ...

Clark College Clark College is a public community college in Vancouver, Washington. With 11,500 students, Clark College is the largest institution of higher education in southwest Washington. Founded in 1933 as a private two-year junior college, Clark Colleg ...

Fisk University Fisk University is a private historically black liberal arts college in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded in 1866 and its campus is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1930, Fisk was the first Africa ...

Jackson College Jackson College is a public college in Jackson County, Michigan. Originally established as Jackson Junior College in 1928, Jackson County electors voted to reincorporate the institution as a community college district under the "Public Act 188 ...

(now Jackson State University), Morris Brown College,

Morehouse College , mottoeng = And there was light (literal translation of Latin itself translated from Hebrew: "And light was made") , type = Private historically black men's liberal arts college , academic_affiliations ...

Talladega College Talladega College is a private historically black college in Talladega, Alabama. It is Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery, Alabama, ...

and

, effective beginning the 1913-14 academic year. * 1914 - Jackson State left the SIAC after spending just one season, effective after the 1913-14 academic year. * 1920 - Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University),

Knoxville College Knoxville College is a historically black liberal arts college in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, which was founded in 1875 by the United Presbyterian Church of North America. It is a United Negro College Fund member school. A slow peri ...

and Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State Normal College (now Tennessee State University) joined the SIAC, effective in the 1920-21 academic year. * 1927 -

Miles Memorial College Miles College is a private historically black college in Fairfield, Alabama. Founded in 1898, it is associated with the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (CME Church) and a member of the United Negro College Fund. History Miles College be ...

(now Miles College) joined the SIAC, effective in the 1927-28 academic year. * 1929 - Atlanta University left the SIAC, effective after the 1928-29 academic year. * 1929 - The SEIAC has been rebranded as the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC), effective in the 1929-30 academic year. * 1929 -

Lane College Lane College is a private historically black college associated with the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and located in Jackson, Tennessee. It offers associate and baccalaureate degrees in the arts and sciences. History Lane College was f ...

joined the SIAC, effective in the 1929-30 academic year. * 1930 - Tennessee State left the SIAC, effective after the 1929-30 academic year. * 1930 -

Edward Waters College Edward Waters University is a private Christian historically Black university in Jacksonville, Florida. It was founded in 1866 by members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME Church) as a school to educate freedmen and their children. ...

(now Edward Waters University) joined the SIAC, effective in the 1930-31 academic year. * 1932 -

Benedict College Benedict College is a private historically black college in Columbia, South Carolina. Founded in 1870 by northern Baptists, it was originally a teachers' college. It has since expanded to offer majors in many disciplines across the liberal arts ...

and LeMoyne College (now LeMoyne–Owen College) joined the SIAC, effective in the 1932-33 academic year. * 1935 - Edward Waters left the SIAC, effective after the 1934-35 academic year. * 1935 - The Normal Industrial Agricultural and Mechanical College of South Carolina (now South Carolina State University) and

Xavier University of Louisiana Xavier University of Louisiana (also known as XULA) is a private, historically black, Catholic university in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the only Catholic HBCU and, upon the canonization of Katharine Drexel in 2000, became the first Cathol ...

joined the SIAC, effective in the 1935-36 academic year. * 1941 - Talladega left the SIAC, effective after the 1940-41 academic year. * 1941 - Fort Valley State College (now Fort Valley State University) joined the SIAC, effective in the 1941-42 academic year. * 1947 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University) and

joined the SIAC, effective in the 1947-48 academic year. * 1950 - Bethune–Cookman College (now Bethune–Cookman University) joined the SIAC, effective in the 1950-51 academic year. * 1960 - Xavier (La.) left the SIAC, effective after the 1959-60 academic year. * 1969 - Allen left the SIAC, effective after the 1968-69 academic year. * 1969 - Albany State College (now Albany State University) and

Savannah State College ) , established = , closed = , type = Public historically black university , parent = University System of Georgia , academic_affiliation = Space-grant , endowment ...

(now Savannah State University) joined the SIAC, effective in the 1969-70 academic year. * 1971 - South Carolina State left the SIAC, effective after the 1970-71 academic year. * 1976 - Alabama State left the SIAC, effective after the 1975-76 academic year. * 1978 -

Rust College Rust College is a private historically black college in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Founded in 1866, it is the second-oldest private college in the state. Affiliated with the United Methodist Church, it is one of ten historically black colleges ...

and

Stillman College Stillman College is a private historically black Presbyterian college in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It awards the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in 17 disciplines/majors housed within three academic schools (Arts and Sciences, Busin ...

joined the SIAC, effective in the 1978-79 academic year. * 1979 - Bethune–Cookman and Florida A&M left the SIAC to join the MEAC, effective after the 1978-79 academic year. * 1983 - Fisk left the SIAC, effective after the 1982-83 academic year. * 1985 -

Paine College Paine College is a private, historically black Methodist college in Augusta, Georgia. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Paine College offers undergraduate degrees in the liberal arts, bu ...

joined the SIAC, effective in the 1985-86 academic year. * 1988 - Rust left the SIAC, effective after the 1987-88 academic year. * 1990 - Knoxville left the SIAC, effective after the 1989-90 academic year. * 1997 - Kentucky State University joined the SIAC, effective in the 1997-98 academic year. * 1998 - Alabama A&M left the SIAC to join Division I ranks of the

(NCAA) and the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), effective after the 1997-98 academic year. * 1999 - Stillman left the SIAC to join the

NCAA Division III NCAA Division III (D-III) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. D-III consists of athletic programs at colleges and universities that choose not to offer athletic scholarships to their stu ...

ranks and the

Great South Athletic Conference The Great South Athletic Conference (GSAC) was an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division III. Member institutions were located nationwide, but was originally based in the southeastern United States. History The G ...

(GSAC), effective after the 1998-99 academic year. * 2000 - Morris Brown and Savannah State left the SIAC to become NCAA D-II Independents, effective after the 1999-2000 academic year. * 2002 - Stillman re-joined the SIAC, effective in the 2002-03 academic year. * 2008 -

Claflin University Claflin University is a private historically black university in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Founded in 1869 after the American Civil War by northern missionaries for the education of freedmen and their children, it offers bachelor's and master' ...

joined the SIAC, effective in the 2008-09 academic year. * 2013 -

joined the SIAC as an associate member for football, effective in the 2013 fall season (2013-14 academic year). * 2014 -

joined the SIAC, effective in the 2014-15 academic year. * 2015 - Central State had upgraded to join the SIAC for all sports, effective in the 2015-16 academic year. * 2016 - Stillman left the SIAC for a second time to join the

Southern States Athletic Conference The Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The 11 member universities that compete in 19 sports are located in Louisiana, Mississi ...

(SSAC) of the

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established in 1940, is a college athletics association for colleges and universities in North America. Most colleges and universities in the NAIA offer athletic scholarships to its st ...

(NAIA) ranks, effective after the 2015-16 academic year. * 2018 - Claflin left the SIAC to join the

Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. CIAA institutions mostly consist of historically black coll ...

(CIAA), effective after the 2017-18 academic year. * 2019 - Savannah State re-joined the SIAC as a provisional member, effective in the 2019-20 academic year. * 2020 - Allen re-joined the SIAC as a provisional member, effective in the 2020-21 academic year. * 2021 - Edward Waters re-joined the SIAC as a provisional member, effective in the 2021-22 academic year.

Member schools

Current members

The SIAC currently has 15 full members; all but five are

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schools: ;Notes:

Former members

The SIAC has 17 former full members, all but six were

schools: ;Notes:

Membership timeline

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Jackson State Jackson State University (Jackson State or JSU) is a public historically black research university in Jackson, Mississippi. It is one of the largest HBCUs in the United States and the fourth largest university in Mississippi in terms of studen ...

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Morris Brown Morris Brown (January 8, 1770 – May 9, 1849) was one of the founders of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and its second presiding bishop. He founded Emanuel AME Church in his native Charleston, South Carolina. It was implicated in the sl ...

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Florida A&M Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), commonly known as Florida A&M, is a public historically black land-grant university in Tallahassee, Florida. Founded in 1887, It is the third largest historically black university in the U ...

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Knoxville Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state's ...

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Tennessee State Tennessee State University (Tennessee State, Tenn State, or TSU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1912, it is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennes ...

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South Carolina State South Carolina State University (SCSU or SC State) is a public, historically black, land-grant university in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. It is the only public, historically black land-grant institution in South Carolina, is a me ...

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Kentucky State Kentucky State University (KSU and KYSU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Frankfort, Kentucky. Founded in 1886 as the State Normal School for Colored Persons, and becoming a land-grant college in 1890, KSU is the second ...

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Conference facilities

Conference sports

The SIAC currently sponsors 14 sports, eight for men and six for women. Men's volleyball became the 14th SIAC sport in the 2020–21 school year; play was intended to start in January 2021 but was delayed to 2022 due to

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issues.

Men's sponsored sports by school

Women's sponsored sports by school

Other sponsored sports by school

Championships

Commissioner's All-Sports

Men's sports

''Last three years of champions.'' *Golf returned as a conference sport in 2008. The first SIAC Intercollegiate Golf Championship was held at Tuskegee in 1938. The SIAC stopped Golf as a sport due to World War II but restarted in 1947 as an official conference sport until 1980 when golf was discontinued.