Category:Sun Belt Conference History

History
The Sun Belt Conference is a college athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976.

After the 1990-91 basketball season all members of the Sun Belt except Western Kentucky, South Alabama, Jacksonville, and incoming member Arkansas-Little Rock departed and joined other conferences. The Sun Belt merged with the American South Conference made up of Arkansas State, Louisiana Tech, Southwestern Louisiana (now University of Louisiana at Lafayette), Texas-Pan American, New Orleans, Lamar, and Central Florida.