What conference did William Alexander "Bill" Curry's team join after their last year as competing as football independents?
1982 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team The 1982 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by third-year head coach Bill Curry, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta, Georgia. It was their last year competing as football independents before joining the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1983.
NAIA independent football schools NAIA independent football schools are four-year institutional members of the NAIA that play college football independent of any formal conference affiliation. In sports other than football, these schools compete in a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA.