Indiana Intercollegiate Conference
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The Indiana Intercollegiate Conference (IIC) was a college athletic conference in the United States
from 1922 to 1950. It consisted of schools in Indiana
.
The charter members of the conference were Indiana State University
, Butler University
, DePauw University
, Earlham College
, Franklin, Hanover College
, Rose-Hulman
.
The following year, University of Indianapolis
and Ball State University
joined. By the late 1940s, virtually every Indiana college; private or public was a member. The notable exceptions were Purdue University
, Indiana University and the University of Notre Dame;
it was at this time that the Conference splintered into two, the Indiana Collegiate Conference
made up of the larger schools and the Hoosier College Conference, comprising the smaller schools. The Hoosier College Conference would ultimately evolve into the late 1980s Heartland Conference.
, Purdue (Col. Nelson A. Kellogg
) and DePauw (Dr. W. M. Blanchard.)
The IIC had many legendary players and coaches over the years. In basketball, John Wooden
, Tony Hinkle, and John Longfellow
, all served as head coaches in the conference. Some notable IIC players included Duane Klueh
, and Dick Atha.
Football was a conference sanctioned sport from 1934-1947, with the Butler Bulldogs dominating the conference by winning league titles from 1934–1940, as well as in 1946 and 1947.
The Indiana State Sycamores were the class of IIC baseball, winning titles in 1923, 1924, 1930, 1946, 1947, 1949 under Birch Bayh (basketball coach)
, Walter E. Marks
and Paul Wolf.
In 1967, some of the official conference records were moved from Terre Haute, Indiana to the campus of DePauw University
, becoming part of the Indiana Intercollegiate Conference/Special Collections Library.
No conference championship was awarded in 1943 and 1944 due to World War II.
United States
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from 1922 to 1950. It consisted of schools in Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
.
The charter members of the conference were Indiana State University
Indiana State University
Indiana State University is a public university located in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States.The Princeton Review has named Indiana State as one of the "Best in the Midwest" seven years running, and the College of Education's Graduate Program was recently named as a 'Top 100' by U.S...
, Butler University
Butler University
Butler University is a private university located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 1855 and named after founder Ovid Butler, the university offers 60 degree programs to 4,400 students through six colleges: business, communication, education, liberal Arts and sciences, pharmacy and health...
, DePauw University
DePauw University
DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, USA, is a private, national liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,400 students. The school has a Methodist heritage and was originally known as Indiana Asbury University. DePauw is a member of both the Great Lakes Colleges Association...
, Earlham College
Earlham College
Earlham College is a liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana. It was founded in 1847 by Quakers and has approximately 1,200 students.The president is John David Dawson...
, Franklin, Hanover College
Hanover College
Hanover College is a private liberal arts college, located in Hanover, Indiana, near the banks of the Ohio River. The college is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church . The college was founded in 1827 by the Rev. John Finley Crowe, making it the oldest private college in Indiana. The Hanover...
, Rose-Hulman
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology , formerly Rose Polytechnic Institute, is a small private college specializing in teaching engineering, mathematics, and science. RHIT is highly regarded for its undergraduate engineering program, which US News and World Reports ranked in 2011 as No...
.
The following year, University of Indianapolis
University of Indianapolis
The University of Indianapolis is a university located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The shortened name it uses is UIndy...
and Ball State University
Ball State University
Ball State University is a state-run research university located in Muncie, Indiana. It is also known as Ball State or simply BSU.Located on the northwest side of the city, Ball State's campus spans and includes 106 buildings...
joined. By the late 1940s, virtually every Indiana college; private or public was a member. The notable exceptions were Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
, Indiana University and the University of Notre Dame;
it was at this time that the Conference splintered into two, the Indiana Collegiate Conference
Indiana Collegiate Conference
The Indiana Collegiate Conference was a college athletic conference in the United States from 1951 to 1979. It consisted of schools in Indiana....
made up of the larger schools and the Hoosier College Conference, comprising the smaller schools. The Hoosier College Conference would ultimately evolve into the late 1980s Heartland Conference.
Early years
The IIC was formed in July 1922; largely through the work of three officers, the athletic directors at Indiana State Birch Bayh (basketball coach)Birch Bayh (basketball coach)
Birch Evans Bayh, Sr. is a former NCAA Head Basketball Coach. He was the Head Coach at Indiana State University from 1918-1923. During this time, he also served as the Head Baseball Coach, Athletic Director and Professor of Physical Education....
, Purdue (Col. Nelson A. Kellogg
Nelson A. Kellogg
Nelson A. Kellogg was a track athlete, American football, basketball, and baseball coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Northern Illinois University from 1906 to 1909, compiling a record of 8–17–3...
) and DePauw (Dr. W. M. Blanchard.)
The IIC had many legendary players and coaches over the years. In basketball, John Wooden
John Wooden
John Robert Wooden was an American basketball player and coach. Nicknamed the "Wizard of Westwood", he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period — seven in a row — as head coach at UCLA, an unprecedented feat. Within this period, his teams won a record 88 consecutive games...
, Tony Hinkle, and John Longfellow
John Longfellow
John L. Longfellow is a former American basketball player. He was the head men's basketball coach at Indiana State University....
, all served as head coaches in the conference. Some notable IIC players included Duane Klueh
Duane Klueh
Duane M. Klueh is a retired American basketball player and coach. He currently lives in Terre Haute, Indiana and was the head men's basketball coach at Indiana State University for 12 seasons...
, and Dick Atha.
Football was a conference sanctioned sport from 1934-1947, with the Butler Bulldogs dominating the conference by winning league titles from 1934–1940, as well as in 1946 and 1947.
The Indiana State Sycamores were the class of IIC baseball, winning titles in 1923, 1924, 1930, 1946, 1947, 1949 under Birch Bayh (basketball coach)
Birch Bayh (basketball coach)
Birch Evans Bayh, Sr. is a former NCAA Head Basketball Coach. He was the Head Coach at Indiana State University from 1918-1923. During this time, he also served as the Head Baseball Coach, Athletic Director and Professor of Physical Education....
, Walter E. Marks
Walter E. Marks
Walter E. "Wally" Marks, PhD was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, college athletics administrator, sports official, and university instructor. Marks played football, basketball, and baseball at the University of Chicago...
and Paul Wolf.
Final years
The late 1940s and early 1950s saw many of the conference's athletic programs depart for other conferences, however many of the league's programs became part of the Indiana Collegiate Conference which existed until 1978. Many others joined the Hoosier College Conference, which became part of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference in 1987.In 1967, some of the official conference records were moved from Terre Haute, Indiana to the campus of DePauw University
DePauw University
DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, USA, is a private, national liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,400 students. The school has a Methodist heritage and was originally known as Indiana Asbury University. DePauw is a member of both the Great Lakes Colleges Association...
, becoming part of the Indiana Intercollegiate Conference/Special Collections Library.
Members
- Ball StateBall State UniversityBall State University is a state-run research university located in Muncie, Indiana. It is also known as Ball State or simply BSU.Located on the northwest side of the city, Ball State's campus spans and includes 106 buildings...
(1923–1950) - ButlerButler UniversityButler University is a private university located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 1855 and named after founder Ovid Butler, the university offers 60 degree programs to 4,400 students through six colleges: business, communication, education, liberal Arts and sciences, pharmacy and health...
(1922–1946) - DePauwDePauw UniversityDePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, USA, is a private, national liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,400 students. The school has a Methodist heritage and was originally known as Indiana Asbury University. DePauw is a member of both the Great Lakes Colleges Association...
(1922–1947) - EarlhamEarlham CollegeEarlham College is a liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana. It was founded in 1847 by Quakers and has approximately 1,200 students.The president is John David Dawson...
(1922–1947) - EvansvilleUniversity of EvansvilleThe University of Evansville is a small, private university with approximately 3,050 students located in Evansville, Indiana. Founded in 1854 as Moores Hill College, it is located near the interchange of the Lloyd Expressway and U.S. Route 41. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church...
(1925–1950) - FranklinFranklin CollegeFranklin College is a private liberal arts college in Franklin, Indiana, located about 20 minutes south of Indianapolis. Its enrollment of 1047 students enables individual attention and discussions with senior professors...
(1922–1947) - HanoverHanover CollegeHanover College is a private liberal arts college, located in Hanover, Indiana, near the banks of the Ohio River. The college is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church . The college was founded in 1827 by the Rev. John Finley Crowe, making it the oldest private college in Indiana. The Hanover...
(1922–1947) - IndianapolisUniversity of IndianapolisThe University of Indianapolis is a university located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The shortened name it uses is UIndy...
(1923–1950) - Indiana StateIndiana State UniversityIndiana State University is a public university located in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States.The Princeton Review has named Indiana State as one of the "Best in the Midwest" seven years running, and the College of Education's Graduate Program was recently named as a 'Top 100' by U.S...
(1922–1950) - Manchester (1928–1947)
- Rose-HulmanRose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyRose–Hulman Institute of Technology , formerly Rose Polytechnic Institute, is a small private college specializing in teaching engineering, mathematics, and science. RHIT is highly regarded for its undergraduate engineering program, which US News and World Reports ranked in 2011 as No...
(1922–1947) - Saint Joseph's (1925–1950)
- ValparaisoValparaiso UniversityValparaiso University, known colloquially as Valpo, is a regionally accredited private university located in the city of Valparaiso in the U.S. state of Indiana. Founded in 1859, it consists of five undergraduate colleges, a graduate school, a nursing school and a law school...
(1925–1950) - WabashWabash CollegeWabash College is a small, private, liberal arts college for men, located in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Along with Hampden-Sydney College and Morehouse College, Wabash is one of only three remaining traditional all-men's liberal arts colleges in the United States.-History:Wabash College was founded...
(1925–1947)
Subsequent conference affiliations
| Team | Left For | Current Home |
|---|---|---|
| Ball State | Indiana Collegiate Conference Indiana Collegiate Conference The Indiana Collegiate Conference was a college athletic conference in the United States from 1951 to 1979. It consisted of schools in Indiana.... |
Mid-American Conference Mid-American Conference The Mid-American Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college 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... |
| Butler | Indiana Collegiate Conference Indiana Collegiate Conference The Indiana Collegiate Conference was a college athletic conference in the United States from 1951 to 1979. It consisted of schools in Indiana.... |
Horizon League Horizon League The Horizon League is a ten school, NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located in five of the Midwestern United States.... |
| DePauw | Hoosier College Conference | North Coast Athletic Conference North Coast Athletic Conference The North Coast Athletic Conference is an NCAA 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... |
| Evansville | Indiana Collegiate Conference Indiana Collegiate Conference The Indiana Collegiate Conference was a college athletic conference in the United States from 1951 to 1979. It consisted of schools in Indiana.... |
Missouri Valley Conference Missouri Valley Conference The Missouri Valley Conference is a college athletic conference whose members are located in the midwestern United States... |
| Earlham | Indiana Collegiate Conference Indiana Collegiate Conference The Indiana Collegiate Conference was a college athletic conference in the United States from 1951 to 1979. It consisted of schools in Indiana.... |
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio... |
| Franklin | Indiana Collegiate Conference Indiana Collegiate Conference The Indiana Collegiate Conference was a college athletic conference in the United States from 1951 to 1979. It consisted of schools in Indiana.... |
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio... |
| Hanover | Indiana Collegiate Conference Indiana Collegiate Conference The Indiana Collegiate Conference was a college athletic conference in the United States from 1951 to 1979. It consisted of schools in Indiana.... |
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio... |
| Indianapolis | Hoosier College Conference | Great Lakes Valley Conference Great Lakes Valley Conference The Great Lakes Valley Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference which competes at the NCAA's Division II level. Member institutions are located in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and Wisconsin.... |
| Indiana State | Indiana Collegiate Conference Indiana Collegiate Conference The Indiana Collegiate Conference was a college athletic conference in the United States from 1951 to 1979. It consisted of schools in Indiana.... |
Missouri Valley Conference Missouri Valley Conference The Missouri Valley Conference is a college athletic conference whose members are located in the midwestern United States... |
| Manchester | Indiana Collegiate Conference Indiana Collegiate Conference The Indiana Collegiate Conference was a college athletic conference in the United States from 1951 to 1979. It consisted of schools in Indiana.... |
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio... |
| Rose-Hulman | Indiana Collegiate Conference Indiana Collegiate Conference The Indiana Collegiate Conference was a college athletic conference in the United States from 1951 to 1979. It consisted of schools in Indiana.... |
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio... |
| Valparaiso | Indiana Collegiate Conference Indiana Collegiate Conference The Indiana Collegiate Conference was a college athletic conference in the United States from 1951 to 1979. It consisted of schools in Indiana.... |
Horizon League Horizon League The Horizon League is a ten school, NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located in five of the Midwestern United States.... |
| Saint Joseph's | Indiana Collegiate Conference Indiana Collegiate Conference The Indiana Collegiate Conference was a college athletic conference in the United States from 1951 to 1979. It consisted of schools in Indiana.... |
Great Lakes Valley Conference Great Lakes Valley Conference The Great Lakes Valley Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference which competes at the NCAA's Division II level. Member institutions are located in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and Wisconsin.... |
| Wabash | Hoosier College Conference | North Coast Athletic Conference North Coast Athletic Conference The North Coast Athletic Conference is an NCAA 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... |
Men's Basketball
Indiana State won Men's Basketball titles in 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1950. In 1948, Indiana State was the Runner-Up in the NAIA National title game. In 1950, Indiana State won the NAIA National Title.Football
Butler was the league powerhouse, winning titles in 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1946 and 1947; they shared the title with Manchester College in 1940.No conference championship was awarded in 1943 and 1944 due to World War II.