Sun Belt Conference

The Sun Belt Conference was founded in August of 1976 with New Orleans, South Alabama, Georgia State, Jacksonville, North Carolina-Charlotte and South Florida participating in four men’s sports: basketball, golf, soccer and tennis. The Conference is located mainly in the Southeast from Louisiana to Florida, but has had schools from New Mexico and Idaho as members. After the 2014 season WKU will leave for Conference USA with Georgia Southern University and Appalachian State University joining the conference.

2024 Schools

logo 2001-2012

• Appalachian State University
• Arkansas State University
• Coastal Carolina University
• Georgia Southern University
• Georgia State University
• James Madison University
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• University of Louisiana at Monroe
• Marshall University
• Old Dominion University
• University of South Alabama
• University of Southern Mississippi
• Texas State University
• Troy University

Former Members

• University of North Carolina at Charlotte 1977-1991
• University of South Florida 1977-1991
• Jacksonville University 1977-1998
• University of New Orleans 1977-1980, 1992-2010
• University of Alabama at Birmingham 1980-1991
• Virginia Commonwealth University 1980-1991
• Old Dominion University 1983-1991
• Western Kentucky University 1983-2014
• University of Central Florida 1992
• Lamar University 1992-1998
• University of Texas-Pan American 1992-1998
• Louisiana Tech University, 1992-2001
• Florida International University 1999-2013
• New Mexico State University 2001-2005
• Middle Tennessee State University 2001-2013
• Florida Atlantic University 2007-2013
• University of Arkansas at Little Rock 1992-2022
• University of Texas at Arlington 2014-2022

Conference Baseball Champions

Year	Regular Season	Tournament
1978	--	University of New Orleans
1979	--	University of New Orleans
1980	--	University of South Alabama
1981	University of Alabama at Birmingham (North) University of South Alabama (South)	University of South Alabama
1982	University of Alabama at Birmingham (North) University of South Florida (South)	University of South Florida
1983	Old Dominion University (East) University of South Alabama (West)	University of South Alabama
1984	University of North Carolina at Charlotte (East) University of South Alabama (West)	University of South Alabama
1985	Old Dominion University (East) Western Kentucky University (West)	Old Dominion University
1986	Jacksonville University (East) University of South Florida (West)	University of South Florida
1987	Old Dominion University (East) University of South Alabama (West)	University of South Alabama
1988	Virginia Commonwealth University (East) Western Kentucky University (West)	Virginia Commonwealth University
1989	Jacksonville University (East) University of South Florida (West)	Jacksonville University
1990	Jacksonville University (East) University of South Alabama (West)	University of South Florida
1991	Jacksonville University (East) University of South Alabama (West)	University of Alabama at Birmingham
1992	University of South Alabama (East) Louisiana Tech University (West)	University of South Alabama
1993	University of South Alabama (East) Lamar University (West)	Lamar University
1994	University of South Alabama (East) Lamar / SW Lou. / New Orleans (West)	Arkansas State University
1995	Jacksonville University	Lamar University
1996	University of South Alabama	University of South Alabama
1997	University of Southwestern Louisiana	University of South Alabama
1998	University of South Alabama	University of Southwestern Louisiana
1999	University of South Alabama	Florida International University
2000	University of New Orleans	University of South Alabama
2001	University of South Alabama Middle Tennessee State University	University of South Alabama
2002	University of South Alabama	New Mexico State University
2003	University of South Alabama	Middle Tennessee State University
2004	University of South Alabama Middle Tennessee State University	Western Kentucky University
2005	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	University of South Alabama
2006	Troy State University	Troy State University
2007	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	University of New Orleans
2008	University of Louisiana at Monroe	Western Kentucky University
2009	Middle Tennessee State University Western Kentucky University	Middle Tennessee State University
2010	Florida Atlantic University University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Florida International University
2011	Troy University	University of Arkansas at Little Rock
2012	Florida Atlantic University	University of Louisiana at Monroe
2013	University of South Alabama Troy University	Florida Atlantic University
2014	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	University of Louisiana at Lafayette
2015	University of South Alabama	University of Louisiana at Lafayette
2016	University of Louisiana at Lafayette University of South Alabama	University of Louisiana at Lafayette
2017	Coastal Carolina University (East) University of Texas at Arlington (West)	University of South Alabama
2018	Coastal Carolina University (East) University of Louisiana at Lafayette (West)	Coastal Carolina University
2019	Georgia Southern University (East) Texas State University (West)	Coastal Carolina University
2020	Season cancelled in March
2021	University of South Alabama (East) University of Louisiana at Lafayette (West)	University of South Alabama
2022	Texas State University	University of Louisiana at Lafayette
2023	Coastal Carolina University	University of Southern Mississippi
2024	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	University of Southern Mississippi

Sources: Sun Belt Conference & Wikipedia