The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III includes 241 teams. Each team has one head coach. [1] As of the 2024 season, Division III is composed of 31 conferences: the American Rivers Conference (ARC), American Southwest Conference (ASC), Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC), College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW), Centennial Conference, Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC), Empire 8, Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC), Landmark Conference, Liberty League, Middle Atlantic Conferences (MAC), Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC), Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA), Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC), Midwest Conference (MWC), Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC), New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC), New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC), New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC), Northwest Conference (NWC), Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC), Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC), Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC), Southern Athletic Association (SAA), Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC), Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC), Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC), USA South Athletic Conference, and Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC).
As of the start of the 2024 season, the longest-tenured coach in Division III, and all of college football[ citation needed ], is expected to be Norm Eash of Illinois Wesleyan, who has been head coach at the school since 1987. In all, 25 Division III programs have new head coaches in 2024.
Conference affiliations are current for the 2024 season. Three future Division III teams has hired its head coach; the teams are indicated with a light blue background.
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