Dakota Athletic Conference

History

• Formerly from the NDCAC: Dickinson State University, Jamestown College, the University of Mary, Mayville State University, Minot State University and Valley City State University
• Formerly from the SDIC: Black Hills State University, Dakota State University, Si Tanka University-Huron and South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Chronological timeline

• 2000 – The Dakota Athletic Conference was founded due to a merger of the North Dakota College Athletic Conference and the South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference. Charter members included Dickinson State University, Jamestown College, the University of Mary, Mayville State University, Minot State University and Valley City State University from the NDCAC, and Black Hills State University, Dakota State University, Si Tanka University–Huron and South Dakota School of Mines and Technology from the SDIC, beginning the 2000–01 academic year.
• 2005 – Si Tanka–Huron left the DAC after the school was declared to cease operations after the 2004–05 academic year.
• 2006 – Mary left the DAC to join the Division II ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association as a member of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference after the 2005–06 academic year.
• 2011 – On July 1, 2011 Dakota State announced they were leaving the DAC to become an NAIA Independent. Additionally, member schools Black Hills State, Minot State and South Dakota Mines also left the DAC while in the process of transitioning to NCAA Division II as NCAA D-II Independents:, all effective after the 2010–11 academic year.
• 2012 – The DAC would cease operations as an athletic conference at the end of the 2011–12 academic year; as many schools left to join their respective new home primary conferences: Dickinson State left for the Frontier Conference while Jamestown, Mayville State and Valley City State became NAIA independent schools.

Member schools

Final members

Former members

Membership timeline

Sports