Atlantic Sun Conference

Atlantic Sun Conference
Established	1978
Association	NCAA
Division	Division I
Subdivision	FCS
Members	9
Sports fielded	19 men's: 8; women's: 11; ;
Region	Southern United States
Former names	Trans America Athletic Conference (1978–2001)
Headquarters	Atlanta, Georgia
Commissioner	Ted Gumbart (since 2007)
Website	www.asunsports.org
Locations

The Atlantic Sun Conference, branded as the ASUN Conference, is a collegiate athletic conference operating mostly in the Southeastern United States. The league participates at the NCAA Division I level, and will begin sponsoring football in 2022. Originally established as the Trans America Athletic Conference (TAAC) in 1978,^[1] its headquarters are located in Atlanta, Georgia.

The conference has seen several changes in its membership in recent years. First, the 2014 departure of East Tennessee State University and Mercer University to the Southern Conference left the ASUN with eight members. Northern Kentucky University (transitioning from NCAA Division II sports to Division I) left the conference to join the Horizon League^[2] and was replaced by the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), previously the only Division I basketball independent, in 2015.^[3] The ASUN membership expanded to nine members in 2018. The University of South Carolina Upstate (USC Upstate) left the ASUN to join the Big South Conference after the 2017–18 season,^[4] but two new schools joined. The University of North Alabama arrived from the Division II Gulf South Conference,^[5] and Liberty University left the Big South for the ASUN.^[6]

The ASUN's most recent changes of membership occurred in 2020–21 with the arrival of Bellarmine University from the Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference^[7] and the departure of NJIT to the America East Conference.^[8] On January 14, 2021, Dr. Brad Teague, athletic director for the University of Central Arkansas, announced that UCA would be joining the ASUN along with three other unannounced institutions for the 2021-22 academic year. North Alabama, Kennesaw State, Central Arkansas, and the three unnamed universities will form the ASUN football conference beginning play in 2022. Kentucky Sports Radio, an outlet devoted mainly to University of Kentucky sports, reported on January 25 that two of the unannounced institutions were Eastern Kentucky University and Jacksonville State University, noting that EKU had published and then deleted a page on its official athletics site that named both schools and UCA as incoming ASUN members. No official confirmation of these moves was available at the time.^[9] The ASUN officially announced all three schools as incoming members on January 29, 2021, also announcing the addition of football in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The ASUN statement, however, did not specify when conference competition in football would begin.^[10]

Membership history[edit]

Current members[edit]

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Nickname
Bellarmine University	Louisville, Kentucky	1950	2020	Private	3,369	Knights
Florida Gulf Coast University	Fort Myers, Florida	1997	2007	Public	15,076	Eagles
Jacksonville University	Jacksonville, Florida	1934	1998	Private	4,213	Dolphins
Kennesaw State University	Kennesaw, Georgia	1963	2005	Public	35,420	Owls
Liberty University	Lynchburg, Virginia	1971	2018	Private	15,000	Flames
Lipscomb University	Nashville, Tennessee	1891	2003	Private	4,620	Bisons
University of North Alabama	Florence, Alabama	1830	2018	Public	7,650	Lions
University of North Florida	Jacksonville, Florida	1969	2005	Public	16,309	Ospreys
Stetson University	DeLand, Florida	1883	1985	Private	4,330	Hatters

Associate members[edit]

Departing members highlighted in red.

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined	Nickname	Primary Conference	ASUN Sport(s)
Coastal Carolina University	Conway, South Carolina	1954	Public	10,641	2015–16^BV 2016–17^WLAX	Chanticleers	Sun Belt	Beach Volleyball Women's Lacrosse
Howard University	Washington, D.C.	1867	Private	9,139	2012–13	Lady Bison	MEAC	Women's Lacrosse
Mercer University	Macon, Georgia	1833	Private	8,740	2014–15	Bears	SoCon	Beach Volleyball

Howard will move women's lacrosse to the Northeast Conference in July 2021.^[11]

Future members[edit]

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Year Joining	Current Conference
University of Central Arkansas	Conway, Arkansas	1907	Public	10,869	Bears and Sugar Bears	2021^[12]^[10]	Southland Conference
Eastern Kentucky University	Richmond, Kentucky	1874	Public	16,959	Colonels	2021^[10]	Ohio Valley Conference
Jacksonville State University	Jacksonville, Alabama	1883	Public	9,238	Gamecocks	2021^[10]	Ohio Valley Conference

Former members[edit]

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined	Left	Nickname	New Conference (Classification)	Current Conference (Classification)
Oklahoma City University	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	1904	Private	3,770	1978	1979	Chiefs^{[a 1]}	Midwestern City^{[b 1]} (NCAA Division I non-football)	Sooner (SAC) (NAIA)
Pan American University^{[a 2]}	Edinburg, Texas	1927	Public	19,302	1978	1980	Broncs^{[a 3]}	NCAA D-I Independent (NCAA Division I non-football)	WAC (NCAA Division I non-football)
Northeast Louisiana University^{[a 4]}	Monroe, Louisiana	1931	Public	8,405	1978	1982	Indians^{[a 4]}	Southland (NCAA Division I FCS)	Sun Belt (NCAA Division I FBS)
Houston Baptist University	Houston, Texas	1960	Private	2,567	1978	1989	Huskies	NAIA - Non-Football	Southland (NCAA Division I FCS)
Hardin–Simmons University	Abilene, Texas	1891	Private	2,435	1978	1990	Cowboys	TIAA (NCAA Division III)	American Southwest (NCAA Division III)
Centenary College of Louisiana	Shreveport, Louisiana	1825	Private	787	1978	1999	Gentlemen (men's) Ladies (women's)	NCAA D-I Independent (NCAA Division I non-football)	SCAC (NCAA D-III) (NCAA Division III non-football)
Samford University	Homewood, Alabama	1841	Private	4,440	1978	2003	Bulldogs	OVC (NCAA Division I FCS)	SoCon (NCAA Division I FCS)
Northwestern State University	Natchitoches, Louisiana	1884	Public	9,244	1979	1984	Demons	Southland (NCAA Division I FCS)
University of Arkansas at Little Rock^{[b 2]}	Little Rock, Arkansas	1927	Public	13,000	1979	1991	Trojans	Sun Belt^{[b 3]}
Georgia Southern University	Statesboro, Georgia	1906	Public	20,584	1979	1992	Eagles	SoCon (NCAA Division I FCS)	Sun Belt (NCAA Division I FBS)
Nicholls State University^{[a 5]}	Thibodaux, Louisiana	1948	Public	7,093	1982	1984	Colonels	Gulf Star (NCAA Division I FCS)	Southland (NCAA Division I FCS)
Georgia State University	Atlanta, Georgia	1913	Public	32,087	1983	2005	Panthers	CAA (NCAA Division I non-football)^{[b 4]}	Sun Belt (NCAA Division I FBS)
University of Texas at San Antonio	San Antonio, Texas	1969	Public	30,474	1986	1991	Roadrunners	Southland (NCAA Division I non-football)^{[b 5]}	C-USA (NCAA Division I FBS)
Southeastern Louisiana University	Hammond, Louisiana	1925	Public	17,800	1991	1997	Lions	Southland (NCAA Division I FCS)
Florida International University	University Park, Florida	1965	Public	50,394	1990	1998	Golden Panthers^{[a 6]}	Sun Belt (NCAA Division I non-football)^{[b 6]}	C-USA (NCAA Division I FBS)
College of Charleston	Charleston, South Carolina	1770	Public	11,320	1991	1998	Cougars	SoCon (NCAA Division I non-football)^{[b 7]}	CAA^{[b 7]}
University of Central Florida	Orlando, Florida	1963	Public	60,181	1992	2005	Golden Knights^{[a 7]}	C-USA (NCAA Division I FBS)	The American (NCAA Division I FBS)
Florida Atlantic University	Boca Raton, Florida	1961	Public	29,290	1993	2006	Owls	Sun Belt (NCAA Division I FBS)^{[b 8]}	C-USA (NCAA Division I FBS)
Jacksonville State University	Jacksonville, Alabama	1883	Public	9,490	1995	2003	Gamecocks	OVC (NCAA Division I FCS)
Troy University	Troy, Alabama	1887	Public	29,689	1997	2005	Trojans	Sun Belt (NCAA Division I FBS)^{[b 9]}
Gardner–Webb University	Boiling Springs, North Carolina	1905	Private	4,300	2002	2008	Runnin' Bulldogs	Big South (NCAA Division I FCS)
Campbell University	Buies Creek, North Carolina	1887	Private	4,120	1994	2011	Fighting Camels	Big South (NCAA Division I FCS)^{[b 10]}
Belmont University	Nashville, Tennessee	1890	Private	6,647	2001	2012	Bruins	OVC (NCAA Division I FCS)^{[b 11]}
East Tennessee State University	Johnson City, Tennessee	1911	Public	15,530	2005	2014	Buccaneers	SoCon (NCAA Division I FCS)^{[b 12]}
Mercer University	Macon, Georgia	1833	Private	8,300	1978	2014	Bears	SoCon (NCAA Division I FCS) ^{[b 13]}
Northern Kentucky University	Highland Heights, Kentucky	1968	Public	15,263	2012	2015	Norse	Horizon (NCAA Division I non-football)
University of South Carolina Upstate	Spartanburg, South Carolina	1967	Public	5,821	2007	2018	Spartans	Big South (NCAA Division I FCS) ^{[b 14]}
New Jersey Institute of Technology	Newark, New Jersey	1881	Public	11,518	2015	2020	Highlanders	America East (NCAA Division I non-football)

Notes

School names and nicknames listed here reflect those used during the schools' time in the TAAC/ASUN. One school has changed both its name and nickname, and three others have changed only their nicknames:

^ Oklahoma City adopted its current nickname of Stars in 1999.
^ Pan American adopted its final name of the University of Texas–Pan American in 1989. In 2015, it merged with the University of Texas at Brownsville to form the new University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV).
^ UTRGV inherited UTPA's athletic program, with the nickname being changed from Broncs to Vaqueros. UTRGV also inherited UTPA's membership in the Western Athletic Conference.
^ ^a ^b Northeast Louisiana adopted its current name of the University of Louisiana at Monroe in 1999. The school adopted its current nickname of Warhawks in 2006, when it joined the Sun Belt Conference.
^ Nicholls State was a provisional member, and as such was never a full member of the TAAC. The school changed its athletic brand to "Nicholls" in 2017.
^ FIU dropped the word "Golden" from its nickname in 2010, becoming simply the Panthers.
^ UCF dropped the word "Golden" from its nickname in 2007, becoming simply the Knights.

^ The Midwestern City Conference is now known as the Horizon League.
^ The school changed its athletic brand to "Little Rock" in 2015.
^ Although the Sun Belt Conference competes in football at the Division I FBS level, Little Rock does not sponsor the sport.
^ The CAA began an FCS-level football league in 2007, but Georgia State did not sponsor the sport until 2010. It began a transition from FCS to FBS in 2013, and joined the FBS Sun Belt Conference in 2014.
^ Although the Southland Conference competes in football at the Division I FCS level, UTSA did not sponsor the sport until 2011. It never competed in the Southland Conference in football; it started a two-year transition to FBS in 2011, joined the WAC in 2012, and joined Conference USA (C-USA) in 2013.
^ The Sun Belt did not start its Division I-A (now FBS) football league until 2001, and FIU did not start a football program until 2002. It competed as a Division I-AA (now FCS) independent until joining Sun Belt football in 2005.
^ ^a ^b Although both the Southern Conference and CAA compete in football at the Division I FCS level, Charleston has never sponsored the sport.
^ Florida Atlantic joined the Sun Belt for football in the 2005 season before becoming an all-sports member in 2006.
^ Troy became a Sun Belt football member in 2004, a year before it became an all-sports member.
^ Although Campbell became a full member of the Big South in 2011, it did not participate in the Big South’s football conference until 2018, instead competing in the non-scholarship Pioneer Football League.
^ Although the OVC competes in football at the Division I FCS level, Belmont does not sponsor the sport.^[13]
^ ETSU, which had left the SoCon to join the ASUN in 2005 after dropping football in 2003. The Buccaneers returned to the SoCon as part of relaunching the dormant football program in 2014; football began play in 2015 as an FCS independent, with SoCon football membership following in 2016.
^ Mercer joined the SoCon after the football program, which last played a game in 1941, signed its first players in 2012, with full play beginning in 2013.
^ Although the Big South Conference competes in football at the Division I FCS level, USC Upstate does not sponsor the sport.

Former associate members[edit]

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined	Left	Nickname	ASUN sport(s)	Primary conference	Current conference in former ASUN sport(s)
University of Akron	Akron, Ohio	1870	Public	18,730	2019	2020^[14]^[a]	Zips	Women's Lacrosse	MAC
Central Michigan University	Mount Pleasant, Michigan	1892	Public	27,693	2015	2017	Chippewas	Women's Lacrosse	MAC
Delaware State University	Dover, Delaware	1891	Public	3,400	2016	2017	Hornets	Women's Lacrosse	MEAC	SoCon
University of Detroit Mercy	Detroit, Michigan	1877	Private	5,700	2012	2017	Titans	Women's Lacrosse	Horizon League	MAC
Elon University	Elon, North Carolina	1889	Private	6,305	2013	2014	Phoenix	Women's Lacrosse	CAA
Furman University	Greenville, South Carolina	1826	Private	2,668	2014	2017	Paladins	Women's Lacrosse	SoCon
Kent State University	Kent, Ohio	1910	Public	28,122	2018	2020^[a]	Golden Flashes	Women's Lacrosse	MAC
Mercer University^[b]	Macon, Georgia	1833	Private	8,603	2014	2017	Bears	Women's Lacrosse	SoCon
Old Dominion University	Norfolk, Virginia	1930	Public	24,932	2014	2018	Monarchs	Women's Lacrosse	C-USA	American

^ ^a ^b Akron and Kent State left ASUN women's lacrosse after the 2020 season to join the newly formed women's lacrosse league of their full-time home of the Mid-American Conference.^[15]
^ Mercer remains an ASUN associate in beach volleyball.

Membership timeline[edit]

Northeast Louisiana became the University of Louisiana at Monroe (Louisiana–Monroe) in 1999.
Pan American, later known as Texas–Pan American or UTPA, merged with the University of Texas at Brownsville in 2015 to create the new University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). The new school inherited UTPA's athletic program.

Sports sponsored[edit]

The ASUN sponsors championship competition in eight men's and eleven women's NCAA sanctioned sports.^[16]

In 2008, the ASUN, in an agreement with the Southern Conference (SoCon), Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), and Big South Conference, formed the Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association (CCSA) for schools sponsoring men's and women's swimming and diving within the associated conferences. For the past several years, the ASUN's Commissioner has served as the president of what was initially a swimming & diving-only conference. In 2014 the CCSA expanded to include several other schools from other conferences, and the following year the conference added beach volleyball (women-only at the NCAA level) as a sponsored sport, changing its name to the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association. Currently the conference has 24 member schools, with five men's swimming and diving teams, 14 women's swimming & diving teams, and nine beach volleyball teams.^[17]

The most recent change to the roster of ASUN sports took place after the 2013–14 school year. Under a cooperative agreement between the ASUN and SoCon, the two leagues agreed to split lacrosse sponsorship. The SoCon took over the ASUN men's lacrosse league, while women's lacrosse sponsorship remained with the ASUN.^[18] The full alliance in women's lacrosse amicably ended after the 2017 season, with the SoCon sponsoring that sport from the 2018 season forward, but the two leagues continue in a cross-scheduling agreement.

More recently, on September 13, 2016, the ASUN and Big South announced a football partnership that allows any ASUN members with scholarship football programs to become Big South football members, provided they are located within the general geographic footprint of the two conferences. At the time of announcement, the only ASUN member with a scholarship football program, Kennesaw State, was already a Big South football member. Should any ASUN member add scholarship football, or any non-scholarship football program of an ASUN school (at the time of announcement, Jacksonville and Stetson) upgrade to scholarship football, that team will automatically join Big South football.^[19] North Alabama joined Big South football under the terms of this agreement; although the school's home state of Alabama had no schools in either conference at the time it was announced as a future ASUN member, three of its neighboring states were home to six of the ASUN's eight members at that time.

According to Kentucky Sports Radio's report on the 2021 conference expansion, the ASUN will add scholarship football at the FCS level once Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, and Jacksonville State join. No current member will be required to add football or change its current football standing.^[9]

**ASUN Conference teams**
Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	9	-
Basketball	9	9
Beach volleyball	-	7
Cross country	9	9
Golf	8	7
Lacrosse	-	8
Soccer	7	9
Softball	-	8
Tennis	8	8
Track and field (indoor)	5	6
Track and field (outdoor)	5	6
Volleyball	-	9

Men's sports[edit]

Men's sponsored sports by school
School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross country	Golf	Soccer	Tennis	Track & field (indoor)	Track & field (outdoor)	Total sports
Bellarmine	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Florida Gulf Coast	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	6
Jacksonville	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	5
Kennesaw State	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	7
Liberty	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Lipscomb	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
North Alabama	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	5
North Florida	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Stetson	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	6
Totals	9	9	9	9	7	8	5	5	61

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the league which are played by ASUN schools:

School	Football	Lacrosse	Rowing	Swimming & Diving	Wrestling
Bellarmine	No	SoCon	No	CCSA	SoCon
Kennesaw State	Big South	No	No	No	No
Jacksonville	No	SoCon	MAAC	No	No
Liberty	FBS independent	No	No	No	No
North Alabama	Big South	No	No	No	No
Stetson	Pioneer League	No	MAAC	No	No

Women's sports[edit]

Women's sponsored sports by school
School	Basketball	Beach volleyball	Cross country	Golf	Lacrosse	Soccer	Softball	Tennis	Track & field (indoor)	Track & field (outdoor)	Volleyball	Total Sports
Bellarmine	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Florida Gulf Coast	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	8
Jacksonville	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	10
Kennesaw State	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Liberty	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Lipscomb	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
North Alabama	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	8
North Florida	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Stetson	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	9
Totals	9	5+2^[a]	9	8	4+2^[b]	9	8	8	6	6	9	82+4

^ Associate members Coastal Carolina and Mercer.
^ Associate members Coastal Carolina and Howard, with the latter leaving after the 2021 season.

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the league which are played by ASUN schools:

School	Field Hockey	Rowing	Swimming & diving
Bellarmine	Independent^[a]	No	CCSA
Florida Gulf Coast	No	No	CCSA
Jacksonville	No	MAAC	No
Liberty	Big East	No	CCSA
North Florida	No	No	CCSA
Stetson	No	MAAC	No

^ Bellarmine field hockey will join the Mid-American Conference in July 2021.^[20]

Facilities[edit]

School	Basketball arena	Capacity	Baseball stadium	Capacity	Soccer stadium	Capacity
Bellarmine	Freedom Hall	18,252	Knights Field	N/A	Owsley B. Frazier Stadium	2,000
Florida Gulf Coast	Alico Arena	4,633	Swanson Stadium	1,500	FGCU Soccer Complex	1,500
Jacksonville	Swisher Gymnasium	1,500	John Sessions Stadium	1,500	Ashley Sports Complex	500
Kennesaw State	KSU Convocation Center	4,792	Fred Stillwell Stadium	1,200	Fifth Third Bank Stadium	8,300
Liberty	Liberty Arena (primary) Vines Center	4,000 9,547	Liberty Baseball Stadium	2,500	Osborne Stadium	1,000
Lipscomb	Allen Arena	5,028	Ken Dugan Field	1,500	Lipscomb Soccer Complex	600
North Alabama	Flowers Hall	3,900	Mike D. Lane Field	N/A	Bill Jones Athletic Complex	N/A
North Florida	UNF Arena	5,800	Harmon Stadium	1,000	Hodges Stadium	9,300
Stetson	Edmunds Center	5,000	Melching Field at Conrad Park	2,500	Stetson Soccer Complex	500

All Sports Championships[edit]

The Jesse C. Fletcher and Sherman Day Trophies are awarded each year to the top men's and women's program in the conference. The Bill Bibb Trophy, combining the men's and women's results for the best overall program, was first awarded in 2006–07. East Tennessee State won this overall trophy seven of the nine years it has been awarded; Florida Gulf Coast won in 2012–13, 2014–15 and 2015-16.^[21]

Men's All Sports: Jesse C. Fletcher Trophy[edit]

Year	Champion
1978–79	Oklahoma City
1979–80	Northeast Louisiana
1980–81	Northeast Louisiana
1981–82	Northeast Louisiana
1982–83	Georgia Southern
1983–84	Centenary
1984–85	Georgia Southern
1985–86	Houston Baptist
1986–87	Georgia Southern
1987–88	Georgia Southern
1988–89	Georgia Southern
1989–90	Georgia Southern
1990–91	Georgia Southern
1991–92	Florida International
1992–93	Florida International
1993–94	Florida International
1994–95	Central Florida
1995–96	Central Florida
1996–97	Florida International
1997–98	Georgia State
1998–99	Central Florida
1999–00	Georgia State
2000–01	Georgia State
2001–02	Georgia State
2002–03	Central Florida
2003–04	Central Florida
2004–05	Central Florida
2005–06	East Tennessee State
2006–07	East Tennessee State
2007–08	East Tennessee State
2008–09	East Tennessee State
2009–10	East Tennessee State
2010–11	East Tennessee State
2011–12	East Tennessee State
2012–13	Florida Gulf Coast
2013–14	East Tennessee State
2014–15	North Florida
2015–16	North Florida

Women's All Sports: Sherman Day Trophy[edit]

Year	Champion
1978–79	None
1979–80	None
1980–81	None
1981–82	None
1982–83	None
1983–84	None
1984–85	None
1985–86	Stetson, Georgia State
1986–87	Stetson
1987–88	Georgia State
1988–89	Georgia State
1989–90	Georgia State
1990–91	Florida International
1991–92	Florida International
1992–93	Georgia State
1993–94	Florida International
1994–95	Campbell
1995–96	Central Florida
1996–97	Central Florida
1997–98	Georgia State
1998–99	Central Florida
1999–00	Georgia State
2000–01	Georgia State
2001–02	Central Florida
2002–03	Central Florida
2003–04	Central Florida
2004–05	Central Florida
2005–06	Florida Atlantic
2006–07	East Tennessee State
2007–08	Jacksonville
2008–09	Jacksonville
2009–10	Kennesaw State
2010–11	Jacksonville
2011–12	Kennesaw State
2012–13	Florida Gulf Coast
2013–14	Jacksonville
2014–15	Florida Gulf Coast
2015–16	Florida Gulf Coast

Championships[edit]

Basketball[edit]

^[22]

Season	Regular Season Champion(s)	Tournament Champion
1978–79	Northeast Louisiana	Northeast Louisiana
1979–80	Northeast Louisiana	Centenary (LA)
1980–81	Houston Baptist	Mercer
1981–82	Arkansas–Little Rock	Northeast Louisiana
1982–83	Arkansas–Little Rock	Georgia Southern
1983–84	Houston Baptist	Houston Baptist
1984–85	Georgia Southern	Mercer
1985–86	Arkansas–Little Rock	Arkansas–Little Rock
1986–87	Arkansas–Little Rock	Georgia Southern
1987–88	Arkansas–Little Rock Georgia Southern	Texas–San Antonio
1988–89	Georgia Southern	Arkansas–Little Rock
1989–90	Centenary (LA)	Arkansas–Little Rock
1990–91	Texas–San Antonio	Georgia State
1991–92	Georgia Southern	Georgia Southern
1992–93	Florida International	—
1993–94	College of Charleston	Central Florida
1994–95	College of Charleston	Florida International
1995–96	College of Charleston (TAAC East) Samford (TAAC West) Southeastern Louisiana (TAAC West)	Central Florida
1996–97	College of Charleston (TAAC East) Samford (TAAC West)	College of Charleston
1997–98	College of Charleston (TAAC East) Georgia State (TAAC West)	College of Charleston
1998–99	Samford	Samford
1999–00	Georgia State Troy State	Samford
2000–01	Georgia State	Georgia State
2001–02	Georgia State Troy State	Florida Atlantic
2002–03	Belmont (ASUN North) Mercer (ASUN South) Troy State (ASUN South)	Troy State
2003–04	Troy State	Central Florida
2004–05	Central Florida Gardner–Webb	Central Florida
2005–06	Belmont Lipscomb	Belmont
2006–07	East Tennessee State	Belmont
2007–08	Belmont	Belmont
2008–09	Jacksonville	East Tennessee State
2009–10	Belmont Campbell Jacksonville Lipscomb	East Tennessee State
2010–11	Belmont	Belmont
2011–12	Belmont	Belmont
2012–13	Mercer	Florida Gulf Coast
2013–14	Florida Gulf Coast Mercer	Mercer
2014–15	North Florida	North Florida
2015–16	North Florida	Florida Gulf Coast
2016–17	Florida Gulf Coast	Florida Gulf Coast
2017–18	Florida Gulf Coast	Lipscomb
2018–19	Lipscomb Liberty	Liberty

Baseball[edit]

Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament

Notes and references[edit]

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^ "SoCon, ASUN Partner to Enhance Lacrosse" (Press release). Southern Conference. January 9, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
^ "Big South and ASUN Conference Establish FCS Membership Partnership" (Press release). ASUN Conference. September 13, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
^ "Bellarmine to Join MAC as Affiliate Member in Field Hockey" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. June 9, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
^ "All Sports Standings - ASUN Conference". asunsports.org.
^ "TAAC/Atlantic Sun Conference summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.

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[13] Oklahoma City adopted its current nickname of Stars in 1999.

[15] Pan American adopted its final name of the University of Texas–Pan American in 1989. In 2015, it merged with the University of Texas at Brownsville to form the new University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV).

[16] UTRGV inherited UTPA's athletic program, with the nickname being changed from Broncs to Vaqueros. UTRGV also inherited UTPA's membership in the Western Athletic Conference.

[ULM-17] Northeast Louisiana adopted its current name of the University of Louisiana at Monroe in 1999. The school adopted its current nickname of Warhawks in 2006, when it joined the Sun Belt Conference.

[20] Nicholls State was a provisional member, and as such was never a full member of the TAAC. The school changed its athletic brand to "Nicholls" in 2017.

[23] FIU dropped the word "Golden" from its nickname in 2010, becoming simply the Panthers.

[26] UCF dropped the word "Golden" from its nickname in 2007, becoming simply the Knights.

[14] The Midwestern City Conference is now known as the Horizon League.

[18] The school changed its athletic brand to "Little Rock" in 2015.

[19] Although the Sun Belt Conference competes in football at the Division I FBS level, Little Rock does not sponsor the sport.

[21] The CAA began an FCS-level football league in 2007, but Georgia State did not sponsor the sport until 2010. It began a transition from FCS to FBS in 2013, and joined the FBS Sun Belt Conference in 2014.

[22] Although the Southland Conference competes in football at the Division I FCS level, UTSA did not sponsor the sport until 2011. It never competed in the Southland Conference in football; it started a two-year transition to FBS in 2011, joined the WAC in 2012, and joined Conference USA (C-USA) in 2013.

[24] The Sun Belt did not start its Division I-A (now FBS) football league until 2001, and FIU did not start a football program until 2002. It competed as a Division I-AA (now FCS) independent until joining Sun Belt football in 2005.

[Charleston-25] Although both the Southern Conference and CAA compete in football at the Division I FCS level, Charleston has never sponsored the sport.

[27] Florida Atlantic joined the Sun Belt for football in the 2005 season before becoming an all-sports member in 2006.

[28] Troy became a Sun Belt football member in 2004, a year before it became an all-sports member.

[29] Although Campbell became a full member of the Big South in 2011, it did not participate in the Big South’s football conference until 2018, instead competing in the non-scholarship Pioneer Football League.

[31] Although the OVC competes in football at the Division I FCS level, Belmont does not sponsor the sport.^[13]

[32] ETSU, which had left the SoCon to join the ASUN in 2005 after dropping football in 2003. The Buccaneers returned to the SoCon as part of relaunching the dormant football program in 2014; football began play in 2015 as an FCS independent, with SoCon football membership following in 2016.

[33] Mercer joined the SoCon after the football program, which last played a game in 1941, signed its first players in 2012, with full play beginning in 2013.

[34] Although the Big South Conference competes in football at the Division I FCS level, USC Upstate does not sponsor the sport.

[MAC-37] Akron and Kent State left ASUN women's lacrosse after the 2020 season to join the newly formed women's lacrosse league of their full-time home of the Mid-American Conference.^[15]

[38] Mercer remains an ASUN associate in beach volleyball.

[43] Associate members Coastal Carolina and Mercer.

[44] Associate members Coastal Carolina and Howard, with the latter leaving after the 2021 season.

[46] Bellarmine field hockey will join the Mid-American Conference in July 2021.^[20]

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-02-06. Retrieved 2006-03-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Northern Kentucky University to Join Horizon League in July" (Press release). Horizon League. May 11, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-05-14. Retrieved May 11, 2015.

[NJIT_to_A-Sun-3] "New Jersey Institute of Technology to Join the Atlantic Sun: #NJITtoASun" (Press release). Atlantic Sun Conference. June 12, 2015. Archived from the original on June 14, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.

[4] "USC Upstate moving to Big South Conference". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. November 16, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2017.

[5] "UNA Accepts ASUN Division I Invitation" (Press release). North Alabama Lions. December 6, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2016.

[6] "ASUN Conference Announces Liberty University as League Member for 2018-19" (Press release). ASUN Conference. May 17, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2018.

[BU_2020-7] "ASUN Conference Announces Addition of Bellarmine University" (Press release). ASUN Conference. June 18, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2019.

[8] "NJIT to Join America East Conference as 10th Member Institution - NJIT Highlanders". NJIT Highlanders. 2020-06-12. Retrieved 2020-06-13.

[KSR-9] Franklin, Drew (January 25, 2021). "EKU to leave the OVC for the Atlantic Sun Conference". Kentucky Sports Radio. Retrieved January 26, 2021.

[2021exp-10] "ASUN Conference Announces Three New Institutions; Adds Football as 20th Sport" (Press release). ASUN Conference. January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.

[11] "Six Howard Athletics Programs Join the Northeast Conference as Associate Members" (Press release). Howard Bison. July 6, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2020.

[12] "UCA to leave Southland Conference, join Atlantic Sun Conference". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved January 15, 2021.

[30] "Belmont moving to Ohio Valley Conference in 2012-13". USA Today. December 7, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2011.

[35] "Akron Women's Lacrosse to Join ASUN" (Press release). Akron Zips. April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 28, 2018.

[MAC_WLAX-36] "Women's Lacrosse Coming in 2020-21; Detroit Mercy & Youngstown State As Affiliates" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. November 6, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[39] "ASUN Conference". asunsports.org.

[40] "About the CCSA". Coastal Collegiate Sports Association. Retrieved September 29, 2020.

[A-Sun,_SoCon_LAX-41] "SoCon, ASUN Partner to Enhance Lacrosse" (Press release). Southern Conference. January 9, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.

[42] "Big South and ASUN Conference Establish FCS Membership Partnership" (Press release). ASUN Conference. September 13, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016.

[45] "Bellarmine to Join MAC as Affiliate Member in Field Hockey" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. June 9, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.

[47] "All Sports Standings - ASUN Conference". asunsports.org.

[SR-48] "TAAC/Atlantic Sun Conference summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.

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v t e Atlantic Sun Conference
Full members	Bellarmine Knights Florida Gulf Coast Eagles Jacksonville Dolphins Kennesaw State Owls Liberty Flames/Lady Flames Lipscomb Bisons North Alabama Lions North Florida Ospreys Stetson Hatters
Future members	Central Arkansas Bears/Sugar Bears Eastern Kentucky Colonels Jacksonville State Gamecocks (all joining in 2021)
Women's lacrosse associates	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Howard Lady Bison (leaving in 2021)
Beach volleyball associates	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Mercer Bears