3-979: The Tennessee Collegiate Athletic Conference (TCAC) was a former college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA); which was predominantly for smaller, private colleges in Western and Middle Tennessee . The TCAC was created in 1985 from the western division of the old Volunteer State Athletic Conference . The charter members were Belmont University , Bethel College , Christian Brothers University , Cumberland University , David Lipscomb University , Freed–Hardeman University , Lambuth University , Martin Methodist College , Trevecca Nazarene University , and Union University . The TCAC survived in that form until 1995 when both Belmont and Christian Brothers announced their intentions to go to
6-698: The NCAA. The remaining teams formed a new conference, the TranSouth Athletic Conference which existed until the 2012–2013 school year. Full member (non-football) The TCAC sponsored 9 sports for men and women including baseball , basketball , golf , tennis , softball , and volleyball . Bethel and Cumberland play football in the Mid-South Conference. Defunct Lambuth also played football. List of college athletic conferences In college athletics in
9-511: The United States , institutions typically join in conferences for regular play under different governing bodies. There are several national and regional associations governing the varsity teams of colleges and universities . Varsity teams are typically funded by an institution's athletic department, and under some governing bodies players are eligible for athletic scholarships . This list also includes conferences in sports that
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