Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association

Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA)
Formerly	Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Association	NCAA
Founded	1912
Commissioner	Jacqie McWilliams (since 2012)
Sports fielded	14 men's: 6; women's: 8; ;
Division	Division II
No. of teams	13
Headquarters	Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Region	Mid-Atlantic states,; South Atlantic states
Official website	theciaa.com
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The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, whose member institutions consist entirely of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

The thirteen member institutions reside primarily along the central portion of the East Coast of the United States, in the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Since a majority of the members are in North Carolina, the CIAA moved its headquarters to Charlotte, North Carolina from Hampton, Virginia in August 2015.

The CIAA sponsors 14 annual championships and divides into north and south divisions for some sports. The most notable CIAA sponsored championship is the CIAA Basketball Tournament having become one of the largest college basketball events in the nation.

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