| North Coast Athletic Conference | |
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| Data | |
| Classification | NCAA Division III |
| Established | 1983 |
| Members | 10 (nine for women's sports *) |
| Sports fielded | 22 (11 men's, 11 women's) |
| Region | Great Lakes |
| States | 3 - Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania |
| Headquarters | Westlake, Ohio |
| Commissioner (interim) | Keri Alexander Luchowski |
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The North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III athletic conference composed of schools located in the midwestern United States. When founded in 1984, the NCAC was a pioneer in gender equality, offering competition in a then-unprecedented ten women's sports. Today, the conference remains true to that legacy, sponsoring 22 sports - eleven each for men and women. The NCAC is respected for the academic strength of its member institutions. In its most recent college rankings, US News and World Report recognized nine of the ten members as top-tier liberal arts colleges, and ranked six NCAC institutions among the nation's top 70 such colleges.
Member schools
The league currently has 10 full members:
| Institution | Location | Team Name | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | US News ranking |
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| Allegheny College | Meadville, Pennsylvania | Gators | 1815 | Private/Methodist | 2,100 | #85 |
| Denison University | Granville, Ohio | Big Red | 1831 | Private/Non-sectarian | 2,100 | #53 |
| Earlham College | Richmond, Indiana | Hustlin' Quakers | 1847 | Private/Quaker | 1,185 | #62 |
| Hiram College | Hiram, Ohio | Terriers | 1850 | Private/Disciples of Christ | 1,200 | unranked |
| Kenyon College | Gambier, Ohio | Lords | 1824 | Private/Episcopal | 1,640 | #33 |
| Oberlin College | Oberlin, Ohio | Yeomen | 1833 | Private/Non-sectarian | 2,850 | #22 |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | Delaware, Ohio | Battling Bishops | 1842 | Private/Methodist | 1,850 | #105 |
| Wabash College* | Crawfordsville, Indiana | Little Giants | 1832 | Private/Non-sectarian | 850 | #54 |
| Wittenberg University | Springfield, Ohio | Tigers | 1845 | Private/Lutheran | 2,050 | #118 |
| The College of Wooster | Wooster, Ohio | Fighting Scots | 1866 | Private/Presbyterian | 1,827 | #68 |
* Wabash is an all-male institution, so the NCAC has at most nine teams competing in women's sports.
Earlham will be moving to the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference for the 2010-2011 school year.
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