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Old Dominion Athletic Conference
Established	1976
Commissioner	Brad Bankston
Director of Information	James Nekoloff
Address	P.O. Box 971 Salem, Virginia 24153
Phone	540-387-9073
Fax	540-389-6196

The Old Dominion Athletic Conference is an NCAA Division III athletic conference. Its member schools are located primarily in Virginia, with other members in North Carolina and Washington, DC. Only the American Southwest Conference in Texas is a larger Division III conference. The conference headquarters is in Salem, Virginia, a suburban independent city adjacent to Roanoke, Virginia. The headquarters building is on the campus of Roanoke College, a member institution.

The conference sponsors championships in the following sports:

• men's and women's basketball
• men's and women's soccer
• men's and women's lacrosse
• men's and women's indoor track and field
• men's and women's outdoor track and field
• men's and women's tennis
• men's and women's cross country
• football
• baseball
• softball
• field hockey
• volleyball
• equestrian
• swimming
• golf

The Conference was founded in 1975 as the Virginia College Conference. On January 1, 1976, the name was changed to the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. The 1976-77 season was the first in which championships were offered. In 1982-83, women's sports were added. In 1988, Virginia Wesleyan was added as a member, and in 1990 Guilford became the first member located outside Virginia. In 1999, Catholic was admitted as a football-only member.

The only school that has left the conference is Mary Baldwin College, which left in 1999 to join the Atlantic Women's Colleges Conference.

The conference hosts the Division III championships in football and men's basketball, both of which are held in Salem, Virginia.

• Bridgewater College Eagles, Bridgewater, VA
• Catholic University (football-only associate) Cardinals, Washington, DC
• Eastern Mennonite University (no football) Royals, Harrisonburg, VA
• Emory & Henry College Wasps, Emory, VA
• Guilford College Quakers, Greensboro, NC
• Hampden-Sydney College Tigers, Hampden-Sydney, VA
• Hollins University (no football) Roanoke, VA
• Lynchburg College (no football) Hornets, Lynchburg, Va
• Randolph-Macon College Yellow Jackets, Ashland, VA
• Randolph College (no football) Wildcats, Lynchburg, VA
• Roanoke College (no football) Maroons, Salem, VA
• Sweet Briar College (no football) Vixens, Amherst, VA
• Virginia Wesleyan College (no football) Marlins, Virginia Beach, VA
• Washington and Lee University Generals, Lexington, VA

• Old Dominion Athletic Conference

Old Dominion Athletic Conference
Bridgewater • Catholic† • Eastern Mennonite‡ • Emory & Henry • Guilford • Hampden–Sydney • Hollins‡ • Lynchburg‡ • Randolph–Macon • Randolph–Macon Woman's‡ • Roanoke‡ • Sweet Briar‡ • Virginia Wesleyan‡ • Washington & Lee † football-only member  ‡ no-football member

NCAA Division III Football Conferences

American Southwest Conference – Atlantic Central Football Conference – College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Centennial Conference – Freedom Football Conference – Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Illini-Badger Football Conference – Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Liberty League – Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Middle Atlantic Corporation – Midwest Conference – Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – New England Football Conference – New England Small College Athletic Conference – New Jersey Athletic Conference – North Coast Athletic Conference – Northwest Athletic Conference – Ohio Athletic Conference – Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Presidents' Athletic Conference – Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – University Athletic Association – USA South Athletic Conference – Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Independents