USA South Athletic Conference

History

Chronological timeline

• 1963 – The USA South was founded as the Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. It was a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Charter members included Charlotte College, the College of Charleston, Lynchburg College, Methodist College, North Carolina Wesleyan College, and St. Andrews Presbyterian College, beginning the 1963–64 academic year.
• 1966 – Greensboro College joined the Dixie Conference in the 1966–67 academic year.
• 1968 – The University of North Carolina at Greensboro joined the Dixie Conference in the 1968–69 academic year.
• 1970:
• * UNC Charlotte and the College of Charleston left the Dixie Conference after the 1969–70 academic year.
• * Virginia Wesleyan College joined the Dixie Conference in the 1970–71 academic year.
• 1972 – Christopher Newport College joined the Dixie Conference in the 1972–73 academic year.
• 1973 – The Dixie Conference left the NAIA to join the Division III ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, beginning the 1973–74 academic year.
• 1976 – Lynchburg left the Dixie Conference to join the Old Dominion Athletic Conference after the 1975–76 academic year.
• 1978 – Averett College joined the Dixie Conference in the 1978–79 academic year.
• 1988:
• * UNC Greensboro and St. Andrews Presbyterian left the Dixie Conference after the 1987–88 academic year.
• * Ferrum College joined the Dixie Conference in the 1988–89 academic year.
• 1989 – Virginia Wesleyan left the Dixie Conference to join the ODAC after the 1988–89 academic year.
• 1992 – Shenandoah College joined the Dixie Conference in the 1992–93 academic year.
• 2000 – Chowan College joined the Dixie Conference in the 2000–01 academic year.
• 2003:
• * Peace College joined the Dixie Conference in the 2003–04 academic year.
• * The Dixie Conference was rebranded as the USA South Athletic Conference, beginning the 2003–04 academic year.
• 2004 – Chowan left the USA South to join the NCAA Division II ranks as an NCAA D-II Independent after the 2003–04 academic year.
• 2005 – Maryville College joined the USA South as an associate member for football in the 2005 fall season.
• 2007 – Mary Baldwin College and Meredith College joined the USA South in the 2007–08 academic year.
• 2009 – Agnes Scott College and LaGrange College joined the USA South as associate members for women's lacrosse in the 2010 spring season.
• 2012:
• * Shenandoah left the USA South to join the ODAC after the 2011–12 academic year.
• * Piedmont College joined the USA South in the 2012–13 academic year.
• 2013:
• * Christopher Newport left the USA South to join the Capital Athletic Conference after the 2012–13 academic year; while it remained as an associate member for football, beginning the 2013 fall season.
• * Covenant College and Huntingdon College joined the USA South in the 2013–14 academic year.
• 2014 – Agnes Scott left the USA South as an associate member for women's lacrosse after the 2014 spring season.
• 2016:
• * Christopher Newport left the USA South as an associate member for football after the 2015 fall season.
• * Salem College and Wesleyan College joined the USA South in the 2016–17 academic year.
• 2017 – Berea College, Brevard College and Pfeiffer University joined the USA South in the 2017–18 academic year.
• 2018 – Ferrum left the USA South to join the ODAC after the 2017–18 academic year.
• 2021 – Southern Virginia University joined the USA South in the 2021–22 academic year.
• 2022:
• * In an amicable conference split, Agnes Scott, Berea, Covenant, Huntingdon, LaGrange, Maryville, Piedmont and Wesleyan left the USA South at the end of the 2021–22 academic year to form the new Collegiate Conference of the South. With the CCS not sponsoring football, women's golf, or men's or women's lacrosse, all CCS members that sponsored those sports remained in the USA South as associate members.
• * At the same time, Averett left the USA South to join the ODAC.
• * Also at that time, Belhaven University joined the USA South as an associate member for football. Belhaven was initially slated to join for all sports, but was admitted to the CCS as a full member instead. The three other CCS members that sponsor football became USA South football associates. Huntingdon and non-football Piedmont also became associates in women's golf and men's and women's lacrosse; LaGrange also became an associate in men's lacrosse; and Maryville became an associate in women's golf.
• 2025 – Maryville left the USA South as an associate member for football and women's golf after the 2024–25 academic year.

Member schools

Current members

Associate members

Former members

Former associate members

Membership timeline

Sports

Men's sponsored sports by school

Women's sponsored sports by school