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South Atlantic Conference
	SAC
Established	1975
Association	NCAA
Division	Division II
Members	11 (12 in 2019)
Sports fielded	; 20; ; men's: 10; ; women's: 10; ; ; ; ;
Region	Southeastern United States
Headquarters	Rock Hill, South Carolina
Commissioner	Patrick Britz (since 2008)
Website	thesac.com
Locations

The South Atlantic Conference (SAC) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the southeastern United States. It participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s Division II level. The SAC was founded in 1975 as a football-only conference and became an all-sports conference beginning with the 1989–90 season.

The league currently sponsors 10 sports for men (football, cross country, soccer, basketball, wrestling, baseball, lacrosse, outdoor track & field, tennis, golf) and 10 sports for women (volleyball, cross country, field hockey, soccer, basketball, lacrosse, outdoor track & field, softball, tennis, and golf).

History

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Location of SAC members: current and future

The distant forerunner of the South Atlantic Conference was the North State Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (NSIAC). The NSIAC was formed when the "Little Six", as it was called, broke from the North Carolina Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1930. The charter members included Appalachian State Teachers College (now Appalachian State University), Lenoir–Rhyne College (now Lenoir–Rhyne University), Atlantic Christian College (now Barton College), Catawba College, Guilford College, Elon College (now Elon University), and High Point College (now High Point University).

The North State continued to grow over the next 30 years, adding Western Carolina University (1933), East Carolina University (1947) and Pfeiffer College (now Pfeiffer University) (1960). A name change became necessary when the league accepted Newberry College as its first member from the state of South Carolina in 1961. The league took on the name Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIAC) on May 20 of that year.

The CIAC saw several changes in the following years as East Carolina withdrew from the league in 1962. Appalachian State and Western Carolina followed in 1971 and 1976. All three landed in the Southern Conference (SoCon).

The South Atlantic Conference was founded in 1975 solely as a football conference. The league received its name from a contest in which Kurt Brenneman of Greensboro, North Carolina became the first to submit the SAC-8 moniker.

The SAC-8 consisted of Carson–Newman College (now Carson–Newman University), Catawba College, Elon College, Gardner–Webb College (now Gardner–Webb University), Lenoir–Rhyne College, Mars Hill College (now Mars Hill University), Newberry College, and Presbyterian College. Dr. Fred Bentley, of Mars Hill College, was named league president for its inaugural year, by a vote of the member institutions.

After the first season of play in the SAC-8, the Bears of Lenoir–Rhyne College captured the first football title.

In 1989, the league's 15th year of operation, the South Atlantic Conference became a comprehensive, multi-sport conference. Doug Echols was named the league's first Commissioner. That year the South Atlantic Conference sponsored 10 sports – football, men's and women's basketball, baseball, softball, men's soccer, volleyball, men's golf, men's and women's tennis. Later the conference grew to 14 championship sports by adding women's soccer (1990), men's and women's cross country (1993) and women's golf (1999). In 2013, the sports of men's and women's lacrosse and men's and women's track and field were added, increasing the number of championship sports to 18.

The South Atlantic Conference was composed of the same eight member institutions from 1975–76 until 1988–89, when Wingate College (now Wingate University) replaced Newberry College as the eighth member institution. Newberry College later re-joined the conference in the 1996–97 season.

In July 1998, Tusculum College was admitted as a member of the league, and Lincoln Memorial University began play in the conference in the 2006–07 academic year. Brevard College was admitted to the SAC as a provisional member in 2007 and a full member in 2008.

In 2008, Echols retired after serving as Commissioner for 19 years and Patrick Britz was hired as the new Commissioner.

In July 2010, Anderson University became the league's 10th member. Three years later in July 2013, Coker College and Queens University of Charlotte joined the conference.^[1] On April 13, 2018, UVA-Wise announced that it was joining the South Atlantic Conference for the 2019-20 season.^[2]

The SAC and Conference Carolinas entered into a partnership in the 2018–19 school year by which the two leagues would operate as a single conference in field hockey and wrestling, with championships immediately conducted in both sports. The leagues agreed that the SAC would coordinate the field hockey championship, while CC would fill the same role for wrestling. Accordingly, all CC field hockey programs became SAC affiliates, and all SAC wrestling programs became CC affiliates.^[3]

Member schools

Charter members

Newberry College left the SAC in 1989 (as a football member), and re-joined in 1996 (as an all-sport member). Wingate replaced Newberry College as the final member for the birth of the all-sport SAC in 1989. Former members Elon, Gardner–Webb, and Presbyterian were charter members of both the SAC-8 football era and the SAC all-sport era.

**SAC-8**
football era
(1975–1989)
Carson–Newman College
Catawba College
Elon College
Gardner–Webb College
Lenoir–Rhyne College
Mars Hill College
Newberry College
Presbyterian College

**SAC**
all-sport era
(1989–present)
Carson–Newman College
Catawba College
Elon College
Gardner–Webb College
Lenoir–Rhyne College
Mars Hill College
Presbyterian College
Wingate College

Current members

Institution	Location	Founded	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined
Anderson University	Anderson, South Carolina	1911	2,900	Trojans	2010
Carson–Newman University	Jefferson City, Tennessee	1851	2,115	Eagles	1975
Catawba College	Salisbury, North Carolina	1851	1,300	Indians	1975
Coker College	Hartsville, South Carolina	1908	1,000	Cobras	2013
Lenoir–Rhyne University	Hickory, North Carolina	1891	1,800	Bears	1975
Lincoln Memorial University	Harrogate, Tennessee	1897	2,579	Railsplitters	2006
Mars Hill University	Mars Hill, North Carolina	1856	1,300	Lions	1975
Newberry College	Newberry, South Carolina	1856	1,070	Wolves	1975; 1996
Queens University of Charlotte	Charlotte, North Carolina	1857	2,100	Royals	2013
Tusculum University	Tusculum, Tennessee	1794	2,053	Pioneers	1998
Wingate University	Wingate, North Carolina	1896	2,300	Bulldogs	1989

Future full member

Institution	Location	Founded	Joining	Enrollment	Current Conference	Nickname	Colors
University of Virginia's College at Wise	Wise, Virginia	1954	2019	2,000	Mountain East Conference	Highland Cavaliers

Affiliate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Sport	Primary Conference
Belmont Abbey College	Belmont, North Carolina	1876	1,320	Crusaders	2018	field hockey	Carolinas
Converse College	Spartanburg, South Carolina	1889	750	Valkyries	2018	field hockey	Carolinas
Limestone College	Gaffney, South Carolina	1845	3,300	Saints	2017 2018	football field hockey	Carolinas

Former members

Institution	Location	Founded	Nickname	Joined	Left	Current Conference
Brevard College	Brevard, North Carolina	1934	Tornados	2008	2017	USA South (NCAA D-III)
Elon University	Elon, North Carolina	1889	Phoenix	1975	1997	Colonial Athletic (NCAA D-I)
Gardner–Webb University	Boiling Springs, North Carolina	1905	Runnin' Bulldogs	1975	2000	Big South (NCAA D-I)
Presbyterian College	Clinton, South Carolina	1880	Blue Hose	1975	2007	Big South (NCAA D-I)

Membership timeline

Full member (all sports)
Full member (non-football)
Associate member (football-only)
Associate member (sport)

Sports

**Conference sports**
Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	Y
Basketball	Y	Y
Cross Country	Y	Y
Field Hockey		Y
Football	Y
Golf	Y	Y
Lacrosse	Y	Y
Soccer	Y	Y
Softball		Y
Tennis	Y	Y
Track & Field Indoor	Y	Y
Track & Field Outdoor	Y	Y
Volleyball		Y

Men's sponsored sports by school

School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross Country	Football	Golf	Lacrosse	Soccer	Tennis	Track & Field Indoor	Track & Field Outdoor	Total SAC Sports
Anderson	Y	Y	Y		Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Carson–Newman	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Catawba	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Coker	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Lenoir–Rhyne	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Lincoln Memorial	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Mars Hill	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Newberry	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Queens	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Tusculum	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	9
Wingate	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Totals	11	11	11	8	11	9	11	11	10	11	104
Future Members
UVA–Wise	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y			Y			6
Affiliate Members
Limestone				Y							1

Women's sponsored sports by school

School	Basketball	Cross Country	Field Hockey	Golf	Lacrosse	Soccer	Softball	Tennis	Track & Field Indoor	Track & Field Outdoor	Volleyball	Total SAC Sports
Anderson	Y	Y		Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Carson–Newman	Y	Y		Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Catawba	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Coker	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Lenoir–Rhyne	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Lincoln Memorial	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Mars Hill	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Newberry	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Queens	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Tusculum	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	9
Wingate	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Totals	11	11	3	11	9	11	11	11	10	11	11	107
Affiliate Members
Belmont Abbey			Y									1
Converse			Y									1
Limestone			Y									1
Future Member
UVA–Wise	Y	Y		Y	Y		Y	Y			Y	7

Other sponsored sports by school

School	Men			Women
School	Swimming & Diving	Volleyball ^[a]	Wrestling	Beach Volleyball ^[a]	Bowling ^[a]	Swimming & Diving
Carson–Newman	BMC			IND		BMC
Catawba	BMC					BMC
Coker		IND	CC
Lenoir–Rhyne	BMC					BMC
Lincoln Memorial		IND		IND	ECC
Mars Hill	ASC					ASC
Newberry			CC
Queens	BMC	IND	CC			BMC
Tusculum		^[b]			^[b]
Wingate	BMC					BMC

^ ^a^b^c De facto Division I sport. The NCAA operates a combined Division I/II national championship in men's volleyball, and single national championship events in beach volleyball and bowling that are open to members of all three divisions.

^ ^a^b Tusculum will add men's volleyball and women's bowling in the 2019–20 school year. The school has yet to announce a conference affiliation for either team.^[4]

In addition to the above, Tusculum will add a varsity team in the non-NCAA sport of men's bowling in 2019–20.^[4]

Conference stadia and arenas

Future member UVA–Wise in gray.

School	Football		Basketball
School	Stadium	Capacity	Arena	Capacity
Anderson Trojans	non-football school		Abney Athletic Center	1,500
Carson–Newman Eagles	Burke–Tarr Stadium	5,500	Holt Fieldhouse	2,000
Catawba Indians	Shuford Stadium	4,500	Goodman Gym	3,500
Coker Cobras	non-football school		Timberlake-Lawton Gymnasium	700
Lenoir–Rhyne Bears	Moretz Stadium	8,500	Shuford Memorial Gymnasium	2,770
Limestone Saints	The Reservation	8,250	Member in only football and field hockey
Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters	non-football school		Tex Turner Arena	5,000
Mars Hill Lions	Meares Stadium	5,000	Stanford Arena	2,800
Newberry Wolves	Setzler Field	4,000	Eleazer Arena	1,600
Queens Royals	non-football school		Curry Arena	2,500
Tusculum Pioneers	Pioneer Field	1,850	Pioneer Arena	2,500
UVA–Wise Cavaliers	Carl Smith Stadium	3,900	David J. Prior Convocation Center	3,000
Wingate Bulldogs	Irwin Belk Stadium	3,000	Cuddy Arena	2,300

References

^ http://www.thesac.com/about/history

^ http://www.uvawisecavs.com/news/2018/4/12/general-uva-wise-to-join-south-atlantic-conference-in-2019-20.aspx

^ "Conference Carolinas and The South Atlantic Conference Partner to Sponsor Field Hockey and Wrestling" (Press release). South Atlantic Conference. January 25, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

^ ^a^b "Tusculum announces addition of three new sports beginning in 2019-2020" (Press release). Tusculum Pioneers. September 20, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2019.

External links

Official website

[DI-4] De facto Division I sport. The NCAA operates a combined Division I/II national championship in men's volleyball, and single national championship events in beach volleyball and bowling that are open to members of all three divisions.

[Tusculum-6] Tusculum will add men's volleyball and women's bowling in the 2019–20 school year. The school has yet to announce a conference affiliation for either team.^[4]

[1] ttp://www.thesac.com/about/history

[2] ttp://www.uvawisecavs.com/news/2018/4/12/general-uva-wise-to-join-south-atlantic-conference-in-2019-20.aspx

[3] "Conference Carolinas and The South Atlantic Conference Partner to Sponsor Field Hockey and Wrestling" (Press release). South Atlantic Conference. January 25, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

[Tusculum_2019-5] "Tusculum announces addition of three new sports beginning in 2019-2020" (Press release). Tusculum Pioneers. September 20, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2019.

v t e South Atlantic Conference
Current members	Anderson Trojans Carson–Newman Eagles Catawba Indians Coker Cobras Lenoir–Rhyne Bears Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters Mars Hill Lions Newberry Wolves Queens Royals Tusculum Pioneers Wingate Bulldogs
Future members	UVA–Wise Cavaliers (joining in 2019)
Affiliate members	Belmont Abbey Crusaders (field hockey) Converse Valkyries (field hockey) Limestone Saints (football and field hockey)

v t e NCAA Division II all-sports conferences
Atlantic	Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Mountain East Conference Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Independent — Bluefield State College Salem University
Central	Great American Conference Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
East	Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference East Coast Conference Northeast-10 Conference
Midwest	Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Great Lakes Valley Conference Great Midwest Athletic Conference Independent — Oakland City University
South	Gulf South Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Sunshine State Conference
South Central	Heartland Conference Lone Star Conference Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Southeast	Conference Carolinas Peach Belt Conference South Atlantic Conference
West	California Collegiate Athletic Association Great Northwest Athletic Conference Pacific West Conference
Division II	Independents

v t e NCAA Division II football conferences
Super Region 1	Great Midwest Athletic Conference Mountain East Conference Northeast-10 Conference Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
Super Region 2	Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Gulf South Conference South Atlantic Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Independent — University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Super Region 3	Great American Conference Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Great Lakes Valley Conference Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
Super Region 4	Great Northwest Athletic Conference Lone Star Conference Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Division II	Independents
NCAA	Conferences Institutions Football (Championship)

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