1867
Platteville Normal School vs. Darlington Town Team in baseball–the first recorded athletics event involving a normal school.

1874
Oshkosh Normal School plays what might be the first intercollegiate contest by a normal school–a two-game baseball series vs. Ripon College.

1889
First interschool football game between Whitewater Normal School and Delafield Academy.

1895
First football game played between normal schools–Platteville (30) vs. Whitewater (0).

1903
Oshkosh Normal School drew up its first eligibility rules– an athlete had to be a regularly enrolled, bona fide student with at least three studies, could receive no compensation, direct or indirect, for playing and could only play football with parental consent if under 21.

Whitewater defeats Oshkosh, then wins over Platteville before a crowd of 400 spectators to “lay claim to the title of Wisconsin State Normal School football champions.”

1906
River Falls President Warren J. Brier calls for the abolishment of football by the Board of Regents.

1908
Whitewater faculty is assessed two percent of one month’s salary to benefit athletics. The assessment was raised to 2.5 percent in 1909.

1910
Whitewater acquires the first Wisconsin Normal School coach to be employed by the Board of Regents.

1912
Normal school presidents informally agree to prohibit inter-school women’s basketball games.
         
The establishment of a director of physical culture with full faculty status in each of the normal schools leads to the creation of a conference.

1913
The Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin is formed (July). A constitution and bylaws are adopted on December 20, 1913.  The conference is comprised of La Crosse, Milwaukee, Oshkosh, Platteville, River Falls, Stevens Point, Superior and Whitewater.

First “official” conference championship event is held with the South Division champion (Milwaukee) defeating the North Division champion (Stevens Point) 43-30 in men’s basketball.

Board of Regents appropriates $4,000 for the support of athletics teams.

Board of Regents budgets $10,000 for the construction of athletic fields at Whitewater–Hamilton Athletic Field is completed in 1914 to include a football field, baseball diamond, track and concrete stands.

1914
Board of Regents authorizes the athletic association at each normal school to collect a $2 annual athletic fee from each student.

1916
Stout Institute joins the conference.

Faculty representatives establish first Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (W.I.A.A.) sanctioned state boys basketball tournament generating a significant amount of revenue for the normal schools.

1917
Eau Claire Normal joins the conference bringing the total membership to 10 schools.

1919
Council of Presidents institutes presidential control over all athletics matters.

Three-year participation rule is adopted.

1922
Council of Presidents votes to appoint faculty representatives who are not directly connected with the coaching of athletic teams.

1927
Normal schools officially become teachers colleges.

1929
Superior Teachers College is suspended from the conference for one year for various indiscretions.

1930
Pre-season football practice is abolished.

Platteville and Superior both install lights on their football fields to increase attendance.

1931
The conference prohibits the scouting of opponents at the expense of athletics department or any other school funds.

1933
Stevens Point Teachers College defeats Walter Meanwell’s University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team.

1935
Four-year participation rule is adopted.

The Stevens Point football team is suspended by the conference for one year when it is discovered that Coach Eddie Kotal had scheduled two preseason practice games with the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears.

1943
Conference play is suspended for the duration of World War II.

1951
The Wisconsin teachers colleges become colleges.

Spring football practice is abolished.

1954
Conference adopts rule prohibiting students placed on academic probation from participating in athletics with the exception of Korean War veterans.

1958
Conference adopts rule requiring a minimum grade point average of 1.1 for athletics participation.

The Wisconsin Athletic and Recreation Federation of College Women (WARFCW) is formed for the purpose of coordinating athletic activities for women among Wisconsin institutions of higher education.

1964 
State colleges gain university status.

Conference officially becomes the Wisconsin State University Athletic Conference (WSUC) on March 11, 1964. The conference is comprised of 10 sports (baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, gymnastics, swimming, tennis, track and wrestling).

WSUC becomes affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).

Milwaukee withdraws from the conference.

1966
Board of Regents creates the position of athletics commissioner (April 6, 1966). Fred Jacoby (assistant football coach at the University of Wisconsin) is selected as the conference’s first commissioner–one of only 15 full-time commissioners in the country at that time.

The provision of financial aid based on athletics participation or ability is expressly prohibited.

1967
La Crosse captures the first national (NAIA) championship in conference history–men’s bowling.

1970
A number of schools gather in Stevens Point to conduct a state basketball tournament for women.

1971
The Wisconsin Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WWIAC) is established. The conference is comprised of Carthage, Eau Claire, La Crosse, Madison, Oshkosh, Parkside, Platteville, River Falls, Stevens Point, Stout, Superior and Whitewater. The conference later expands to 16 members with the addition of Milwaukee (1971), Carroll (1973), Green Bay (1974) and Marquette (1975).

Max Sparger replaces Fred Jacoby as WSUC commissioner.

The Wisconsin State University System and the University of Wisconsin System are merged into a single system–the University of Wisconsin System.

1972
The passage of Title IX–a federal law requiring that women are to be given equal opportunity in education, including sports.

1975
UW System authorizes a part-time position for the coordination of the WWIAC. Gail Grimm is appointed as executive secretary.

1977
Emogene Nelson succeeds Gail Grimm as the executive secretary of the WWIAC.

1979
Janice Stocker is named the first full-time commissioner of the WWIAC.

1980
UW-Oshkosh captures the first national (Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women–AIAW) championship in WWIAC history–  
women’s gymnastics.

UW-Oshkosh captures the first NCAA national championship in WSUC history–men’s gymnastics.

1982
The AIAW dissolves, and all WWIAC members become affiliated with either the NAIA or the NCAA.

1983
UW-La Crosse captures the first NCAA national championship in WWIAC history–women’s outdoor track & field.

1984
WWIAC prohibits the provision of financial aid based on athletics participation.

1985
Judy Kruckman succeeds Janice Stocker as WWIAC commissioner.

1993
All WSUC and WWIAC institutions become affiliated with the NCAA only.

Dennis Keihn succeeds Max Sparger as WSUC commissioner.

1996
Gary Karner selected as commissioner of the WWIAC and WSUC.

1997
The WWIAC and WSUC are merged into a single conference–the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC).

2006
WIAC announces the first ever regional sports television agreement for a Division III conference resulting in the broadcast of 80 events on Fox Sports Wisconsin and Fox Sports North.

2012
The WIAC kicks-off the celebration of its 100th year as a conference with the WIAC Centennial Banquet on August 4, 2012, at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin.  The event is attended by over 1,400 individuals representing 22 different states.  The inaugural class of the WIAC Hall of Fame is inducted at the Centennial Banquet.

2014   
The WIAC became the first conference to capture “100” NCAA Division III national team championships when UW-La Crosse and UW-Oshkosh claimed the men’s and women’s titles, respectively, at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships in Lincoln, Neb., to bring the conference’s total to 101.

2014-15    
The WIAC captures six more NCAA Division III national team championships during the course of the 2014-15 academic year, bringing the all-time total to 109.  This total excludes the NAIA (26), NCGA (21), AIAW (3), NCAA Division II (3) and NGCA (1) national titles claimed by WIAC institutions.

2015    
After 102 years, UW-Superior leaves the conference to join the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC).