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48-497: Dr. Larry Teis stepped down as athletic director of Texas State Athletics on August 31, 2021, with Mr. Don Coryell, Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director of External Operations, assuming the role of interim Athletic Director beginning September 1, 2021. Texas State joined the Sun Belt Conference on July 1, 2013. Texas State baseball claimed its fourth Southland Conference tournament championship in 2011, tying

96-673: A football home until an ASUN football league was established. The Southland began the process of rebuilding its core membership in September 2021, announcing that East Texas A&M University, then named Texas A&M University–Commerce, would start a transition from NCAA Division II and join the conference in July 2022. The SLC also announced a football scheduling alliance with the Ohio Valley Conference , another FCS league that had experienced major membership losses during

144-740: A new playing floor installed before the 2008–2009 season. The football team has won two Southland Conference championships in 2005 and 2008, advancing to the NCAA semi-finals in 2005. Before that, the school won two Division II national championships in 1981 and 1982. Additionally, the Bobcats won the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association Championship in 1921, 1926, and 1929 along with eight Lone Star Conference titles between 1948 and 1983. The team has been competing intermittently since 1904 and has

192-508: A record of 489-404-28, a .546 winning percentage. Bobcat Stadium , where the team has played its home games since 1981, completed a massive expansion project in 2012. With the completion of the north end zone complex, the facility currently seats 30,000. The men's golf team won the Division II NCAA national championship in 1983 and has won six conference championships (three Lone Star Conference and three Southland Conference) with

240-764: A student assistant at the University of Texas for the 2007 season. The women's tennis program has won four conference titles (two Lone Star Conference, two Southland Conference), last winning in 1989. The team plays home matches at the Bobcat Tennis Complex, which has a grandstand with a seating capacity of 200. The Bobcat men's track & field teams, indoor and outdoor, have won 17 conference championships (three Lone Star Conference, one Gulf Star Conference , 10 Southland Conference, 1 Western Athletic Conference and two Sun Belt Championship), last winning in 2019 (outdoor). The program has placed an athlete on

288-623: A week, the Southland expelled those four schools, leading the WAC to move their entry up to July 2021. A fifth member, Central Arkansas , announced on January 29 that it would join the ASUN Conference effective that July. At the time, the ASUN was a non-football conference, but soon entered into a football partnership with the WAC that gave Central Arkansas and two other incoming ASUN members

336-534: A year earlier, moved that sport to the NEC. On March 25, 2024, the Southland expanded again with the announcement that UTRGV would join the conference effective July 1, 2024, joining Lamar from the WAC. Two months later, multiple media reports indicated that Stephen F. Austin would return to the SLC in July 2024; this move was officially announced on May 29. The Southland added four associate members in golf effective with

384-643: The American Sports Network to syndicate and televise selected games, while also continuing its association with ESPN3. A separate deal allowed Louisiana-based Cox Sports Television to air select games. After ASN folded following the 2016–17 academic year, the Southland announced a television agreement with Eleven Sports . During 2017-18, conference-controlled games aired on ESPN3, Eleven Sports , Fox Sports Southwest and Cox Sports Television . For 2018-19, ESPN productions began to be split between ESPN3 and ESPN+ platforms. On October 8, 2020,

432-815: The Gulf Star Conference , seven in the Southland Conference , and four in the Sun Belt Conference ), with the most recent tournament win in 2020. The team has gone 1085-665-19, a winning percentage of .619, since 1965. The team plays home games at Strahan Coliseum . Founded in 1983, the Texas State Rugby Football Club plays college rugby in the Division I-AA Southwest Conference (SWC) against local rivals such as

480-607: The Mid-American Conference in July 2023. School names and nicknames listed here reflect those in use in each institution's final school year of Southland Conference membership. Full members Full members (non-football) Associate members (football only) Affiliate member (other sport) Other Conference Other Conference 1. - Southwestern Louisiana became the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Louisiana–Lafayette, now athletically branded as simply Louisiana) in 1999. 2. - Northeast Louisiana became

528-539: The NCAA 's Division I for all sports; for football , it participates in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The Southland sponsors 18 sports, 10 for women and eight for men, and is governed by a presidential Board of Directors and an Advisory Council of athletic and academic administrators. Chris Grant became the Southland's seventh commissioner on April 5, 2022. From 1996 to 2002, for football only,

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576-516: The University of Texas at San Antonio Roadrunners . The name is derived from the Interstate highway that essentially links the two schools who are in relatively close proximity to each other. In the beginning of the rivalry, a trophy was awarded to the winner of the men's basketball game. It has grown, however, to include all common sports the two schools compete with each other in throughout

624-630: The University of Texas–Pan American (UTPA; since merged into the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley , or UTRGV) and the University of New Orleans (UNO) fielded teams as affiliate members before 2013, when UTPA joined the WAC and UNO became a full Southland member. The Southland underwent major turmoil in 2021, losing five members. On January 14, the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) announced that four Southland members—Abilene Christian, Lamar, Sam Houston , and Stephen F. Austin —would join that conference in July 2022. Within

672-466: The early-2020s realignment cycle , for the 2022 and 2023 seasons. However, shortly after A&M–Commerce was announced as a future member, the SLC was set to experience further attrition when the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) announced that it would leave for the WAC after the 2021–22 school year. Ultimately, however, this did not come to pass, as UIW announced it would be staying in

720-517: The 1985 NCAA Women's Final Four. Total revenue includes ticket sales, contributions and donations, rights/licensing, student fees, school funds and all other sources including TV income, camp income, food and novelties. Total expenses includes coaching/staff, scholarships, buildings/ground, maintenance, utilities and rental fees and all other costs including recruiting, team travel, equipment and uniforms, conference dues and insurance costs. The Conference began its own syndicated broadcast entity in 2008,

768-632: The 2009 seasons, which included the addition of 12-person capacity luxury suites. The facilities hold 2,000 for baseball and 1,000 for softball. Bobcat Ballpark had its inaugural game on March 2, 2009, against the Texas Longhorns . The men's basketball program has claimed 11 regular season conference titles since 1950, nine Lone Star Conference and two during their tenure in the Southland Conference. The Bobcats have won their conference's postseason tournament four times, twice in

816-402: The 2021–22 school year. One school joined in men's golf only, two in women's golf only, and one in both. A fifth school joined at the same time for both men's and women's tennis, and two more schools joined in July 2022, one for men's and women's golf and tennis and the other for beach volleyball. However, as noted previously, two of these schools left a year later when their full-time home of

864-431: The 2026 season, as well as the conference tournaments in men's and women's basketball, baseball, and softball through 2026. More recently, Lamar announced it would return to the SLC effective in 2023–24. In addition, on April 11, 2022 the conference announced in a press release that it had partnered with Troika Media Group to institute a rebrand to be implemented before the end of the calendar year. The release stated that

912-518: The Bobcats through 21 seasons. Coach Woodard has garnered a 724-453-1 record, a .615 winning percentage. Assisting Woodard for the last six seasons (2015–Present) is Cat Osterman, a four-time collegiate All-American at the University of Texas and two-time Olympic medalist. Osterman's coaching experience includes a three-year stint as the head coach at Division II St. Edward's University from 2012 to 2014 and another three-year stay as an assistant at DePaul University from 2008 to 2010. Osterman also served as

960-562: The Division I All-American Team 29 times, claimed five Division I medals, and has two Olympians, Charles Austin, who has participated in the Olympics three times winning one gold medal and pole vaulter Logan Cunningham who participated in 2016. The Bobcat women's track & field teams, indoor and outdoor, have won 18 conference championships (one Gulf Star Conference and 10 Southland Conference, 2 Western Athletic Conference , five Sun Belt Conference ), last coming in 2019 (indoor). Members of

1008-569: The FBS. Since Texas State was playing with more scholarship players, Nicholls State opted not to bring the paddle to San Marcos for the final scheduled matchup between the schools. The Texas State team created their own paddle and won the game, 38–12. The Colonels retain possession of the actual paddle trophy. The rivalry between the Sam Houston State Bearkats and Texas State Bobcats is no longer active due to Texas State leaving

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1056-656: The Gaillardia flower, which is native to the region. Texas State has Sun Belt rivalries with all of the West Division schools (Arkansas State, Little Rock, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, and UT Arlington). Their main Sun Belt rival was the UT Arlington Mavericks until 2022. The I-35 Orange vs. Maroon Rivalry series is the name given to the athletic competitions between the Bobcats and

1104-693: The LSC and twice in the SLC. The program also won the NAIA national championship in 1960 . Since the 1984–85 season, the Bobcats have assembled a win percentage of .444 with an overall record of 355–444. The women's basketball team has won the Southland Conference postseason tournament twice, last time coming in the 2002–2003 season. The program has posted a 660–622 record since 1966, a win percentage of .515. Both basketball programs play in Strahan Arena , opened in 1982. The arena, which holds 7,200 spectators, had

1152-598: The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference entered into a women's golf partnership with the Northeast Conference. The Southland Conference announced UIC joining the conference as an affiliate in men's tennis for the 2022–23 season on July 14. San Jose State was added as a multi-year beach volleyball affiliate beginning with the 2023 season (2022–23 school year). UIC would only spend one season in SLC men's tennis, moving that sport to

1200-625: The SLC for the 1991–92 school year. SLU became a member of the Trans America Athletic Conference (now known as the Atlantic Sun Conference ) in that same year, and moved to the Southland in 1997–98. To date, only Nicholls State, Northwestern State, and Southeastern Louisiana remain in the Southland Conference, as Southwest Texas State (now known as Texas State) joined the Sun Belt Conference in 2013 while Sam Houston State and Stephen F. Austin moved to

1248-463: The SLC only 7 months after announcing its departure. McNeese was also courted by the WAC, and also flirted with a move to Conference USA , but eventually stayed in the SLC. According to the American Press , the daily newspaper of McNeese's home of Lake Charles, Louisiana , McNeese became "the de facto lead school in the league". It was set to host the SLC's football media day through at least

1296-476: The SLC record for tournament championships. The Bobcats also won their third regular season championship in 2011, only the eighth time in SLC history that a school swept regular season and tournament championships. The 2011 championship was also the third consecutive regular season first-place finish for the team. The Bobcats have gone 901-702-3 on the diamond since 1985, a win percentage of .561. The Bobcat Baseball and Softball stadiums underwent renovations prior to

1344-500: The Southland Conference Television Network. It aired in over 25 markets in the league's four-state region, plus on national networks such as Fox College Sports , ESPN GamePlan , and ESPN3 . In 2008-09, the network featured 35 broadcasts, and over 30 in each of the next four seasons. For 2013 and 2014, the syndicated network was restricted to only regular season football games. The remainder of

1392-630: The Southland Conference and moving to the FBS . The Bearkats and Bobcats have played each other 89 times, and is the most played FCS rivalry game in Texas as of 2011. Texas State currently leads the series 48-36-4. Southland Conference The Southland Conference , abbreviated as SLC , is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States (specifically Texas and Louisiana ). It participates in

1440-410: The Southland Conference announced a multi-year extension through the 2024–25 academic year as well as an expansion of its media rights agreement with ESPN. Gulf Star Conference The Gulf Star Conference was an NCAA Division II conference that existed for three academic years from 1984–85 to 1986–87. All of the schools subsequently joined the Southland Conference . Dave Waples

1488-428: The Southland Conference has been the home for 18 college and university all-sports programs (see membership timeline below). In addition, the conference has also been home to some schools for one sport only. In the case of football, Troy University fielded a team from 1996 to 2000 and Jacksonville State University did so from 1997 to 2002. This has also been the case for some Olympic sports like men's tennis, in which

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1536-743: The Southland Conference was known as the Southland Football League . The conference's offices are located in the Dallas suburb of Frisco, Texas . According to a press release from April 11, 2022, the conference was to undergo a rebrand in 2022 that included a new name and logo. The rebranding was unveiled in March 2023, with a new logo but no change to the conference name. Founded in 1963, its members were Abilene Christian College (now Abilene Christian University; departed in 1973 for NCAA Division II, but moved to Division I and rejoined

1584-986: The Southland Conference which are played by SLC schools: Notes Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Southland Conference which are played by SLC schools: Notes Former and current players from the Southland that would go on to star in the National Football League include Gary Barbaro , Mike Barber , Fred Barnett , Bill Bergey , Derrick Blaylock , Bubby Brister , Ray Brown , Roger Carr , Mark Carrier , Larry Centers , Bruce Collie , Keith Davis , Fred Dean , Jackie Harris , Stan Humphries , Buford Jordan , Wade Key , Josh McCown , Tim McKyer , Jeff Novak , Kavika Pittman , Mike Quinn , Billy Ryckman , Ricky Sanders , Eugene Seale , Rafael Septién , Terrance Shaw , Marcus Spears , Chad Stanley , Pat Tilley , Jeremiah Trotter , Marvin Upshaw , Lardarius Webb and Spergon Wynn . The Southland

1632-586: The Southland in 2013), Arkansas State College (now Arkansas State University; departed in 1987, now a member of the Sun Belt Conference ), Arlington State College (now The University of Texas at Arlington , departed in 2012 and now in the Western Athletic Conference ), Lamar State College of Technology (now Lamar University ; departed in 1987, rejoined in 1999, left again in 2021, returned in 2022), and Trinity University (departed in 1972, now participating in NCAA Division III). Since its founding,

1680-455: The University of Louisiana at Monroe (Louisiana–Monroe) in 1999. 3. - UTPA merged with the University of Texas at Brownsville to become the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) in 2015. The Southland Conference sponsors championship competition in eight men's and 10 women's NCAA sanctioned sports. The most recently added sport is beach volleyball, with SLC competition starting in 2019–20. Men's varsity sports not sponsored by

1728-647: The University of Texas and go by the Texas State Renegades. Texas State has been led by Coach Scott Courtney and James Summers since 1999. Texas State won the Texas state championship in 2009. Gregg Goodman ('87) played for the U.S. national rugby team . The Texas State Lacrosse team plays in the Lone Star Alliance conference, which is affiliated with the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA). The team plays regular season home games at

1776-555: The West Athletic Fields/Bobcat Soccer Complex. A bobcat will fight you with everything he has: with four claws, teeth, speed and brains. The bobcat is indigenous to Central Texas, where Texas State University is located. Oscar Strahan, a former athletic director and football coach for the school, was quoted as saying, "A bobcat will fight you with everything he has: with four claws, teeth, speed and brains." The colors, maroon and gold, come from

1824-402: The academic year. A point system is used to crown a winner after the last competition between the schools in that year. The trophy is then inscribed with the annual winners and the winning institution retains the trophy for one year until the next winner is crowned. Texas State took the 2007–08 trophy before UTSA reclaimed it for 2008–09, but the Bobcats brought the hardware back to San Marcos at

1872-494: The direction of head coach Kat Conner. Home games are played at the Bobcat Soccer Complex, built in 2000 with a capacity of 1,000. The Bobcat softball program won the regular season SLC championship five times, the conference's postseason tournament four times, and one Sun Belt Conference regular season championship in 2018. The team took home the regular season and conference tournament crowns in 2009 and shared

1920-541: The end of the 2009–10 competition. In fall 1998, just before the Bobcats were scheduled to take on the Nicholls State Colonels , rains flooded San Marcos and the field at Bobcat Stadium. Athletic directors and coaches from each school decided not to continue with the game and coined the annual contest named "Battle for the Paddle," joking that fans and athletes needed to use a boat and paddle to get to

1968-498: The game. The game eventually took place on November 28, 1998, with the Bobcats prevailing 28–27 to win the Paddle. Texas State currently trails in the series with 13 wins against the Colonels' 16, as the Colonels re-took the paddle in 2010, eventually winning 47–45 in 4 OT. 2010 was Texas State's last year playing football in the Southland Conference. In 2011, they were an FCS Independent and in their first year of transitioning to

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2016-438: The last coming in 1997. The women's team has won two Southland championships, most recently in the 2009–10 season, and one in the Sun Belt Conference in 2016.. The Bobcat women's soccer program has won five regular season conference championships and five postseason conference tournaments, most recently in 2018 and 2011 respectively. The program is 214-172-34 since its inception in 1999, a winning percentage of .550 and all under

2064-682: The rebrand would include, among other things, a new name for the conference. On July 11, 2022, Lamar and the Southland Conference announced Lamar's accelerated return to the SLC effective immediately. The following day saw the SLC lose two of its women's golf associates when the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and Northeast Conference (NEC) announced a partnership for baseball and men's and women's golf that saw all MEAC schools that sponsored those sports become NEC associates. Accordingly, Delaware State and Maryland Eastern Shore , which had joined SLC women's golf just

2112-406: The regular season title in 2010. They moved to the Western Athletic Conference for 2013 and the Sun Belt Conference in 2014. The Bobcats have nine NCAA appearances (1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021). The program is 1,016-979-3 (1985–2021), a .509 winning percentage. Texas State's head coach, Ricci Woodard (2001–Present), is the longest serving Texas State softball coach, leading

2160-417: The schedule was available on ESPN3 or regional sports networks, including regular season and tournament basketball as well as championships in soccer, volleyball, softball and baseball. ESPN3 also carried an exclusive package of football games beyond the syndicated network's schedule. SLCTV dissolved on July 1, 2015. Beginning with the 2015–16 school year, the Southland Conference entered into an agreement with

2208-636: The team have placed on the All-American Team 15 times. The program boasts three Olympians who have competed a combined five times, Brigette Foster who placed in the semi-finals in 2004, Liudmila Litvinova who won the silver medal in the 2008 games and Anicka Newell who participated in the 2016 games. The Bobcats volleyball program has won nine regular season conference championships (one Gulf Star Conference, six Southland Conference, and two Sun Belt Conference), last coming in 2019. The team has taken home ten postseason conference tournament titles (one in

2256-745: Was instrumental in founding the Independence Bowl , and the Southland champion served as the automatic home team for that bowl from 1976–1980. On May 21, 2014, the Southland Conference approved the use of instant replay at all its home games becoming the first FCS league to fully commit to having all games utilize instant replay. Among notable NBA stars attending Southland Conference schools include Karl Malone (Louisiana Tech), Joe Dumars (McNeese), Jeff Foster (Southwest Texas State, now known as Texas State), and Andrew Toney (Southwestern Louisiana, now known as Louisiana). Former member Louisiana–Monroe (then Northeast Louisiana) advanced to

2304-580: Was the only commissioner, with the conference office located in Lake Charles , Louisiana . Although the Southland eventually took in all of the former Gulf Star schools, only four (Northwestern State, Sam Houston State, Stephen F. Austin, and Southwest Texas State) joined the Southland immediately upon the Gulf Star's demise. The other two Gulf Star members, Nicholls State and Southeastern Louisiana, initially became independents . Nicholls State joined

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