Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC)
Established	1922
Association	NCAA
Division	Division III
Members	9
Sports fielded	22 (men's: 11; women's: 11)
Region	Iowa
Headquarters	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Commissioner	Chuck Yrigoyen (since 2008)
Website	iowaconference.com
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The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) is an NCAA Division III athletic conference. As the name implies, most member teams are located in the state of Iowa.

The Iowa Conference dates back to December 8, 1922, when representatives from 12 colleges got together and formed the “Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Association.” Charter members were Buena Vista College, Central University of Iowa, Ellsworth College, Iowa Wesleyan College, Luther College, Morningside College, Parsons College, St. Ambrose College, Simpson College, Upper Iowa College, Western Union College and Penn College. Des Moines University was voted into the conference at that meeting as well.

The first Conference constitution was published in January 1923. Also that year, Judge Hubert Utterback of Des Moines, Iowa was named the first conference commissioner and Iowa Teachers (now known as University of Northern Iowa) was accepted as a member. Columbia College (now known as Loras College) was admitted in 1926. Ellsworth left the Conference in 1927. That spring the Conference’s name was changed to the “Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.” After a three-year ban, athletics were reinstated at the University of Dubuque in 1928-29, and it joined the conference in 1929. Wartburg College was admitted to the conference in 1936, beginning competition the following year. Morningside College dropped out in 1936 because of inactivity. William Penn was suspended from the Conference in 1949 for using ineligible players. The school was back in the Conference in 1951, though it did not compete in football until later. In 1951, St. Ambrose and Loras dropped from football competition.

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