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Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

January 26, 2023

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's (NCAA) Division I, and in football, in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).[1]

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
AssociationNCAA
Founded1970
CommissionerSonja O. Stills (since 2022)
Sports fielded
  • 14
    • men's: 6
    • women's: 8
DivisionDivision I
SubdivisionFCS
No. of teams8
HeadquartersNorfolk, Virginia
RegionSouth Atlantic, Middle Atlantic
Official websitemeacsports.com
Locations

Currently, the MEAC has automatic qualifying bids for NCAA postseason play in baseball (since 1994), 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

 
Locations of eight Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference members

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. To date, 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 is scheduled to leave the Western Athletic Conference, a league in which it is a major geographic outlier, in July 2022. 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 members

Institution Location Founded Joined Type Enrollment Nickname Colors
Coppin State University Baltimore, Maryland 1900 1985 Public 2,348 Eagles    
Delaware State University Dover, Delaware 1891 1970 Public 4,768 Hornets    
Howard University Washington, D.C. 1867 1970 Private 9,399 Bison/Lady Bison    
University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, Maryland 1886 1970,
1981[a]		 Public 2,888 Hawks    
Morgan State University Baltimore, Maryland 1867 1970,
1984[b]		 Public 7,763 Bears    
Norfolk State University Norfolk, Virginia 1935 1997 Public 5,601 Spartans    
North Carolina Central University Durham, North Carolina 1910 1970,
2010[c]		 Public 8,011 Eagles    
South Carolina State University Orangeburg, South Carolina 1896 1970 Public 2,479 Bulldogs/Lady Bulldogs    
Notes
  1. ^ Maryland–Eastern Shore left the MEAC after the 1978–79 season, while competing for football as an associate member during the 1979–80 season before dropping the sport altogether. Maryland–Eastern Shore rejoined the MEAC effective the 1981–82 season as a full member that no longer had a football program.[15]
  2. ^ Morgan State left the MEAC after the 1978–79 season, while competing for football as an associate member during the 1979–80 season, before rejoining effective the 1984–85 season.
  3. ^ North Carolina Central left the MEAC after the 1978–79 season, while competing for football as an associate member during the 1979–80 season, before rejoining effective the 2010–11 season.

Associate members

Institution Location Founded Joined Enrollment Nickname Colors MEAC
sport 		Primary
conference
North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, North Carolina 1891 2021–22[a] 13,322 Aggies     bowling (w) Colonial
Monmouth University West Long Branch, New Jersey 1933 2018–19 6,395 Hawks     Colonial
University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama 1966 20,902 Blazers     Conference USA
(The American in 2023)
Notes
  1. ^ North Carolina A&T was a full member from 1970-2021 before joining the Big South Conference.

Former full members

Institution Location Founded Joined Left Type Nickname Colors Subsequent
conference 		Current
conference
Bethune–Cookman University Daytona Beach, Florida 1904 1979 2021 Private Wildcats     SWAC
(NCAA Division I)
Florida A&M University[a] Tallahassee, Florida 1887 1979,
1986 		1984,
2021 		Public Rattlers & Lady Rattlers     SWAC
(NCAA Division I)
Hampton University Hampton, Virginia 1868 1991 2018 Private Pirates     Colonial
(NCAA Division I)
North Carolina A&T State University[b] Greensboro, North Carolina 1891 1970 2021 Public Aggies     Big South
(NCAA Division I) 		Colonial
(NCAA Division I)
Savannah State University Savannah, Georgia 1890 2010 2019 Tigers and Lady Tigers     SIAC
(NCAA Division II)
Winston-Salem State University[c] Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1892 2007 2010 Rams     CIAA
(NCAA Division II)
Notes
  1. ^ Florida A&M left the MEAC completely for two seasons from 1984–85 to 1985–86 and competed as an NCAA D-I Independent after a disagreement with the MEAC office over the playing of the rivalry game between Florida A&M and Bethune–Cookman University when FAMU refused to play conference mate BCU at a neutral site in Tampa in 1983 and the game was not played again in 1984. Florida A&M returned all sports to the MEAC effective the 1986–87 school year (with football returning later on, effective the 1987–88 school year). FAMU football left the conference after the 2003 fall season (2003–04 school year) during an attempt to move up to Division I-A (now FBS) with all other sports remaining in the MEAC. Financial difficulties halted the move after the 2004 fall season (2004–05 school year), at which time FAMU football returned back to the MEAC during the 2005 fall season (2005–06 school year).[16]
  2. ^ North Carolina A&T left the MEAC to join the Big South Conference, leaving that league after only one year to join the CAA, while its women's bowling team has remained an associate member of the MEAC throughout.
  3. ^ Winston–Salem State University was a transitional member and never attained full membership in the MEAC or NCAA Division I before returning to Division II and the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) after the 2009–10 school year, due to financial difficulties. They were scheduled to begin full membership and gain access to NCAA tournaments in 2011.[17][18]

Former associate members

Institution Location Founded Joined Left Type Nickname Colors MEAC
sport 		Primary
conference 		Subsequent
conference
Augusta University Augusta, Georgia 1785 2014–15 2020–21 Public Jaguars     Golf (M) Peach Belt
(NCAA Division II) 		Southland
(NCAA Division I)

Membership timeline

University of Alabama at BirminghamMonmouth UniversitySouthland ConferenceAugusta UniversitySouthern Intercollegiate Athletic ConferenceSavannah State UniversityCentral Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationWinston-Salem State UniversityNorfolk State UniversityColonial Athletic AssociationBig South ConferenceHampton UniversityCoppin State UniversitySouthwestern Athletic ConferenceFlorida A%26M UniversitySouth Western Athletic ConferenceBethune–Cookman UniversitySouth Carolina State UniversityCentral Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationNorth Carolina Central UniversityColonial Athletic AssociationBig South ConferenceNorth Carolina Agricultural and Technical State UniversityMorgan State UniversityUniversity of Maryland Eastern ShoreHoward UniversityDelaware State University

Full members Full members (non-football) Associate members Other Conference Other Conference

Facilities

All MEAC baseball schools currently compete as affiliate members of the Northeast Conference.

School Football stadium Capacity Basketball arena Capacity Baseball stadium Capacity
Coppin State Non-football school[a] Physical Education Complex 4,100[19] Joe Cannon Stadium 1,500
Delaware State Alumni Stadium 7,193[20] Memorial Hall 1,800[21] Soldier Field 500
Howard William H. Greene Stadium 10,000[22] Burr Gymnasium 2,700[23] Non-baseball school
Maryland–Eastern Shore Non-football school[b][24] Hytche Athletic Center 5,500[25] Hawk Stadium 1,000[26]
Morgan State Hughes Stadium 10,000 Talmadge L. Hill Field House 4,000 Non-baseball school
Norfolk State William "Dick" Price Stadium 30,000[27] Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall 4,500[28] Marty L. Miller Field 1,500[29]
North Carolina Central O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium 10,000[30] McDougald–McLendon Gymnasium 3,000[31] Non-baseball school
South Carolina State Oliver C. Dawson Stadium 20,000[32] SHM Memorial Center 3,000[33] Non-baseball school
  1. ^ Coppin State has a club football team that competes in the Mid Atlantic Conference of the National Club Football Association. This team does compete at an on-campus facility.
  2. ^ Maryland Eastern Shore has a club football team that competes in the Mid Atlantic Conference of the National Club Football Association. The team has an on-campus field, but the facility has no seating.

Sports

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

Teams in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference competition
Sport Men's Women's
Basketball 8 8
Bowling - 8
Cross country 8 8
Football 6 -
Softball - 8
Tennis 6 8
Track and field (indoor) 8 8
Track and field (outdoor) 8 8
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  Y  Y  N  Y  Y  Y 5
Delaware State  Y  Y  Y  N  Y  Y 5
Howard  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y 6
UMES  Y  Y  N  N  Y  Y 4
Morgan State  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y 6
Norfolk State  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y 6
NC Central  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y 6
SC State  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y 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
Coppin State NEC
Delaware State NEC
Howard NEC NEC NEC
UMES NEC NEC
Norfolk State NEC
NC Central NEC

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  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y 8
Delaware State  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y 8
Howard  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y 8
UMES  Y  Y  Y  Y  N  Y  Y  Y 7
Morgan State  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y 8
Norfolk State  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y 8
NC Central  Y  N  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y 7
SC State  Y  N  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y 7
Totals 8 6+3[a] 8 8 7 8 8 8 61+3=64
  1. ^ Bowling associates Monmouth, North Carolina A&T, and UAB.

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

School Beach Volleyball Equestrian[a] Golf Lacrosse Soccer Swimming & Diving
Delaware State — ECAC/ NCEA NEC ASUN[b] IND[b] —
Howard — — NEC NEC NEC NEC
SC State — — — — IND —
UMES [c] — NEC — — —
  1. ^ Part of the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program.
  2. ^ a b Delaware State will move their women's lacrosse and women's soccer to the Northeast Conference in the 2023-24 season.
  3. ^ Eastern Shore will add beach volleyball in 2022–23. It has yet to announce a conference affiliation.[34]

Championships

NCAA National championships

School Nat'l
titles 		Years
Howard 1 1971[a]• 1974
Maryland-Eastern Shore 3 2008 • 2011 • 2012[35]
  1. ^ Howard was later disqualified from their 1971 NCAA soccer championship; however, no team was ever announced as the new champion.

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 Champions Conference Overall AP/STATS UPI/Coaches' Postseason result Head coach
2010 Bethune-Cookman
South Carolina State
Florida A&M		 7-1
7-1
7-1		 10-2
9-3
8-3		 No. 15[36]
No. 16[36]
NR[36]		 15[37]
17[37]
NR[37]		 NCAA Division I-AA second round, L 45-20 vs.New Hampshire
NCAA Division I-AA first round, L 41-16 vs.Georgia Southern
No Playoff Invite		 Brian Jenkins
Oliver Pough
Joe Taylor
2011 Championship vacated by Norfolk State[Notes1 1][38]
2012 Bethune-Cookman 8-0 9-3 No. 22[39] 23[40] NCAA Division I-AA first round, L 24-14 vs. Coastal Carolina Brian Jenkins
2013 Bethune-Cookman
South Carolina State		 7-1
7-1		 10-3
9-4		 No. 16[41]
No. 25[41]		 No. 16[42]
NR		 NCAA Division I-AA first round, L 48-24 vs. Coastal Carolina
NCAA Division I-AA first round, L 30-20 vs. Furman		 Brian Jenkins
Oliver Pough
2014 Morgan State[Notes1 2][43]
Bethune-Cookman
North Carolina A&T
South Carolina State
North Carolina Central		 6-2
6-2
6-2
6-2
6-2		 7-5
9-3
9-3
8-4
7-5		 No. 23[44]
NR
NR
NR
NR
 No. 22[45]
NR
NR
NR
NR
 NCAA Division I-AA first round, L 46-24 vs. Richmond
No Playoff invite
No Playoff invite
No Playoff invite
No Playoff invite		 Lee Hull
Brian Jenkins
Rod Broadway
Buddy Pough
Jerry Mack
2015 North Carolina A&T
Bethune-Cookman
North Carolina Central		 7-1
7-1
7-1		 10-2
9-2
8-3		 No. 21[46]
NR
NR		 No. 21[47]
No. 25[47]
NR		 Celebration Bowl, W 41-34 vs. Alcorn State
No Playoff invite
No Playoff invite		 Rod Broadway
Terry Sims
Jerry Mack
2016 North Carolina Central 8-0 9-3 No. 20[48] No. 22[49] Celebration Bowl, L 10-9 vs. Grambling State Jerry Mack
2017 North Carolina A&T 8-0 12-0 No. 8[50] No. 7[51] Celebration Bowl, W 21-14 vs. Grambling State Rod Broadway
2018 North Carolina A&T 7-1 10-2 No. 12[52] No. 11[53] Celebration Bowl, W 24-22 vs. Alcorn State Sam Washington
2019 North Carolina A&T 6-2 9-3 No. 23[52] No. 22[54] Celebration Bowl, W 64-44 vs. Alcorn State Sam Washington
2020-21 Season Suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic[Notes1 3][55][56]
2021 South Carolina State 5–0 6–5 NR NR Celebration Bowl, W 31-10 vs. Jackson State Oliver Pough
2022 North Carolina Central 4–1 10–2 RV No. 21 Celebration Bowl, W 41-34OT vs. Jackson State Trei Oliver
  1. ^ Norfolk State's 2011 MEAC football championship was vacated as a result of NCAA Violations.
  2. ^ As a result of the MEAC football tierbreaker, Morgan State earned the conference's Automatic bid for the FCS Playoffs.
  3. ^ 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.

Celebration Bowl results

Year MEAC Team SWAC Team Attendance Series
2015 North Carolina A&T Aggies 41 Alcorn State Braves 34 35,528 MEAC 1–0
2016 North Carolina Central Eagles 9 Grambling State Tigers 10 31,096 Tied 1–1
2017 North Carolina A&T Aggies 21 Grambling State Tigers 14 25,873 MEAC 2–1
2018 North Carolina A&T Aggies 24 Alcorn State Braves 22 31,672 MEAC 3–1
2019 North Carolina A&T Aggies 64 Alcorn State Braves 44 32,968 MEAC 4–1
2021 South Carolina State Bulldogs 31 Jackson State Tigers 10 48,653 MEAC 5–1
2022 North Carolina Central Eagles 41 Jackson State Tigers 34 (OT) 49,670 MEAC 6–1

Men's basketball

See also: Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 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.

Tournament performance by active schools

School Championships Championship Years
South Carolina State 5 1989,1996,1998,2000,2003
Coppin State 4 1990,1993,1997,2008
North Carolina Central 4 2014,2017,2018, 2019
Howard 3 1980,1981,1992
Morgan State 3 1977,2009,2010
Norfolk State 3 2012, 2021, 2022
Maryland-Eastern Shore 1 1974
Delaware State 1 2005

Women's basketball

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

Baseball

Last 10 years of champions.

See also: Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
 Season   Regular season champion(s)  Tournament champion
2012 Bethune–Cookman Bethune–Cookman
2013 Delaware State Savannah State
2014 Bethune–Cookman
2015 Florida A&M
2016 Bethune–Cookman
2017 Bethune–Cookman
2018 North Carolina A&T
2019 Florida A&M
2021 Norfolk State
2022 Delaware State Coppin State

See also

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eastern, athletic, conference, meac, collegiate, athletic, conference, whose, full, members, historically, black, colleges, universities, hbcus, southeastern, atlantic, united, states, participates, national, collegiate, athletic, association, ncaa, division, . 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 s NCAA Division I and in football in the Football Championship Subdivision FCS 1 Mid Eastern Athletic ConferenceAssociationNCAAFounded1970CommissionerSonja O Stills since 2022 Sports fielded14 men s 6 women s 8DivisionDivision ISubdivisionFCSNo of teams8HeadquartersNorfolk VirginiaRegionSouth Atlantic Middle AtlanticOfficial websitemeacsports comLocationsCurrently the MEAC has automatic qualifying bids for NCAA postseason play in baseball since 1994 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 Contents 1 History 2 Member schools 2 1 Current members 2 2 Associate members 2 3 Former full members 2 4 Former associate members 2 5 Membership timeline 3 Facilities 4 Sports 4 1 Men s sponsored sports by school 4 2 Women s sponsored sports by school 5 Championships 5 1 NCAA National championships 5 2 Football 5 2 1 Celebration Bowl results 5 3 Men s basketball 5 3 1 Tournament performance by active schools 5 4 Women s basketball 5 5 Baseball 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory Edit Locations of eight Mid Eastern Athletic Conference members 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 amp 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 To date 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 amp 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 amp 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 amp T announced departing MEAC to join Big South Conference effective July 2021 Within few months in June 2020 Florida A amp 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 is scheduled to leave the Western Athletic Conference a league in which it is a major geographic outlier in July 2022 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 EditCurrent members Edit Institution Location Founded Joined Type Enrollment Nickname ColorsCoppin State University Baltimore Maryland 1900 1985 Public 2 348 Eagles Delaware State University Dover Delaware 1891 1970 Public 4 768 Hornets Howard University Washington D C 1867 1970 Private 9 399 Bison Lady Bison University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne Maryland 1886 1970 1981 a Public 2 888 Hawks Morgan State University Baltimore Maryland 1867 1970 1984 b Public 7 763 Bears Norfolk State University Norfolk Virginia 1935 1997 Public 5 601 Spartans North Carolina Central University Durham North Carolina 1910 1970 2010 c Public 8 011 Eagles South Carolina State University Orangeburg South Carolina 1896 1970 Public 2 479 Bulldogs Lady Bulldogs Notes Maryland Eastern Shore left the MEAC after the 1978 79 season while competing for football as an associate member during the 1979 80 season before dropping the sport altogether Maryland Eastern Shore rejoined the MEAC effective the 1981 82 season as a full member that no longer had a football program 15 Morgan State left the MEAC after the 1978 79 season while competing for football as an associate member during the 1979 80 season before rejoining effective the 1984 85 season North Carolina Central left the MEAC after the 1978 79 season while competing for football as an associate member during the 1979 80 season before rejoining effective the 2010 11 season Associate members Edit Institution Location Founded Joined Enrollment Nickname Colors MEACsport PrimaryconferenceNorth Carolina A amp T State University Greensboro North Carolina 1891 2021 22 a 13 322 Aggies bowling w ColonialMonmouth University West Long Branch New Jersey 1933 2018 19 6 395 Hawks ColonialUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham Alabama 1966 20 902 Blazers Conference USA The American in 2023 Notes North Carolina A amp T was a full member from 1970 2021 before joining the Big South Conference Former full members Edit Institution Location Founded Joined Left Type Nickname Colors Subsequentconference CurrentconferenceBethune Cookman University Daytona Beach Florida 1904 1979 2021 Private Wildcats SWAC NCAA Division I Florida A amp M University a Tallahassee Florida 1887 1979 1986 1984 2021 Public Rattlers amp Lady Rattlers SWAC NCAA Division I Hampton University Hampton Virginia 1868 1991 2018 Private Pirates Colonial NCAA Division I North Carolina A amp T State University b Greensboro North Carolina 1891 1970 2021 Public Aggies Big South NCAA Division I Colonial NCAA Division I Savannah State University Savannah Georgia 1890 2010 2019 Tigers and Lady Tigers SIAC NCAA Division II Winston Salem State University c Winston Salem North Carolina 1892 2007 2010 Rams CIAA NCAA Division II Notes Florida A amp M left the MEAC completely for two seasons from 1984 85 to 1985 86 and competed as an NCAA D I Independent after a disagreement with the MEAC office over the playing of the rivalry game between Florida A amp M and Bethune Cookman University when FAMU refused to play conference mate BCU at a neutral site in Tampa in 1983 and the game was not played again in 1984 Florida A amp M returned all sports to the MEAC effective the 1986 87 school year with football returning later on effective the 1987 88 school year FAMU football left the conference after the 2003 fall season 2003 04 school year during an attempt to move up to Division I A now FBS with all other sports remaining in the MEAC Financial difficulties halted the move after the 2004 fall season 2004 05 school year at which time FAMU football returned back to the MEAC during the 2005 fall season 2005 06 school year 16 North Carolina A amp T left the MEAC to join the Big South Conference leaving that league after only one year to join the CAA while its women s bowling team has remained an associate member of the MEAC throughout Winston Salem State University was a transitional member and never attained full membership in the MEAC or NCAA Division I before returning to Division II and the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association CIAA after the 2009 10 school year due to financial difficulties They were scheduled to begin full membership and gain access to NCAA tournaments in 2011 17 18 Former associate members Edit Institution Location Founded Joined Left Type Nickname Colors MEACsport Primaryconference SubsequentconferenceAugusta University Augusta Georgia 1785 2014 15 2020 21 Public Jaguars Golf M Peach Belt NCAA Division II Southland NCAA Division I Membership timeline Edit Full members Full members non football Associate members Other Conference Other ConferenceFacilities EditAll MEAC baseball schools currently compete as affiliate members of the Northeast Conference School Football stadium Capacity Basketball arena Capacity Baseball stadium CapacityCoppin State Non football school a Physical Education Complex 4 100 19 Joe Cannon Stadium 1 500Delaware State Alumni Stadium 7 193 20 Memorial Hall 1 800 21 Soldier Field 500Howard William H Greene Stadium 10 000 22 Burr Gymnasium 2 700 23 Non baseball schoolMaryland Eastern Shore Non football school b 24 Hytche Athletic Center 5 500 25 Hawk Stadium 1 000 26 Morgan State Hughes Stadium 10 000 Talmadge L Hill Field House 4 000 Non baseball schoolNorfolk State William Dick Price Stadium 30 000 27 Joseph G Echols Memorial Hall 4 500 28 Marty L Miller Field 1 500 29 North Carolina Central O Kelly Riddick Stadium 10 000 30 McDougald McLendon Gymnasium 3 000 31 Non baseball schoolSouth Carolina State Oliver C Dawson Stadium 20 000 32 SHM Memorial Center 3 000 33 Non baseball school Coppin State has a club football team that competes in the Mid Atlantic Conference of the National Club Football Association This team does compete at an on campus facility Maryland Eastern Shore has a club football team that competes in the Mid Atlantic Conference of the National Club Football Association The team has an on campus field but the facility has no seating Sports EditThe Mid Eastern Athletic Conference MEAC sponsors championship competition in six men s and eight women s NCAA sanctioned sports Teams in Mid Eastern Athletic Conference competition Sport Men s Women sBasketball 8 8Bowling 8Cross country 8 8Football 6 Softball 8Tennis 6 8Track and field indoor 8 8Track and field outdoor 8 8Volleyball 8Men s sponsored sports by school Edit School Basketball CrossCountry Football Tennis Track amp Field Indoor Track amp Field Outdoor Total MEACSportsCoppin State Y Y N Y Y Y 5Delaware State Y Y Y N Y Y 5Howard Y Y Y Y Y Y 6UMES Y Y N N Y Y 4Morgan State Y Y Y Y Y Y 6Norfolk State Y Y Y Y Y Y 6NC Central Y Y Y Y Y Y 6SC State Y Y Y Y Y Y 6Totals 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 amp DivingCoppin State NECDelaware State NECHoward NEC NEC NECUMES NEC NECNorfolk State NECNC Central NEC Women s sponsored sports by school Edit School Basketball Bowling CrossCountry Softball Tennis Track amp Field Indoor Track amp Field Outdoor Volleyball Total MEACSportsCoppin State Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 8Delaware State Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 8Howard Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 8UMES Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y 7Morgan State Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 8Norfolk State Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 8NC Central Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y 7SC State Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y 7Totals 8 6 3 a 8 8 7 8 8 8 61 3 64 Bowling associates Monmouth North Carolina A amp T and UAB Women s varsity sports not sponsored by the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference which are played by MEAC schools School Beach Volleyball Equestrian a Golf Lacrosse Soccer Swimming amp DivingDelaware State ECAC NCEA NEC ASUN b IND b Howard NEC NEC NEC NECSC State IND UMES c NEC Part of the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program a b Delaware State will move their women s lacrosse and women s soccer to the Northeast Conference in the 2023 24 season Eastern Shore will add beach volleyball in 2022 23 It has yet to announce a conference affiliation 34 Championships EditNCAA National championships Edit School Nat ltitles YearsHoward 1 1971 a 1974Maryland Eastern Shore 3 2008 2011 2012 35 Howard was later disqualified from their 1971 NCAA soccer championship however no team was ever announced as the new champion Football Edit 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 RankingYear Champions Conference Overall AP STATS UPI Coaches Postseason result Head coach2010 Bethune CookmanSouth Carolina StateFlorida A amp M 7 17 17 1 10 29 38 3 No 15 36 No 16 36 NR 36 15 37 17 37 NR 37 NCAA Division I AA second round L 45 20 vs New HampshireNCAA Division I AA first round L 41 16 vs Georgia SouthernNo Playoff Invite Brian JenkinsOliver PoughJoe Taylor2011 Championship vacated by Norfolk State Notes1 1 38 2012 Bethune Cookman 8 0 9 3 No 22 39 23 40 NCAA Division I AA first round L 24 14 vs Coastal Carolina Brian Jenkins2013 Bethune CookmanSouth Carolina State 7 17 1 10 39 4 No 16 41 No 25 41 No 16 42 NR NCAA Division I AA first round L 48 24 vs Coastal CarolinaNCAA Division I AA first round L 30 20 vs Furman Brian JenkinsOliver Pough2014 Morgan State Notes1 2 43 Bethune CookmanNorth Carolina A amp TSouth Carolina StateNorth Carolina Central 6 26 26 26 26 2 7 59 39 38 47 5 No 23 44 NRNRNRNR No 22 45 NRNRNRNR NCAA Division I AA first round L 46 24 vs RichmondNo Playoff inviteNo Playoff inviteNo Playoff inviteNo Playoff invite Lee HullBrian JenkinsRod BroadwayBuddy PoughJerry Mack2015 North Carolina A amp TBethune CookmanNorth Carolina Central 7 17 17 1 10 29 28 3 No 21 46 NRNR No 21 47 No 25 47 NR Celebration Bowl W 41 34 vs Alcorn StateNo Playoff inviteNo Playoff invite Rod BroadwayTerry SimsJerry Mack2016 North Carolina Central 8 0 9 3 No 20 48 No 22 49 Celebration Bowl L 10 9 vs Grambling State Jerry Mack2017 North Carolina A amp T 8 0 12 0 No 8 50 No 7 51 Celebration Bowl W 21 14 vs Grambling State Rod Broadway2018 North Carolina A amp T 7 1 10 2 No 12 52 No 11 53 Celebration Bowl W 24 22 vs Alcorn State Sam Washington2019 North Carolina A amp T 6 2 9 3 No 23 52 No 22 54 Celebration Bowl W 64 44 vs Alcorn State Sam Washington2020 21 Season Suspended due to the COVID 19 pandemic Notes1 3 55 56 2021 South Carolina State 5 0 6 5 NR NR Celebration Bowl W 31 10 vs Jackson State Oliver Pough2022 North Carolina Central 4 1 10 2 RV No 21 Celebration Bowl W 41 34OT vs Jackson State Trei Oliver Norfolk State s 2011 MEAC football championship was vacated as a result of NCAA Violations As a result of the MEAC football tierbreaker Morgan State earned the conference s Automatic bid for the FCS Playoffs 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 Celebration Bowl results Edit Year MEAC Team SWAC Team Attendance Series2015 North Carolina A amp T Aggies 41 Alcorn State Braves 34 35 528 MEAC 1 02016 North Carolina Central Eagles 9 Grambling State Tigers 10 31 096 Tied 1 12017 North Carolina A amp T Aggies 21 Grambling State Tigers 14 25 873 MEAC 2 12018 North Carolina A amp T Aggies 24 Alcorn State Braves 22 31 672 MEAC 3 12019 North Carolina A amp T Aggies 64 Alcorn State Braves 44 32 968 MEAC 4 12021 South Carolina State Bulldogs 31 Jackson State Tigers 10 48 653 MEAC 5 12022 North Carolina Central Eagles 41 Jackson State Tigers 34 OT 49 670 MEAC 6 1Men s basketball Edit See also Mid Eastern Athletic Conference 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 champion1972 North Carolina A amp T North Carolina A amp T 1973 Maryland Eastern Shore North Carolina A amp T1974 Maryland Eastern Shore Maryland Eastern Shore1975 North Carolina A amp T North Carolina A amp T1976 North Carolina A amp T North Carolina A amp T1977 South Carolina State Morgan State1978 North Carolina A amp T North Carolina A amp T1979 North Carolina A amp T North Carolina A amp T1980 Howard Howard1981 North Carolina A amp T Howard1982 North Carolina A amp T North Carolina A amp T1983 Howard North Carolina A amp T1984 North Carolina A amp T North Carolina A amp T1985 North Carolina A amp T North Carolina A amp T1986 North Carolina A amp T North Carolina A amp T1987 Howard North Carolina A amp T1988 North Carolina A amp T North Carolina A amp T1989 South Carolina State South Carolina State1990 Coppin State Coppin State1991 Coppin State Florida A amp M Season Regular season champion s Tournament champion1992 Howard Howard1993 Coppin State Coppin State1994 Coppin State North Carolina A amp T1995 Coppin State North Carolina A amp T1996 Coppin StateSouth Carolina State South Carolina State1997 Coppin State Coppin State1998 Coppin State South Carolina State1999 South Carolina StateCoppin State Florida A amp M2000 South Carolina State South Carolina State2001 Hampton Hampton2002 Hampton Hampton2003 South Carolina State South Carolina State2004 South Carolina StateCoppin State Florida A amp M2005 Delaware State Delaware State2006 Delaware State Hampton2007 Delaware State Florida A amp M2008 Morgan State Coppin State2009 Morgan State Morgan State Season Regular season champion s Tournament champion2010 Morgan State Morgan State2011 Bethune Cookman Hampton2012 Savannah State Norfolk State2013 Norfolk State North Carolina A amp T2014 North Carolina Central North Carolina Central2015 North Carolina Central Hampton2016 Hampton Hampton2017 North Carolina Central North Carolina Central2018 Hampton North Carolina Central2019 Norfolk State North Carolina Central2021 Norfolk State2022 Norfolk State Norfolk State Tournament performance by active schools Edit School Championships Championship YearsSouth Carolina State 5 1989 1996 1998 2000 2003Coppin State 4 1990 1993 1997 2008North Carolina Central 4 2014 2017 2018 2019Howard 3 1980 1981 1992Morgan State 3 1977 2009 2010Norfolk State 3 2012 2021 2022Maryland Eastern Shore 1 1974Delaware State 1 2005Women s basketball Edit See also Mid Eastern Athletic Conference women s basketball tournament Season Regular season champion s Tournament champion1978 South Carolina State1979 South Carolina State1980 1981 1982 Howard1983 South Carolina State1984 South Carolina State Bethune Cookman1985 South Carolina State Howard1986 South Carolina State South Carolina State1987 Howard Howard1988 North Carolina A amp T Howard1989 North Carolina A amp T Howard1990 North Carolina A amp T Howard1991 South Carolina State Coppin State1992 South Carolina State South Carolina State1993 South Carolina StateCoppin StateFlorida A amp M South Carolina State Season Regular season champion s Tournament champion1994 South Carolina State North Carolina A amp T 1995 Florida A amp M Florida A amp M1996 Florida A amp M Howard1997 Howard Howard1998 Howard Howard1999 Hampton Florida A amp M2000 Howard Hampton2001 Howard Howard2002 Howard Norfolk State2003 Hampton Hampton2004 Delaware StateHampton Hampton2005 Coppin State Coppin State2006 Coppin State Coppin State2007 Coppin State Delaware State2008 North Carolina A amp T Coppin State2009 North Carolina A amp T North Carolina A amp T Season Regular season champion s Tournament champion2010 North Carolina A amp T Hampton University2011 Hampton Hampton2012 Hampton Hampton2013 Hampton Hampton2014 Hampton Hampton2015 Hampton Savannah State2016 Bethune CookmanNorth Carolina A amp T North Carolina A amp T2017 Bethune Cookman Hampton2018 North Carolina A amp T North Carolina A amp T2019 North Carolina A amp T Bethune Cookman2021 North Carolina A amp T2022 HowardNorfolk StateMorgan State Howard Baseball Edit Last 10 years of champions See also Mid Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament Season Regular season champion s Tournament champion2012 Bethune Cookman Bethune Cookman2013 Delaware State Savannah State2014 Bethune Cookman2015 Florida A amp M2016 Bethune Cookman2017 Bethune Cookman2018 North Carolina A amp T2019 Florida A amp M2021 Norfolk State2022 Delaware State Coppin StateSee also EditList of American collegiate athletic stadiums and arenas List of black college football classicsReferences Edit https www ncaa com news football article 2021 11 04 fcs playoff bids here are fcs playoff automatic bid scenarios every conference text Before 20we 20start 2C 20remember 20that t 20featured 20in 20this 20article bare URL a b MEAC 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