Delaney Athletic Conference consists of 13 high schools from Northern and Central Virginia. The Delaney Athletic Conference (DAC) is named after Joe Delaney

Joe Delaney

Joe Alton Delaney was an American football running back who played two seasons in the National Football League . In his two seasons with the Chiefs, Delaney set four franchise records that would stand for over 20 years....

, a former athlete from Northwestern State University

Northwestern State University

Northwestern State University, known as NSU, is a four-year public university primarily situated in Natchitoches, Louisiana, with a nursing campus in Shreveport and general campuses in Leesville/Fort Polk and Alexandria. It is a part of the University of Louisiana System.NSU was founded in 1884 as...

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Mission statement

"The Delaney Athletic Conference was created by its member schools in a spirit of trust and shared commitment to the highest ideal of sportsmanship, healthy competition, and mutual respect."

Members

• Foxcroft School
  Foxcroft School
  Foxcroft School, founded in 1914 by Ms. Charlotte Haxall Noland, is an independent boarding and day school for girls in grades 9–12, located near Middleburg, Virginia, United States....
  
  
• Fredericksburg Academy
  Fredericksburg Academy
  Fredericksburg Academy, or FA, is a co-educational independent school in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Created in 1992, FA enrolls 550 students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.-Curriculum:Fredericksburg Academy is divided into three divisions:...
  
  
• Highland School
• Highland View Academy
  Highland View Academy
  Highland View Academy is a private co-educational secondary boarding school located in Hagerstown, Maryland in the United States, and run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools -History:...
  
  
• Massanutten Military Academy
  Massanutten Military Academy
  Massanutten Military Academy is a coeducational college preparatory school for grades 7 through 12 and one postgraduate year, located in Woodstock, Virginia, United States.-Mission:...
  
  
• Middleburg Academy
• Quantico High School
• Randolph-Macon Academy
  Randolph-Macon Academy
  Founded in 1892, Randolph-Macon Academy is a coeducational college preparatory school for students in grades 6-12 and postgraduates in Virginia, USA. The school features both a boarding and day school program. Randolph-Macon Academy is affiliated with the United Methodist Church...
  
  
• Seton High School (Manassas, Virginia)
  Seton High School (Manassas, Virginia)
  Seton is an accredited, private, co-educational, Catholic junior & senior high school. Seton teaches orthodox, traditional Catholicism, in harmony with the Magisterium of the Catholic Church and its leader, Pope Benedict XVI. Furthermore, the entire curriculum at Seton is grounded on a Christian...
  
  
• Shenandoah Valley Academy
  Shenandoah Valley Academy
  Shenandoah Valley Academy is a private, co-educational, boarding, high school in New Market, Virginia, United States. It has both boarding and day school programs. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist...
  
  
• Tandem Friends School
  Tandem Friends School
  Tandem Friends School is a coeducational secondary school founded in 1970 in Albemarle County, Virginia, just outside Charlottesville, by educators John Howard and Duncan Alling. In 1995, it joined the Friends Council on Education, adopting the educational beliefs and practices of the Quakers. The...
  
  
• Wakefield Country Day School
  Wakefield Country Day School
  Wakefield Country Day School is a co-educational independent elementary, middle and college-preparatory school in Flint Hill, Virginia, USA. The school serves grades preschool through grade 12. The school's campus is located about 90 minutes from Washington, DC...
  
  
• Wakefield School
  Wakefield School
  Wakefield School is an independent day school located in The Plains, Virginia, with classes ranging from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade. It was founded in Huntly, Virginia in 1972 as Wakefield Country Day School, and changed its name to Wakefield School in the early 1980s when it established a...
  
  
• Saint Michael the Archangel High School