The Southeastern Athletic Conference (SEAC), also known as the Southeastern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, was an intercollegiate athletic conference of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The conference was founded as the Southeastern Athletic Association, in January 1940, at a meeting held at Columbia, South Carolina. It had five charter members, Fort Valley State College (now known as Fort Valley State University) of Fort Valley, Georgia, and four schools that had previously been members of the South Atlantic Athletic Conference (SAAC), also known as the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA): Allen University of Columbia, South Carolina, Morris College of Sumter, South Carolina, Paine College of Augusta, Georgia, and Georgia State College (now known as Savannah State University) of Savannah, Georgia.[1] Bethune–Cookman College—now known as Bethune–Cookman University— of Daytona Beach, Florida, was accepted as the conference SEAC's sixth member in December 1941.[2] Claflin College—now known as Claflin University—of Orangeburg, South Carolina, joined the conference in September 1945.[3] The following year, the SEAC increased its membership to nine schools with the addition of Albany State College (now known as Albany State University) of Albany, Georgia, and Florida Normal and Industrial College (now known as Florida Memorial University) of St. Augustine, Florida.[4]
The conference's members were located in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.
