Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Explained

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Founded:1970
Association:NCAA
Division:Division I
Subdivision:FCS
Teams:8
Sports:14
Mens:6
Womens:8
Region:South Atlantic, Middle Atlantic
Headquarters:Norfolk, Virginia
Commissioner:Sonja O. Stills
Since:2022
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The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose full members are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southeastern and the Mid-Atlantic United States. It participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, and in football, in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).[1]

Currently, the MEAC has automatic qualifying bids for NCAA postseason play in men's basketball (since 1981), women's basketball (since 1982), softball (since 1995), men's and women's tennis (since 1998), and volleyball (since 1994). Bowling was officially sanctioned as a MEAC-governed sport in 1999. Before that season, the MEAC was the first conference to secure NCAA sanctioning for women's bowling by adopting the club sport prior to the 1996–97 school year.

History

In 1969, a group whose members were long associated with interscholastic athletics met in Durham, North Carolina for the purpose of discussing the organization of a new conference. After the formulation of a committee, and their research reported, seven institutions, Delaware State University, Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University and South Carolina State College, agreed to become the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.[2] South Carolina State had been a longtime member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, while the other charter members had been longtime members of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

The conference's main goals were to establish and supervise an intercollegiate athletic program among a group of educational institutions that shared the same academic standards and philosophy of co-curricular activities and seek status as a Division I conference for all of its sports.

The conference was confirmed in 1970, and had its first season of competition in football in 1971. The MEAC has had three full-time commissioners.[2] In 1978, the MEAC selected its first full-time commissioner, Kenneth A. Free, who served as commissioner until he resigned in 1995. He was succeeded by Charles S. Harris, who served at the position until 2002. On September 1, 2002, Dennis E. Thomas became the conference's commissioner. He retired on December 31, 2021. Sonja O. Stills became the first female commissioner of the MEAC on January 1, 2022. She is also the only female commissioner of a Division I HBCU athletic conference.

The MEAC experienced its first expansion in 1979 when Bethune–Cookman College (now Bethune–Cookman University) and Florida A&M University were admitted as new members. That same year, founding members Morgan State University, North Carolina Central University and University of Maryland Eastern Shore withdrew from the conference. All three schools eventually returned to the conference; Maryland Eastern Shore rejoined in 1981, Morgan State in 1984, and North Carolina Central in 2010.

On June 8, 1978, the MEAC was classified as a Division I conference by the NCAA. Prior to that year, the league operated as a Division II conference. The following month the MEAC received an automatic qualification to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship.

In 1984, membership in the MEAC again changed, as Florida A&M chose to leave. The university returned to the conference two years later. Coppin State College, now Coppin State University, joined the conference in 1985. The MEAC found some stability in membership with the addition of two HBCUs in Virginia, Hampton University and Norfolk State University in 1995 and 1997, respectively. For the next ten years, the MEAC remained an 11-member conference. In 2007, former CIAA member Winston-Salem State University was granted membership, but announced on September 11, 2009, that it would return to Division II at the end of 2009–10 and apply to return to the CIAA before ever becoming a full member of the MEAC.[3]

North Carolina Central University rejoined the conference effective July 1, 2010.[4] [5] NCCU was one of seven founding member institutions of the MEAC, but withdrew from the conference in 1979, opting to remain a Division II member when the conference reclassified to Division I.[4]

Savannah State University was announced as the newest member of the MEAC on March 10, 2010.[5] Savannah State originally applied for membership into the MEAC in 2006 but faced an NCAA probationary period soon after. Membership was then deferred until the completion of the imposed probation period, which ended in May 2009. Savannah State then resubmitted their application for membership again in 2009 and was finally granted probationary membership status.[5] On September 8, 2011, the university was confirmed as a full MEAC member.[6]

While the MEAC has had no new full members since then, the conference added an associate member in 2014 when Augusta University, then known as Georgia Regents University, a Division II institution with Division I programs in men's and women's golf, joined for men's golf.[7] Augusta became the MEAC's first associate member and first non-HBCU with any type of membership. The conference has since added two more non-HBCU associate members, with Monmouth University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) joining for bowling in 2018.[8]

In April 2017, Savannah State announced that it would drop to Division II effective with the 2019–20 school year.[9] In November 2017, Hampton announced they would leave the MEAC to join the Big South Conference beginning with the 2018–19 season.[10]

In February 2020 North Carolina A&T announced departing MEAC to join Big South Conference effective July 2021. Within few months, in June 2020, Florida A&M and Bethune-Cookman also announced that they will leave the MEAC and join the SWAC starting in July 2021. As a result, the MEAC will have eight members remaining for 2021, with only six of its members sponsoring football. The MEAC has hired a consulting firm to help assess its current schools and to help it identify potential institutions for addition to the conference.[11] The conference plans to operate with eight current members, starting 2021 until further expansion, in a compact geographical footprint removing North and South divisions.

In May 2021, multiple websites that report on HBCU sports indicated that the MEAC had reached out to two Division II HBCUs about their interest in transitioning to D-I and joining the MEAC. Kentucky State University and Virginia State University, respectively members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, confirmed that they had discussed possible membership with the MEAC and had commissioned feasibility studies on moving to Division I. Officials at both schools stated that they were considering the move, but would not commit to any change. One report also indicated that Chicago State University, a predominantly African-American school but not an HBCU, had lobbied the MEAC regarding membership. CSU was scheduled to leave the Western Athletic Conference, a league in which it is a major geographic outlier, in July 2022 to become an independent. According to this report, the MEAC had offered CSU associate membership in one sport, but was lukewarm to CSU becoming a full member because it does not sponsor football and is well outside the MEAC's geographic footprint.[12] [13]

In July 2022, the Northeast Conference (NEC) announced a partnership with the MEAC in which MEAC schools sponsoring baseball and men's and women's golf would become NEC affiliate members in their respective sports beginning in the 2022-23 season.[14]

Member schools

Current full members

InstitutionLocationFoundedJoinedTypeEnrollmentNicknameColors
Coppin State UniversityBaltimore, Maryland19001985Public2,724Eagles
Delaware State UniversityDover, Delaware18911970Public6,200Hornets
Howard UniversityWashington, D.C.18671970Private12,065Bison/Lady Bison
University of Maryland Eastern ShorePrincess Anne, Maryland18861970,
1981
Public2,333Hawks
Morgan State UniversityBaltimore, Maryland18671970,
1984
Public7,763Bears
Norfolk State UniversityNorfolk, Virginia19351997Public5,616Spartans
North Carolina Central UniversityDurham, North Carolina19101970,
2010
Public7,553Eagles
South Carolina State UniversityOrangeburg, South Carolina18961970Public2,649Bulldogs/Lady Bulldogs
Notes:

Associate members

InstitutionLocationFoundedJoinedEnrollmentNicknameColorsMEAC
sport
Primary
conference
North Carolina A&T State UniversityGreensboro, North Carolina18912021–2213,322Aggiesbowling (w)Coastal
University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, Alabama19662018–1920,902BlazersThe American
Notes:

Former full members

InstitutionLocationFoundedJoinedLeftTypeNicknameColorsSubsequent
conference
Current
conference
Bethune–Cookman UniversityDaytona Beach, Florida190419792021PrivateWildcatsSWAC
Florida A&M UniversityTallahassee, Florida18871979,
1986
1984,
2021
PublicRattlers & Lady RattlersSWAC
Hampton UniversityHampton, Virginia186819952018PrivatePiratesBig SouthCoastal
North Carolina A&T State UniversityGreensboro, North Carolina189119702021PublicAggiesBig SouthCoastal
Savannah State UniversitySavannah, Georgia189020102019Tigers and Lady TigersSIAC
Winston-Salem State UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina189220072010RamsCIAA
Notes:

Former associate members

InstitutionLocationFoundedJoinedLeftTypeNicknameColorsMEAC
sport
Primary
conference
Subsequent
conference
Augusta UniversityAugusta, Georgia17852014–152020–21PublicJaguarsGolf (M)Peach BeltSouthland
Monmouth UniversityWest Long Branch, New Jersey19332018–192024–25PrivateHawksBowlingCoastalNortheast
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Membership timeline

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Facilities

Non-football schoolPhysical Education Complex4,100[15]
Alumni Stadium7,193[16] Memorial Hall1,800[17]
William H. Greene Stadium10,000[18] Burr Gymnasium2,700[19]
Non-football school[20] Hytche Athletic Center5,500[21]
Hughes Stadium10,000Talmadge L. Hill Field House4,000
William "Dick" Price Stadium30,000[22] Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall4,500[23]
O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium10,000[24] McDougald–McLendon Gymnasium3,000[25]
Oliver C. Dawson Stadium20,000[26] SHM Memorial Center3,000[27]

Apparel

SchoolProvider
Coppin StateNike
Delaware StateNike
Howard UniversityJordan, Curry Brand (golf only)
University of Maryland Eastern ShoreNike
Morgan StateUnder Armour
Norfolk StateNike
North Carolina CentralNike
South Carolina StateNike

Sports

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) sponsors championship competition in six men's and eight women's NCAA-sanctioned sports.

width=55 Men'sWomen's
Basketball88
Bowling-8
Cross country88
Football6-
Softball-8
Tennis68
Track and field (indoor)88
Track and field (outdoor)88
Volleyball-8

Men's sponsored sports by school

School Basketball Cross
Country
Football Tennis Track & Field
(Indoor)
Track & Field
(Outdoor)
Total MEAC
Sports
Coppin State 5
Delaware State 5
Howard 6
UMES 4
Morgan State 6
Norfolk State 6
NC Central 6
SC State 6
Totals 8 8 6 6 8 8 44

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference which are played by MEAC schools:

School Baseball Golf Soccer Swimming & Diving Volleyball Wrestling
Coppin State
Delaware State
Howard
UMES align=center
Morgan State
Norfolk State
NC Central

Women's sponsored sports by school

School Basketball Bowling Cross
Country
Softball Tennis Track & Field
(Indoor)
Track & Field
(Outdoor)
Volleyball Total MEAC
Sports
Coppin State 8
Delaware State 8
Howard 8
UMES 7
Morgan State 8
Norfolk State 8
NC Central 7
SC State 7
Totals 8 6+2 8 8 7 8 8 8 61+3=64

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference which are played by MEAC schools:

School Equestrian Golf Lacrosse Soccer Swimming & Diving
Delaware State ECAC/ NCEA
Howard NECNEC
SC State
UMES

Championships

NCAA National championships

SchoolNat'l
titles
Years
Howard11971• 1974
Maryland-Eastern Shore32008 • 2011 • 2012[28]

Football

The MEAC, along with the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), are the only two Division I conferences whose members are mostly Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). In 2015, the MEAC joined the SWAC and Ivy leagues in abstaining from sending their conference champions to the FCS Playoffs. While the conference champion faces off in the Celebration Bowl against the SWAC Champion, the remaining conference members remain eligible for at-large bids for the playoffs.

This is a partial list of the last 10 champions. For the full history, see List of Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football champions.

Record Ranking
Year ChampionsConference OverallAP/STATS UPI/Coaches' Postseason result Head coach
20107–1
7–1
7–1
10–2
9–3
8–3
15[29]
16
NR
15[30]
17
NR
NCAA Division I Second Round, L 20–45 vs. New Hampshire
NCAA Division I First Round, L 16–41 vs. Georgia Southern
No Playoff Invite
Brian Jenkins
Oliver Pough
Joe Taylor
2011Championship vacated by Norfolk State[31] [32]
20128–0 9–3 22[33] 23[34] Brian Jenkins
20137–1
7–1
10–3
9–4
16[35]
25
16[36]
NR
Brian Jenkins
Oliver Pough
20146–2
6–2
6–2
6–2
6–2
7–5
9–3
9–3
8–4
7–5
23[39]
NR
NR
NR
NR
22[40]
NR
NR
NR
NR
NCAA Division I First Round, L 24–46 vs. Richmond
No Playoff invite
No Playoff invite
No Playoff invite
No Playoff invite
Lee Hull
Brian Jenkins
Rod Broadway
Buddy Pough
Jerry Mack
20157–1
7–1
7–1
10–2
9–2
8–3
21[41]
NR
NR
21[42]
25
NR
Celebration Bowl, W 41–34 vs. Alcorn State
No Playoff invite
No Playoff invite
Rod Broadway
Terry Sims
Jerry Mack
20168–0 9–3 20[43] 22[44] Jerry Mack
20178–0 12–0 8[45] 7[46] Rod Broadway
20187–1 10–2 12[47] 11[48] Sam Washington
20196–2 9–3 23 22[49] Sam Washington
2020-21 Season Suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic[50] [51] [52]
20215–0 6–5 NR NR Oliver Pough
20224–1 10–2 RV 21 Trei Oliver
20234–1 6–6 NR NR Larry Scott

Celebration Bowl results

YearMEAC TeamSWAC TeamAttendanceSeries
2015North Carolina A&T Aggies41Alcorn State Braves3435,528MEAC 1–0
2016North Carolina Central Eagles9Grambling State Tigers1031,096Tied 1–1
2017North Carolina A&T Aggies21Grambling State Tigers1425,873MEAC 2–1
2018North Carolina A&T Aggies24Alcorn State Braves2231,672MEAC 3–1
2019North Carolina A&T Aggies64Alcorn State Braves4432,968MEAC 4–1
2021South Carolina State Bulldogs31Jackson State Tigers1048,653MEAC 5–1
2022North Carolina Central Eagles41Jackson State Tigers34 49,670MEAC 6–1
2023Howard Bison26Florida A&M Rattlers30 41,108MEAC 6–2

Men's basketball

See also: MEAC men's basketball tournament. On June 8, 1980, the MEAC earned the classification as a Division I conference by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since 1981, the MEAC has received a qualifying bid to NCAA post season play in the sport of basketball. In three cases, MEAC schools seeded 15th (Coppin State in 1997, Hampton in 2001, Norfolk State in 2012) defeated second-seeded teams South Carolina, Iowa State and Missouri, respectively, in the NCAA tournament.

Coppin State again made history, as it qualified for the tournament as the first 20-loss team to play in the NCAA Tournament.

 Season  Regular season champion(s) Tournament champion
1972North Carolina A&T North Carolina A&T&nbsp;
1973Maryland Eastern ShoreNorth Carolina A&T
1974Maryland Eastern ShoreMaryland Eastern Shore
1975North Carolina A&TNorth Carolina A&T
1976North Carolina A&TNorth Carolina A&T
1977South Carolina StateMorgan State
1978North Carolina A&TNorth Carolina A&T
1979North Carolina A&TNorth Carolina A&T
1980HowardHoward
1981North Carolina A&THoward
1982North Carolina A&TNorth Carolina A&T
1983HowardNorth Carolina A&T
1984North Carolina A&TNorth Carolina A&T
1985North Carolina A&TNorth Carolina A&T
1986North Carolina A&TNorth Carolina A&T
1987HowardNorth Carolina A&T
1988North Carolina A&TNorth Carolina A&T
1989South Carolina StateSouth Carolina State
1990Coppin StateCoppin State
1991Coppin StateFlorida A&M
 Season  Regular season champion(s) Tournament champion
1992HowardHoward
1993Coppin StateCoppin State
1994Coppin StateNorth Carolina A&T
1995Coppin StateNorth Carolina A&T
1996Coppin State
South Carolina State
South Carolina State
1997Coppin StateCoppin State
1998Coppin StateSouth Carolina State
1999South Carolina State
Coppin State
Florida A&M
2000South Carolina StateSouth Carolina State
2001HamptonHampton
2002HamptonHampton
2003South Carolina StateSouth Carolina State
2004South Carolina State
Coppin State
Florida A&M
2005Delaware StateDelaware State
2006Delaware StateHampton
2007Delaware StateFlorida A&M
2008Morgan StateCoppin State
2009Morgan StateMorgan State
 Season  Regular season champion(s) Tournament champion
2010Morgan StateMorgan State
2011Bethune–CookmanHampton
2012Savannah StateNorfolk State
2013Norfolk StateNorth Carolina A&T
2014North Carolina CentralNorth Carolina Central
2015North Carolina CentralHampton
2016HamptonHampton
2017North Carolina CentralNorth Carolina Central
2018HamptonNorth Carolina Central
2019Norfolk StateNorth Carolina Central
2021Norfolk State
2022Norfolk StateNorfolk State
2023HowardHoward
2024Norfolk StateHoward

Tournament performance by active schools

SchoolChampionshipsChampionship Years
Howard51980,1981,1992,2023,2024
South Carolina State51989,1996,1998,2000,2003
Coppin State41990,1993,1997,2008
North Carolina Central42014,2017,2018, 2019
Morgan State31977,2009,2010
Norfolk State32012, 2021, 2022
Maryland-Eastern Shore11974
Delaware State12005

Women's basketball

See also: Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament.

 Season  Regular season champion(s) Tournament champion
1978South Carolina State
1979South Carolina State
1980
1981
1982Howard
1983South Carolina State
1984South Carolina StateBethune–Cookman
1985South Carolina StateHoward
1986South Carolina StateSouth Carolina State
1987HowardHoward
1988North Carolina A&THoward
1989North Carolina A&THoward
1990North Carolina A&THoward
1991South Carolina StateCoppin State
1992South Carolina StateSouth Carolina State
1993South Carolina State
Coppin State
Florida A&M
South Carolina State
 Season  Regular season champion(s) Tournament champion
1994South Carolina State North Carolina A&T&nbsp;
1995Florida A&MFlorida A&M
1996Florida A&MHoward
1997HowardHoward
1998HowardHoward
1999HamptonFlorida A&M
2000HowardHampton
2001HowardHoward
2002HowardNorfolk State
2003HamptonHampton
2004Delaware State
Hampton
Hampton
2005Coppin StateCoppin State
2006Coppin StateCoppin State
2007Coppin StateDelaware State
2008North Carolina A&TCoppin State
2009North Carolina A&TNorth Carolina A&T
 Season  Regular season champion(s) Tournament champion
2010North Carolina A&THampton University
2011HamptonHampton
2012HamptonHampton
2013HamptonHampton
2014HamptonHampton
2015HamptonSavannah State
2016Bethune Cookman
North Carolina A&T
North Carolina A&T
2017Bethune CookmanHampton
2018North Carolina A&TNorth Carolina A&T
2019North Carolina A&TBethune Cookman
2021North Carolina A&T
2022Howard
Norfolk State
Morgan State
Howard
2023Norfolk StateNorfolk State
2024Norfolk StateNorfolk State

Baseball

Last 10 years of champions. In 2023, the four remaining baseball programs from the MEAC joined the Northeast Conference to compete in baseball as associate members.[53]

See also: Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament.

 Season  Regular season champion(s) Tournament champion
2012Bethune–CookmanBethune–Cookman
2013Delaware StateSavannah State
2014Bethune–Cookman
2015Florida A&M
2016Bethune–Cookman
2017Bethune–Cookman
2018North Carolina A&T
2019Florida A&M
2021Norfolk State
2022Delaware StateCoppin State

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Becton. Stan. Here are the FCS Playoff automatic bid scenarios for every conference. November 20, 2021. NCAA.com.
  2. Web site: MEAC. MEACSports.com. September 28, 2008 . August 20, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20101207065528/http://www.meacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=20800&ATCLID=1591845. December 7, 2010. live.
  3. Web site: WSSU Decides To Stay In Division II Athletics. September 11, 2009. September 12, 2009. digtriad.com. D2Football.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719235952/http://www.d2football.com/viewnews.php?id=10962. July 19, 2011. live.
  4. Web site: North Carolina Central University joins Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Onnidan.com. September 10, 2009. September 11, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090923144456/http://onnidan.com/09-10/news/september/nccu-meac091009.htm. September 23, 2009. live.
  5. Web site: Savannah State University Joins Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Onnidan.com. March 10, 2010. March 10, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718191721/http://www.meacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&ATCLID=204905645&DB_OEM_ID=20800. July 18, 2011. live.
  6. Web site: N.C. Central and Savannah State Become Full Members. MEACSports.com. September 8, 2011 . Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. September 9, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120905195733/http://www.meacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=20800&ATCLID=205268476. September 5, 2012. live.
  7. Men's Golf Joins MEAC As Associate Member . GRU Augusta Athletics . September 10, 2013 . November 21, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151122111544/http://www.jaguarsroar.com/sports/mgolf/2014-15/releases/20140910l5dvft . November 22, 2015 . live .
  8. UAB, Monmouth Join MEAC For Women's Bowling . Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference . June 19, 2018 . September 17, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180917105230/http://www.meacsports.com/news/2018/6/19/uab-monmouth-join-meac-for-womens-bowling.aspx . September 17, 2018 . live .
  9. Savannah State Plans Athletic Division Reclassification . Savannah State Athletics . April 17, 2017 . May 22, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170527035436/http://www.ssuathletics.com/news/2017/4/17/academics-savannah-state-plans-athletics-division-reclassification.aspx . May 27, 2017 . live .
  10. Web site: Hampton moving to the Big South. Fox Sports. November 19, 2017. November 16, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034451/https://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/hampton-moving-to-the-big-south-111617. December 1, 2017. live.
  11. News: Ram Ramblings: Expansion is hot topic for MEAC and CIAA. Winston-Salem Journal.
  12. Web site: Kentucky State, Virginia State considering move up to Division I to join MEAC . Kenn . Rashad . HBCU Sports . May 10, 2021 . May 13, 2021.
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  50. In July 2020, the MEAC announced that it would cancel its fall sports seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic and announced the league would explore the possibility of playing in the spring. The conference later released a spring schedule, but had to suspend indefinitely, per league bi-laws, when six of the nine football playing schools had opted out of playing.
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