15 Schools•Division II•Est. 1913
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference was founded on December 30, 1913, when representatives from Alabama State, Atlanta University, Clark College, Fisk, Jackson College, Morehouse, Morris Brown, Talladega and Tuskegee met at Morehouse to set rules for athletics among Black colleges in the southeast. They chartered it as the Southeastern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and renamed it in 1929. Clark Atlanta, Morehouse and Tuskegee have never left. Headquarters sit in downtown Atlanta, and the league competes in NCAA Division II.
Football built the legend. Jake Gaither coached Florida A&M to a 203-36-4 record, six Black college national championships and 22 SIAC titles. Cleve Abbott spent 32 years at Tuskegee, winning 11 conference football championships and seven national crowns while stringing together 46 consecutive victories. Pro Football Hall of Famers Bob Hayes, Deacon Jones, Larry Little, Shannon Sharpe, John Stallworth and Rayfield Wright all started here.
Track and field carried the league to the world. Alice Coachman of Tuskegee became the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, taking the high jump in London in 1948. Catherine Hardy of Fort Valley State won relay gold in 1952, Mildred McDaniel of Tuskegee set a world record in the high jump in 1956, and Edwin Moses of Morehouse won the 400 meter hurdles in 1976 and again in 1984.
Rivalries anchor the fall. Morehouse and Tuskegee have met since 1902 in the longest running rivalry in Black college football. Albany State and Fort Valley State contest the Fountain City Classic, first played in 1924.
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The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference was founded on December 30, 1913, when representatives from Alabama State, Atlanta University, Clark College, Fisk, Jackson College, Morehouse, Morris Brown, Talladega and Tuskegee met at Morehouse to set rules for athletics among Black colleges in the southeast. They chartered it as the Southeastern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and renamed it in 1929. Clark Atlanta, Morehouse and Tuskegee have never left. Headquarters sit in downtown Atlanta, and the league competes in NCAA Division II.
Football built the legend. Jake Gaither coached Florida A&M to a 203-36-4 record, six Black college national championships and 22 SIAC titles. Cleve Abbott spent 32 years at Tuskegee, winning 11 conference football championships and seven national crowns while stringing together 46 consecutive victories. Pro Football Hall of Famers Bob Hayes, Deacon Jones, Larry Little, Shannon Sharpe, John Stallworth and Rayfield Wright all started here.
Track and field carried the league to the world. Alice Coachman of Tuskegee became the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, taking the high jump in London in 1948. Catherine Hardy of Fort Valley State won relay gold in 1952, Mildred McDaniel of Tuskegee set a world record in the high jump in 1956, and Edwin Moses of Morehouse won the 400 meter hurdles in 1976 and again in 1984.
Rivalries anchor the fall. Morehouse and Tuskegee have met since 1902 in the longest running rivalry in Black college football. Albany State and Fort Valley State contest the Fountain City Classic, first played in 1924.
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