History
UNO's athletic teams participated in NCAA Division II from 1969 to 1975 before moving to Division I in and becoming a charter member of the Sun Belt Conference. In December 2009, the LSU Board approved a proposal from UNO to move its athletic program from Division I to Division III following a drop in enrollment and associated budget cuts following Hurricane Katrina. The school submitted an application in May 2010 and in June 2010, received initial approval from the NCAA Division III Membership Committee to move forward with its transition. The school originally announced that it intended to add football, along with women's golf and women's soccer as part of the transition to NCAA Division III.
UNO left the Sun Belt on June 30, 2010 and competed as an NCAA Division I Independent in all sports during the 2010-11 academic year as part of the transition from Division I. Following the findings of the financial analysis and institutional research the LSU Board of Supervisors meetings approved the move down from Division I to Division II instead of Division III. UNO was placed on the NCAA Division II Membership Committee spring agenda, to compete in Division II sports. The Privateers added women's golf, men's cross country and women's cross country to reach Division II’s minimum requirement of 10 sports. UNO was to begin playing at the Division II level and competing as an independent team during the provisional 2011-12 academic year before becoming a full member of Division II and member of the Gulf South Conference in 2012-13.
On March 7, 2012, however, UNO President Dr. Peter Fos announced that UNO will remain in Division I. On August 21, 2012, UNO announced that it would be joining the Southland Conference, effective the 2013-2014 academic year.
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