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ACC is Founded
via Chatham Journal 8.10.05
"The Atlantic Coast Conference was founded on May 8, 1953, at the Sedgefield Inn near Greensboro, N.C., with seven charter members - Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina and Wake Forest - drawing up the conference by-laws." -
UVA Joins the ACC
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There were arguments about whether Virginia should join the ACC. Athletic Director and former football coach Gus Tebell and President Colgate Darden differed in opinions. Tebell in favor, while Darden was against it. The Board of Visitors backed Tebell. ACC conference officials met again at the Sedgefield Inn and officially admitted the University of Virginia as the league’s eighth member. -
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Jim Weaver is ACC Commissioner
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Bob James is ACC Commissioner
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South Carolina Leaves the ACC
Hostility of road crowds on "Tobacco Road" in North Carolina and unfair economic treatment prompted South Carolina to become an Independent after 1971. On June 30th, 1971 South Carolina tendered resignation from the ACC Conference. Photo credit: AP / South Carolina's Alex English goes up for a shot during a game in 1974. -
Georgia Tech Joins the ACC
Georgia Institute of Technology is admitted into the ACC after withdrawing from the Southeastern Conference in January of 1964. -
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Gene Corrigan is ACC Commissioner
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Florida State Joins the ACC
Florida State is invited to the ACC, becoming a member on July 1, 1991 and a football playing member during the 1992 football season. They previously were a part of the Metro Conference. -
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John Swofford is ACC Commissioner
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Miami & Virginia Tech are Invited to Join the ACC
Virginia Tech and Miami(Fl) are invited to join the ACC.
Both teams leave the Big East and become ACC members on July 1, 2004, expanding the conference to 11 members. -
Boston College is Invited to Join the ACC
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Boston College accepts an invitation to join the ACC on July 1, 2005, becoming the league's 12th member. The switch was not without controversy, with Connecticut, Rutgers, Pittsburgh, and West Virginia filed lawsuits against the ACC, Miami, and Boston College for conspiring to weaken the Big East Conference. -
ACC Hall of Champions Opens
The ACC Hall of Champions opens next to the Greensboro Coliseum arena, making the ACC the second college sports conference to have a hall of fame after the Southern Conference. -
Maryland Votes to Leave the ACC
The University of Maryland's Board of Regents votes to withdraw from the ACC to join the Big Ten Conference effective in 2014. In announcing Maryland's move to the Big Ten, university president Wallace Loh admitted staying in the ACC was no longer financially feasible.
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ACC Solidifies Big Media Deal
The ACC's presidents announce that all 15 schools that will be members of the conference in 2014–15 have signed a grant of media rights, effective immediately and running through the 2026–27 school year, coinciding with the duration of the conference's current TV deal with ESPN. -
Notre Dame, Syracuse & Pittsburgh Join the ACC
Notre Dame Joins the ACC in all sports except football and hockey as the conference's first-ever member in the Midwestern United States. Pittsburgh and Syracuse leave the Big East to join the ACC in all sports. This left the ACC with 15 member teams. -
Louisville Joins the ACC
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The University of Louisville will leave the Big East to join the ACC, bringing the ACC into the South Central United States for the first time, in turn expanding the ACC to 16 teams.
