Founding the ACC

Robert B. McCormick is a professor of history at the University of South Carolina Upstate in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1. The Schools and Men Who Built a Conference2. Reform in the Era of National and Local Scandals3. Banning Bowls4. Southern Conference Football and the 1951 Bowl Crisis5. The Everett Case Invitational: Southern Conference Basketball, 1951–19526. Conference Struggles and Ineffective Reforms in 19527. A Reduced League: Southern Conference Football, 19528. The Last Was the Best: Southern Conference Basketball, 1952–19539. The Atlantic Coast Conference Is Born10. ACC Football: The First SeasonConclusionChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“An in-depth account of the rationale behind, and the machinations of, the creation of the Atlantic Coast Conference.”—Adam Criblez, professor of history, Southeast Missouri State University