Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

History

Chronological timeline

• 1913 – The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference was founded as the Southeastern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Charter members involved Lincoln Junior College, Atlanta University, Clark College, Fisk University, Jackson College, Morris Brown College, Morehouse College, Talladega College and Tuskegee University, beginning the 1913–14 academic year.
• 1914 – Jackson State left the SIAC after spending just one season after the 1913–14 academic year.
• 1920 – Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College, Knoxville College, and Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State Normal College joined the SIAC in the 1920–21 academic year.
• 1927 – Miles Memorial College joined the SIAC in the 1927–28 academic year.
• 1929:
• * Atlanta University left the SIAC after the 1928–29 academic year.
• * The SEIAC has been rebranded as the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in the 1929–30 academic year.
• * Lane College joined the SIAC in the 1929–30 academic year.
• 1930:
• * Tennessee State left the SIAC after the 1929–30 academic year.
• * Edward Waters College joined the SIAC in the 1930–31 academic year.
• 1932 – Benedict College and LeMoyne College joined the SIAC in the 1932–33 academic year.
• 1935:
• * Edward Waters left the SIAC after the 1934–35 academic year.
• * The Normal Industrial Agricultural and Mechanical College of South Carolina and Xavier University of Louisiana joined the SIAC in the 1935–36 academic year.
• 1941:
• * Talladega left the SIAC after the 1940–41 academic year.
• * Fort Valley State College joined the SIAC in the 1941–42 academic year.
• 1947 – Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College and Allen University joined the SIAC in the 1947–48 academic year.
• 1950 – Bethune–Cookman College joined the SIAC in the 1950–51 academic year.
• 1960 – Xavier left the SIAC after the 1959–60 academic year.
• 1969
• * Allen left the SIAC after the 1968–69 academic year.
• * Albany State College and Savannah State College joined the SIAC in the 1969–70 academic year.
• 1971 – South Carolina State left the SIAC after the 1970–71 academic year.
• 1976 – Alabama State left the SIAC after the 1975–76 academic year.
• 1978 – Rust College and Stillman College joined the SIAC in the 1978–79 academic year.
• 1979 – Bethune–Cookman and Florida A&M left the SIAC to join the MEAC after the 1978–79 academic year.
• 1983 – Fisk left the SIAC after the 1982–83 academic year.
• 1985 – Paine College joined the SIAC in the 1985–86 academic year.
• 1988 – Rust left the SIAC after the 1987–88 academic year.
• 1990 – Knoxville left the SIAC after the 1989–90 academic year.
• 1997 – Kentucky State University joined the SIAC in the 1997–98 academic year.
• 1998 – Alabama A&M left the SIAC to join Division I ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Southwestern Athletic Conference after the 1997–98 academic year.
• 1999 – Stillman left the SIAC to join the NCAA Division III ranks and the Great South Athletic Conference after the 1998–99 academic year.
• 2000 – Morris Brown and Savannah State left the SIAC to become [NCAA NCAA Division II|Division II independent schools|NCAA D-II Independents] after the 1999–2000 academic year.
• 2002 – Stillman rejoined the SIAC in the 2002–03 academic year.
• 2008 – Claflin University joined the SIAC in the 2008–09 academic year.
• 2013 – Central State University joined the SIAC as an associate member for football in the 2013 fall season.
• 2014 – Spring Hill College joined the SIAC in the 2014–15 academic year.
• 2015 – Central State had upgraded to join the SIAC for all sports in the 2015–16 academic year.
• 2016 – Stillman left the SIAC for a second time to join the Southern States Athletic Conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics ranks after the 2015–16 academic year.
• 2018 – Claflin left the SIAC to join the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association after the 2017–18 academic year.
• 2019 – Savannah State rejoined the SIAC as a provisional member in the 2019–20 academic year; which would later gain full member status in 2020–21.
• 2020 – Allen rejoined the SIAC as a provisional member in the 2020–21 academic year; which would later gain full member status in 2022–23.
• 2021:
• * Paine left the SIAC and the NCAA to join as an Independent within the National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association after the 2020–21 academic year.
• * Edward Waters rejoined the SIAC as a provisional member in the 2021–22 academic year; which would later gain full member status in 2022–23.

Member schools

Current members

Former members

Membership timeline

Sports

Men's sponsored sports by school

Women's sponsored sports by school

Championships

Commissioner's All-Sports

Men's sports

• 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.

Basketball championships

Women's sports