Horizon League

Horizon League

Formerly	Midwestern City Conference (1979–1985) Midwestern Collegiate Conference (1985–2001)
Association	NCAA
Founded	1979; 45 years ago (1979)
Commissioner	Julie Roe Lach (since 2021)
Sports fielded	19 men's: 9 women's: 10
Division	Division I
Subdivision	non-football
No. of teams	11 + 7 affiliate members
Headquarters	Indianapolis, Indiana
Region	Midwest East North Central Northeast Mid-Atlantic Southern East South Central
Official website	horizonleague.org
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The Horizon League is a collegiate athletic conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Headquartered in Indianapolis, the league's eleven member schools are located in and near the Great Lakes region and in part of the Southern United States.

The Horizon League founded in 1979 as the Midwestern City Conference. The conference changed its name to Midwestern Collegiate Conference in 1985 and then the Horizon League in 2001. The conference started with a membership of six teams and has fluctuated in size with 24 different schools as members at different times. The league currently has 11 members.

The Horizon League currently sponsors 19 sports and is a non-football conference.