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(1865–1896)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_rights_movement_(1896%E2%80%931954)" title="Civil rights movement (1896–1954)">Jim Crow era (1896–1954)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_rights_movement" title="Civil rights movement">Civil rights movement (1954–1968)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_power_movement" title="Black power movement">Black power movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post%E2%80%93civil_rights_era_in_African-American_history" title="Post–civil rights era in African-American history">Post–civil rights era</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Aspects</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African-American_history_of_agriculture_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American history of agriculture in the United States">Agriculture history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Belt_in_the_American_South" title="Black Belt in the American South">Black Belt in the American South</a></li> <li><a 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class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center;border-top:solid 1px #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/African-American_culture" title="African-American culture">Culture</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Lifeways</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African-American_dance" title="African-American dance">Dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_family_structure" title="African-American family structure">Family structure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_cinema" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American cinema">Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_folktales" title="African-American folktales">Folktales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_music" title="African-American music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_musical_theater" title="African-American musical theater">Musical theater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_names" title="African-American names">Names</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_neighborhood" title="African-American neighborhood">Neighborhoods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_newspapers" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American newspapers">Newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soul_food" title="Soul food">Soul food</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Schools</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Education_during_the_slave_period_in_the_United_States" title="Education during the slave period in the United States">Education during the slave period in the US</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_of_freed_people_during_the_Civil_War" title="Education of freed people during the Civil War">Education of freed people during the Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African-American_education" title="History of African-American education">History of African-American education</a>, after the Civil War</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historically_black_colleges_and_universities" title="Historically black colleges and universities">Historically black colleges and universities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_African-American_fraternities" class="mw-redirect" title="List of African-American fraternities">Fraternities</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Academic study</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African-American_studies" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American studies">Studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_art" title="African-American art">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_literature" title="African-American literature">Literature</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Celebrations</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Day" title="Martin Luther King Jr. Day">Martin Luther King Jr. Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_History_Month" title="Black History Month">Black History Month</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juneteenth" title="Juneteenth">Juneteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwanzaa" title="Kwanzaa">Kwanzaa</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Economic class</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African-American_businesses" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American businesses">African-American businesses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_middle_class" title="African-American middle class">Middle class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_upper_class" title="African-American upper class">Upper class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_billionaires" title="Black billionaires">Billionaires</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Symbols and ideas</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African-American_beauty" title="African-American beauty">African-American beauty</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_is_beautiful" title="Black is beautiful">Black is beautiful</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_pride" title="Black pride">Black pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_hair" title="African-American hair">African-American hair</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Good_hair" class="mw-redirect" title="Good hair">Good hair</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stepping_(African-American)" title="Stepping (African-American)">Stepping</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lift_Every_Voice_and_Sing" title="Lift Every Voice and Sing">Lift Every Voice and Sing</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_self-determination" title="African-American self-determination">Self-determination</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center;border-top:solid 1px #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Religion_of_Black_Americans" title="Religion of Black Americans">Religion</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Institutions</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_church" title="Black church">Black church</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Theologies</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_theology" title="Black theology">Black theology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Womanist_theology" title="Womanist theology">Womanist theology</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Non-Christian groups</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hoodoo_(spirituality)" title="Hoodoo (spirituality)">Hoodoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hebrew_Israelites" title="Black Hebrew Israelites">Black Hebrew Israelites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_Jews" title="African-American Jews">African-American Jews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_Muslims" title="African-American Muslims">African-American Muslims</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nation_of_Islam" title="Nation of Islam">Nation of Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Voodoo" title="Louisiana Voodoo">Louisiana Voodoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_diaspora_religions" title="African diaspora religions">African Diaspora Religions</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center;border-top:solid 1px #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)">Politics</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Organizations</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Black_Caucus" title="Congressional Black Caucus">Congressional Black Caucus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Center_for_Political_and_Economic_Studies" title="Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies">Joint Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Black_Caucus_of_State_Legislators" title="National Black Caucus of State Legislators">National Black Caucus of State Legislators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Conference_of_Black_Mayors" title="National Conference of Black Mayors">National Conference of Black Mayors</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Ideologies</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afrocentrism" title="Afrocentrism">Afrocentrism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_anarchism" title="Black anarchism">Anarchism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Back-to-Africa_movement" title="Back-to-Africa movement">Back-to-Africa movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_power" title="Black power">Black power</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_capitalism" title="Black capitalism">Capitalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_conservatism" title="Black conservatism">Conservatism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garveyism" title="Garveyism">Garveyism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_leftism" title="African-American leftism">Leftism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_liberalism" title="Black liberalism">Liberalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_nationalism" title="Black nationalism">Nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pan-Africanism" title="Pan-Africanism">Pan-Africanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_patriotism" title="African-American patriotism">Patriotism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_populism" title="Black populism">Populism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_socialism" title="African-American socialism">Socialism</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center;border-top:solid 1px #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)">Civic/economic groups</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Organizations</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Association_for_the_Study_of_African_American_Life_and_History" title="Association for the Study of African American Life and History">Association for the Study of African<br />American Life and History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_conductors" title="Black conductors">Black conductors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAACP" title="NAACP">NAACP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Black_Chamber_of_Commerce" title="National Black Chamber of Commerce">National Black Chamber of Commerce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Council_of_Negro_Women" title="National Council of Negro Women">National Council of Negro Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Pan-Hellenic_Council" title="National Pan-Hellenic Council">National Pan-Hellenic Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Urban_League" title="National Urban League">National Urban League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TransAfrica" title="TransAfrica">TransAfrica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNCF" title="UNCF">UNCF</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center;border-top:solid 1px #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)">Sports</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Negro_league_baseball" title="Negro league baseball">Negro league baseball</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;"> Athletic associations and conferences</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association">Central (CIAA)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HBCU_Athletic_Conference" title="HBCU Athletic Conference">HBCU (HBCUAC)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mid-Eastern (MEAC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference">Southern (SIAC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Athletic_Conference" title="Southwestern Athletic Conference">Southwestern (SWAC)</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center;border-top:solid 1px #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)">Sub-communities</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Multiethnic</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African-American_Jews" title="African-American Jews">African-American Jews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Puerto_Ricans" class="mw-redirect" title="Afro-Puerto Ricans">Afro-Puerto Ricans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Creole_people" title="Alabama Creole people">Alabama Creole people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Indians_in_the_United_States" title="Black Indians in the United States">Black Indians</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_Seminoles" title="Black Seminoles">Black Seminoles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mascogos" title="Mascogos">Mascogos</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blaxican" title="Blaxican">Blaxicans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brass_Ankles" title="Brass Ankles">Brass Ankles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creoles_of_color" title="Creoles of color">Creoles of color</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominickers" title="Dominickers">Dominickers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedmen_(ethnic_group)" title="Freedmen (ethnic group)">Freedmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Dismal_Swamp_maroons" title="Great Dismal Swamp maroons">Great Dismal Swamp maroons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melungeon" title="Melungeon">Melungeon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carmel_Indians" title="Carmel Indians">Carmel Indians</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redbone_(ethnicity)" title="Redbone (ethnicity)">Redbone</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Specific ancestries</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Americo-Liberian_people" title="Americo-Liberian people">Americo-Liberians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creek_Freedmen" title="Creek Freedmen">Creek Freedmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gullah" title="Gullah">Gullah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merikins" title="Merikins">Merikins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Nova_Scotians" title="Black Nova Scotians">Nova Scotians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saman%C3%A1_Americans" title="Samaná Americans">Samaná Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_Creole_people" title="Sierra Leone Creole people">Sierra Leone Creole</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Sexual orientation</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African-American_LGBT_community" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American LGBT community">LGBT community</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center;border-top:solid 1px #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)">Dialects and languages</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> English dialects</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African-American_English" title="African-American English">African-American English</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African-American_Vernacular_English" title="African-American Vernacular English">African-American Vernacular English</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberian_English" title="Liberian English">Liberian English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saman%C3%A1_English" title="Samaná English">Samaná English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tutnese" title="Tutnese">Tutnese</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Languages and other dialects</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gullah_language" title="Gullah language">Gullah</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Seminole_Creole" title="Afro-Seminole Creole">Afro-Seminole Creole</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jersey_Dutch" class="mw-redirect" title="Jersey Dutch">Negro Dutch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_American_Sign_Language" title="Black American Sign Language">Black American Sign Language</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center;border-top:solid 1px #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)">Population</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> US states</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Alabama" title="African Americans in Alabama">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Arkansas" title="African Americans in Arkansas">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_California" title="African Americans in California">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Florida" title="African Americans in Florida">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Georgia_(U.S._state)" class="mw-redirect" title="African Americans in Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Illinois" title="African Americans in Illinois">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="African Americans in Indiana">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Iowa" class="mw-redirect" title="African Americans in Iowa">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="History of African Americans in Kansas">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Louisiana" title="African Americans in Louisiana">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Maryland" title="African Americans in Maryland">Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Mississippi" title="African Americans in Mississippi">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_American_history_of_Nebraska" class="mw-redirect" title="African American history of Nebraska">Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="African Americans in New York">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_North_Carolina" title="African Americans in North Carolina">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Ohio" title="African Americans in Ohio">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Oklahoma" title="African Americans in Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Oregon" title="African Americans in Oregon">Oregon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_South_Carolina" title="African Americans in South Carolina">South Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_South_Dakota" title="African Americans in South Dakota">South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Tennessee" title="African Americans in Tennessee">Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Texas" title="History of African Americans in Texas">Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Utah" title="History of African Americans in Utah">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Virginia" title="African Americans in Virginia">Virginia</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> US cities</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_mecca" title="Black mecca">Black mecca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_African-American_neighborhoods" title="List of African-American neighborhoods">List of neighborhoods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Atlanta" title="African Americans in Atlanta">Atlanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Baltimore" title="History of African Americans in Baltimore">Baltimore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Boston" title="History of African Americans in Boston">Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Chicago" title="History of African Americans in Chicago">Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Dallas-Fort_Worth" class="mw-redirect" title="History of African Americans in Dallas-Fort Worth">Dallas-Fort Worth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Davenport,_Iowa" title="African Americans in Davenport, Iowa">Davenport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Detroit" title="History of African Americans in Detroit">Detroit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Houston" title="History of African Americans in Houston">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Jacksonville,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="History of African Americans in Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Kentucky" title="History of African Americans in Kentucky">Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_neighborhoods_in_Lexington,_Kentucky" title="African-American neighborhoods in Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Los_Angeles" title="History of African Americans in Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_New_York_City" title="African Americans in New York City">New York City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Omaha,_Nebraska" title="African Americans in Omaha, Nebraska">Omaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Philadelphia" title="History of African Americans in Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_San_Antonio" title="History of African Americans in San Antonio">San Antonio</a></li> <li><a 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nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">MEE</span>-ak</i></a>) is a <a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_conferences" title="List of NCAA conferences">collegiate athletic conference</a> whose full members are <a href="/wiki/Historically_black_colleges_and_universities" title="Historically black colleges and universities">historically black colleges and universities</a> (HBCUs) in the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_United_States" title="Southeastern United States">Southeastern</a> and the <a 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It participates in the <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">National Collegiate Athletic Association</a> (NCAA) <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">Division I</a>, and in <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">football</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Football_Championship_Subdivision" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Championship Subdivision">Football Championship Subdivision</a> (FCS).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Currently, the MEAC has automatic qualifying bids for NCAA postseason play in men's basketball (since 1981), women's basketball (since 1982), softball (since 1995), men's and women's tennis (since 1998), and volleyball (since 1994). Bowling was officially sanctioned as a MEAC-governed sport in 1999. Before that season, the MEAC was the first conference to secure NCAA sanctioning for women's <a href="/wiki/Ten-pin_bowling" title="Ten-pin bowling">bowling</a> by adopting the club sport prior to the 1996–97 school year. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MEAC_Locations_2021.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/MEAC_Locations_2021.png/275px-MEAC_Locations_2021.png" decoding="async" width="275" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/MEAC_Locations_2021.png/413px-MEAC_Locations_2021.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/MEAC_Locations_2021.png/550px-MEAC_Locations_2021.png 2x" data-file-width="854" data-file-height="812" /></a><figcaption>Locations of eight Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference members</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1969, a group whose members were long associated with interscholastic athletics met in <a href="/wiki/Durham,_North_Carolina" title="Durham, North Carolina">Durham, North Carolina</a> for the purpose of discussing the organization of a new conference. After the formulation of a committee, and their research reported, seven institutions, <a href="/wiki/Delaware_State_University" title="Delaware State University">Delaware State University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howard_University" title="Howard University">Howard University</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maryland_Eastern_Shore" title="University of Maryland Eastern Shore">University of Maryland Eastern Shore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morgan_State_University" title="Morgan State University">Morgan State University</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_A%26T_State_University" title="North Carolina A&T State University">North Carolina A&T State University</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Central_University" title="North Carolina Central University">North Carolina Central University</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_College" class="mw-redirect" title="South Carolina State College">South Carolina State College</a>, agreed to become the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.<sup id="cite_ref-meachistory_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meachistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> South Carolina State had been a longtime member of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference">Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference</a>, while the other charter members had been longtime members of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association">Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association</a>. </p><p>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.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The conference was confirmed in 1970, and had its first season of competition in football in 1971. The MEAC has had three full-time commissioners.<sup id="cite_ref-meachistory_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meachistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Thomas_(American_football)" title="Dennis Thomas (American football)">Dennis E. Thomas</a> 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. </p><p>The MEAC experienced its first expansion in 1979 when Bethune–Cookman College (now <a href="/wiki/Bethune%E2%80%93Cookman_University" title="Bethune–Cookman University">Bethune–Cookman University</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Florida_A%26M_University" title="Florida A&M University">Florida A&M University</a> 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. </p><p>On June 8, 1978, the MEAC was classified as a Division I conference by the <a href="/wiki/NCAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA">NCAA</a>. Prior to that year, the league operated as a <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">Division II</a> conference. The following month the MEAC received an automatic qualification to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Coppin_State_University" title="Coppin State University">Coppin State University</a>, joined the conference in 1985. The MEAC found some stability in membership with the addition of two <a href="/wiki/HBCU" class="mw-redirect" title="HBCU">HBCUs</a> in Virginia, <a href="/wiki/Hampton_University" title="Hampton University">Hampton University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_State_University" title="Norfolk State University">Norfolk State University</a> in 1995 and 1997, respectively. For the next ten years, the MEAC remained an 11-member conference. In 2007, former <a href="/wiki/Central_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association">CIAA</a> member <a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem_State_University" title="Winston-Salem State University">Winston-Salem State University</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>North Carolina Central University rejoined the conference effective July 1, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-NCCUjoins_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCCUjoins-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SSU_Joins_MEAC_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SSU_Joins_MEAC-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-NCCUjoins_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCCUjoins-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Savannah_State_University" title="Savannah State University">Savannah State University</a> was announced as the newest member of the MEAC on March 10, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-SSU_Joins_MEAC_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SSU_Joins_MEAC-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-SSU_Joins_MEAC_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SSU_Joins_MEAC-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 8, 2011, the university was confirmed as a full MEAC member.<sup id="cite_ref-MEACfull_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MEACfull-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While the MEAC has had no new full members since then, the conference added an associate member in 2014 when <a href="/wiki/Augusta_University" title="Augusta University">Augusta University</a>, then known as <a href="/wiki/History_of_Augusta_University" title="History of Augusta University">Georgia Regents University</a>, a <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">Division II</a> institution with Division I programs in men's and women's golf, joined for men's golf.<sup id="cite_ref-GRU_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GRU-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 <a href="/wiki/Monmouth_University" title="Monmouth University">Monmouth University</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Alabama_at_Birmingham" title="University of Alabama at Birmingham">University of Alabama at Birmingham</a> (UAB) joining for bowling in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2017, Savannah State announced that it would drop to Division II effective with the 2019–20 school year.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2017, Hampton announced they would leave the MEAC to join the <a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Big South Conference</a> beginning with the 2018–19 season.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Athletic_Conference" title="Southwestern Athletic Conference">SWAC</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The conference plans to operate with eight current members, starting 2021 until further expansion, in a compact geographical footprint removing North and South divisions. </p><p>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. <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_State_University" title="Kentucky State University">Kentucky State University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Virginia_State_University" title="Virginia State University">Virginia State University</a>, respectively members of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference">Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference</a> and <a href="/wiki/Central_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association">Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association</a>, 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 <a href="/wiki/Chicago_State_University" title="Chicago State University">Chicago State University</a>, a predominantly African-American school but not an HBCU, had lobbied the MEAC regarding membership. CSU was scheduled to leave the <a href="/wiki/Western_Athletic_Conference" title="Western Athletic Conference">Western Athletic Conference</a>, a league in which it is a major geographic outlier, in July 2022 to become an <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I independent schools">independent</a>. 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.<sup id="cite_ref-Rashad_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rashad-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gaither_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gaither-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2022, the <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">Northeast Conference</a> (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.<sup id="cite_ref-NEC-MEAC_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NEC-MEAC-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Member_schools">Member schools</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Member schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_full_members">Current full members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Current full members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Institution </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>Joined </th> <th>Type </th> <th>Enrollment </th> <th>Nickname </th> <th class="unsortable">Colors </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Coppin_State_University" title="Coppin State University">Coppin State University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore, Maryland</a> </td> <td>1900 </td> <td>1985 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>2,724 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coppin_State_Eagles" title="Coppin State Eagles">Eagles</a> </td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#003056"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFC915"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Delaware_State_University" title="Delaware State University">Delaware State University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover, Delaware</a> </td> <td>1891 </td> <td>1970 </td> <td>Public<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>6,200 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_State_Hornets" title="Delaware State Hornets">Hornets</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#0099CC"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#EE3124"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Howard_University" title="Howard University">Howard University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> </td> <td>1867 </td> <td>1970 </td> <td>Private </td> <td>12,065 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Howard_Bison" title="Howard Bison">Bison/Lady Bison</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#003A63"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Maryland_Eastern_Shore" title="University of Maryland Eastern Shore">University of Maryland Eastern Shore</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Princess_Anne,_Maryland" title="Princess Anne, Maryland">Princess Anne, Maryland</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1886 </td> <td>1970;<br />1981<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Public </td> <td>2,333 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Eastern_Shore_Hawks" title="Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks">Hawks</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#651D32"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#888B8D"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Morgan_State_University" title="Morgan State University">Morgan State University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore, Maryland</a> </td> <td>1867 </td> <td>1970;<br />1984<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Public </td> <td>7,763 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morgan_State_Bears" class="mw-redirect" title="Morgan State Bears">Bears</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#002D74"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FF4E00"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_State_University" title="Norfolk State University">Norfolk State University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a> </td> <td>1935 </td> <td>1997 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>5,616 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_State_Spartans" title="Norfolk State Spartans">Spartans</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#007B5E"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FAB80A"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Central_University" title="North Carolina Central University">North Carolina Central University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Durham,_North_Carolina" title="Durham, North Carolina">Durham, North Carolina</a> </td> <td>1910 </td> <td>1970;<br />2010<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Public </td> <td>7,553 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Central_Eagles" title="North Carolina Central Eagles">Eagles</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#862633"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#898D8D"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_University" title="South Carolina State University">South Carolina State University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Orangeburg,_South_Carolina" title="Orangeburg, South Carolina">Orangeburg, South Carolina</a> </td> <td>1896 </td> <td>1970 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>2,649 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs" class="mw-redirect" title="South Carolina State Bulldogs">Bulldogs/Lady Bulldogs</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#900028"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#084897"> </span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Delaware State is officially chartered as a "privately-governed, state-assisted" institution. This status is broadly similar to that of New York State's <a href="/wiki/Statutory_college" title="Statutory college">statutory colleges</a>, most of which are housed at <a href="/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University">Cornell University</a>, or institutions in Pennsylvania's <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_System_of_Higher_Education" title="Commonwealth System of Higher Education">Commonwealth System of Higher Education</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The UMES campus has a Princess Anne mailing address, but completely lies in unincorporated <a href="/wiki/Somerset_County,_Maryland" title="Somerset County, Maryland">Somerset County</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) 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. UMES rejoined the MEAC effective with the 1981–82 season as a full member that no longer had a football program.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">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 with the 1984–85 season.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">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 with the 2010–11 season.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Associate_members">Associate members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Associate members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Institution </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>Joined </th> <th>Enrollment </th> <th>Nickname </th> <th class="unsortable">Colors </th> <th>MEAC<br />sport </th> <th>Primary<br />conference </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_A%26T_State_University" title="North Carolina A&T State University">North Carolina A&T State University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greensboro,_North_Carolina" title="Greensboro, North Carolina">Greensboro, North Carolina</a> </td> <td>1891 </td> <td>2021–22<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>13,322 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_A%26T_Aggies" title="North Carolina A&T Aggies">Aggies</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#004684"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FDB927"> </span> </td> <td rowspan="3">bowling (w) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association" title="Coastal Athletic Association">Coastal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Alabama_at_Birmingham" title="University of Alabama at Birmingham">University of Alabama at Birmingham</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a> </td> <td>1966 </td> <td>2018–19 </td> <td>20,902 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UAB_Blazers" title="UAB Blazers">Blazers</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#1E6B52"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#CDC26C"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">The American</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">North Carolina A&T was a full member from 1970 to 2021 before joining the <a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Big South Conference</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_full_members">Former full members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Former full members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Institution </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>Joined </th> <th>Left </th> <th>Type </th> <th>Nickname </th> <th class="unsortable">Colors </th> <th>Subsequent<br />conference </th> <th>Current<br />conference </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bethune%E2%80%93Cookman_University" title="Bethune–Cookman University">Bethune–Cookman University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daytona_Beach,_Florida" title="Daytona Beach, Florida">Daytona Beach, Florida</a> </td> <td>1904 </td> <td>1979 </td> <td>2021 </td> <td>Private </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bethune%E2%80%93Cookman_Wildcats" title="Bethune–Cookman Wildcats">Wildcats</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#6F263D"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#F2A900"> </span> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Athletic_Conference" title="Southwestern Athletic Conference">SWAC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Florida_A%26M_University" title="Florida A&M University">Florida A&M University</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tallahassee,_Florida" title="Tallahassee, Florida">Tallahassee, Florida</a> </td> <td>1887 </td> <td>1979;<br />1986 </td> <td>1984;<br />2021 </td> <td>Public </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florida_A%26M_Rattlers_and_Lady_Rattlers" title="Florida A&M Rattlers and Lady Rattlers">Rattlers & Lady Rattlers</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#008344"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#F4811F"> </span> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Athletic_Conference" title="Southwestern Athletic Conference">SWAC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hampton_University" title="Hampton University">Hampton University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hampton,_Virginia" title="Hampton, Virginia">Hampton, Virginia</a> </td> <td>1868 </td> <td>1995 </td> <td>2018 </td> <td>Private </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hampton_Pirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Hampton Pirates">Pirates</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#265198"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Big South</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association" title="Coastal Athletic Association">Coastal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_A%26T_State_University" title="North Carolina A&T State University">North Carolina A&T State University</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greensboro,_North_Carolina" title="Greensboro, North Carolina">Greensboro, North Carolina</a> </td> <td>1891 </td> <td>1970 </td> <td>2021 </td> <td rowspan="3">Public </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_A%26T_Aggies" title="North Carolina A&T Aggies">Aggies</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#004684"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FDB927"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Big South</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association" title="Coastal Athletic Association">Coastal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Savannah_State_University" title="Savannah State University">Savannah State University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Savannah,_Georgia" title="Savannah, Georgia">Savannah, Georgia</a> </td> <td>1890 </td> <td>2010 </td> <td>2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Savannah_State_Tigers_and_Lady_Tigers" title="Savannah State Tigers and Lady Tigers">Tigers and Lady Tigers</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#F24D17"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#002294"> </span> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference">SIAC</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem_State_University" title="Winston-Salem State University">Winston-Salem State University</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem,_North_Carolina" title="Winston-Salem, North Carolina">Winston-Salem, North Carolina</a> </td> <td>1892 </td> <td>2007 </td> <td>2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem_State_Rams" title="Winston-Salem State Rams">Rams</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#C8102E"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Central_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association">CIAA</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Florida A&M left the MEAC completely for two seasons from 1984 to 1985 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 <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision">Division I-A</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).<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">North Carolina A&T remains as a MEAC associate member for women's bowling.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-D2-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-D2_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D2_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Currently an <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">NCAA Division II</a> athletic conference.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">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 <a href="/wiki/Central_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association">Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association</a> (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.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_associate_members">Former associate members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Former associate members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Institution </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>Joined </th> <th>Left </th> <th>Type </th> <th>Nickname </th> <th class="unsortable">Colors </th> <th>MEAC<br />sport </th> <th>Primary<br />conference </th> <th>Subsequent<br />conference </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Augusta_University" title="Augusta University">Augusta University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Augusta,_Georgia" title="Augusta, Georgia">Augusta, Georgia</a> </td> <td>1785 </td> <td>2014–15 </td> <td>2020–21 </td> <td>Public </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Augusta_Jaguars" title="Augusta Jaguars">Jaguars</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#002F55"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#A5ACAF"> </span> </td> <td>Golf (M) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peach_Belt_Conference" title="Peach Belt Conference">Peach Belt</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southland_Conference" title="Southland Conference">Southland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Monmouth_University" title="Monmouth University">Monmouth University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Long_Branch,_New_Jersey" title="West Long Branch, New Jersey">West Long Branch, New Jersey</a> </td> <td>1933 </td> <td>2018–19 </td> <td>2024–25 </td> <td>Private </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monmouth_Hawks" title="Monmouth Hawks">Hawks</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#041E42"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td>Bowling </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association" title="Coastal Athletic Association">Coastal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">Northeast</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-D2-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-D2_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Currently an <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">NCAA Division II</a> athletic conference.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Membership_timeline">Membership timeline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Membership timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_hk85y04m6166fua2gib0erh40467f1m"><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Southern_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference" 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color:;">Full members (non-football)</span> <span style="background-color:rgb(251,128,114); color:;">Assoc. members (football only)</span> <span style="background-color:rgb(128,177,211); color:;">Assoc. member (women's bowling)</span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,179); color:;">Other Conference</span> <span style="background-color:rgb(253,180,98); color:;">Other Conference</span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Facilities">Facilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#342A7A;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDBF57, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDBF57;">School </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#342A7A;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDBF57, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDBF57;">Football stadium </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#342A7A;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDBF57, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDBF57;">Capacity </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#342A7A;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDBF57, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDBF57;">Basketball arena </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#342A7A;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDBF57, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDBF57;">Capacity </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#003056;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFC915, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFC915;"><a href="/wiki/Coppin_State_Eagles" title="Coppin State Eagles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000078-QINU`"'</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Coppin State</b></span></a> </td> <td colspan="2"><i>Non-football school</i><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Physical_Education_Complex" title="Physical Education Complex">Physical Education Complex</a> </td> <td>4,100<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#EE3124;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0099CC, inset -2px -2px 0 #0099CC;"><a href="/wiki/Delaware_State_Hornets" title="Delaware State Hornets"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Delaware State</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alumni_Stadium_(Delaware_State)" title="Alumni Stadium (Delaware State)">Alumni Stadium</a> </td> <td>7,193<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Memorial_Hall_(Delaware_State)" title="Memorial Hall (Delaware State)">Memorial Hall</a> </td> <td>1,800<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#003A63;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E31837, inset -2px -2px 0 #E31837;"><a href="/wiki/Howard_Bison_and_Lady_Bison" class="mw-redirect" title="Howard Bison and Lady Bison"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Howard</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_H._Greene_Stadium" title="William H. Greene Stadium">William H. Greene Stadium</a> </td> <td>10,000<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Burr_Gymnasium" title="Burr Gymnasium">Burr Gymnasium</a> </td> <td>2,700<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#651D32;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #888B8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #888B8D;"><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Eastern_Shore_Hawks" title="Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Maryland–Eastern Shore</b></span></a> </td> <td colspan="2"><i>Non-football school</i><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hytche_Athletic_Center" title="Hytche Athletic Center">Hytche Athletic Center</a> </td> <td>5,500<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#002D74;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF4E00, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF4E00;"><a href="/wiki/Morgan_State_Bears" class="mw-redirect" title="Morgan State Bears"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Morgan State</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hughes_Stadium_(Morgan_State)" title="Hughes Stadium (Morgan State)">Hughes Stadium</a> </td> <td>10,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Talmadge_L._Hill_Field_House" title="Talmadge L. Hill Field House">Talmadge L. Hill Field House</a> </td> <td>4,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#007B5E;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FAB80A, inset -2px -2px 0 #FAB80A;"><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_State_Spartans" title="Norfolk State Spartans"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Norfolk State</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_%22Dick%22_Price_Stadium" title="William "Dick" Price Stadium">William "Dick" Price Stadium</a> </td> <td>30,000<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_G._Echols_Memorial_Hall" title="Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall">Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall</a> </td> <td>4,500<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#862633;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #898D8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #898D8D;"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Central_Eagles" title="North Carolina Central Eagles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>North Carolina Central</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/O%27Kelly%E2%80%93Riddick_Stadium" title="O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium">O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium</a> </td> <td>10,000<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McDougald%E2%80%93McLendon_Gymnasium" class="mw-redirect" title="McDougald–McLendon Gymnasium">McDougald–McLendon Gymnasium</a> </td> <td>3,000<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#900028;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #084897, inset -2px -2px 0 #084897;"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs_and_Lady_Bulldogs" title="South Carolina State Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>South Carolina State</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oliver_C._Dawson_Stadium" title="Oliver C. Dawson Stadium">Oliver C. Dawson Stadium</a> </td> <td>20,000<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SHM_Memorial_Center" title="SHM Memorial Center">SHM Memorial Center</a> </td> <td>3,000<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">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.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">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.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Apparel">Apparel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Apparel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>School </th> <th>Provider </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Coppin_State_Eagles" title="Coppin State Eagles">Coppin State</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Delaware_State_Hornets" title="Delaware State Hornets">Delaware State</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Howard_Bison" title="Howard Bison">Howard University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Jordan" title="Air Jordan">Jordan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Under_Armour" title="Under Armour">Curry Brand</a> (golf only) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Eastern_Shore_Hawks" title="Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks">University of Maryland Eastern Shore</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Morgan_State_Bears" class="mw-redirect" title="Morgan State Bears">Morgan State</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Under_Armour" title="Under Armour">Under Armour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_State_Spartans" title="Norfolk State Spartans">Norfolk State</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Central_Eagles" title="North Carolina Central Eagles">North Carolina Central</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs" class="mw-redirect" title="South Carolina State Bulldogs">South Carolina State</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) sponsors championship competition in six men's and eight women's NCAA-sanctioned sports. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption><b>Teams in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference competition</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Sport</th> <th width="55">Men's</th> <th>Women's </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ten-pin_bowling" title="Ten-pin bowling">Bowling</a></td> <td>-</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Cross_country_running" title="Cross country running">Cross country</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">Football</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Softball" title="Softball">Softball</a></td> <td>-</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">Tennis</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Track_and_field_(indoor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Track and field (indoor)">Track and field (indoor)</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Track_and_field_(outdoor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Track and field (outdoor)">Track and field (outdoor)</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Volleyball" title="Volleyball">Volleyball</a></td> <td>-</td> <td>8 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Men's_sponsored_sports_by_school"><span id="Men.27s_sponsored_sports_by_school"></span>Men's sponsored sports by school</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Men's sponsored sports by school"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:75%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>School</th> <th>Basketball</th> <th>Cross<br />Country</th> <th>Football</th> <th>Tennis</th> <th>Track & Field<br />(Indoor)</th> <th>Track & Field<br />(Outdoor)</th> <th>Total MEAC<br />Sports </th></tr> <tr> <td>Coppin State</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Delaware State</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Howard</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>UMES</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Morgan State</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Norfolk State</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>NC Central</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>SC State</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Totals</b></td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>44 </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> <p><b>Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference which are played by MEAC schools:</b> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>School</th> <th>Baseball</th> <th>Golf</th> <th>Soccer</th> <th>Swimming & Diving</th> <th>Volleyball</th> <th>Wrestling </th></tr> <tr> <td>Coppin State</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Delaware State</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Howard</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>UMES</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Morgan State</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Intercollegiate_Wrestling_Association" title="Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association">EIWA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Norfolk State</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>NC Central</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">UMES will add men's volleyball in the 2026 season (2025–26 school year) as an NEC affiliate.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women's_sponsored_sports_by_school"><span id="Women.27s_sponsored_sports_by_school"></span>Women's sponsored sports by school</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Women's sponsored sports by school"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:75%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>School</th> <th>Basketball</th> <th>Bowling</th> <th>Cross<br />Country</th> <th>Softball</th> <th>Tennis</th> <th>Track & Field<br />(Indoor)</th> <th>Track & Field<br />(Outdoor)</th> <th>Volleyball</th> <th>Total MEAC<br />Sports </th></tr> <tr> <td>Coppin State</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Delaware State</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Howard</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>UMES</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Morgan State</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Norfolk State</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>NC Central</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>SC State</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Totals</b></td> <td>8</td> <td>6+2<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>61+2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bowling associates North Carolina A&T and UAB.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p><b>Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference which are played by MEAC schools:</b> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>School</th> <th>Equestrian<sup id="cite_ref-Emerging_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emerging-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Golf</th> <th>Lacrosse</th> <th>Soccer</th> <th>Swimming & Diving </th></tr> <tr> <td>Delaware State</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Collegiate_Athletic_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference">ECAC</a>/ <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Equestrian_Association" title="National Collegiate Equestrian Association">NCEA</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a></td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>Howard</td> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>SC State</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_independent_schools#Soccer" title="NCAA Division I independent schools">IND</a></td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>UMES</td> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a></td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Emerging-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Emerging_47-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Part of the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Emerging_Sports_for_Women" title="NCAA Emerging Sports for Women">NCAA Emerging Sports for Women</a> program.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Championships">Championships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NCAA_National_championships">NCAA National championships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: NCAA National championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>School </th> <th>Nat'l<br />titles </th> <th>Years </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Howard_Bison_and_Lady_Bison" class="mw-redirect" title="Howard Bison and Lady Bison">Howard</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td>1971<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>• 1974 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Eastern_Shore_Hawks" title="Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks">Maryland-Eastern Shore</a> </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td>2008 • 2011 • 2012<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Howard was later disqualified from their 1971 NCAA soccer championship; however, no team was ever announced as the new champion.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football">Football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The MEAC, along with the <a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Athletic_Conference" title="Southwestern Athletic Conference">Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)</a>, 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 <a href="/wiki/Celebration_Bowl" title="Celebration Bowl">Celebration Bowl</a> against the SWAC Champion, the remaining conference members remain eligible for at-large bids for the playoffs. </p><p><i>This is a partial list of the last 10 champions. For the full history, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference_football_champions" title="List of Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football champions">List of Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football champions</a>.</i> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2;"></th> <th colspan="2">Record</th> <th colspan="2">Ranking</th> <th></th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Champions</th> <th>Conference</th> <th>Overall</th> <th>AP/STATS</th> <th>UPI/Coaches'</th> <th>Postseason result</th> <th>Head coach </th></tr> <tr> <th>2010 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Bethune-Cookman_Wildcats_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats football team">Bethune-Cookman</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2010_South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2010 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team">South Carolina State</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2010_Florida_A%26M_Rattlers_football_team" title="2010 Florida A&M Rattlers football team">Florida A&M</a></td> <td>7–1<br />7–1<br />7–1</td> <td>10–2<br />9–3<br />8–3</td> <td><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 15<sup id="cite_ref-2010_Poll_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010_Poll-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 16<sup id="cite_ref-2010_Poll_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010_Poll-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />NR<sup id="cite_ref-2010_Poll_50-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010_Poll-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>15<sup id="cite_ref-2010_Coaches_Poll_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010_Coaches_Poll-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />17<sup id="cite_ref-2010_Coaches_Poll_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010_Coaches_Poll-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />NR<sup id="cite_ref-2010_Coaches_Poll_51-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010_Coaches_Poll-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_season#Postseason" title="2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season">NCAA Division I Second Round</a>, L 20–45 vs. <a href="/wiki/2010_New_Hampshire_Wildcats_football_team" title="2010 New Hampshire Wildcats football team">New Hampshire</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2010_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_season#Postseason" title="2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season">NCAA Division I First Round</a>, L 16–41 vs. <a href="/wiki/2010_Georgia_Southern_Eagles_football_team" title="2010 Georgia Southern Eagles football team">Georgia Southern</a><br /><i>No Playoff Invite</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Jenkins_(American_football)" title="Brian Jenkins (American football)">Brian Jenkins</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Pough" title="Oliver Pough">Oliver Pough</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Joe_Taylor_(American_football_coach)" title="Joe Taylor (American football coach)">Joe Taylor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2011 </th> <td colspan="7"><i>Championship vacated by <a href="/wiki/2011_Norfolk_State_Spartans_football_team" title="2011 Norfolk State Spartans football team">Norfolk State</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Notes1 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2012 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Bethune-Cookman_Wildcats_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats football team">Bethune-Cookman</a></td> <td>8–0</td> <td>9–3</td> <td><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 22<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>23<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_season#Postseason" title="2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season">NCAA Division I First Round</a>, L 14–24 vs. <a href="/wiki/2012_Coastal_Carolina_Chanticleers_football_team" title="2012 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team">Coastal Carolina</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Jenkins_(American_football)" title="Brian Jenkins (American football)">Brian Jenkins</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2013 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/2013_Bethune-Cookman_Wildcats_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats football team">Bethune-Cookman</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2013_South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2013 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team">South Carolina State</a></td> <td>7–1<br />7–1</td> <td>10–3<br />9–4</td> <td><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 16<sup id="cite_ref-FCS_Rankings_2013_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FCS_Rankings_2013-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 25<sup id="cite_ref-FCS_Rankings_2013_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FCS_Rankings_2013-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 16<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />NR</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2013_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_season#Postseason" title="2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season">NCAA Division I First Round</a>, L 24–48 vs. <a href="/wiki/2013_Coastal_Carolina_Chanticleers_football_team" title="2013 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team">Coastal Carolina</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2012_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_season#Postseason" title="2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season">NCAA Division I First Round</a>, L 20–30 vs. <a href="/wiki/2013_Furman_Paladins_football_team" title="2013 Furman Paladins football team">Furman</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Jenkins_(American_football)" title="Brian Jenkins (American football)">Brian Jenkins</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Pough" title="Oliver Pough">Oliver Pough</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2014 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Morgan_State_Bears_football_team" title="2014 Morgan State Bears football team">Morgan State</a><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Notes1 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/2014_Bethune-Cookman_Wildcats_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats football team">Bethune-Cookman</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2014_North_Carolina_A%26T_Aggies_football_team" title="2014 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team">North Carolina A&T</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2014_South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2014 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team">South Carolina State</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2014_North_Carolina_Central_Eagles_football_team" title="2014 North Carolina Central Eagles football team">North Carolina Central</a></td> <td>6–2<br />6–2<br />6–2<br />6–2<br />6–2</td> <td>7–5<br />9–3<br />9–3<br />8–4<br />7–5</td> <td><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 23<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />NR<br />NR<br />NR<br />NR<br /></td> <td><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 22<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />NR<br />NR<br />NR<br />NR<br /></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_season#Postseason" title="2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season">NCAA Division I First Round</a>, L 24–46 vs. <a href="/wiki/2014_Richmond_Spiders_football_team" title="2014 Richmond Spiders football team">Richmond</a><br /><i>No Playoff invite</i><br /><i>No Playoff invite</i><br /><i>No Playoff invite</i><br /><i>No Playoff invite</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_Hull" title="Lee Hull">Lee Hull</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Brian_Jenkins_(American_football)" title="Brian Jenkins (American football)">Brian Jenkins</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Rod_Broadway" title="Rod Broadway">Rod Broadway</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Pough" title="Oliver Pough">Buddy Pough</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Mack" title="Jerry Mack">Jerry Mack</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2015 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_North_Carolina_A%26T_Aggies_football_team" title="2015 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team">North Carolina A&T</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2015_Bethune-Cookman_Wildcats_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats football team">Bethune-Cookman</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2015_North_Carolina_Central_Eagles_football_team" title="2015 North Carolina Central Eagles football team">North Carolina Central</a></td> <td>7–1<br />7–1<br />7–1</td> <td>10–2<br />9–2<br />8–3</td> <td><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 21<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />NR<br />NR</td> <td><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 21<sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_-_FCS_Coaches'_Poll_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_-_FCS_Coaches'_Poll-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 25<sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_-_FCS_Coaches'_Poll_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_-_FCS_Coaches'_Poll-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />NR</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_Celebration_Bowl" title="2015 Celebration Bowl">Celebration Bowl</a>, <b>W</b> 41–34 vs. <a href="/wiki/2015_Alcorn_State_Braves_football_team" title="2015 Alcorn State Braves football team">Alcorn State</a><br /><i>No Playoff invite</i><br /><i>No Playoff invite</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rod_Broadway" title="Rod Broadway">Rod Broadway</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Terry_Sims" title="Terry Sims">Terry Sims</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Mack" title="Jerry Mack">Jerry Mack</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2016 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_North_Carolina_Central_Eagles_football_team" title="2016 North Carolina Central Eagles football team">North Carolina Central</a></td> <td>8–0</td> <td>9–3</td> <td><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 20<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 22<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_Celebration_Bowl" title="2016 Celebration Bowl">Celebration Bowl</a>, L 9–10 vs. <a href="/wiki/2016_Grambling_State_Tigers_football_team" title="2016 Grambling State Tigers football team">Grambling State</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Mack" title="Jerry Mack">Jerry Mack</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2017 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_North_Carolina_A%26T_Aggies_football_team" title="2017 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team">North Carolina A&T</a></td> <td>8–0</td> <td>12–0</td> <td><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 8<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 7<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_Celebration_Bowl" title="2017 Celebration Bowl">Celebration Bowl</a>, <b>W</b> 21–14 vs. <a href="/wiki/2017_Grambling_State_Tigers_football_team" title="2017 Grambling State Tigers football team">Grambling State</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rod_Broadway" title="Rod Broadway">Rod Broadway</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2018 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_North_Carolina_A%26T_Aggies_football_team" title="2018 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team">North Carolina A&T</a></td> <td>7–1</td> <td>10–2</td> <td><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 12<sup id="cite_ref-STATS_FCS_Top_25_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STATS_FCS_Top_25-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 11<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_Celebration_Bowl" title="2018 Celebration Bowl">Celebration Bowl</a>, <b>W</b> 24–22 vs. <a href="/wiki/2018_Alcorn_State_Braves_football_team" title="2018 Alcorn State Braves football team">Alcorn State</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sam_Washington" title="Sam Washington">Sam Washington</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2019 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_North_Carolina_A%26T_Aggies_football_team" title="2019 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team">North Carolina A&T</a></td> <td>6–2</td> <td>9–3</td> <td><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 23<sup id="cite_ref-STATS_FCS_Top_25_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STATS_FCS_Top_25-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 22<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Celebration_Bowl" title="2019 Celebration Bowl">Celebration Bowl</a>, <b>W</b> 64–44 vs. <a href="/wiki/2019_Alcorn_State_Braves_football_team" title="2019 Alcorn State Braves football team">Alcorn State</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sam_Washington" title="Sam Washington">Sam Washington</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2020-21 </th> <td colspan="7"><i> Season Suspended due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">COVID-19 pandemic</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Notes1 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2021 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2021 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team">South Carolina State</a></td> <td>5–0</td> <td>6–5</td> <td>NR</td> <td>NR</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_Celebration_Bowl" title="2021 Celebration Bowl">Celebration Bowl</a>, <b>W</b> 31–10 vs. <a href="/wiki/2021_Jackson_State_Tigers_football_team" title="2021 Jackson State Tigers football team">Jackson State</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Pough" title="Oliver Pough">Oliver Pough</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2022 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_North_Carolina_Central_Eagles_football_team" title="2022 North Carolina Central Eagles football team">North Carolina Central</a></td> <td>4–1</td> <td>10–2</td> <td>RV</td> <td><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 21</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_Celebration_Bowl" title="2022 Celebration Bowl">Celebration Bowl</a>, <b>W</b> 41–34 <sup>OT</sup> vs. <a href="/wiki/2022_Jackson_State_Tigers_football_team" title="2022 Jackson State Tigers football team">Jackson State</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trei_Oliver" title="Trei Oliver">Trei Oliver</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2023 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_Howard_Bison_football_team" title="2023 Howard Bison football team">Howard</a></td> <td>4–1</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>NR</td> <td>NR</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_Celebration_Bowl" title="2023 Celebration Bowl">Celebration Bowl</a>, L 26–30 vs. <a href="/wiki/2023_Florida_A%26M_Rattlers_football_team" title="2023 Florida A&M Rattlers football team">Florida A&M</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Larry_Scott_(American_football)" title="Larry Scott (American football)">Larry Scott</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Norfolk State's 2011 MEAC football championship was vacated as a result of NCAA Violations.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">As a result of the MEAC football tiebreaker, Morgan State earned the conference's Automatic bid for the NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-71">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> In July 2020, the MEAC announced that it would cancel its fall sports seasons due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> 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.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Celebration_Bowl_results">Celebration Bowl results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Celebration Bowl results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th colspan="2">MEAC Team </th> <th colspan="2">SWAC Team </th> <th>Attendance </th> <th>Series </th></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_North_Carolina_A%26T_Aggies_football_team" title="2015 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team"><b>North Carolina A&T Aggies</b></a> </td> <td><b>41</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_Alcorn_State_Braves_football_team" title="2015 Alcorn State Braves football team">Alcorn State Braves</a> </td> <td>34 </td> <td>35,528 </td> <td>MEAC 1–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_North_Carolina_Central_Eagles_football_team" title="2016 North Carolina Central Eagles football team">North Carolina Central Eagles</a> </td> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_Grambling_State_Tigers_football_team" title="2016 Grambling State Tigers football team"><b>Grambling State Tigers</b></a> </td> <td><b>10</b> </td> <td>31,096 </td> <td>Tied 1–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_North_Carolina_A%26T_Aggies_football_team" title="2017 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team"><b>North Carolina A&T Aggies</b></a> </td> <td><b>21</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_Grambling_State_Tigers_football_team" title="2017 Grambling State Tigers football team">Grambling State Tigers</a> </td> <td>14 </td> <td>25,873 </td> <td>MEAC 2–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_North_Carolina_A%26T_Aggies_football_team" title="2018 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team"><b>North Carolina A&T Aggies</b></a> </td> <td><b>24</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_Alcorn_State_Braves_football_team" title="2018 Alcorn State Braves football team">Alcorn State Braves</a> </td> <td>22 </td> <td>31,672 </td> <td>MEAC 3–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_North_Carolina_A%26T_Aggies_football_team" title="2019 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team"><b>North Carolina A&T Aggies</b></a> </td> <td><b>64</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Alcorn_State_Braves_football_team" title="2019 Alcorn State Braves football team">Alcorn State Braves</a> </td> <td>44 </td> <td>32,968 </td> <td>MEAC 4–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2021 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team"><b>South Carolina State Bulldogs</b></a> </td> <td><b>31</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_Jackson_State_Tigers_football_team" title="2021 Jackson State Tigers football team">Jackson State Tigers</a> </td> <td>10 </td> <td>48,653 </td> <td>MEAC 5–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_North_Carolina_Central_Eagles_football_team" title="2022 North Carolina Central Eagles football team"><b>North Carolina Central Eagles</b></a> </td> <td><b>41</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_Jackson_State_Tigers_football_team" title="2022 Jackson State Tigers football team">Jackson State Tigers</a> </td> <td>34 <span style="font-size:85%;">(OT)</span> </td> <td>49,670 </td> <td>MEAC 6–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_Howard_Bison_football_team" title="2023 Howard Bison football team">Howard Bison</a> </td> <td>26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_Florida_A%26M_Rattlers_football_team" title="2023 Florida A&M Rattlers football team"><b>Florida A&M Rattlers</b></a> </td> <td><b>30</b> </td> <td>41,108 </td> <td>MEAC 6–2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Men's_basketball"><span id="Men.27s_basketball"></span>Men's basketball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Men's basketball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/MEAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="MEAC men's basketball tournament">MEAC men's basketball tournament</a></div> <p>On June 8, 1980, the MEAC earned the classification as a Division I conference by the <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">National Collegiate Athletic Association</a> (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 <a href="/wiki/1997_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1997 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1997</a>, Hampton in <a href="/wiki/2001_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2001</a>, Norfolk State in <a href="/wiki/2012_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2012</a>) defeated second-seeded teams South Carolina, Iowa State and Missouri, respectively, in the NCAA tournament. </p><p>Coppin State again made history, as it qualified for the tournament as the first 20-loss team to play in the NCAA Tournament. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th> Season  </th> <th> Regular season champion(s)  </th> <th>Tournament champion </th></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td> <td> North Carolina A&T  </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td>Maryland Eastern Shore </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td>Maryland Eastern Shore </td> <td>Maryland Eastern Shore </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td>South Carolina State </td> <td>Morgan State </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978 </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979 </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td>Howard </td> <td>Howard </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td> <td>Howard </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982 </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983 </td> <td>Howard </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984 </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987 </td> <td>Howard </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td>South Carolina State </td> <td>South Carolina State </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td>Coppin State </td> <td>Coppin State </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td>Coppin State </td> <td>Florida A&M </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th> Season  </th> <th> Regular season champion(s)  </th> <th>Tournament champion </th></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td>Howard </td> <td>Howard </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td>Coppin State </td> <td>Coppin State </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td> <td>Coppin State </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td>Coppin State </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><i>Coppin State<br />South Carolina State</i> </td> <td>South Carolina State </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td>Coppin State </td> <td>Coppin State </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td>Coppin State </td> <td>South Carolina State </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><i>South Carolina State<br />Coppin State</i> </td> <td>Florida A&M </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td>South Carolina State </td> <td>South Carolina State </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td>Hampton </td> <td>Hampton </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td>Hampton </td> <td>Hampton </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td>South Carolina State </td> <td>South Carolina State </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><i>South Carolina State<br />Coppin State</i> </td> <td>Florida A&M </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td>Delaware State </td> <td>Delaware State </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td>Delaware State </td> <td>Hampton </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_MEAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2007 MEAC men's basketball tournament">2007</a> </td> <td>Delaware State </td> <td>Florida A&M </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_MEAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2008 MEAC men's basketball tournament">2008</a> </td> <td>Morgan State </td> <td>Coppin State </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_MEAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2009 MEAC men's basketball tournament">2009</a> </td> <td>Morgan State </td> <td>Morgan State </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th> Season  </th> <th> Regular season champion(s)  </th> <th>Tournament champion </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_MEAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2010 MEAC men's basketball tournament">2010</a> </td> <td>Morgan State </td> <td>Morgan State </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_MEAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2011 MEAC men's basketball tournament">2011</a> </td> <td>Bethune–Cookman </td> <td>Hampton </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_MEAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2012 MEAC men's basketball tournament">2012</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Savannah_State_Tigers_basketball_team" title="2011–12 Savannah State Tigers basketball team">Savannah State</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Norfolk_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2011–12 Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball team">Norfolk State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2013_MEAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2013 MEAC men's basketball tournament">2013</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Norfolk_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2012–13 Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball team">Norfolk State</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_North_Carolina_A%26T_Aggies_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2012–13 North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball team">North Carolina A&T</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_MEAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2014 MEAC men's basketball tournament">2014</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_North_Carolina_Central_Eagles_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2013–14 North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball team">North Carolina Central</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_North_Carolina_Central_Eagles_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2013–14 North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball team">North Carolina Central</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_MEAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2015 MEAC men's basketball tournament">2015</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_North_Carolina_Central_Eagles_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2014–15 North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball team">North Carolina Central</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Hampton_Pirates_men%27s_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2014–15 Hampton Pirates men's basketball team">Hampton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_MEAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2016 MEAC men's basketball tournament">2016</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Hampton_Pirates_men%27s_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2015–16 Hampton Pirates men's basketball team">Hampton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Hampton_Pirates_men%27s_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2015–16 Hampton Pirates men's basketball team">Hampton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_MEAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2017 MEAC men's basketball tournament">2017</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_North_Carolina_Central_Eagles_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2016–17 North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball team">North Carolina Central</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_North_Carolina_Central_Eagles_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2016–17 North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball team">North Carolina Central</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_MEAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2018 MEAC men's basketball tournament">2018</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017-18_Hampton_Pirates_men%27s_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2017-18 Hampton Pirates men's basketball team">Hampton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017-18_North_Carolina_Central_Eagles_men%27s_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2017-18 North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball team">North Carolina Central</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_MEAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2019 MEAC men's basketball tournament">2019</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Norfolk_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2018–19 Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball team">Norfolk State</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018-19_North_Carolina_Central_Eagles_men%27s_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2018-19 North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball team">North Carolina Central</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_MEAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2021 MEAC men's basketball tournament">2021</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2020-21_Norfolk_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2020-21 Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball team">Norfolk State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_MEAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2022 MEAC men's basketball tournament">2022</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021-22_Norfolk_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2021-22 Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball team">Norfolk State</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021-22_Norfolk_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2021-22 Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball team">Norfolk State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_MEAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2023 MEAC men's basketball tournament">2023</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2022-23_Howard_Bison_men%27s_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2022-23 Howard Bison men's basketball team">Howard</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2022-23_Howard_Bison_men%27s_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2022-23 Howard Bison men's basketball team">Howard</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_MEAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2024 MEAC men's basketball tournament">2024</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2023-24_Norfolk_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2023-24 Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball team">Norfolk State</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2023-24_Howard_Bison_men%27s_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2023-24 Howard Bison men's basketball team">Howard</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tournament_performance_by_active_schools">Tournament performance by active schools</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Tournament performance by active schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>School </th> <th>Championships </th> <th>Championship Years </th></tr> <tr> <td>Howard </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td>1980,1981,1992,2023,2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td>South Carolina State </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td>1989,1996,1998,2000,2003 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Coppin State </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td>1990,1993,1997,2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td>North Carolina Central </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td>2014,2017,2018, 2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Morgan State </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td>1977,2009,2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Norfolk State </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td>2012, 2021, 2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Maryland-Eastern Shore </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td>1974 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Delaware State </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td>2005 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women's_basketball"><span id="Women.27s_basketball"></span>Women's basketball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Women's basketball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference_women%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament">Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th> Season  </th> <th> Regular season champion(s)  </th> <th>Tournament champion </th></tr> <tr> <td>1978 </td> <td>– </td> <td>South Carolina State </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979 </td> <td>– </td> <td>South Carolina State </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982 </td> <td>– </td> <td>Howard </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983 </td> <td>– </td> <td>South Carolina State </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984 </td> <td>South Carolina State </td> <td>Bethune–Cookman </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td>South Carolina State </td> <td>Howard </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td>South Carolina State </td> <td>South Carolina State </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987 </td> <td>Howard </td> <td>Howard </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td> <td>Howard </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td> <td>Howard </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td> <td>Howard </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td>South Carolina State </td> <td>Coppin State </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td>South Carolina State </td> <td>South Carolina State </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td><i>South Carolina State<br />Coppin State<br />Florida A&M</i> </td> <td>South Carolina State </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th> Season  </th> <th> Regular season champion(s)  </th> <th>Tournament champion </th></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td> <td>South Carolina State </td> <td> North Carolina A&T  </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td>Florida A&M </td> <td>Florida A&M </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td>Florida A&M </td> <td>Howard </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td>Howard </td> <td>Howard </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td>Howard </td> <td>Howard </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td>Hampton </td> <td>Florida A&M </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td>Howard </td> <td>Hampton </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td>Howard </td> <td>Howard </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td>Howard </td> <td>Norfolk State </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td>Hampton </td> <td>Hampton </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><i>Delaware State<br />Hampton</i> </td> <td>Hampton </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td>Coppin State </td> <td>Coppin State </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td>Coppin State </td> <td>Coppin State </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td>Coppin State </td> <td>Delaware State </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td> <td>Coppin State </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th> Season  </th> <th> Regular season champion(s)  </th> <th>Tournament champion </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_MEAC_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2010 MEAC women's basketball tournament">2010</a> </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td> <td>Hampton University </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td>Hampton </td> <td>Hampton </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td>Hampton </td> <td>Hampton </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td>Hampton </td> <td>Hampton </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_MEAC_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2014 MEAC women's basketball tournament">2014</a> </td> <td>Hampton </td> <td>Hampton </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td>Hampton </td> <td>Savannah State </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td>Bethune Cookman<br />North Carolina A&T </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_MEAC_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2017 MEAC women's basketball tournament">2017</a> </td> <td>Bethune Cookman </td> <td>Hampton </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_MEAC_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2018 MEAC women's basketball tournament">2018</a> </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_MEAC_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2019 MEAC women's basketball tournament">2019</a> </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td> <td>Bethune Cookman </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_MEAC_women%27s_basketball_tournament&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2021 MEAC women's basketball tournament (page does not exist)">2021</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_MEAC_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2022 MEAC women's basketball tournament">2022</a> </td> <td>Howard<br />Norfolk State<br />Morgan State </td> <td>Howard </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_MEAC_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2023 MEAC women's basketball tournament">2023</a> </td> <td>Norfolk State </td> <td>Norfolk State </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_MEAC_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2024 MEAC women's basketball tournament">2024</a> </td> <td>Norfolk State </td> <td>Norfolk State </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baseball">Baseball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Baseball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Last 10 years of champions. In 2023, the four remaining baseball programs from the MEAC joined the <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">Northeast Conference</a> to compete in baseball as associate members.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference_Baseball_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament">Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th> Season  </th> <th> Regular season champion(s)  </th> <th>Tournament champion </th></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td>Bethune–Cookman </td> <td>Bethune–Cookman </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td>Delaware State </td> <td>Savannah State </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td> </td> <td>Bethune–Cookman </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td> </td> <td>Florida A&M </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td> </td> <td>Bethune–Cookman </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td> </td> <td>Bethune–Cookman </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td> </td> <td>North Carolina A&T </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td> </td> <td>Florida A&M </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td> </td> <td>Norfolk State </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022 </td> <td>Delaware State </td> <td>Coppin State </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_black_college_football_classics" title="List of black college football classics">List 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