The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) is a college athletic conference which competes in NCAA Division III. All 13 of the member schools are located in Minnesota and are private institutions, with only two being non-sectarian.
History
Cobber Men's Hockey - MIAC Quarterfinal Preview - Feb. 22, 2018 - Concordia-Moorhead men's hockey coach Chris Howe previews the Cobbers' MIAC Quarterfinal game at Gustavus on Feb. 22, 2018.
On March 15, 1920, a formal constitution was adopted and the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference with founding members Carleton College, Gustavus Adolphus College, Hamline University, Macalester College, Saint John's University, St. Olaf College, and the University of St. Thomas.
Concordia College joined the MIAC in 1921, Augsburg University in 1924, and Saint Mary's University in 1926. Carleton dropped membership in 1925, rejoining in 1983. St. Olaf left in 1950, returning in 1975. The University of Minnesota Duluth was a member of the MIAC from 1950 to 1975. Bethel University joined in 1978. The MIAC initiated women's competition in the 1981â€"82 season. Two all-women's schools subsequently joined the conference, St. Catherine University in 1983 and the College of St. Benedict in 1985.
The conference did not play sports from the fall 1943 to the spring of 1945 due to World War II. Saint Mary's discontinued its football program in 1955. Macalester football left the conference in 2002, but still retains its MIAC membership in other sports. St. Catherine and St. Benedict, being both women's colleges, also do not sponsor football. Together with Saint John's, one of only a handful of men's colleges, St. Benedict forms a joint academic institution, known commonly by the initialism CSB/SJU.
From 1947 to 2003 the MIAC had a strong men's wrestling program, which was discontinued following the 2002â€"03 season. The strongest teams over the history of the conference were Augsburg with 31 team championships, and Saint John's with 14 team championships. The MIAC teams and individual wrestlers demonstrated a strong national and Olympic presence in the 1970s and beyond.
Member schools
Current members
- Carleton left the MIAC after the 1924â€"25 season, and re-joined in the 1983â€"84 season.
- Macalester became an independent in football in 2002 and then a football-only member of the Midwest Conference starting with the 2014 season.
- Women's college
- Men's college
- St. Olaf left the MIAC after the 1949â€"50 season, and re-joined in the 1975â€"76 season.
Former members
Membership timeline
Sports
Member teams compete in 22 sports, 11 men's and 11 women's.
The conference no longer sponsors wrestling or men's and women's Nordic skiing.
Rivalry trophies
- Football
- The Goat (Carleton v. St. Olaf) founded 1931
- The Old Paint Bucket (Macalester v. Hamline) founded 1965
- The Troll (Concordia v. St. Olaf) founded 1974
- The Book of Knowledge (Carleton v. Macalester) founded 1998
- The Holy Grail (Saint John's v. St. Thomas) founded 2001
- The Hammer (Augsburg v. Hamline) founded 2005
- Other sports
- The Goat (Carleton and St. Olaf, men's basketball) founded 1913
- The Karhu Shoe (Carleton v. St. Olaf, mens' and women's cross country) founded 1972
- The Margate Memorial Trophy (Carleton v. St. Thomas, swimming and diving) founded 1995
- The Presidents Cup (Carleton v. St. Olaf, women's basketball) founded 2001
- The Rolex (Carleton v. St. Olaf, men's track and field)
- The Rusty Putter (Carleton v. St. Olaf, men's golf)
- Defunct
- The Power Bowl (Concordia v. Minnesota State University-Moorhead, football) founded 1984, through 1998 as the American Crystal Sugar Bowl, from 1999â€"2007 as the Power Bowl
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All-Sports Trophy
The All-Sports Trophy is given to the school with the best overall record for all MIAC sports in each gender. The men's trophy was first awarded in 1962 to Macalester College. St. Olaf College received the first women's trophy in 1984. The University of St. Thomas won both the men's and women's trophies from 2008 to 2017.
Football
Conference titles
c = Co-champions
* No longer a MIAC member
** No longer competes in MIAC football
*** No longer competes in football
No 1943 and 1944 seasons due to World War II
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Basketball
Men's basketball regular season conference titles
c = Co-champions
* No longer a MIAC member
No 1943â€"44 and 1944â€"45 seasons due to World War II
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Women's basketball regular season conference titles
c = Co-champions
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Soccer
Men's soccer regular season conference titles
c = Co-champions
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Women's soccer regular season conference titles
c = Co-champions
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Ice hockey
Men's ice hockey regular season conference titles
c = Co-champions
*No longer a member of the MIAC
**No longer has a men's hockey team
No seasons from 1942â€"43 to 1945â€"46
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Women's ice hockey regular season conference titles
c = Co-champions
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Facilities
Executive director
The executive director, a position that was created in 1994, serves as the conference commissioner.
- Carlyle Carter (1994â€"2005)
- Daniel McKane (2005â€"present)
References
External links
- Official website