Robert B. McCormick

Founding the ACC

The Origins of a Major Collegiate Athletic Conference, 1951-1953

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Produktbeschreibung

"In 1953, seven universities seceded from the NCAA's Southern Conference to form the Atlantic Coast Conference. Founding members Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina and Wake Forest were soon joined by Virginia. Inspired by national academic and gambling scandals, and a bowl game crisis in 1951, the ACC's leaders hoped to reduce the commercialism and professionalism that permeated college athletics in the 1950s. This first ever full-length history examines founding of the ACC, the star athletes and coaches and football and basketball season highlights, along with the negotiations that led to the creation one of America's most successful athletic conferences."--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 514g
• ISBN-13: 9781476689944
• ISBN-10: 1476689946
• Artikelnr.: 73703341

Autorenporträt

Robert B. McCormick is a professor of history at the University of South Carolina Upstate in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1.
The Schools and Men Who Built a Conference 2.
Reform in the Era of National and Local Scandals 3.
Banning Bowls 4.
Southern Conference Football and the 1951 Bowl Crisis 5.
The Everett Case Invitational: Southern Conference Basketball, 1951-1952 6.
Conference Struggles and Ineffective Reforms in 1952 7.
A Reduced League: Southern Conference Football, 1952 8.
The Last Was the Best: Southern Conference Basketball, 1952-1953 9.
The Atlantic Coast Conference Is Born 10.
ACC Football: The First Season Conclusion Chapter Notes Bibliography Index