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Ohio Valley Conference
Established 1948
Classification IAA
National Titles
Commissioner Dr. Jon A. Steinbrecher
Members 11
Sports Fielded
States Alabama, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee
Headquarters Brentwood, Tennessee
Website Ohio Valley Conference


The Ohio Valley Conference continues to build on the success that has made it the nation's eighth-oldest NCAA Division I conference. In 2003, the OVC extended its geographical footprint into Alabama for the first time, expanding the league’s membership to a record 11 institutions with the addition of Jacksonville State and Samford. The OVC's proud past dates back to 1948, but seeds for the new league were actually planted in 1941. It was then that Roy Stewart, the athletics director at Murray State, Charles (Turkey) Hughes, the athletics director at Eastern Kentucky, and Kelly Thompson, the public relations director at Western Kentucky, first broached the idea of forming a new conference. Discussions were put on hold by World War II, but reemerged Feb. 27-28, 1948 at the Kentucky Hotel in Louisville as the three original institutions combined with Morehead State, Louisville and Evansville to form the OVC.

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Ohio Valley Conference Fight Songs

Austin Peay
Eastern Illinois Eastern Loyalty
Eastern Kentucky Yea Eastern, Hail, Hail, Eastern Maroons!
Jacksonville State JSU Fight Song
Morehead State Morehead State Fight Song
Murray State Murray State Fight Song
Samford Samford Fight Song
Southeast Missouri State Fight SEMO Fight
Tennessee Martin
Tennessee State I'm So Glad
Tennessee Tech Tennessee Tech Fight Song


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Austin PeayEastern IllinoisEastern KentuckyJacksonville StateMorehead State
Murray StateSamfordSoutheast Missouri StateTennessee MartinTennessee StateTennessee Tech   
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