HBCU Sports Resources
Sports Resources
Athlete Ally is here to support HBCU athletes and their allies. This section provides information on HBCU sports and marching band culture. We want to make visible the challenges faced by LGBTQ+ HBCU athletes.
Conferences
MEAC (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference)
List of schools
SWAC (Southwest Athletic Conference)
List of schools
SIAC (Southern Intercollegiate Conference)
Schools
CIAA (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association)
Schools
GCAC (Gulf Coast Athletic Conference)
Schools
Resources
- Conferences- There are five conferences in which HBCUs participate in: MEAC (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference), SWAC (Southwest Athletic Conference), SIAC (Southern Intercollegiate Conference), CIAA (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association), and GCAC (Gulf Coast Athletic Conference).
- list of schools under each conference – https://bcsportsfoundation.com/conferences/
- The Athletic Experience at Historically Black Colleges and Universities- book
- https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.proxy.wm.edu/lib/CWM/detail.action?pq-origsite=primo&docID=2085830
- Hbcusports.com
- Hbcubuzz.com
- https://www.ballysports.com/national/news/how-sports-enhance-the-hbcu-experience
- HBCU Gameday- https://hbcugameday.com/category/academics/
- Forbes article- https://www.forbes.com/sites/marybethgasman/2021/09/23/hbcu-student-athletes-go-for-gold-in-more-ways-than-one/
- Young Black athletes are launching a mental health revolution- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/young-black-athletes-are-launching-mental-health-revolution-rcna1490
- Ban on trans athletes from joining female sport teams at a college level okayed by Alabama House – https://nationalpost.com/news/world/alabama-house-oks-ban-on-trans-athletes-at-a-college-level?r
- Alabama House advances bill on trans athletes at a college level- https://www.apr.org/news/2023-04-19/alabama-house-advances-bill-on-trans-athletes-at-a-college-level
- Alabama House OKs ban on trans athletes at a college level- https://www.elpasoinc.com/alabama-house-oks-ban-on-trans-athletes-at-a-college-level/article_83a4d8bf-280b-5544-b792-ce92426cb124.html
- African American Intellectual History Society
- https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjVydr0gvL8AhWUF1kFHaMeCkMQFnoECEAQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aaihs.org%2Fblood-sweat-and-tears-a-new-book-on-the-history-of-black-college-football%2F&usg=AOvVaw3vP-ughtiMfwh6Gbdzkpt_
- Hbcu culture of grooming leaders out of student athletes
- Brain drain, HBCU athletes moving to PWIs
- HBCUs vs PWIs: Why Division I historically black athletic programs struggle against predominantly white institutions- https://jmagonline.com/articles/hbcus-vs-pwis-why-division-i-historically-black-athletic-programs-struggle-against-predominantly-white-institutions/
- It’s Time for Black Athletes to Leave White Colleges- https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/10/black-athletes-should-leave-white-colleges/596629/
- Why do Top High Black Athletes go to Predominantly White Institutions over Historically Black Colleges and Universities- http://tsukinegradprogram.blogspot.com/2012/09/why-do-top-high-black-athletes-go-to.html
- It’s time to put HBCU athletes in the spotlight- https://thecrimsonwhite.com/83346/sports/its-time-to-put-hbcu-athletes-in-the-spotlight/
- Why more top-ranked Black athletes don’t attend HBCUs- https://ncatregister.com/20252/the-score/why-more-top-ranked-black-athletes-dont-attend-hbcus/
- Don’t Call it a Comeback! The Resurgence of HBCU Athletics- https://thesocietypages.org/engagingsports/2023/01/23/dont-call-it-a-comeback-the-resurgence-of-hbcu-athletics/
- Strong Girls United- https://www.sgunitedfoundation.org/
- 5 Steps You Can Take Right Now To Support Black Female Athletes- https://hellogiggles.com/support-black-female-athletes/
- Mental Health Resources For Black Student-Athletes- https://drgloriapetruzzelli.com/2020/06/08/mental-health-resources-for-black-student-athletes/