Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
FormerlyNorthern Athletics Conference
AssociationNCAA
Founded2006
CommissionerJeff Ligney (since 2020)
Sports fielded
  • 21
    • men's: 11
    • women's: 10
DivisionDivision III
No. of teams14
HeadquartersMilwaukee, Wisconsin
RegionUpper Midwest
Official websitenaccsports.org/
Locations
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The Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC), formerly the Northern Athletics Conference (NAC), is an intercollegiate athletic conference. It participates in the NCAA's Division III and began its first season in the fall of 2006.

The NACC sponsors 21 sports. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field, and volleyball. Women's squads are fielded in basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field and volleyball. The newest NACC sports are men's volleyball, added in the 2017–18 school year,[1] and men's and women's lacrosse, added in the 2020-21 school year.[2]

The NACC became eligible for automatic NCAA postseason berths in 2008–09.

  1. ^ "NACC To Add Men's Volleyball In 2018" (Press release). Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference. January 10, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
  2. ^ "NACC Announces Addition of Men's and Women's Lacrosse in 2021". NACC. August 6, 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.