Mid-American Conference

Mid-American Conference (MAC)
Established	1946
Association	NCAA
Division	Division I FBS
Members	12
Sports fielded	23 (men's: 11; women's: 12)
Region	Great Lakes
Headquarters	Cleveland, Ohio
Commissioner	Jon Steinbrecher (since 2009)
Website	www.mac-sports.com
Locations

The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan, with single members located in Illinois, Indiana, and New York. For football, the MAC participates in the NCAA's Football Bowl Subdivision.

The MAC is headquartered in the Public Square district in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, and has two members in the nearby Akron area. The MAC has been referred to as the "Conference of Quarterbacks" because of the accomplishments of numerous former players in the National Football League.^[1][2] The conference also ranks highest among all eleven NCAA Division I FBS conferences for graduation rates.^[3]

History

Former conference logo

Locations of the full members of the Mid-American Conference.

The five charter members of the Mid-American Conference were Ohio University, Butler University, the University of Cincinnati, Wayne University (now Wayne State University), and Western Reserve University, one of the predecessors to today's Case Western Reserve University. Wayne University left after the first year. Miami University and Western Michigan University took the place of those charter members for the 1948 season. The MAC added the University of Toledo (1950), Kent State University (1951), and Bowling Green State University (1952). The University of Cincinnati resigned its membership February 18, 1953, with an effective date of June 1, 1953. Cincinnati's decision was based on a new requirement that at least 5 conference football games would have to be scheduled each season, University President Raymond Walters saying they "...regretfully resign...as the university could not continue under the present setup..." ^[4]

The membership was steady for the next two decades except for the addition of Marshall University in 1954 and the departure of Western Reserve in 1955.^[5] Marshall was expelled from the conference in 1969 due to NCAA violations.^[6] The first major expansion since the 1950s took place in the mid-1970s with the addition of Central Michigan University and Eastern Michigan University in 1972 and Ball State University and Northern Illinois University in 1973. NIU left after the 1985–86 season. The University of Akron joined the conference in 1992. The conference became the largest in Division I-A with the re-admittance of Marshall and NIU and addition of the State University of New York at Buffalo's Bulls in 1997 and 1998, respectively. The University of Central Florida joined for football only in 2002, becoming the first football-only member in conference history. Marshall (a second time) and Central Florida (a non-football all-sports member in the Atlantic Sun Conference at the time) would leave after the 2004–05 academic year, both joining Conference USA in all sports.

In May 2005, the Temple Owls in Philadelphia signed a six-year contract with the MAC as a football-only school and began play in the East Division in 2007.

The Louisville Cardinals were a MAC affiliate for field hockey for a number of years when Louisville was a member of the Metro Conference and Conference USA, winning two MAC tourney titles in 2003 and 2004.

The Missouri State Bears, Evansville Purple Aces, and Southern Illinois Salukis participate in the MAC for men's swimming and diving.^[7] In 2012, the West Virginia Mountaineers joined the Florida Atlantic Owls and Hartwick College Hawks as men's soccer affiliates.^[8] Missouri, Northern Iowa, and Old Dominion are wrestling affiliates. The Missouri State Bears are also an affiliate for field hockey.

The UMass Minutemen joined the MAC as a football-only member in July 2012; the university announced that the team would leave the MAC at the end of the 2015 season due to contractual issues.^[9][10] Meanwhile, Temple ended its affiliation with the MAC in football and joined the Big East for football in July 2012. Following the split of the Big East into football-sponsoring and non-football conferences in July 2013, Temple became a full member of the football-sponsoring portion, the American Athletic Conference, ending its membership in the Atlantic 10 at that time.^[11][12] The Chicago State Cougars were an affiliate for men's tennis until joining the Western Athletic Conference, which sponsors that sport, in July 2013.

Member schools

Current members

There are twelve schools with full membership:

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors	U.S. News Ranking
East Division
University of Akron	Akron, Ohio	1870	1992[13]	Public	25,177[14]	Zips	Akron Navy Blue & Gold[15]	207–270 (National)
Bowling Green State University	Bowling Green, Ohio	1910	1952[13]	Public	18,756[16]	Falcons	BGSU Orange & Brown[17]	173 (National)
The State University of New York at Buffalo	Buffalo, New York	1846	1998[13]	Public	29,850 [18]	Bulls	Blue & Gray[19]	99 (National)
Kent State University	Kent, Ohio	1910	1951[13]	Public	30,067[20]	Golden Flashes	Kent State Blue & Gold[21]	194 (National)
Miami University	Oxford, Ohio	1809	1947[13]	Public	18,907	RedHawks	Red & White[22]	82 (National)
Ohio University	Athens, Ohio	1804	1946[13]	Public	23,701 [23]	Bobcats	Ohio Green & White[24]	129 (National)
West Division
Ball State University	Muncie, Indiana	1918	1973[13]	Public	20,113	Cardinals	Cardinal & White[25]	173 (National)
Central Michigan University	Mount Pleasant, Michigan	1892	1971[13]	Public	27,693 [26]	Chippewas	Maroon & Gold[27]	194 (National)
Eastern Michigan University	Ypsilanti, Michigan	1849	1971[13]	Public	22,974	Eagles	Green & Black[28]	77 (Regional: Midwest)
Northern Illinois University	DeKalb, Illinois	1895	1975, 1997[13]	Public	25,313	Huskies	Cardinal & Black[29]	194 (National)
University of Toledo	Toledo, Ohio	1872	1950[13]	Public	21,594[16]	Rockets	Tower Blue & Rocket Gold[30]	207–270 (National)
Western Michigan University	Kalamazoo, Michigan	1903	1947[13]	Public	25,045	Broncos	Brown & Gold[31]	173 (National)

Current affiliate members

Ten schools have MAC affiliate membership status. On July 1, 2012, Temple joined the Big East Conference for football only (the school's other sports would join the Big East/American for 2013–14), and Massachusetts replaced Temple as a football-only member in the MAC East Division. On September 19, 2012, the MAC announced Missouri, Northern Iowa and Old Dominion would join as wrestling affiliates; as the Southeastern and Missouri Valley Conferences do not sponsor wrestling. Missouri and Northern Iowa participated only in the conference tournament in the 2012–13 school year, and began full conference play in 2013–14. Old Dominion did not begin MAC competition until 2013–14, when it left the Colonial Athletic Association (which had sponsored wrestling, but no longer does so) for Conference USA (which has never sponsored the sport).^[32]

On July 1, 2013, Florida Atlantic's men's soccer program moved with the rest of its athletic program to Conference USA, and Chicago State's men's tennis team followed the rest of its sports to the Western Athletic Conference.

The 2014–15 school year saw one affiliate member leave for another conference and two new affiliates join. The Hartwick men's soccer team left the MAC for the Sun Belt Conference, which had announced in February 2014 that it would reinstate men's soccer, a sport that it last sponsored in 1995, for the 2014 season.^[33] The new affiliates for 2014–15 are Binghamton in men's tennis and Longwood in field hockey.^[34]

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors	Primary Conference	MAC Sport(s)
Binghamton University	Vestal, New York	1946	Public	16,098	Bearcats	Green & White	America East	men's tennis
University of Evansville	Evansville, Indiana	1854	Private	3,050	Purple Aces	Purple, White, & Orange	Missouri Valley	men's swimming
Longwood University	Farmville, Virginia	1839	Public	4,800	Lancers	Blue & Grey	Big South	field hockey
University of Missouri	Columbia, Missouri	1839	Public	34,255	Tigers	Black and MU Gold	SEC	wrestling
Missouri State University	Springfield, Missouri	1905	Public	21,425	Bears	Maroon & White	Missouri Valley	field hockey men's swimming
University of Northern Iowa	Cedar Falls, Iowa	1876	Public	13,080	Panthers	Purple and Gold	Missouri Valley	wrestling
Old Dominion University	Norfolk, Virginia	1930	Public	24,730	Monarchs	Slate Blue, Silver, and Light Blue	C-USA	wrestling
Southern Illinois University Carbondale	Carbondale, Illinois	1869	Public	17,964	Salukis	Maroon & White	Missouri Valley	men's swimming
West Virginia University	Morgantown, West Virginia	1867	Public	29,616	Mountaineers	Old Gold & Blue	Big 12	men's soccer

Notes

† = On March 26, 2014, UMass announced that they would leave the MAC following the 2015 FBS football season.^[35]

Former members

Nicknames listed here reflect those used during each school's MAC tenure. Two schools have changed their nicknames since leaving the MAC—Central Florida dropped "Golden" from its nickname, becoming simply Knights, while Wayne State now uses Warriors. Western Reserve merged with Case Institute of Technology in 1967 to form today's Case Western Reserve University, with the athletic programs merging in 1971. With the athletic merger, Case Western abandoned the nicknames of both former institutions and adopted Spartans.

Former full members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Left	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors	Current Conference
Butler University	Indianapolis, Indiana	1855	1946	1949	Private	4,667	Bulldogs	Blue & White	Big East
University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, Ohio	1819	1946	1953	Public	41,357	Bearcats	Red & Black	American
Marshall University	Huntington, West Virginia	1837	1954, 1997	1969, 2005	Public	13,971	Thundering Herd	Kelly Green & White[36]	C-USA
Wayne State University	Detroit, Michigan	1868	1946	1947	Public	30,909	Tartars	Green & Gold	GLIAC (Division II)
Western Reserve University	Cleveland, Ohio	1826	1946	1955	Private	9,685	Red Cats	Blue, White, & Gray	UAA (Division III)

Former affiliate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Left	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors	Current Conference	MAC Sport
Hartwick College ‡	Oneonta, New York	1797	2007	2014	Private	1,520	Hawks	Wellesley Blue & White	Empire 8 (NCAA Division III) Sun Belt (men's soccer)	men's soccer[37]
Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW)	Fort Wayne, Indiana	1917	2002 (tennis) 2005 (men's soccer)	2007 (tennis) 2007 (men's soccer)	Public	14,326	Mastodons	Royal Blue & White	The Summit League	men's soccer[37] Men's tennis[38]
University of Kentucky	Lexington, Kentucky	1865	1995	2005	Public	28,094	Wildcats	Blue & White	C-USA (men's soccer) SEC (most sports)	men's soccer[37]
University of Louisville	Louisville, Kentucky	1798	1994	2005	Public	22,293	Cardinals	Red & Black	ACC	field hockey[39]
University of Massachusetts †	Amherst, Massachusetts	1863	2013	2015	Public	27,062	Minutemen	Maroon & White	Atlantic 10 (A-10)	football
Temple University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1884	2007	2012	Public	37,696	Owls	Cherry & White	American	football
University of Central Florida	Orlando, Florida	1963	2002	2005	Public	58,698	Golden Knights	Black & Gold	American	football
Chicago State University	Chicago, Illinois	1867	2007[38]	2013	Public	7,131	Cougars	Evergreen & White	WAC	men's tennis
Florida Atlantic University	Boca Raton, Florida	1961	2008[37]	2013	Public	26,245	Owls	Blue, Red, & Silver	C-USA	men's soccer

Notes

‡ = In early 2014, the MAC made the decision "... to move forward without multi-divisional institutions." The conference then informed Hartwick College that their contract as an affiliate member would not be renewed.

Membership timeline

Full members Associate members (football only)

Commissioners

• Dave Reese, 1946–1964
• Bob James, 1964–1971
• Fred Jacoby, 1971–1982
• Jim Lessig, 1982–1990
• Karl Benson, 1990–1994
• Jerry Ippoliti, 1994–1999
• Rick Chryst, 1999–2009
• Jon Steinbrecher, 2009–present

Sports

The Mid-American Conference sponsors championship competition in 11 men's and 12 women's NCAA sanctioned sports.^[40] As of the 2014–15 school year, 10 schools are associate members for six sports.

Teams in MAC competition

Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	11	–
Basketball	12	12
Cross country	9	12
Field hockey	–	7
Football	13	–
Golf	9	10
Gymnastics	–	7
Soccer	6	12
Softball	–	12
Swimming and diving	7	8
Tennis	6	9
Track and field (indoor)	5	12
Track and field (outdoor)	6	12
Volleyball	–	12
Wrestling	9	–

Men's sponsored sports by school

School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross country	Football	Golf	Soccer	Swimming	Tennis	Track and field (indoor)	Track and field (outdoor)	Wrestling	Total MAC sports
Akron	N						N	N			N	7
Ball State			N			N			N	N	N	6
Bowling Green							N	N	N	N	N	6
Buffalo					N							10
Central Michigan					N	N	N	N				7
Eastern Michigan						N		N				9
Kent State						N	N	N				8
Miami						N		N	N		N	7
NIU			N				N		N	N		7
Ohio						N	N	N	N	N		6
Toledo						N	N		N	N	N	6
Western Michigan			N		N		N		N	N	N	5
Totals	11	12	9	12+1[a 1]	9	5+1[a 2]	4+3[a 3]	5+1[a 4]	5	6	6+3[a 5]	84+9

1. Affiliate member Massachusetts.
2. Affiliate member West Virginia.
3. Affiliate members Evansville, Missouri State, and Southern Illinois.
4. Affiliate member Binghamton.
5. Affiliates Missouri, Northern Iowa, and Old Dominion.

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the MAC

School	Ice hockey	Rifle^1	Volleyball
Akron	No	Mid-Atlantic Rifle	No
Ball State	No	No	MIVA
Bowling Green	WCHA	No	No
Miami	NCHC	No	No
Western Michigan	NCHC	No	No

Notes:

1: Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other. Akron fields a coed team.

Women's sponsored sports by school

School	Basketball	Cross country	Field hockey	Golf	Gymnastics	Soccer	Softball	Swimming	Tennis	Track and field (indoor)	Track and field (outdoor)	Volleyball	Total MAC sports
Akron			N		N								10
Ball State													12
Bowling Green			N										11
Buffalo			N	N	N								9
Central Michigan								N	N				10
Eastern Michigan			N										11
Kent State								N	N				10
Miami				N	N								10
NIU			N					N					10
Ohio					N				N				10
Toledo			N		N								10
Western Michigan			N					N					10
Totals	12	12	5+2[b 1]	10	7	12	12	8	9	12	12	12	123+2

1. Affiliate members Longwood and Missouri State.

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the MAC

School	Lacrosse	Rifle[wn 1]	Rowing	Synchronized skating[wn 2]
Akron	No	Mid-Atlantic Rifle	No	No
Buffalo	No	No	CAA	No
Central Michigan	A-Sun[wn 3]	No	No	No
Eastern Michigan	No	No	CAA	No
Miami	No	No	No	Independent

Notes:

1. Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other. Akron fields a coed team.
2. Synchronized skating is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating, not by the NCAA. Most synchronized skating teams are clubs not affiliated with any college or university; Miami is one of about 15 schools that sponsor varsity or club teams.
3. Central Michigan elevated its club lacrosse team to full varsity status in the 2016 season (2015–16 school year).^[41]

Football

For the current season, see 2015 Mid-American Conference football season.

Team	First season	All-time record	All-time win %	Bowl appearances	Bowl record	MAC titles	Other conference titles	Stadium	Head coach
East Division
Akron	1891	508–526–36	.492	2	1–1	1	0	InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field	Terry Bowden
Bowling Green	1919	533–364–52	.589	13	5–8	12	5	Doyt Perry Stadium	Mike Jinks
Buffalo	1894	385–514–28	.430	2	0–2	1	1	University at Buffalo Stadium	Lance Leipold
Kent State	1920	335–535–28	.389	2	0–2	1	0	Dix Stadium	Paul Haynes
Miami	1888	674–446–44	.598	10	7–3	15	7	Yager Stadium	Chuck Martin
Ohio	1894	545–552–47	.498	9	2–7	5	6	Peden Stadium	Frank Solich
West Division
Ball State	1924	439–402–32	.521	7	0–7	5	5	Scheumann Stadium	Mike Neu
Central Michigan	1896	603–400–37	.598	9	3–6	7	9	Kelly/Shorts Stadium	John Bonamego
Eastern Michigan	1891	443–576–47	.438	2	1–1	1	9	Rynearson Stadium	Chris Creighton
NIU	1899	566–475–51	.542	11	4–7	4	8	Huskie Stadium	Rod Carey
Toledo	1917	517–416–24	.553	15	10–5	10	3	Glass Bowl	Jason Candle
Western Michigan	1905	548–444–23	.551	7	1–6	2	1	Waldo Stadium	P. J. Fleck

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MAC champions

Bowl games

In 2016, the MAC is contracted to provide a team for five college football bowl games: the Miami Beach Bowl, Bahamas Bowl, GoDaddy Bowl, Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, and Camellia Bowl. The MAC also has secondary agreements with the Poinsettia Bowl and with several ESPN owned bowls.

Name	Location	Opposing conference
Miami Beach Bowl	Miami, Florida	American
Bahamas Bowl	Boca Raton, Florida	American
GoDaddy Bowl	Mobile, Alabama	Sun Belt
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl	Boise, Idaho	Mountain West
Camellia Bowl	Montgomery, Alabama	Sun Belt

Notes

• The MAC Champion (if not invited to the College Football Playoff or its associated bowls) is not contractually obligated to any specific bowl. The Conference and the Universities select which teams will play in which of the league's five affiliated bowls.

College Football Playoff

The MAC champion will receive an automatic berth in one of the so-called "New Year's Six" bowl games associated with the College Football Playoff under either of the following circumstances::

• Selected as one of the top four teams overall by the CFP selection committee, in which case the team will play in a CFP national semifinal.
• Ranked by the committee as the top champion among the five conferences (American, C-USA, MAC, MW, Sun Belt) given access to one of the CFP bowls, in which case the team will play in the so-called "Access Bowl" as an at-large selection.

The first "Access Bowl" berth in 2014 went to Boise State (MW), the 2015 berth went to Houston (American).

During the era of the now-defunct Bowl Championship Series (BCS), one MAC team appeared in a BCS bowl game. In 2012, NIU qualified by being ranked in the top 16 (15th) in the season's final BCS standings, and also higher than at least one champion of a conference that received an automatic berth in a BCS game. In the 2012 season, two such conference champions were ranked below NIU: Big East champion Louisville, who was ranked 22nd, and Big Ten champion Wisconsin, who was unranked. NIU lost to Florida State in the Orange Bowl.

Rivalries

Football rivalries involving MAC teams include:

Teams		Rivalry name	Trophy	Meetings	Record	Series leader	Current streak
Akron	Kent State	–	Wagon Wheel	58	32–24–2	Akron	Akron won 1
Akron	Youngstown State	–	Steel Tire	35	14–19–2	Youngstown State	Youngstown State won 3
Bowling Green	Kent State	Battle for the Anniversary Award	Anniversary Award	83	58–19–6	Bowling Green	Bowling Green won 3
Bowling Green	Toledo	Battle of I-75	Battle of I-75 Trophy	80	39–37–4	Bowling Green	Toledo won 6
Miami	Cincinnati	Battle for the Bell	Victory Bell	120	59–54–7	Miami	Cincinnati won 10
Miami	Ohio	Battle of the Bricks	–	92	52-38-2	Miami	Ohio won 3
Ohio	Marshall	Battle for the Bell	The Bell	59	33–20–6	Ohio	Ohio won 1
Ball State	NIU	–	Bronze Stalk Trophy	43	20–21–2	NIU	NIU won 7
Central Michigan	Western Michigan	CMU–WMU Rivalry	Victory Cannon	86	37–47–2	Western Michigan	Western Michigan won 2

In addition, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, and Western Michigan compete for the Michigan MAC Trophy, which is awarded to the team with the best head-to-head record each year. Since the inception of the trophy in 2005, Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan have each won the trophy three times, and Western Michigan has won the trophy once.

Basketball

In August 2010, Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher and the Cleveland Cavaliers announced that the Mid-American Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments would remain in Cleveland at Quicken Loans Arena through 2017.^[43] Both tournaments have flourished since moving to Cleveland in 2000, with the men's semi-finals and championship regularly drawing large crowds at Quicken Loans Arena.^[44] In 2007, the MAC also announced a format change for both tournaments, bringing all twelve men's and women's teams to Cleveland. The MAC also co-hosted the 2007 Women's Final Four at Quicken Loans Arena after successfully hosting the 2006 NCAA Women's Basketball Regional at the same facility.

Championships

Current MAC champions

The following are the most recent champions of each sport's respective conference tournament. Champions from the previous academic year are indicated in italics.

Fall 2015 Sport School Football Bowling Green Soccer (M) Akron Soccer (W) Ball State Volleyball (W) Northern Illinois Cross country (M) Eastern Michigan Cross country (W) Eastern Michigan Field hockey (W) Kent State

Winter 2014–15 Sport School Basketball (M) Buffalo Basketball (W) Buffalo Indoor track and field (M) Akron Indoor track and field (W) Eastern Michigan Swimming and diving (M) Eastern Michigan Swimming and diving (W) Akron Gymnastics (W) Kent State Wrestling (M) Missouri

Spring 2015 Sport School Baseball Kent State Softball Ohio Outdoor track and field (M) Eastern Michigan Outdoor track and field (W) Kent State Golf (M) Miami Golf (W) Kent State Tennis (M) Buffalo Tennis (W) Miami

Facilities

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity	Baseball stadium	Capacity
Akron	InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field	27,000	James A. Rhodes Arena	5,500	—	—
Ball State	Scheumann Stadium	25,400	John E. Worthen Arena	11,500	Ball Diamond	1,700
Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium	24,000	Stroh Center	4,700	Warren E. Steller Field	2,500
Buffalo	University at Buffalo Stadium	31,000	Alumni Arena	6,100	Amherst Audubon Field	500
Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium	32,885	McGuirk Arena	5,300	Bill Theunissen Stadium	2,046
Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium	30,200	Convocation Center	8,800	Oestrike Stadium	1,313
Kent State	Dix Stadium	25,319	Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center	6,327	Schoonover Stadium	1,130
Miami	Yager Stadium	24,286	Millett Hall	6,400	Stanley G. McKie Field at Joseph P. Hayden Jr. Park	1,000
NIU	Brigham Field at Huskie Stadium	23,595	Convocation Center	10,000	Ralph McKinzie Field	1,500
Ohio	Peden Stadium	24,000	Convocation Center	13,080	Bob Wren Stadium	4,000
Toledo	Glass Bowl	26,248	Savage Arena	7,300	Scott Park Baseball Complex	1,000
Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium	30,200	University Arena	5,421	Robert J. Bobb Stadium at Judson Hyames Field	1,500

Hall of Fame

The Mid-American Conference Hall of Fame was the first Division I conference Hall of Fame.^[45] It was established in 1987 and classes have been inducted in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2012 and 2013.^[46][47]

In order to be eligible, a person must have participated during the time the university was in the MAC and five years must have passed from the time the individual participated in athletics or worked in the athletic department.^[45]

The following list are the members of the MAC Hall of Fame, along with the school they were affiliated with, the sport(s) they were inducted for and the year they were inducted.

Harold Anderson, Bowling Green, basketball, 1991 Janet Bachna, Kent State, gymnastics, 1992 Joe Begala, Kent State, wrestling, 1991 Tom Beutler, Toledo, football, 1994 Kermit Blosser, Ohio, golf, 1988 Jim Corrigall, Kent State, football, 1994 Hasely Crawford, Eastern Michigan, track and field, 1991 Ben Curtis, Kent State, golf, 2012 Caroline (Mast) Daugherty, Ohio, basketball, 1994 Herb Deromedi, Central Michigan, football, 2012 Chuck Ealey, Toledo, football, 1988 Fran Ebert, Western Michigan, softball / basketball, 1992 Wayne Embry, Miami, basketball, 2012 Karen Fitzpatrick, Ball State, field hockey, 2012 John Gill, WMU athlete / coach / administrator, 1994 Maurice Harvey, Ball State, football, 1992 Bill Hess, Ohio, football coach, 1992 Gary Hogeboom, Central Michigan, football, 1994 Fred Jacoby, MAC commissioner, 1990 Bob James, MAC commissioner, 1989 Ron Johnson, Eastern Michigan, football, 1988 Dave Keilitz, Central Michigan, baseball, 2013 Ted Kjolhede, Central Michigan, basketball, 1988 Kim Knuth, Toledo, women's basketball, 2013 Ken Kramer, Ball State, football, 1991 Bill Lajoie, Western Michigan, baseball, 1991 Jack Lambert, Kent State, football, 1988 Frank Lauterbur, Toledo, football, 1990 Mel Long, Toledo, football, 1992 Charlier Maher, Western Michigan, baseball, 1989 Bill Mallory, Miami/NIU, football, 2013 Brad Maynard, Ball State, football, 2013 Ray McCallum, Ball State, basketball, 1988

Jack McLain, MAC football official, 1992 Karen Michalak, Central Michigan, basketball / track and field / field hockey, 1992 Gordon Minty, Eastern Michigan, track and field, 1994 Steve Mix, Toledo, basketball, 1989 Thurman Munson, Kent State, baseball, 1990 Ira Murchinson, Western Michigan, track and field, 1990 Don Nehlen, Bowling Green, football, 1994 Manny Newsome, Western Michigan, basketball, 1988 Bob Nichols, Toledo, basketball, 2012 John Offerdahl, Western Michigan, football, 2013 Bob Owchinko, Eastern Michigan, baseball, 1992 Ara Parseghian, Miami, football, 1988 Doyt Perry, Bowling Green, football, 1988 John Pont, Miami, football player / coach, 1992 John Pruis, Ball State, president, 1994 Trevor Rees, Kent State, football, 1989 David Reese, MAC commissioner, 1988 George Rider, Miami, track and field, 1989 William Rohr, Miami, basketball coach 1994 Dan Roundfield, Central Michigan, basketball, 1990 Bo Schembechler, Miami, football coach, 1991 Mike Schmidt, Ohio, baseball, 2012 Dick Shrider, Miami, basketball, 1990 Christi Smith, Akron, track and field, 2013 Jim Snyder, Ohio, basketball, 1991 Shafer Suggs, Ball State, football, 1989 Nate Thurmond, Bowling Green, basketball, 1989 Gary Trent, Ohio, men's basketball, 2013 Phil Villapiano, Bowling Green, football, 1992 Bob Welch, Eastern Michigan, baseball, 1990 Dave Wottle, Bowling Green, track and field, 1990 Bob Wren, Ohio, baseball, 1989

Media

Broadcasts

A number of MAC sports, including football, men's and women's basketball, baseball, soccer, wrestling and volleyball, are telecast on Time Warner Cable Sports Channel (Ohio) replacing SportsTime Ohio and FSN Ohio as the MAC TV Partner. The deal was signed in August 2013 and is for five years.^[48] Along with TWC SportsChannel, ESPN Regional TV retains the "local and regional" syndication telecast rights to the MAC for Football.

Ball State produces its own comprehensive television package with Ball State Sports Link. Affiliate stations include WIPB in Muncie, WNDY in Indianapolis, The CW in Fort Wayne, WHME in South Bend, WTVW in Evansville, WYIN in Merrillville and Comcast in Michigan. All Ball State Sports Link games are also broadcast on student radio station WCRD and on the Ball State Radio Network produced by WLBC-FM and Backyard Broadcasting.

NIU has multiple football and basketball games telecast by Comcast SportsNet Chicago. In addition, most NIU football and basketball games can be heard on WSCR-AM 670 "The Score" - Chicago's powerful 50,000-watt top-rated all-sports station, which reaches 38 states and Canada.

MAC Properties

MAC Properties (a division of ISP Sports) is the sponsorship arm of the Mid-American Conference, and handles all forms of sponsorship and advertising for the MAC which includes managing and growing its stable of official corporate partners. As of 2010, the MAC has five official corporate partners: FirstEnergy, Marathon, PNC Bank, AutoTrader.com and Cleveland Clinic Sports Health. There are approximately 20 other companies engaged as sponsors of the conference at the non-official level. MAC Properties also assists with the management of the conference's television and radio contracts, including those with ESPN Regional, FOX Sports Ohio and ESPN 850 WKNR among others.

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