Southern Conference

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Southern Conference
(SoCon)
Southern Conference logo
Established 1921
Association NCAA
Division Division I FCS
Members 10
Sports fielded 20 (men's: 11; women's: 9)
Region Southeast
Headquarters Spartanburg, South Carolina
Commissioner John Iamarino (since 2006)
Website soconsports.com
Locations
Southern Conference locations

The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-AA). Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.

The Southern Conference ranks as the fifth oldest major college athletic conference in the United States.[1] Only the Big Ten (1896), Missouri Valley (1907), Pac-12 (1915), and Southwestern Athletic (1920) conferences are older. The SoCon was the first conference to use the three-point field goal in basketball in a November 29, 1980 game at Western Carolina against Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), where Ronnie Carr shot the historic shot from 22 feet (6.7 m) away and the Catamounts won 77-70.[2][3]

The Southern Conference is considered one of the stronger football conferences in the Football Championship Subdivision and is considered a mid-major conference in basketball. It has also garnered considerable national attention from its recent success in these sports: in particular, former member, three-time Division I NCAA Football champion Appalachian State Mountaineers, who stunned the fifth-ranked Michigan Wolverines 34–32 on September 1, 2007;[4] from the Davidson Wildcats, who reached the Elite Eight in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament by upsetting power programs Gonzaga (a mid-major school which became a power program in the 2000s), Georgetown, and Wisconsin.[5] More recently, the six-time Division I NCAA Football champion Georgia Southern Eagles stunned Southeastern Conference power-house Florida Gators 26-20 in The Swamp on November 23, 2013—the first loss to a lower division opponent in the Florida program's history.[6] In 2015, Furman defeated UCF 16–15 and The Citadel topped South Carolina 23–22 for their second win over the Gamecocks in the past three meetings. The SoCon also frequently sees multiple teams selected to participate in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.[7]

History

Conference Commissioners
Wallace Wade 1951–1960
Lloyd Jordon 1960–1973
Ken Germann 1974–1986
Dave Hart 1986–1991
Wright Waters 1991–1998
Alfred B. White 1998–2001
Danny Morrison 2001–2005
John Iamarino 2006–present

Talks of a new conference for southern athletics had started as early as fall of 1920.[8] The conference was formed on February 25, 1921 in Atlanta as fourteen member institutions split from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association.[1] Southern Conference charter members were Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi State, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Washington & Lee. In 1922, six more universities – Florida, LSU, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tulane, and Vanderbilt joined the conference. The first year of competition for the conference was in 1922, effective January 1.[9][10] The new rules banned freshman play.[11] Later additions included Sewanee (1923), Virginia Military Institute (1924), and Duke (1929).

The SoCon is particularly notable for having spawned two other major conferences. In 1932, the 13 schools located south and west of the Appalachians (Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, University of the South(Sewanee), Tennessee, Tulane, and Vanderbilt) all departed the SoCon to form the Southeastern Conference (SEC). In 1953, seven additional schools (Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina, and Wake Forest) withdrew from the SoCon to form the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).[1] The SEC and ACC have gone on to surpass their parent conference in prestige; while the SEC and ACC are considered "power" conferences in Division I FBS (formerly Division I-A), the SoCon dropped to Division I-AA (FCS) in 1982, four years after the top division was split into two levels in 1978.

The SoCon became the first league to hold a post-season basketball tournament to decide a conference champion. Although first played in 1921, it did not become "official" until 1922, and in its first few years included teams which were not conference members.[12] Held at the Municipal Auditorium in Atlanta from February 24 – March 2, 1922, the first meeting was won by North Carolina who defeated non-member Mercer in the Finals 40-25.[13] The SoCon Basketball Tournament continues as the nation's oldest conference tournament. The next-oldest tournament overall is the SEC Men's Basketball Tournament, founded in 1933, but that event was suspended after its 1952 edition and did not resume until 1979. With the demise of the Division II West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 2013, whose tournament had been continuously held since 1936, the next-oldest conference tournament in continuous existence is now the ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, first held in 1954.

Member schools

Current members

The all-sports membership changed to 10 schools in 2014 following the departure of Appalachian State, Davidson, Elon, and Georgia Southern, plus the arrival of East Tennessee State (ETSU), Mercer, and VMI. The current football membership stands at eight. UNC Greensboro does not sponsor football, while ETSU, which relaunched its previously dormant football program in 2015,[14] is playing that season as an independent before joining SoCon football.

Institution Location
(Population)
Founded Type Enrollment[15] U.S. News
Ranking [15]
Endowment [15] Joined Nickname Colors
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tennessee
(167,674)
1886 Public
(UT)
11,674 57
(Regional: South)
$98.5 Million 1976 Mocs (men's)
Lady Mocs (women's)
Navy and Old Gold          
The Citadel Charleston, South Carolina
(124,632)
1842 Public
(Military College)
3,550 3
(Regional: South)
$275 Million 1936 Bulldogs Blue and White          
East Tennessee State University Johnson City, Tennessee
(63,152)
1911 Public
(TBR)
14,685[16] Not Published
(National)
$105.3 Million 1978[a 1]
2014
Buccaneers Navy and Gold          
Furman University Greenville, South Carolina
(61,674)
1826 Private 2,953 51
(National Lib. Arts)
$593.0 Million 1936 Paladins Purple and White          
Mercer University Macon, Georgia
(155,547)
1833 Private 8,351 8
(Regional: South)
$208.2 Million [17] 2014 Bears Orange and Black          
Samford University Homewood, Alabama
(25,167)
1841 Private
(Alabama Baptist Convention)
4,833 2
(Regional: South)
$294.8 Million 2008 Bulldogs Red and Blue          
University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina
(269,660)
1891 Public
(UNC)
17,707 181
(National)
$224.5 Million 1997 Spartans Gold, White, and Navy Blue
              
Virginia Military Institute Lexington, Virginia
(7,042)
1839 Public
(Military College)
1,675 64
(National Lib. Arts)
$337.9 Million 1924[a 2]
2014
Keydets Red, White, and Yellow
              
Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina
(9,428)
1889 Public
(UNC)
10,107 37
(Regional: South)
$54.5 Million 1976 Catamounts Purple and Gold          
Wofford College Spartanburg, South Carolina
(37,013)
1854 Private
(United Methodist Church)
1,584 77
(National Lib. Arts)
$167.5 Million 1997 Terriers Old Gold and Black          

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Associate members

On January 9, 2014, the SoCon and Atlantic Sun Conference announced a new alliance in lacrosse that took effect with the 2014–15 school year (2015 lacrosse season). Under its terms, sponsorship of men's lacrosse shifted from the A-Sun to the SoCon, while women's lacrosse sponsorship remained with the A-Sun. Bellarmine, which had announced it would join the A-Sun for men's lacrosse for the 2015 season, instead joined the SoCon.[18]

Institution Location Founded Type Enrollment Nickname Primary Conference SoCon Sport
United States Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, Colorado 1954 Federal (Service academy) 4,417 Falcons Mountain West men's lacrosse
Appalachian State University Boone, North Carolina 1899 Public (UNC) 17,589 Mountaineers Sun Belt wrestling
Bellarmine University[18] Louisville, Kentucky 1950 Private (Catholic Church) 3,846 Knights GLVC
(NCAA Division II)
men's lacrosse
Campbell University[19] Buies Creek, North Carolina 1887 Private 11,241 Fighting Camels Big South wrestling
Davidson College Davidson, North Carolina 1837 Private (Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)) 1,850 Wildcats Atlantic 10 wrestling
Gardner-Webb University[19] Boiling Springs, North Carolina 1905 Private (BSCNC) 5,000 Runnin' Bulldogs Big South wrestling
High Point University[18] High Point, North Carolina 1924 Private (United Methodist Church) 4,500 Panthers Big South men's lacrosse
Jacksonville University[18] Jacksonville, Florida 1934 Private 3,741 Dolphins Atlantic Sun (A-Sun) men's lacrosse
University of Richmond[18] Richmond, Virginia 1830 Private 4,361 Spiders Atlantic 10 (A-10) men's lacrosse
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville[20] Edwardsville, Illinois 1957 Public (SIU) 14,265 Cougars OVC wrestling

Future associate members

Institution Location Founded Type Enrollment Nickname Primary Conference SoCon Sport Joins
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) [21] Birmingham, Alabama 1969 Public (UA) 18,568 Blazers Conference USA Rifle 2016–17
Georgia Southern University[21] Statesboro, Georgia 1906 Public (USG) 20,517 Eagles Sun Belt Conference Rifle 2016–17
University of North Georgia[21] Dahlonega, Georgia 1873/2013 Public (USG)
(Military College)
16,064 Nighthawks Peach Belt Conference
(NCAA Division II)
Rifle 2016–17
Possible future associate member
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) Newark, New Jersey 1881 Public 10,646 Highlanders Atlantic Sun men's lacrosse 2017?

Former members

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Membership timeline

Full members Full members (except football) Other Conference Other Conference

  • Due to space limitations, one portion of Washington and Lee's affiliation history is not indicated in the table. In 1958, W&L stopped awarding athletic scholarships; from then until 1962, it was an independent in what was then the NCAA College Division (which was split in 1973 to form today's Divisions II and III).

Sports

The Southern Conference sponsors championship competition in eleven men's and nine women's NCAA sanctioned sports.[22] Five schools are associate members for wrestling. Under a cooperative agreement with the Atlantic Sun Conference, the SoCon began sponsoring men's lacrosse in the 2014–15 school year (2015 season) with three full members (Furman, Mercer, VMI) and four associates (Bellarmine, High Point, Jacksonville, Richmond). Women's lacrosse is sponsored by the A-Sun.[18] SoCon men's lacrosse has since added Air Force. Beginning in the 2016–17 academic year, the SoCon will add rifle as its 21st sport. Members for conference competition will be full members The Citadel, VMI, and Wofford as well as associate members UAB, Georgia Southern, and North Georgia. The SoCon will be one of only two all-sports conferences to sponsor rifle, joining the Ohio Valley Conference. Rifle is technically a men's sport for NCAA purposes, but competition can include men's, women's and mixed teams.[23]

Teams in Southern Conference competition
Sport Men's Women's
Baseball
9
-
Basketball
10
8
Cross Country
10
10
Football
8
-
Golf
8
9
Lacrosse
8
-
Soccer
6
10
Softball
-
7
Tennis
8
8
Track and Field (Indoor)
9
10
Track and Field (Outdoor)
9
10
Volleyball
-
9
Wrestling
8
-

Men's sponsored sports by school

School Baseball Basketball Cross Country Football Golf Lacrosse Soccer Tennis Track & Field
(Indoor)
Track & Field
(Outdoor)
Wrestling Total SoCon Sports
Chattanooga
Red XN
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Red XN
Red XN
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
8
The Citadel
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Red XN
Red XN
Red XN
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
8
East Tennessee State
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Red XN
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Red XN
8
Furman
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Red XN
10
Mercer
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Red XN
Red XN
Red XN
8
Samford
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Red XN
Red XN
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Red XN
8
UNC Greensboro
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Red XN
Green tickY
Red XN
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Red XN
8
VMI
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Red XN
Green tickY
Green tickY
Red XN
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
9
Western Carolina
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Red XN
Red XN
Red XN
Green tickY
Green tickY
Red XN
7
Wofford
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Red XN
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Red XN
9
Totals
9
10
10
8
8
3+5*
6
8
9
9
3+5#
83+9

Notes:

  • * = Lacrosse associate members Air Force, Bellarmine, High Point, Jacksonville, and Richmond. NJIT was not officially announced as a future lacrosse member when it joined the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2015, but, once fully established, is likely to join, due to the A-Sun/SoCon lacrosse partnership. Because NJIT's 2016 team is made up entirely of underclassmen, it will continue as an independent at least through that season.
  • # = Wrestling associate members Appalachian State, Campbell, Davidson, Gardner-Webb, and SIU Edwardsville.
  • = East Tennessee State relaunched its dormant football program in 2015, but played that season as an FCS independent. The Buccaneers are expected to join SoCon football for the 2016 season.

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Southern Conference which are played by SoCon schools:

School Rifle1 Swimming &
Diving
The Citadel South Eastern Air Rifle Conference No
VMI Mid-Atlantic Rifle CCSA
Wofford South Eastern Air Rifle Conference No

Notes:

1: Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other. The Citadel and VMI field both women's and coed teams; and Wofford fields a single coed team.

Women's sponsored sports by school

School Basketball Cross Country Golf Soccer Softball Tennis Track & Field
(Indoor)
Track & Field
(Outdoor)
Volleyball Total SoCon Sports
Chattanooga
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
9
The Citadel
Red XN
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Red XN
Red XN
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
6
East Tennessee State
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
9
Furman
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
9
Mercer
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Red XN
Green tickY
Green tickY
8
Samford
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
9
UNC Greensboro
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
9
VMI
Red XN
Green tickY
Red XN
Green tickY
Red XN
Red XN
Green tickY
Green tickY
Red XN
4
Western Carolina
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
9
Wofford
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Red XN
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
Green tickY
8
Totals
8
10
9
10
7
8
9
10
9
81

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Southern Conference which are played by SoCon schools:

School Beach Volleyball Lacrosse Rifle1 Swimming &
Diving
Water Polo
The Citadel No No South Eastern Air Rifle Conference No No
Furman No A-Sun No No No
Mercer A-Sun A-Sun No No No
VMI No No Mid-Atlantic Rifle CCSA MAAC
Wofford No No South Eastern Air Rifle Conference No No

Notes:

1: Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other. The Citadel and VMI field both women's and coed teams; and Wofford fields a single coed team.

Facilities

School Football stadium Capacity Basketball arena Capacity Baseball stadium Capacity Softball stadium Capacity
Chattanooga Finley Stadium 20,668 McKenzie Arena 10,928 Non-baseball school Jim Frost Stadium 3,000
The Citadel Johnson Hagood Stadium 21,000 McAlister Field House 6,000 Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park 6,000 Non-softball school
East Tennessee State Kermit-Tipton Stadium 6,600 Freedom Hall Civic Center 8,500 Thomas Stadium 1,200 Betty Basler Field 500+
Furman Paladin Stadium 16,000 Timmons Arena 5,000 Latham Baseball Stadium 2,000 Pepsi Softball Stadium 300
Mercer Moye Complex 10,200 Hawkins Arena 3,500 Claude Smith Field 500 Sikes Field 300
Samford Seibert Stadium 6,700 Pete Hanna Center 4,974 Joe Lee Griffin Stadium 1,000 J.T. Haywood Field House 200
UNC Greensboro Non-football school Greensboro Coliseum (men's)
Fleming Gymnasium (women's)
7,617
2,320
UNCG Baseball Stadium 3,500 UNCG Softball Stadium 500+
VMI Alumni Memorial Field 10,000 Cameron Hall 5,020 Gray–Minor Stadium 1,400 Non-softball school
Western Carolina E. J. Whitmire Stadium 13,742 Ramsey Center 7,826 Hennon Stadium 1,500 Catamount Softball Complex 250+
Wofford Gibbs Stadium 13,000 Benjamin Johnson Arena 3,500 Russell C. King Field 2,500 Non-softball school

Conference champions

Football

This is a partial list of the last 10 champions. For the full history, see List of Southern Conference football champions.

Year Champion Record
2006 Appalachian State 7–0–0
2007 Appalachian State
Wofford+
5–2–0
2008 Appalachian State 8–0–0
2009 Appalachian State 8–0–0
2010 Appalachian State+
Wofford
7–1–0
2011 Georgia Southern 7–1–0
2012 Appalachian State
Georgia Southern+
Wofford
6–2–0
2013 Chattanooga
Furman+
Samford
6–2–0
2014 Chattanooga 7–0–0
2015 Chattanooga+
The Citadel
6–1–0

+Denotes Automatic bid to NCAA Division I Football Championship

Men's basketball

This is a partial list of the last 10 champions. For the full history, see List of Southern Conference men's basketball champions.

The Southern Conference split into a divisional format for basketball beginning with the 1994–95 season.

Year Regular Season Champion (North) Record Regular Season Champion (South) Record Tournament Champion
2005–06 Elon 13-5 Georgia Southern 11–4 Davidson
2006-07 Appalachian State 15–3 Davidson 17–1 Davidson
2007-08 Appalachian State
Chattanooga
13–7 Davidson 20–0 Davidson
2008-09 Chattanooga
Western Carolina
11–9 Davidson 18–2 Chattanooga
2009-10 Appalachian State 13–5 Wofford 15–3 Wofford
2010-11 Chattanooga
Western Carolina
12–6 College of Charleston
Wofford
14–4 Wofford
2011-12 UNC Greensboro 10–8 Davidson 16–2 Davidson
2012-13 Elon 10–8 Davidson 17–1 Davidson

However, the divisional format was abandoned beginning with the 2013–14 season.

Year Regular Season Champion Record Tournament Champion
2013-14 Davidson 15–1 Wofford
2014–15 Wofford 16–2 Wofford

Women's basketball

This is a partial list of the last 10 tournament champions. For the full history, see Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

Year Champion
2006 Chattanooga
2007 Chattanooga
2008 Chattanooga
2009 Western Carolina
2010 Chattanooga
2011 Samford
2012 Samford
2013 Chattanooga
2014 Chattanooga
2015 Chattanooga

Baseball

This is a partial list of the last 10 champions. For the full history, see Southern Conference Baseball Tournament.

Year Reg. Season Champion Tournament Champion
2006 Elon College of Charleston
2007 College of Charleston
Western Carolina
Wofford
2008 Elon Elon
2009 Elon Georgia Southern
2010 The Citadel The Citadel
2011 Elon Georgia Southern
2012 Appalachian State
College of Charleston
Samford
2013 Western Carolina Elon
2014 Western Carolina Georgia Southern
2015 Mercer Mercer

Commissioner's and Germann Cups

The Commissioner's and Germann Cups are awarded each year to the top men's and women's program in the conference.[24] The Commissioner's Cup was inaugurated in 1970. The Germann Cup, named for former Southern Conference Commissioner Ken Germann, was first awarded in 1987. The completion of the 2013-2014 athletics season saw Appalachian State winning its 33rd Commissioner's Cup and Furman its 13th Germann Cup.[25]

Year Commissioner's Cup Germann Cup
1969–70 East Carolina
William & Mary
1970–71 William & Mary
1971–72 William & Mary
1972–73 William & Mary
1973–74 East Carolina
1974–75 East Carolina
1975–76 William & Mary
1976–77 East Carolina
1977–78 Appalachian State
1978–79 Appalachian State
1979–80 Appalachian State
1980–81 Appalachian State
1981–82 Appalachian State
1982–83 East Tennessee State
1983–84 Appalachian State
1984–85 Appalachian State
1985–86 Appalachian State
1986–87 Appalachian State Appalachian State
1987–88 Appalachian State Appalachian State
1988–89 Appalachian State Appalachian State
1989–90 Appalachian State Appalachian State
1990–91 Furman Appalachian State
1991–92 Appalachian State Appalachian State
1992–93 Appalachian State Furman
1993–94 Appalachian State Furman
1994–95 Appalachian State Furman
1995–96 Appalachian State Furman
1996–97 Appalachian State Furman
1997–98 Appalachian State Furman
1998–99 Appalachian State Furman
1999–00 Appalachian State Furman
2000–01 Appalachian State Furman
2001–02 Appalachian State Furman
2002–03 Appalachian State Furman
2003–04 Appalachian State Furman
2004–05 Chattanooga College of Charleston
2005–06 Appalachian State Appalachian State
2006–07 Appalachian State Appalachian State
2007–08 Appalachian State Chattanooga
2008–09 Appalachian State College of Charleston
2009–10 Appalachian State Samford
2010–11 Appalachian State Appalachian State
2011–12 Appalachian State College of Charleston
2012–13 Appalachian State Appalachian State
2013–14 Appalachian State Furman

See also

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