Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
History
History
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### Chronological timeline

* 1962 – On September 1, 1962, the SCAC was founded as the **College Athletic Conference (CAC)**. Charter members included [Centre College](/wiki/Centre_College "Centre College"), [Southwestern University at Memphis](/wiki/Rhodes_College "Rhodes College"), [The University of the South of Sewanee](/wiki/Sewanee:The_University_of_the_South "The University of the South") and [Washington and Lee University](/wiki/Washington_and_Lee_University "Washington and Lee University"), which later added [Washington University in St. Louis](/wiki/Washington_University_in_St._Louis "Washington University in St. Louis") during that same year; effective beginning the 1962–63 academic year.
* 1972 – WashU left the CAC, effective after the 1971–72 academic year.
* 1973 – Washington and Lee left the CAC, effective after the 1972–73 academic year.
* 1974 – [Principia College](/wiki/Principia_College "Principia College") and [Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology](/wiki/Rose%E2%80%93Hulman_Institute_of_Technology "Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology") joined the CAC, effective in the 1974–75 academic year.
* 1980 – [Illinois College](/wiki/Illinois_College "Illinois College") joined the CAC, effective in the 1980–81 academic year.
* 1983 – Illinois College left the CAC, effective after the 1982–83 academic year.
* 1983 – [Fisk University](/wiki/Fisk_University "Fisk University") joined the CAC, effective in the 1983–84 academic year.
* 1984 – Principia left the CAC, effective after the 1983–84 academic year.
* 1984 – [Earlham College](/wiki/Earlham_College "Earlham College") joined the CAC, effective in the 1984–85 academic year.
* 1989 – Two institutions left the CAC: Earlham to join the [North Coast Athletic Conference](/wiki/North_Coast_Athletic_Conference "North Coast Athletic Conference") (NCAC), and Rose–Hulman to the [Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference](/wiki/Heartland_Collegiate_Athletic_Conference "Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference") (HCAC), both effective after the 1988–89 academic year.
* 1989 – [Millsaps College](/wiki/Millsaps_College "Millsaps College") and [Trinity University](/wiki/Trinity_University_%28Texas%29 "Trinity University (Texas)") joined the SCAC, effective in the 1989–90 academic year.
* 1990 – [Oglethorpe University](/wiki/Oglethorpe_University "Oglethorpe University") joined the SCAC, effective in the 1990–91 academic year.
* 1991 – The CAC was re\-designated as the **Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC)**, while women's programs became part of the SCAC, effective in the 1991–92 academic year.
* 1991 – [Hendrix College](/wiki/Hendrix_College "Hendrix College") joined the SCAC, effective in the 1991–92 academic year.
* 1994 – Fisk left the SCAC to join the [National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics](/wiki/National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics "National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics") (NAIA), effective after the 1993–94 academic year.
* 1994 – [Southwestern University](/wiki/Southwestern_University "Southwestern University") joined the SCAC, effective in the 1994–95 academic year.
* 1998 – [DePauw University](/wiki/DePauw_University "DePauw University") joined the SCAC (with Rose–Hulman re\-joining), effective in the 1998–99 academic year.
* 2006 – Rose–Hulman left the SCAC again to re\-join the HCAC, effective after the 2005–06 academic year.
* 2006 – [Austin College](/wiki/Austin_College "Austin College") and [Colorado College](/wiki/Colorado_College "Colorado College") joined the SCAC, effective in the 2006–07 academic year.
* 2007 – [Birmingham–Southern College](/wiki/Birmingham%E2%80%93Southern_College "Birmingham–Southern College") joined the SCAC, effective in the 2007–08 academic year.
* 2011 – DePauw left the SCAC to join the NCAC, effective after the 2010–11 academic year.
* 2011 – The [University of Dallas](/wiki/University_of_Dallas "University of Dallas") joined the SCAC, effective in the 2011–12 academic year.
* 2012 – Centre, Rhodes, Sewanee, Millsaps, Oglethorpe, Hendrix and Birmingham–Southern left the SCAC, effective after the 2011–12 academic year, to form the [Southern Athletic Association](/wiki/Southern_Athletic_Association "Southern Athletic Association") (SAA), along with [NCAA D\-III Independent](/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_independent_schools "NCAA Division III independent schools") [Berry College](/wiki/Berry_College "Berry College").
* 2012 – The [Centenary College of Louisiana](/wiki/Centenary_College_of_Louisiana "Centenary College of Louisiana") joined the SCAC, effective in the 2012–13 academic year.
* 2013 – [Schreiner University](/wiki/Schreiner_University "Schreiner University") and [Texas Lutheran](/wiki/Texas_Lutheran "Texas Lutheran") joined the SCAC, effective in the 2013–14 academic year.
* 2013 – The [University of California at Santa Cruz](/wiki/University_of_California%2C_Santa_Cruz "University of California, Santa Cruz") joined the SCAC as an affiliate member for men's swimming \& diving, effective in the 2013–14 academic year.
* 2014 – UC Santa Cruz left the SCAC as an affiliate member for men's swimming \& diving, effective after the 2013–14 academic year.
* 2016 – [McMurry University](/wiki/McMurry_University "McMurry University") and the [University of the Ozarks](/wiki/University_of_the_Ozarks "University of the Ozarks") joined the SCAC as affiliate members for men's and women's swimming \& diving, effective in the 2016–17 academic year.
* 2018 – The Denver campus of [Johnson \& Wales University](/wiki/Johnson_%26_Wales_University "Johnson & Wales University") joined the SCAC, effective in the 2018–19 academic year.
* 2019 – The [University of St. Thomas](/wiki/University_of_St._Thomas_%28Texas%29 "University of St. Thomas (Texas)") joined the SCAC, effective in the 2019–20 academic year.
* 2020 – Johnson \& Wales–Denver left the SCAC as the school announced that it would close, effective after the 2019–20 academic year.
* 2022 – [McMurry University](/wiki/McMurry_University "McMurry University") will join as a full member in the fall of 2024\.
* 2023 – Trinity and Southwestern announce their departure from the conference, joining the [Southern Athletic Association](/wiki/Southern_Athletic_Association "Southern Athletic Association") in 2025\.
* 2023 – The conference announces that [Concordia (TX)](/wiki/Concordia_University_Texas "Concordia University Texas") and [University of the Ozarks](/wiki/University_of_the_Ozarks "University of the Ozarks") will join in 2024–25\.
* 2024 – [Lyon College](/wiki/Lyon_College "Lyon College") will join the SCAC as an affiliate member for football, beginning in the 2024 season (2024–25 academic year).
* 2024 – The conference announces that [LeTourneau University](/wiki/LeTourneau_University "LeTourneau University") will join the SCAC, effective in the 2025–26 academic year.
* 2024 – Hendrix College announces it will return to the SCAC, effective in the 2025\-26 academic year.

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