Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
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The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I-AA for football and Division I for all other sports. Most of the members are Catholic institutions.
The conference was founded in 1980 by six charter members: the U.S. Military Academy, Fairfield University, Fordham University, Iona College, Manhattan College and Saint Peter’s College. Competition officially began the next year, in the sports of men’s cross country and men’s soccer.
Competition in men's basketball began in 1982.
The league added football in 1993.
There are twelve partial or full-time member schools:
- Canisius College [no football program]
- Duquesne University [football-only member]
- Fairfield University [no football program]
- Iona College
- La Salle University [football-only member]
- Loyola College in Maryland [no football program]
- Manhattan College [no football program]
- Marist College
- Niagara University [no football program]
- Rider University [no football program]
- Siena College [no football program]
- Saint Peter's College