Southwestern Athletic Conference

The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is a collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; in football, it participates in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly referred to as Division I-AA.

"Southwestern Conference" redirects here. For the former major college conference in Texas and Arkansas, see Southwest Conference. For the Ohio high school conference, see Southwestern Conference (Ohio).

Southwestern Athletic Conference
Established	1920
Association	NCAA
Division	Division I
Subdivision	FCS
Members	10 (12 in 2021)
Sports fielded	18 men's: 8 women's: 10
Region	Southern
Headquarters	Birmingham, Alabama
Commissioner	Charles McClelland
Website	www.swac.org
Locations

The SWAC is widely considered the premier HBCU conference and ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of alumni affiliated with professional sports teams, particularly in football.[1] On the gridiron, the conference has been the biggest draw on the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level of the NCAA, leading the nation in average home attendance every year except one since FCS has been in existence.[2][3] In 1994, the SWAC fell just 40,000 fans short of becoming the first non-Football Bowl Subdivision conference to attract one million fans to its home games.

History

In 1920, athletic officials from six Texas HBCUs — C.H. Fuller of Bishop College, Red Randolph and C.H. Patterson of Paul Quinn College, E.G. Evans, H.J. Evans and H.J. Starns of Prairie View A&M, D.C. Fuller of Texas College and G. Whitte Jordan of Wiley College — met in Houston, Texas, to discuss common interests. At this meeting, they agreed to form a new league, the SWAC.

Paul Quinn became the first of the original members to withdraw from the league in 1929. When Langston University of Oklahoma was admitted into the conference two years later, it began the migration of state-supported institutions into the SWAC. Southern University entered the ranks in 1934, followed by Arkansas AM&N (now the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff) in 1936 and Texas Southern University in 1954.

Rapid growth in enrollment of the state-supported schools made it difficult for the church-supported schools to finance their athletics programs and one by one they fell victim to the growing prowess of the state-supported colleges. Bishop withdrew from the conference in 1956, Langston in 1957 and Huston-Tillotson (formerly Samuel Huston) in 1959, one year after the admittance of two more state-supported schools: Grambling College and Jackson State College. The enter-exit cycle continued in 1961 when Texas College withdrew, followed by the admittance of Alcorn A&M (now Alcorn State University) in 1962. Wiley left in 1968, the same year Mississippi Valley State College entered. Arkansas AM&N exited in 1970 and Alabama State University entered in 1982. Arkansas–Pine Bluff (formerly Arkansas AM&N) rejoined the SWAC on July 1, 1997, regaining full-member status one year later. Alabama A&M University became the conference’s tenth member when it became a full member in September, 1999 after a one-year period as an affiliate SWAC member.[4] Most of the former SWAC members that have left the conference are currently a part of the Red River Athletic Conference of the NAIA.

Competitions

The SWAC is one of three conferences – the others being the Ivy League and the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – that does not participate in the FCS football playoffs. The SWAC instead splits its schools into two divisions, and plays a conference championship game. Three of the SWAC's teams, Alabama State in the Turkey Day Classic and Grambling and Southern in the Bayou Classic, play their last games of the regular season on Thanksgiving weekend, preventing the SWAC Championship from being decided until the first weekend of December, long after the tournament is underway. The SWAC has occasionally been a participant in bowl games, the most recent being the Celebration Bowl, which features the SWAC as one of its tie-ins.

Current championship competition offered by the SWAC includes competition for men in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, indoor track, outdoor track & field and tennis. Women’s competition is offered in the sports of basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, indoor track, outdoor track & field, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball.[4]

Member schools

Current full members

The SWAC comprises ten schools.

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined	Mascot	Colors
East Division
Alabama A&M University	Normal, Alabama	1875	Public	5,000	1999	Bulldogs (men's) Lady Bulldogs (women's)
Alabama State University	Montgomery, Alabama	1867	Public	5,000	1982	Hornets (men's) Lady Hornets (women's)
Alcorn State University (Moves to West Division in 2021)	Lorman, Mississippi	1871	Public	3,400	1962	Braves (men's) Lady Braves (women's)
Jackson State University	Jackson, Mississippi	1877	Public	8,400	1958	Tigers (men's) Lady Tigers (women's)
Mississippi Valley State University	Itta Bena, Mississippi	1950	Public	2,500	1968	Delta Devils (men's) Devilettes (women's)
West Division
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff	Pine Bluff, Arkansas	1873	Public	2,500	1936, 1997^UAPB	Golden Lions (men's) Golden Lady Lions (women's)
Grambling State University	Grambling, Louisiana	1901	Public	4,500	1958	Tigers (men's) Lady Tigers (women's)
Prairie View A&M University	Prairie View, Texas	1876	Public	9,500	1920	Panthers (men's) Lady Panthers (women's)
Southern University	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	1880	Public	7,000	1935	Jaguars (men's) Lady Jaguars (women's)
Texas Southern University	Houston, Texas	1947	Public	10,000	1954	Tigers (men's) Lady Tigers (women's)

Note:
^UAPB – Arkansas–Pine Bluff was a member of the SWAC from 1936 to 1970 as Arkansas AM&N before re-joining in the 1997–98 academic season, and to gain full member status a year later.

Associate members

Institution	Location (Population)	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined	Mascot	Colors	Sport	Primary conference
Howard University	Washington, DC (672,228)	1867	Private	10,300	2014	Bison		soccer (W)	MEAC

Future members

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joining	Mascot	Current Primary Conference	Colors
Florida A&M University	Tallahassee, Florida	1887	Public	10,031	2021	Rattlers (men's) Lady Rattlers (women's)	MEAC
Bethune-Cookman University	Daytona Beach, Florida	1904	Private	4,037	2021	Wildcats (men's) Lady Wildcats (women's)	MEAC

Former members

Institution	Location (Population)	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined	Left	Nickname	Current Conference
Bishop College	Marshall, Texas (23,523) Dallas, Texas (1,197,816)	1881	Private	n/a	1920	1956	Tigers	Closed in 1988^1
Langston University	Langston, Oklahoma (1,724)	1897	Public	3,922	1931	1957	Lions	Sooner (NAIA)
Paul Quinn College	Dallas, Texas (1,197,816)	1872	Private	1,020	1920	1929	Tigers	RRAC/Red River (NAIA)
Huston–Tillotson University^2	Austin, Texas (820,611)	1881	Private	900	1920	1959	Rams	RRAC/Red River (NAIA)
Texas College	Tyler, Texas (96,900)	1894	Private	600	1920	1961	Steers	RRAC/Red River (NAIA) Sooner (football)
Wiley College	Marshall, Texas (23,523)	1873	Private	1,200	1920	1968	Wildcats	RRAC/Red River (NAIA)

Note

1. - Upon the closure of Bishop College, Paul Quinn College relocated from Waco to Dallas and re-established itself at the Bishop College campus.
2. - Huston–Tillotson University was formerly known as Samuel Huston College.

Divisional realignment

Alcorn State moves to the West Division with the additions of both Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M in 2021.

East Division	West Division
Alabama A&M	Alcorn State
Alabama State	Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Bethune-Cookman	Grambling State
Florida A&M	Prairie View A&M
Jackson State	Southern
Mississippi Valley State	Texas Southern

Membership timeline

Sports

The SWAC sponsors championship competitions in eight men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports:[5]

Teams in Southwestern Athletic Conference competition

Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	10	-
Basketball	10	10
Bowling	-	7
Cross Country	9	10
Football	10	-
Golf	8	5
Soccer	-	10
Softball	-	10
Tennis	6	8
Track and Field (Indoor)	9	9
Track and Field (Outdoor)	9	10
Volleyball	-	10

Facilities

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity	Baseball stadium	Capacity
Alabama A&M	Louis Crews Stadium	21,000	Elmore Gymnasium	6,000	Bulldog Field	N/A
Alabama State	Hornet Stadium	26,500	ASU Acadome	7,400	Wheeler–Watkins Baseball Complex	500
Alcorn State	Jack Spinks Stadium	22,500	Davey Whitney Complex	7,000	Foster Baseball Field at McGowan Stadium	N/A
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Golden Lion Stadium	12,500	K. L. Johnson Complex	4,500	Torii Hunter Baseball/Softball Complex	N/A
Grambling State	Eddie Robinson Stadium	19,600	Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center	7,500	Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones Park and Wilbert Ellis Field	N/A
Jackson State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium	62,000	Williams Assembly Center	8,000	Braddy Field	800
Mississippi Valley	Rice–Totten Stadium	10,000	Harrison HPER Complex	5,000	Magnolia Field	N/A
Prairie View A&M	Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field	15,000	William Nicks Building	5,520	John W. Tankersley Field	512[6]
Southern	Ace W. Mumford Stadium	29,000	F. G. Clark Center	7,500	Lee–Hines Field	N/A
Texas Southern	BBVA Stadium	22,000	Health and Physical Education Arena	8,100	MacGregor Park	N/A

SWAC championships

Football

Prior to splitting into divisions and using a postseason championship game to decide its overall champion, the SWAC determined its champions by winning-percentage against conference opponents in regular season play.

In 1933 Langston appeared to win the title outright with a 4-0 conference record after the regular season, while Wiley finished 4-1, and Prairie View A&M finished 3-1. Langston was invited to the Prairie View Bowl, which was won by Prairie View. The Panthers subsequently declared themselves SWAC champions even though their claim was based on a postseason game. The SWAC seems to acknowledge both schools' claims to the title in the conference's football media guide,[7] although some other sources[8] including Michael Hurd's Black College Football, 1892–1992: One Hundred Years of History, Education, and Pride (1993) also list Wiley as an additional co-champion, apparently since all three schools had 4-1 records against conference opponents if the postseason game is incorporated into the regular season conference standings.

Prairie View vacated[8] its 1941 championship.[9] No championship was awarded in 1943 due to World War II.[8] Grambling State vacated its 1975 championship[10] due to a violation of SWAC rules for scheduling opponents.[11]

Main article: SWAC Championship Game

Games from 1999–2012 were played at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. The conference moved the game in 2013 to NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. Starting in 2019, the game will officially be played at the first place team's home.[12] Since 2015, the winner of the SWAC plays the winner of the MEAC conference in an overall HBCU championship bowl game called the Celebration Bowl in Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The MEAC gave up its automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs for this game.

Texas Southern vacated its 2010 championship due to violations of NCAA rules.[13]

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1999	Southern	Jackson State	31-30
2000	Grambling State	Alabama A&M	14-6
2001	Grambling State	Alabama State	38-31
2002	Grambling State	Alabama A&M	31-19
2003	Southern	Alabama State	20-9
2004	Alabama State	Southern	40-35
2005	Grambling State	Alabama A&M	45-6
2006	Alabama A&M	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	22–13
2007	Jackson State	Grambling State	42–31
2008	Grambling State	Jackson State	41-9
2009	Prairie View A&M	Alabama A&M	30-24
2010	Texas Southern (vacated)	Alabama State	11-6
2011	Grambling State	Alabama A&M	16-15
2012	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Jackson State	24-21
2013	Southern	Jackson State	34-27
2014	Alcorn State	Southern	38-24
2015	Alcorn State	Grambling State	49-21[14]
2016	Grambling State	Alcorn State	27-20
2017	Grambling State	Alcorn State	40-32
2018	Alcorn State	Southern	37-28
2019	Alcorn State	Southern	39-24

Since splitting into western and eastern divisions and using a postseason championship game to decide its overall champion, the SWAC determines its division champions by winning-percentage against conference opponents in regular season play. For the 1999 season only, inter-divisional conference games did not count in the conference standings. Each division's outright champion or top-seeded co-champion advances to the championship game.[7]

Texas Southern vacated its 2010 division championship due to violations of NCAA rules.[13]

Year	Western Division Champion(s)	Eastern Division Champion(s)
1999	Southern	Jackson State
2000	Grambling State	Alabama A&M* Alabama State
2001	Grambling State	Alabama State
2002	Grambling State	Alabama A&M
2003	Southern* Grambling State	Alabama State* Alcorn State
2004	Southern	Alabama State
2005	Grambling State	Alabama A&M
2006	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Alabama A&M
2007	Grambling State	Jackson State
2008	Grambling State	Jackson State
2009	Prairie View A&M	Alabama A&M
2010	Texas Southern* (vacated) Grambling State	Alabama State* Jackson State
2011	Grambling State	Alabama A&M* Alabama State Jackson State**
2012	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Jackson State* Alabama State
2013	Southern	Jackson State
2014	Southern	Alcorn State
2015	Grambling State	Alcorn State
2016	Grambling State	Alcorn State
2017	Grambling State	Alcorn State
2018	Southern	Alcorn State

Note: an asterisk denotes the division's top-seeded co-champion and representative in the SWAC Championship Game; a double-asterisk denotes that the division's co-champion was ineligible for the SWAC Championship Game due to a violation of SWAC rules that were in effect from 2011[15] to 2014[16] concerning APR scores.

Starting with the 2021 season with the additions of both Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M, the football schedule is as follows:

• Each school plays eight conference games (five divisional, three non-divisional) and rotates three teams from the opposite division every two years.
• The SWAC Championship Game rotates between the two division champions at campus sites. The East Division champion hosts in even-number years, and the West Division Champion hosts in odd-number years.
• The SWAC champion advances to the Celebration Bowl versus the MEAC champion. The loser ends its season.

Men's basketball

The semi-final and championship SWAC Basketball Tournament games are held at the Bill Harris Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.[17] As of the 2017 tournaments,[18] they feature an eight team three-day layout with the quarterfinal rounds hosted on campus sites. This changes the previous 10-team, five-day tournament format. The higher seeded teams will host a combined eight games leaving two days for travel and practice rounds. The tournament concludes with the semi-finals and championship rounds inside Birmingham's Bill Harris Arena. Winners of the tournaments earn automatic bids to their respective NCAA Division I Tournaments. The championship games are nationally televised live annually on an ESPN network.

Year	Regular Season	Coach	Tournament	Coach
1956–1957	Texas Southern	Ed Adams	not held
1957–1958	Texas Southern	Ed Adams	not held
1958–1959	Grambling State	Fred Hobdy	not held
1959–1960	Grambling State	Fred Hobdy	not held
1960–1961	Prairie View A&M	Leroy Moore, Jr.	not held
1961–1962	Prairie View A&M	Leroy Moore, Jr.	not held
1962–1963	Grambling State	Fred Hobdy	not held
1963–1964	Grambling State Jackson State	Fred Hobdy Harrison Wilson	not held
1964–1965	Southern	Richard Mack	not held
1965–1966	Alcorn State Grambling State	E.E. Simmons Fred Hobby	not held
1966–1967	Alcorn State Arkansas-Pine Bluff Grambling State	E.E. Simmons Hubert Clemens Fred Hobby	not held
1967–1968	Alcorn State Jackson State	Bob Hopkins Paul Covington	not held
1968–1969	Alcorn State	Bob Hopkins	not held
1969–1970	Jackson State	Paul Covington	not held
1970–1971	Grambling State	Fred Hobdy	not held
1971–1972	Grambling State	Fred Hobdy	not held
1972–1973	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney	not held
1973–1974	Jackson State	Paul Covington	not held
1974–1975	Jackson State	Paul Covington	not held
1975–1976	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney	not held
1976–1977	Texas Southern	Robert Moreland	not held
1977–1978	Southern	Carl Stewart	Jackson State	Paul Covington
1978–1979	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney
1979–1980	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney
1980–1981	Alcorn State Southern	Davey L. Whitney Carl Stewart	Southern	Carl Stewart
1981–1982	Alcorn State Jackson State	Davey L. Whitney Paul Covington	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney
1982–1983	Texas Southern	Robert Moreland	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney
1983–1984	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney
1984–1985	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney	Southern	Bob Hopkins
1985–1986	Alcorn State Southern	Davey L. Whitney Bob Hopkins	Mississippi Valley State	Lafayette Stribling
1986–1987	Grambling State	Bob Hopkins	Southern	Ben Jobe
1987–1988	Southern	Ben Jobe	Southern	Ben Jobe
1988–1989	Grambling State Southern Texas Southern	Bob Hopkins Ben Jobe Robert Moreland	Southern	Ben Jobe
1989–1990	Southern	Ben Jobe	Texas Southern	Robert Moreland
1990–1991	Jackson State	Andy Stoglin	Jackson State	Andy Stoglin
1991–1992	Texas Southern Mississippi Valley State	Robert Moreland Lafayette Stribling	Mississippi Valley State	Lafayette Stribling
1992–1993	Jackson State	Andy Stoglin	Southern	Ben Jobe
1993–1994	Texas Southern	Robert Moreland	Texas Southern	Robert Moreland
1994–1995	Texas Southern	Robert Moreland	Texas Southern	Robert Moreland
1995–1996	Jackson State Mississippi Valley State	Andy Stoglin Lafayette Stribling	Mississippi Valley State	Lafayette Stribling
1996–1997	Mississippi Valley State	Lafayette Stribling	Jackson State	Andy Stoglin
1997–1998	Texas Southern	Robert Moreland	Prairie View A&M	Elwood Plummer
1998–1999	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney
1999–2000	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney	Jackson State	Andy Stoglin
2000–2001	Alabama State	Rob Spivery	Alabama State	Rob Spivery
2001–2002	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney
2002–2003	Prairie View A&M	Jerome Francis	Texas Southern	Ronnie Courtney
2003–2004	Alabama State	Rob Spivery	Alabama State	Rob Spivery
2004–2005	Alabama A&M	L. Vann Pettaway	Alabama A&M	L. Vann Pettaway
2005–2006	Southern	Rob Spivery	Southern	Rob Spivery
2006–2007	Mississippi Valley State	James Green	Jackson State	Tevester Anderson
2007–2008	Alabama State	Lewis Jackson	Mississippi Valley State	James Green
2008–2009	Alabama State	Lewis Jackson	Alabama State	Lewis Jackson
2009–2010	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	George Ivory	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	George Ivory
2010–2011	Texas Southern	Tony Harvey	Alabama State	Lewis Jackson
2011–2012	Mississippi Valley State	Sean Woods	Mississippi Valley State	Sean Woods
2012–2013	Southern	Roman Banks	Southern	Roman Banks
2013–2014	Southern	Roman Banks	Texas Southern	Mike Davis
2014–2015	Texas Southern	Mike Davis	Texas Southern	Mike Davis
2015–2016	Texas Southern	Mike Davis	Southern	Roman Banks
2016–2017	Texas Southern	Mike Davis	Texas Southern	Mike Davis
2017–2018	Grambling State	Donte Jackson	Texas Southern	Mike Davis
2018–2019	Prairie View A&M	Byron Smith	Prairie View A&M	Byron Smith

Men's basketball tournament performance by school

School	Championships	Championship Years
Southern	9	1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2006, 2013, 2016
Texas Southern	8	1990, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018
Alcorn State	7	1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1999, 2002
Mississippi Valley State	6	1986, 1992, 1996, 2008, 2012
Jackson State	5	1978, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2007
Alabama State	4	2001, 2004 2009, 2011
Prairie View A&M	2	1998, 2019
Alabama A&M	1	2005
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	1	2010

Women's basketball

See also: SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament

Year	Regular season	Coach	Tournament	Coach
1981–1982	Jackson State	Sadie Magee	Jackson State	Sadie Magee
1982–1983	Jackson State	Sadie Magee	Jackson State	Sadie Magee
1983–1984	Alcorn State	Shirley Walker	Jackson State	Sadie Magee
1984–1985	Alcorn State	Shirley Walker	Jackson State	Sadie Magee
1985–1986	Alcorn State	Shirley Walker	Alcorn State	Shirley Walker
1986–1987	Grambling State	Patricia Bibbs	Mississippi Valley State	Jessie Harris
1987–1988	Mississippi Valley State	Jessie Harris	Grambling State	Patricia Bibbs
1988–1989	Grambling State	Patricia Bibbs	Alabama State	Ron Mitchell
1989–1990	Grambling State	Patricia Bibbs	Jackson State	Andrew Pennington
1990–1991	Alcorn State	Shirley Walker	Alcorn State	Shirley Walker
1991–1992	Alcorn State	Shirley Walker	Alcorn State	Shirley Walker
1992–1993	Alcorn State Southern	Shirley Walker Herman Hartman	Mississippi Valley State	Jessie Harris
1993–1994	Alcorn State	Shirley Walker	Grambling State	Patricia Bibbs
1994–1995	Alcorn State Grambling State Jackson State	Shirley Walker Patricia Bibbs Andrew Pennington	Jackson State	Andrew Pennington
1995–1996	Alcorn State Jackson State	Shirley Walker Andrew Pennington	Grambling State	Patricia Bibbs
1996–1997	Grambling State	Patricia Bibbs	Grambling State	Patricia Bibbs
1997–1998	Grambling State	David Ponton	Grambling State	David Ponton
1998–1999	Grambling State	David Ponton	Grambling State	David Ponton
1999–2000	Grambling State	David Ponton	Alcorn State	Shirley Walker
2000–2001	Alcorn State	Shirley Walker	Alcorn State	Shirley Walker
2001–2002	Southern	Sandy Pugh	Southern	Sandy Pugh
2002–2003	Alabama State Jackson State	Freda Freeman-Jackson Denise Taylor	Alabama State	Freda Freeman-Jackson
2003–2004	Alabama State	Freda Freeman-Jackson	Southern	Sandy Pugh
2004–2005	Alcorn State	Shirley Walker	Alcorn State	Shirley Walker
2005–2006	Jackson State Southern	Denise Taylor Sandy Pugh	Southern	Sandy Pugh
2006–2007	Prairie View A&M Jackson State	Cynthia Cooper-Dyke Denise Taylor	Prairie View A&M	Cynthia Cooper-Dyke
2007–2008	Prairie View A&M	Cynthia Cooper-Dyke	Jackson State	Denise Taylor
2008–2009	Prairie View A&M	Cynthia Cooper-Dyke	Prairie View A&M	Cynthia Cooper-Dyke
2009–2010	Southern	Sandy Pugh	Southern	Sandy Pugh
2010–2011	Southern	Sandy Pugh	Prairie View A&M	Toyelle Wilson
2011-2012	Mississippi Valley State	Nate Kilbert	Prairie View A&M	Toyelle Wilson
2012-2013	Texas Southern	Cynthia Cooper-Dyke	Prairie View A&M	Toyelle Wilson
2013-2014	Southern	Sandy Pugh	Prairie View A&M	Dawn Brown
2014-2015	Alabama State	Freda Freeman-Jackson	Alabama State	Freda Freeman-Jackson
2015-2016	Alabama State	Freda Freeman-Jackson	Alabama State	Freda Freeman-Jackson
2016-2017	Texas Southern	Johnetta Hayes-Perry	Texas Southern	Johnetta Hayes-Perry
2017-2018	Southern	Sandy Pugh	Grambling State	Freddie Murray
2018-2019	Southern	Carlos Funchess	Southern	Carlos Funchess

Baseball

This is a list of the last 10 SWAC Baseball Tournament champions. For the full history, see Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament.

Year	Program
2009	Southern
2010	Grambling State
2011	Alcorn State
2012	Prairie View
2013	Jackson State
2014	Jackson State
2015	Texas Southern
2016	Alabama State
2017	Texas Southern
2018	Texas Southern
2019	Southern

SWAC marching bands

Marching bands have a rich tradition being a centerpiece of pride and school spirit for each institution in the conference. Furthermore, the competitiveness, prestige, pageantry, and showmanship of SWAC marching bands significantly add to the unique identity and culture of the conference.

School	Band	Dance Auxiliary
Southern	Human Jukebox	Fabulous Dancing Dolls
Jackson State	Sonic Boom of the South	Prancing J-Settes
Texas Southern	Ocean of Soul	Motion of the Ocean
Prairie View A&M	Marching Storm	Black Foxes
Alabama State	Mighty Marching Hornets	Sensational Stingettes
Alcorn State	Sounds of Dynomite	Golden Girls
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Marching Musical Machine of the Mid-South (M4)	Golden Girls
Grambling State	GSU Tiger Marching Band	Orchesis Dance Company
Alabama A&M	Marching Maroon and White	Dancin' Divas
Mississippi Valley State	Mean Green Marching Machine	Satin Dolls

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External links

• Official website