NACDA Director's Cup

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The NACDA Directors' Cup is an award given annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the colleges and universities with the most success in collegiate athletics. Points for the NACDA Director's Cup are based on order of finish in various NCAA sponsored championships or in the case of Division I Football media base polls. The award originated in 1993, and was presented to NCAA Division I schools only. In 1995, it was extended to Division II, Division III, and NAIA schools as well, each division receiving its own award.

Stanford University has won the award for the best Division I collegiate athletics program for 13 straight years, winning 13 out of the 14 years it has been offered. Williams College has similarly dominated Division III, having won the award 11 times.


In Division II, UC Davis won six of the first eight awards, but its athletic program moved to Division I in 2003 and Grand Valley State won the award the following three years. The NAIA division was similarly dominated by Simon Fraser University of British Columbia in its early years, but in 2002, SFU transferred several of its sports programs to Canada's college athletics federation, Canadian Interuniversity Sport. Since then, Azusa Pacific University of California and Lindenwood University of Missouri have vied for dominance at the NAIA level, winning five of the last six cups between them, though Simon Fraser remains competitive despite not fielding a full complement of NAIA teams.

The physical award is a Waterford crystal trophy. Prior to 2003, the sponsor of the NACDA Directors' Cup was retail merchandiser Sears, and the award was known as the Sears Cup. Beginning in the 2003-2004 season, the sponsor has been the United States Sports Academy.

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[edit] Past winners and leaders for the current year

[edit] NCAA Division I

Year First Second Third Fourth Fifth
1993-94 North Carolina Stanford UCLA Florida Penn State
1994-95 Stanford North Carolina UCLA Arizona Florida
1995-96 Stanford UCLA Florida Texas Michigan
1996-97 Stanford North Carolina UCLA Nebraska Florida
1997-98 Stanford (tie) North Carolina, Florida UCLA Michigan
1998-99 Stanford Georgia Penn State Florida UCLA
1999-00 Stanford UCLA Michigan Penn State North Carolina
2000-01 Stanford UCLA Georgia Michigan Arizona
2001-02 Stanford Texas Florida North Carolina UCLA
2002-03 Stanford Texas Ohio State Michigan Penn State
2003-04 Stanford Michigan UCLA Ohio State Georgia
2004-05 Stanford Texas UCLA Michigan Duke
2005-06 Stanford UCLA Texas North Carolina Florida
2006-07 Stanford UCLA North Carolina Michigan USC
As of June 11, 2008 Stanford Michigan UCLA California Ohio State

[edit] NCAA Division II

Year First Second Third Fourth Fifth
1995-96 UC Davis Abilene Christian North Dakota State South Dakota State Cal State Bakersfield
1996-97 UC Davis Abilene Christian Cal State Bakersfield Central Oklahoma Indianapolis
1997-98 Cal State Bakersfield UC Davis Abilene Christian Barry Florida Southern
1998-99 Adams State (tie) UC Davis; Abilene Christian (tie) Florida Southern; North Dakota State
1999-00 UC Davis North Dakota State North Dakota Florida Southern Western State
2000-01 UC Davis North Dakota Cal State Bakersfield UCSD Western State
2001-02 UC Davis Grand Valley State (MI) UCSD Truman State Western State
2002-03 UC Davis Grand Valley State (MI) North Florida Cal State Bakersfield South Dakota State
2003-04 Grand Valley State (MI) UCSD Truman State North Dakota Chico State
2004-05 Grand Valley State (MI) Nebraska-Omaha Chico State North Dakota Cal State Bakersfield
2005-06 Grand Valley State (MI) Abilene Christian Nebraska-Omaha Southern Illinois Edwardsville Cal State Bakersfield
2006-07 Grand Valley State (MI) UCSD Abilene Christian Minnesota State University, Mankato North Dakota
As of May 24, 2008 Grand Valley State (MI) (965.75) Minnesota State University, Mankato (753.00) Abilene Christian (608.00) Tampa (566.00) California University of Pennsylvania (PA) (560.00)

[edit] NCAA Division III

Year First Second Third Fourth Fifth
1995-96 Williams UCSD Wisconsin-Oshkosh College of New Jersey Rowan
1996-97 Williams College of New Jersey UCSD Emory Wisconsin-Oshkosh
1997-98 UCSD (tie) College of New Jersey; SUNY Cortland (tie) Williams; Middlebury
1998-99 Williams Middlebury College of New Jersey Amherst Rowan
1999-00 Williams UCSD College of New Jersey St. Thomas (MN) Middlebury
2000-01 Williams Middlebury College of New Jersey Emory Ithaca
2001-02 Williams Ithaca College of New Jersey Middlebury Emory
2002-03 Williams Emory College of New Jersey Trinity (TX) Washington (MO)
2003-04 Williams Emory Middlebury College of New Jersey Wisconsin-Stevens Point
2004-05 Williams Middlebury Washington (MO) Trinity (TX) Wisconsin-Stevens Point
2005-06 Williams College of New Jersey Middlebury Emory SUNY Cortland
2006-07 Williams Middlebury SUNY Cortland Amherst Washington (MO)
As of May 24, 2008 Williams (905.75) Washington (MO) (843.50) Amherst (781.00) College of New Jersey (713.00) Middlebury (709.50)

[edit] NAIA

Year First Second Third Fourth Fifth
1995-96 Pacific Lutheran Simon Fraser Mobile Berry Azusa Pacific
1996-97 Simon Fraser Pacific Lutheran Azusa Pacific Mobile Willamette
1997-98 Simon Fraser Mobile Findlay Oklahoma City Puget Sound
1998-99 Simon Fraser Azusa Pacific Life (tie) Oklahoma City; Lindenwood
1999-00 Simon Fraser Lindenwood Azusa Pacific Mary Oklahoma City
2000-01 Simon Fraser Oklahoma City Azusa Pacific Lindenwood Cumberland
2001-02 Lindenwood Oklahoma City Simon Fraser Azusa Pacific Malone
2002-03 Lindenwood Simon Fraser Azusa Pacific Mary Oklahoma City
2003-04 Simon Fraser Azusa Pacific Lindenwood Oklahoma City (tie) Mary; Dickinson State
2004-05 Azusa Pacific Lindenwood Simon Fraser Point Loma Nazarene Mary
2005-06 Azusa Pacific Lindenwood Lindsey Wilson Oklahoma Baptist Simon Fraser
2006-07 Azusa Pacific Lindenwood Concordia (CA) Cedarville Oklahoma Baptist
As of May 29, 2008 Azusa Pacific Simon Fraser Lindenwood Concordia (CA) Embry-Riddle

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