Heartland Collegiate Conference

Not to be confused with the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference, a Division III conference currently in operation, or the Heartland Conference, a defunct Division II conference that operated from 1999 to 2019.
Heartland Collegiate Conference
AssociationNCAA
Founded1978
Ceased1990
CommissionerJim Hinga (1978-1984)
Sports fielded
  • 8 (initially), 1 (football-only, 1985-90)
DivisionNCAA Division II
No. of teams8 (1978-83), 7 (1983-87), 6 (1987-88), 5 (1988-90)

The Heartland Collegiate Conference (HCC) was an NCAA Division II athletic conference that operated from 1978 to 1990. It was formed in June 1978 as the successor to the Indiana Collegiate Conference (ICC), after the ICC made up for membership losses by adding institutions from Ohio and Kentucky.