GREENSBORO, N.C. — The North Carolina A&T Board of Trustees voted Friday and approved a motion to switch athletic conferences.
North Carolina A&T will move from the Big South to the Colonial Athletic Association.
All sports besides football and bowling will join the CAA July 1, 2022. Football would make the move the following summer.
The board's executive committee met Thursday and brought up the idea of leaving the Big South to join the Colonial Athletic Association. Athletic Director Earl Hinton said he supports the move.
The Aggies played in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference for 50 years. The athletic program switched to the Big South last summer.
A&T leadership said the move will allow the school to continue to compete for athletic championships in the years to come. Several Big South schools have left the conference recently.