The ASUN Conference, formerly the Atlantic Sun Conference, is a collegiate athletic conference operating mostly in the Southeastern United States. The league participates at the NCAA Division I level, and will begin sponsoring football at the Division I FCS level in 2022. Originally established as the Trans America Athletic Conference (TAAC) in 1978, it was renamed as the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2001, and then rebranded as the ASUN Conference in 2016. The conference headquarters are located in Atlanta.
The conference has undergone significant growth in membership in recent years. In 2018, the University of North Alabama arrived from the Division II Gulf South Conference, and Liberty University left the Big South for the ASUN. Most recently, in 2020–21 with the arrival of Bellarmine University from the Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference and the departure of NJIT to the America East Conference. The ASUN officially announced the addition of the University of Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky University and Jacksonville State University, as incoming members on January 29, 2021, also announcing the addition of football in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The ASUN statement, however, did not specify when conference competition in football would begin. On September 17, 2021, the ASUN announced Austin Peay State University as a new member for the 2022-23 season.
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