Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

History

Recent events

Chronological timeline

• 1962 – On September 1, 1962, the SCAC was founded as the College Athletic Conference . Charter members included Centre College, Southwestern University at Memphis, The University of the South of Sewanee and Washington and Lee University, which later added Washington University in St. Louis during that same year; beginning the 1962–63 academic year.
• 1972 – Washington left the CAC after the 1971–72 academic year.
• 1973 – Washington and Lee left the CAC after the 1972–73 academic year.
• 1974 – Principia College and Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology joined the CAC in the 1974–75 academic year.
• 1980 – Illinois College joined the CAC in the 1980–81 academic year.
• 1983 – Illinois College left the CAC after the 1982–83 academic year.
• 1983 – Fisk University joined the CAC in the 1983–84 academic year.
• 1984:
• * Principia left the CAC after the 1983–84 academic year.
• * Earlham College joined the CAC in the 1984–85 academic year.
• 1989:
• * Two institutions left the CAC to join their future respective primary home conferences, both effective after the 1988–89 academic year:
• ** Earlham to join the North Coast Athletic Conference
• ** and Rose–Hulman to the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
• * Millsaps College and Trinity University of Texas joined the CAC in the 1989–90 academic year.
• 1990 – Oglethorpe University joined the CAC in the 1990–91 academic year.
• 1991:
• * The CAC was re-designated as the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference , while women's programs became part of the SCAC, beginning in the 1991–92 academic year.
• * Hendrix College joined the SCAC in the 1991–92 academic year.
• 1994:
• * Fisk left the SCAC to join the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics as an Independent after the 1993–94 academic year.
• * Southwestern University of Texas joined the SCAC in the 1994–95 academic year.
• 1998 – DePauw University joined the SCAC in the 1998–99 academic year.
• 2006:
• * Rose–Hulman left the SCAC again to rejoin the HCAC after the 2005–06 academic year.
• ** Austin College and Colorado College joined the SCAC in the 2006–07 academic year.
• 2007 – Birmingham–Southern College joined the SCAC in the 2007–08 academic year.
• 2011:
• * DePauw left the SCAC to join the NCAC after the 2010–11 academic year.
• * The University of Dallas joined the SCAC in the 2011–12 academic year.
• 2012:
• * Centre, Rhodes, Sewanee, Millsaps, Oglethorpe, Hendrix and Birmingham–Southern left the SCAC, to form the Southern Athletic Association, along with NCAA D-III Independent Berry College, all effective after the 2011–12 academic year.
• * The Centenary College of Louisiana joined the SCAC in the 2012–13 academic year.
• 2013:
• * Schreiner University and Texas Lutheran joined the SCAC in the 2013–14 academic year.
• * The University of California at Santa Cruz joined the SCAC as an affiliate member for men's and women's swimming & diving in the 2013–14 academic year.
• 2014 – UC Santa Cruz left the SCAC as an affiliate member for men's and women's swimming & diving after the 2013–14 academic year.
• 2016 – McMurry University and the University of the Ozarks joined the SCAC as affiliate members for men's and women's swimming & diving in the 2016–17 academic year.
• 2018 – The Denver campus of Johnson & Wales University joined the SCAC in the 2018–19 academic year.
• 2019 – The University of St. Thomas joined the SCAC in the 2019–20 academic year.
• 2020 – Johnson & Wales–Denver left the SCAC after the 2019–20 academic year; as the school ceased operations.
• 2024:
• * Concordia University of Texas, McMurry University and the University of the Ozarks joined the SCAC in the 2024–25 academic year.
• * Lyon College joined the SCAC as an affiliate member for football in the 2024 season.
• 2025:
• * Trinity and Southwestern left the SCAC to join the Southern Athletic Association after the 2024–25 academic year.
• * LeTourneau University joined the SCAC in the 2025–26 academic year.
• 2026 – McMurry and Schreiner will leave the SCAC to rejoin the ASC after the 2025–26 academic year.

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