Mid-South Conference

Mid-South Conferencee (MSC)
Established	1995
Association	NAIA
Members	17 (including affiliates)
Sports fielded	16 (men's: 8; women's: 8)
Region	Southern United States, Midwestern United States Region XI of the NAIA
Headquarters	Louisville, Kentucky
Commissioner	Steve Baker
Website	mid-southconference.org
Locations

The Mid-South Conference (MSC) is an athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. Member institutions are located in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. It is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.

The MSC has four types of member institutions. Belhaven, Cumberland, Faulkner, Kentucky Christian and Union play football in the MSC and compete in other conferences in all other sports. Bethel and Shorter compete in MSC football and track and field, but are members of other conferences for all other sports. All sports' teams (including football) from Campbellsville, Georgetown College (KY), Lindsey Wilson, Pikeville, University of the Cumberlands, UV-Wise and West Virginia Tech play in the MSC. The same is true of Rio Grande, Shawnee State, and St. Catharine, but these three schools do not have football teams.

The league is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky and is led by commissioner Steve Baker.

Members

Institution	Location (Population)	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname (Colors)
East Division
Campbellsville University	Campbellsville, Kentucky (10,498)	1906	Private / SBC	2,181	Tigers (Maroon)
Georgetown College	Georgetown, Kentucky (18,080)	1787	Private / SBC	1,400	Tigers (Orange & Black)
Kentucky Christian University*	Grayson, Kentucky (3,877)	1919	Private / Christian churches and churches of Christ	550	Knights (Black & Red)
Lindsey Wilson College	Columbia, Kentucky (4,014)	1903	Private / Methodist	1,790	Blue Raiders (Blue & White)
University of Pikeville	Pikeville, Kentucky (6,295)	1889	Private / Presbyterian	1,156	Bears (Orange)
University of Virginia's College at Wise	Wise, Virginia (3,255)	1954	Public	1,911	Highland Cavaliers (Red & Gray)
West Virginia University Institute of Technology	Montgomery, West Virginia (1,942)	1895	Public	2,252	Golden Bears (Royal Blue & New Gold)
West Division
Belhaven College*	Jackson, Mississippi (184,256)	1894	Private / Presbyterian	2,400	Blazers (Green & Gold)
Bethel University*	McKenzie, Tennessee (5,295)	1842	Private / Cumberland Presbyterian	1,300	Wildcats (Purple & Gold)
Cumberland University*	Lebanon, Tennessee (20,235)	1842	Private / Cumberland Presbyterian	1,345	Bulldogs (Maroon & White)
University of the Cumberlands	Williamsburg, Kentucky (5,143)	1887	Private / SBC	1,743	Patriots (Maroon & White)
Faulkner University*	Montgomery, Alabama (201,998)	1942	Private / Churches of Christ	2,212	Eagles (Blue & White)
Shorter University*	Rome, Georgia (31,980)	1873	Private / SBC	2,500	Hawks (Royal Blue & White)
Union College*	Barbourville, Kentucky (3,589)	1879	Private / Methodist	1,350	Bulldogs (Orange & Black)
Non-football
University of Rio Grande	Rio Grande, Ohio (915)	1876	Private / No affiliation	1,893	Red Storm (Red & Black)
Shawnee State University	Portsmouth, Ohio (20,909)	1986	Public	4,300	Bears (Royal Blue & Gray)
St. Catharine College	St. Catharine, Kentucky (1,000)	1873	Private / Catholic	700	Patriots (Purple & Gold)

* denotes associate member in football

Sports

MSC schools compete in men's baseball, men's and women's basketball, cheerleading, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's track and field, men's and women's golf, men's football, men's and women's soccer, women's softball, men's and women's tennis, women's volleyball, and men's wrestling.

References

External links

• Official website