Ian Applegate

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.