The American is a collegiate athletics conference and member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The conference was founded in 1979 and reconstituted in 2013 as the American Athletic Conference. With the conference office in Irving, Texas, the American is comprised of the following institutions: University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States Military Academy West Point (Army - in football only), University of North Carolina at Charlotte, East Carolina University, Florida Atlantic University, University of Memphis, United States Naval Academy (Navy - in football only), University of North Texas, Rice University, University of South Florida, Temple University, University of Texas at San Antonio, Tulane University, University of Tulsa and Wichita State University (basketball and Olympic sports). Under the leadership of Commissioner Tim Pernetti, the American sponsors 20 sports (nine for men and 11 for women); is a member of the College Football Playoff (CFP); has television partnerships with ESPN and CBS Sports; in the spring of 2019, signed a foundational television agreement with ESPN that commenced in 2020-21. For more information, please visit www.TheAmerican.org.
Company Details
- Employees
- 73
- Founded
- -
- Address
- 545 E John Carpenter Fwy,
- Industry
- Spectator Sports
- NAICS
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Spectator SportsOther Spectator Sports
- Website
- http://www.TheAmerican.org
- Keywords
- grit..
- HQ
- Irving, Texas
American Conference Questions
American Conference's website is http://www.TheAmerican.org
American Conference's LinkedIn profile is https://www.linkedin.com/company/american-conference
American Conference has
73 employees.
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employees at American Conference.
American Conference's industry is
Spectator Sports
American Conference's top competitors are
Southeastern Conference,
College Football Playoff,
Big Ten Conference,
Conference Usa,
Atlantic Coast Conference,
Pac-12 Conference,
Big 12 Conference,
Mountain West Conference,
Sun Belt Conference,
Ncaa.
American Conference's categories are Spectator Sports
American Conference's founding year is 1979
