Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference; (MEAC)
	Established: 1970
	;
NCAA	Division I FCS
Members	12
Sports fielded	15 (men's: 7; women's: 8)
Region	East Coast
Headquarters	Virginia Beach, Virginia
Commissioner	Dennis E. Thomas (since 2002)
Website	www.meacsports.com
	Locations

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The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) is a collegiate athletic conference of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southeastern United States. It participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I, and in football, in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).

[edit] Membership

[edit] Current members

Locations of current Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference full member institutions.

MEAC was founded in 1970 with seven schools: Delaware State University (then Delaware State College), Howard University, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University, and South Carolina State University. Membership has fluctuated through the years, but now stands at twelve schools, including six of the founding members.^[1]

Both North Carolina Central University and Savannah State University have submitted applications to join the MEAC and are being considered at this time with the MEAC's moratorium on expansion being lifted. ^[2]

School	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Years	Nickname
Bethune-Cookman	Daytona Beach, FL	1904	Private/Methodist	3,400	1979–present	Wildcats
Coppin State	Baltimore, MD	1900	Public	3,200	1985–present	Eagles
Delaware State	Dover, DE	1891	Public	3,700	1970–present	Hornets
Florida A&M	Tallahassee, FL	1887	Public	11,700	1979–1984, 1986–present	Rattlers
Hampton	Hampton, VA	1868	Private	4,500	1995–present	Pirates
Howard	Washington, DC	1867	Private	11,200	1970–present	Bison
Maryland - Eastern Shore	Princess Anne, MD	1886	Public	4,000	1970–1979, 1981–present	Hawks
Morgan State	Baltimore, MD	1867	Public	6,600	1970–1979, 1984–present	Bears
Norfolk State	Norfolk, VA	1935	Public	8,500	1997–present	Spartans
North Carolina A&T	Greensboro, NC	1891	Public	10,400	1970–present	Aggies
South Carolina State	Orangeburg, SC	1896	Public	4,500	1970–present	Bulldogs
Winston-Salem State	Winston-Salem, NC	1892	Public	6,400	2008–present	Rams

[edit] Former Member

North Carolina Central University left MEAC to join the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in 1979.

School	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Years	Nickname
North Carolina Central	Durham, NC	1909	Public	8,375	1970–1979	Eagles

[edit] Conference facilities

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity
Bethune-Cookman	Municipal Stadium	10,000	Moore Gymnasium	3,000
Coppin State	Non-football school	–	Coppin Center	1,720
Delaware State	Alumni Stadium	7,000	Memorial Hall	3,000
Florida A&M	Bragg Memorial Stadium	25,500	Teaching Gym	9,000
Hampton University	Armstrong Stadium	17,000	Hampton Convocation Center	7,200
Howard University	William H. Greene Stadium	10,000	Burr Gymnasium	2,700
Maryland - Eastern Shore	Non-football school	–	Hytche Athletic Center	5,500
Morgan State	Hughes Stadium	10,000	Hill Field House	4,250
Norfolk State	William "Dick" Price Stadium	30,000	Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall	7,000
North Carolina A&T	Aggie Stadium	22,000	Corbett Sports Center	5,700
South Carolina State	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium	22,000	SHM Memorial Center	3,200
Winston-Salem State	Bowman Gray Stadium	17,000	LJVM Coliseum Annex	4,000

[edit] Championships

[edit] Football

Season	Champion(s)
1971	Morgan State
1972	North Carolina Central
1973	North Carolina Central
1974	South Carolina State
1975	South Carolina State
1976	South Carolina State
1977	South Carolina State
1978	South Carolina State
1979	Morgan State
1980	South Carolina State
1981	South Carolina State
1982	South Carolina State
1983	South Carolina State
1984	Bethune-Cookman
1985	Delaware State
1986	North Carolina A&T State
1987	Howard
1988	Bethune-Cookman Delaware State Florida A&M
1989	Delaware State
1990	Florida A&M
1991	North Carolina A&T State
1992	North Carolina A&T State
1993	Howard
1994	South Carolina State
1995	Florida A&M
1996	Florida A&M
1997	Hampton
1998	Florida A&M Hampton
1999	North Carolina A&T State
2000	Florida A&M
2001	Florida A&M
2002	Bethune-Cookman
2003	North Carolina A&T State
2004	Hampton South Carolina State
2005	Hampton
2006	Hampton
2007	Delaware State
2008	South Carolina State

[edit] Men's basketball

Season	Regular season champion(s)	Tournament champion
1972	North Carolina A&T State	North Carolina A&T State
1973	Maryland-Eastern Shore	North Carolina A&T State
1974	Maryland-Eastern Shore	Maryland-Eastern Shore
1975	North Carolina A&T State	North Carolina A&T State
1976	North Carolina A&T State	North Carolina A&T State
1977	South Carolina State	Morgan State
1978	North Carolina A&T State	North Carolina A&T State
1979	North Carolina A&T State	North Carolina A&T State
1980	Howard	Howard
1981	North Carolina A&T State	Howard
1982	North Carolina A&T State	North Carolina A&T State
1983	Howard	North Carolina A&T State
1984	North Carolina A&T State	North Carolina A&T State
1985	North Carolina A&T State	North Carolina A&T State
1986	North Carolina A&T State	North Carolina A&T State
1987	Howard	North Carolina A&T State
1988	North Carolina A&T State	North Carolina A&T State
1989	South Carolina State	South Carolina State
1990	Coppin State	Coppin State University
1991	Coppin State	Florida A&M
1992	Howard	Howard
1993	Coppin State	Coppin State
1994	Coppin State	North Carolina A&T State
1995	Coppin State	North Carolina A&T State
1996	Coppin State South Carolina State	South Carolina State
1997	Coppin State	Coppin State
1998	Coppin State	South Carolina State
1999	South Carolina State Coppin State	Florida A&M
2000	South Carolina State	South Carolina State
2001	Hampton	Hampton
2002	Hampton	Hampton
2003	South Carolina State	South Carolina State
2004	South Carolina State Coppin State	Florida A&M
2005	Delaware State	Delaware State
2006	Delaware State	Hampton
2007	Delaware State	Florida A&M
2008	Morgan State	Coppin State
2009	Morgan State	Morgan State

[edit] Tournaments Performance by school

School	Championships	Championship Years
North Carolina A&T State	15	1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1995
South Carolina State	5	1989, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003
Coppin State	4	1990, 1993, 1997, 2008
Florida A&M	4	1991, 1994, 2004, 2007
Howard	3	1980, 1981, 1992
Hampton	3	2001, 2002, 2006
Morgan State	2	1977, 2009
Maryland-Eastern Shore	1	1974
Delaware State	1	2005

[edit] Women's basketball

Season	Regular season champion(s)	Tournament champion
1978	–	South Carolina State
1979	–	South Carolina State
1980	–	–
1981	–	–
1982	–	Howard
1983	–	South Carolina State
1984	South Carolina State	Bethune-Cookman
1985	South Carolina State	Howard
1986	South Carolina State	South Carolina State
1987	Howard	Howard
1988	North Carolina A&T State	Howard
1989	North Carolina A&T State	Howard
1990	North Carolina A&T State	Howard
1991	South Carolina State	Coppin State
1992	South Carolina State	South Carolina State
1993	South Carolina State Coppin State Florida A&M	South Carolina State
1994	South Carolina State	North Carolina A&T State
1995	Florida A&M	Florida A&M
1996	Florida A&M	Howard
1997	Howard	Howard
1998	Howard	Howard
1999	Hampton	Florida A&M
2000	Howard	Hampton
2001	Howard	Howard
2002	Howard	Norfolk State
2003	Hampton	Hampton
2004	Delaware State Hampton	Hampton
2005	Coppin State	Coppin State
2006	Coppin State	Coppin State
2007	Coppin State	Delaware State
2008	North Carolina A&T State	Coppin State

[edit] Softball

Bethune-Cookman won the Florida Regional in 2005, the first NCAA Regional Final ever won by a MEAC school, and ended that season ranked #18 in a national poll.^[3]

Season	Champion(s)
1993	Florida A&M
1994	Florida A&M
1995	Florida A&M
1996	Hampton
1997	Florida A&M
1998	Florida A&M
1999	Florida A&M
2000	Bethune-Cookman
2001	Bethune-Cookman
2002	Bethune-Cookman
2003	Bethune-Cookman
2004	Bethune-Cookman
2005	Florida A&M
2006	Florida A&M
2007	Howard

[edit] Baseball

Season	Regular season champion(s)	Tournament champion
1975	Howard
1976	Howard
1977	Howard
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984	Howard
1985
1986	Howard
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993	North Carolina A&T State
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998	Hampton	Hampton
1999	Bethune-Cookman	Bethune-Cookman
2000	Bethune-Cookman	Bethune-Cookman
2001	Bethune-Cookman	Bethune-Cookman
2002	Bethune-Cookman	Bethune-Cookman
2003	Bethune-Cookman	Bethune-Cookman
2004	Bethune-Cookman	Bethune-Cookman
2005	North Carolina A&T State	North Carolina A&T State
2006	Bethune-Cookman	Bethune-Cookman
2007	Bethune-Cookman	Bethune-Cookman
2008	Bethune-Cookman	Bethune-Cookman

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[edit] References

^ "Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Official Website". meacsports.com. http://www.meacsports.com/. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
^ http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/03/05/article/expanded_meac_could_have_two_divisions
^ "MEAC History" (PDF). meacsports.com. http://www.meacsports.com/meac_history/meac_history.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.

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[0] "Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Official Website". meacsports.com. http://www.meacsports.com/. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.

[1] ttp://www.news-record.com/content/2009/03/05/article/expanded_meac_could_have_two_divisions

[2] "MEAC History" (PDF). meacsports.com. http://www.meacsports.com/meac_history/meac_history.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.

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[edit] Membership

[edit] Current members

[edit] Former Member

[edit] Conference facilities

[edit] Championships

[edit] Football

[edit] Men's basketball

[edit] Tournaments Performance by school

[edit] Women's basketball

[edit] Softball

[edit] Baseball

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC)
Established: 1970

NCAA	Division I FCS
Members	12
Sports fielded	15 (men's: 7; women's: 8)
Region	East Coast
Headquarters	Virginia Beach, Virginia
Commissioner	Dennis E. Thomas (since 2002)
Website	www.meacsports.com
Locations