» April 24, 1995 - The conference name, logo and commissioner are unveiled at Harry Caray's Restaurant in Chicago.
» September 1995 - Eleven Conference USA institutions begin the first season of competition. On September 2, Charlotte defeats Memphis in women's soccer in the first conference match between C-USA schools.
» December 1995 - The Missouri Athletic Club names Matt McKeon of Saint Louis National Player of the Year in men's soccer.
» March 24, 1996 - Cincinnati becomes the first men's basketball team in Conference USA to reach the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.
» March 25, 1996 - Tulane becomes the first men's basketball team in Conference USA to reach the NIT Final Four.
» May 8, 1996 - UAB and USF are the first teams to represent C-USA at the NCAA Men's Tennis Championship.
» May 23, 1996 - Tulane and USF are the first teams to represent C-USA at the NCAA Baseball Championship.
» June 1996 - USF pitcher Mark Roberts becomes the first C-USA player taken in the Major League Baseball Draft, going to the Chicago White Sox in the fourth round.
» June 1996 - Memphis forward Lorenzen Wright becomes the first C-USA men's basketball player taken in the NBA Draft, selected by the Los Angeles Clippers with the seventh overall selection.
» August 1996 - Houston joins league competition, giving the league 12 teams in conference sport competition.
» August 30, 1996 - Tulane upsets preseason favorite Cincinnati in the inaugural C-USA football game in Cincinnati, Ohio.
» September 4, 1996 - C-USA announces the addition of East Carolina for football competition beginning with the 1997 season.
» November 2, 1996 - Cincinnati's men's cross country team becomes the first C-USA squad to win back-to-back tournament championships.
» November 9, 1996 - Memphis upsets No. 6 Tennessee, 21-17, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, the highest ranked football opponent that a C-USA team has defeated.
» December 13, 1996 - Louisville is the first C-USA volleyball team to reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Championship.
» December 13, 1996 - Charlotte becomes the first team in Conference USA to reach a national semifinal and the first men's soccer team to represent the league at the NCAA Men's Soccer Final Four.
» December 31, 1996 - Houston becomes the first football team to represent C-USA at a postseason bowl when it earns an invitation to the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tenn., as C-USA's first regular season football champion (shared with Southern Miss).
» February 18, 1997 - The Marquette rifle team becomes the first Conference USA team to win back-to-back regular season conference championships.
» March 9, 1997 - Conference USA sends a record five teams to the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship (DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, Memphis and Tulane).
» March 10, 1997 - C-USA announces the addition of the United States Military Academy in football competition beginning with the 1998 season.
» April 19, 1997 - Houston running back Antowain Smith becomes the first C-USA player taken in the NFL Draft when the Buffalo Bills select him in the first round.
» May 1997 - Kim Williams of DePaul was selected by the Utah Starzz in the fourth round of the inaugural WNBA Draft, becoming the first C-USA women's basketball player to be drafted.
» May 9, 1997 - Elisa Penalvo of Marquette is the first women's tennis player to represent C-USA at the NCAA Women's Tennis Individual Championship.
» May 9, 1997 - Marquette, USF and Houston are the first teams to represent C-USA at the NCAA Women's Tennis Championship.
» September 6, 1997 - East Carolina plays its first football game in Conference USA.
» September 12, 1997 - The UAB men's soccer team posts the league's first win over a No.1-ranked team in any sport when it defeats No. 1 UCLA, 2-0.
» November 15, 1997 - Cincinnati becomes the first women's soccer team to represent C-USA at the NCAA Championship.
» November 18, 1997 - Conference USA places a record four men's soccer teams in the NCAA Championship. Charlotte, Marquette, Saint Louis and USF represent C-USA.
» December 12, 1997 - Saint Louis becomes the second C-USA men's soccer team to reach the NCAA Final Four.
» December 29, 1997 - Conference USA posts its first-ever bowl victory as Cincinnati defeats Utah State in the Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, Idaho.
» May 1998 - Robert Samuelsson of Tulane is the first men's tennis player to represent C-USA at the NCAA Men's Tennis Individual Championship and the first All-American in C-USA men's tennis history.
» May 1998 - Houston finishes 27th at the NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship, the highest finish for a C-USA team.
» September 19, 1998 - Army plays its first football game in Conference USA.
» November 28, 1998 - Cincinnati posts the conference's first men's basketball victory over a No. 1 team, defeating top-ranked Duke at the Great Alaska Shootout.
» December 11, 1998 - Louisville makes its second trip to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Volleyball Championship.
» December 31, 1998 - Tulane caps off an undefeated (12-0) football season with a win over BYU in the AXA Liberty Bowl.
» January 3, 1999 - Tulane finishes ranked No. 7 in both final polls, the highest ranking ever for a Conference USA football team.
» March 20, 1999 - Memphis is the first women's basketball team to represent Conference USA at the Final Four of the WNIT.
» April 23, 1999 - Houston posts the conference's first baseball victory over a No. 1 team, defeating top-ranked Rice.
» September 25, 1999 - UAB plays its first football game in Conference USA.
» October 12, 1999 - Conference USA adds Texas Christian University (TCU) and East Carolina University for competition in all sports. The league also announces that USF will begin league play in football in 2003.
» November 1999 - Kenneth Svendsen of Charlotte finishes 23rd at the NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship, the highest finish in this race for a C-USA student-athlete.
» November 1999 - C-USA champion Hanne Lyngstad of Tulane records the highest finish ever by a C-USA cross country student-athlete, finishing fourth at the NCAA Championship.
» December 1999 - Andrew Bayes of East Carolina is the first consensus All-American in C-USA football history.
» March 2000 - Kenyon Martin of Cincinnati becomes the league's first student-athlete to earn National Player of the Year honors, winning the John Wooden Award, the Naismith Award and the Oscar Robertson Trophy.
» March 19, 2000 - UAB becomes the first women's basketball team in C-USA to reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.
» May 2000 - The Houston men's golf team finishes fourth at the NCAA Championship, the highest-ever finish for a C-USA team.
» May 2000 - Jenny Adams of Houston wins the first national championship for C-USA in women's outdoor track in the long jump. Houston records the highest finish for a C-USA team at that event, placing eighth.
» May 2000 - Courtney Blades of Southern Miss is the league's first women's softball All-American.
» May 25, 2000 - In the league's first season of softball competition, DePaul and Southern Miss make the league's first appearances in the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City.
» May 25, 2000 - Conference USA introduces a new family of logos, part of a comprehensive program designed to reinforce the league's athletic and national emergence.
» June 2000 - Southern Miss pitcher Courtney Blades is named the Honda National Softball Player of the Year.
» June 28, 2000 - Kenyon Martin of Cincinnati becomes the league's firstNo. 1 overall pick in a professional draft when he is selected by the New Jersey Nets.
» November 2000 - Rhegan Hyypio of Marquette is the first women's soccer student-athlete from Conference USA to be named first team All-America, receiving the honor from Soccer America.
» December 2000 - Cincinnati's Jonathan Ruffin is the first C-USA player to win the Lou Groza Award, given to the nation's best placekicker.
» December 2000 - For the first time in its five-year football history, Conference USA sends four teams to bowl games. Cincinnati (Motor City), East Carolina (galleryfurniture.com), Louisville (AXA Liberty) and Southern Miss (GMAC) represent C-USA in the postseason.
» March 2001 - Houston women's indoor track finishes seventh at the NCAA Championship, the highest finish for a C-USA team.
» March 2001 - Jenny Adams of Houston becomes the first female indoor track national champion for C-USA after winning the long jump at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship.
» March 27, 2001 - Memphis men's basketball reaches the NIT Final Four.
» May 12, 2001 - USF women's golf finishes 23rd at the NCAA Championship, posting the highest finish for a C-USA team.
» May 12, 2001 - Megan Francella of Memphis becomes the first women's golfer to represent C-USA at the NCAA Championship.
» June 8, 2001 - Tulane becomes the first team to represent C-USA at the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.
» August 25, 2001 - TCU plays its first football game in Conference USA.
» December 2001 - Tulane kicker Seth Marler becomes the second straight C-USA player to win the Lou Groza Award.
» February 2002 - Vonetta Jeffery becomes the first former C-USA student-athlete (and current C-USA coach) to win an Olympic gold medal, after winning the two-person bobsled event in Salt Lake City, Utah.
» March 3, 2002 - Cincinnati extends its record string of regular season men's basketball championships to seven.
» March 29, 2002 - Memphis becomes the first men's basketball team in Conference USA to win the NIT Championship in New York, marking C-USA's first team national title.
» May 27, 2002 - Conference USA receives five bids to the NCAA Baseball Championship, tying for the most NCAA teams by a sport in a single season. East Carolina, Houston, Louisville, USF and Tulane are chosen.
» June 1, 2002 - TCU's Adam Rubinson finishes second at the NCAA Men's Golf Championship, the highest finish for a C-USA student-athlete at that event.
» June 2002 - Houston pitcher Brad Sullivan becomes the first Conference USA Baseball player to be named a consensus All-American.
» September 16, 2002 - Louisville defeats No. 4 Florida State, giving C-USA its highest ranked football win ever.
» October 21, 2002 - Britton Banowsky named second Commissioner of Conference USA.
» November 2002 - For the first time ever, Conference USA sends three teams to the NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament.
» December 2002 - USF's Michelle Collier becomes the first volleyball player in league history to earn All-America honors, being named to the AVCA third team.
» December 2002 - For the first time in league history, Conference USA sent five teams to bowl games: TCU (AXA Liberty), Louisville (GMAC), Southern Miss (Houston), Tulane (ConAgra Foods Hawaii) and Cincinnati (New Orleans) each represent the league in postseason action.
» March 2003 - Yulia Pakhalina becomes the first C-USA diver to earn three NCAA titles on the three-meter board and two crowns on one-meter.
» March 2003 - Conference USA sends five teams to the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship, tying for the most bids in league history. Charlotte, Cincinnati, DePaul, TCU and Tulane each earned bids.
» March 2003 - DePaul becomes the first C-USA softball team to defeat the nation's top-ranked team, beating No. 1 and eventual national champion UCLA.
» April 2003 - Conference USA sends a record four teams to the NCAA Women's Golf Championship (East Carolina USF, TCU and Tulane).
» April 2003 - Marquette becomes the first C-USA men's basketball team to reach the NCAA Final Four.
» May 2003 - Tulane becomes the first C-USA men's tennis team to reach the round of 16 at the NCAA Championship.
» November 4, 2003 - Conference USA announces the addition of five schools that will begin competition in the league beginning with the 2005-06 season: Marshall, Rice, SMU, Tulsa and UCF.
» November 4, 2003 - Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette and USF announce that they will leave Conference USA at the end of the 2004-05 athletic season to join the Big East Conference.
» November 10, 2003 - TCU is ranked sixth in the BCS rankings, marking the highest ranking that any non-BCS league school has ever achieved in the poll.
» November 10, 2003 - Charlotte and Saint Louis accept invitations to become members of the Atlantic 10 Conference, beginning with the 2005-06 athletic season.
» December 2003 - Vedad Ibisevic of Saint Louis becomes the first C-USA Men's Soccer player to be named National Freshman of the Year.
» January 11, 2004 - For the first time in league history, three C-USA women's basketball teams are ranked in the Top 25, as DePaul, Houston and TCU are each nationally-ranked.
» March 6, 2004 - Conference USA becomes the first Division I league in more than 20 years to have five teams tie for a regular season men's basketball championship. Charlotte, Cincinnati, DePaul, Memphis and UAB each earn a share of the regular season crown.
» March 14, 2004 - Conference USA sends a record six teams to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, the highest number of bids in any sport in league history. Charlotte, Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Memphis and UAB each advanced to NCAA play and all posted 20 or more victories.
» March 15, 2004 - Houston becomes the first C-USA women's basketball team to be ranked in the Top 10, finishing No. 9 in the AP poll.
» March 2004 - Conference USA produced an all-time high of 17 postseason basketball teams (6 NCAA Men, 4 NCAA Women, 2 NIT, 5 WNIT).
» March 2004 - C-USA advances four men's basketball teams and four women's basketball teams to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. It is the first time that either sport has advanced four teams to the second round in the same season.
» March 21, 2004 - UAB's men's basketball team advances to its first Sweet 16 since 1982 with a win over top-seeded Kentucky. It marks the second straight year that a C-USA team has defeated the No. 1 overall seed Wildcats in the NCAA Tournament.
» April 2004 - Houston's Joe Curl becomes the first C-USA women's basketball coach to earn National Coach of the Year accolades, garnering that honor from the Associated Press, USBWA and ESPN.com.
» April 2004 - Houston's Chandi Jones becomes the first C-USA women's basketball player to earn consensus All-America honors. In achieving that status, she became the first player in league history to be named to the Kodak All-America team.
» April 30, 2004 - The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) officially becomes a member of Conference USA, effective July 1, 2005.
» May 16, 2004 - Conference USA sends a record five teams to the NCAA Softball Championship. DePaul, Houston, Louisville, USF and Southern Miss each earn bids.
» May 16, 2004 - Tulane becomes the first C-USA women's tennis team to reach the round of 16 at the NCAA Championship.
» May 31, 2004 - Tulane's Michael Kogan becomes the first C-USA men's tennis player to advance to the NCAA Singles Championship match before falling to Baylor's Benjamin Becker.
» June 7, 2004 - For the first time in league history, C-USA sends two baseball teams to the NCAA Super Regionals when East Carolina and Tulane both advance.
» July 1, 2004 - The conference office relocates to Irving, Texas.
» December 4, 2004 - Louisville earned its third Sweet Sixteen appearance in the NCAA Volleyball Championship.
» January 5, 2005 - Louisville finishes sixth in the final Associated Press football poll, the highest ranking ever for a C-USA team.
» January 5, 2005 - Tulane ranked No. 1 in Baseball America's preseason poll, the first time other than men's basketball, a C-USA team earned a No. 1 ranking.
» January, 2005 - Louisville's football team finishes the season ranked No. 6 in the final Associated Press poll, marking the highest final ranking in C-USA history.
» January, 2005 - Tulane becomes the first Conference USA baseball team to be ranked No. 1, earning the top ranking in Baseball America's preseason poll.
» February 11, 2005 - East Carolina freshman LaShawn Merritt posted the third-fastest indoor 400-meter time in world history, making him the second-fastest man ever indoors. The time is slower than only the legendary Michael Johnson's world record of 44.63, set in 1995, and Johnson's 1996 time of 44.66. It is the fastest time ever run by a junior (19-and-under) athlete indoors and also established a new NCAA, Conference USA and East Carolina record.
» March 28, 2005 - Louisville's men's basketball team completes a furious second-half rally to defeat Washington and advance to the NCAA Men's Final Four in St. Louis. The Cardinals become the second C-USA team to reach the Men's Final Four.
» April 24, 2005 - East Carolina's Ricky Brooks throws the first no-hitter in a Conference USA baseball game, blanking Memphis, 3-0. He is only a dropped third strike away from tossing a perfect game. May, 2005 TCU's Ana Cetnik and Story-Tweedie Yates advance to the semifinals of the NCAA Women's Tennis Doubles Championship.
» May 28, 2005 - DePaul defeats Northwestern to become the third Conference USA softball team to reach the Women's College World Series.
» June, 2005 - C-USA sends a record 20 individual competitors to the NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
» June, 2005 - Tulane becomes the first C-USA school to earn the No.1 national seed in the NCAA Baseball Championship. The Green Wave go on to become the second league team to advance to the College World Series.
» July 1, 2005 - Conference USA officially makes its debut as a 12-team all-sports conference with East Carolina, Houston, Marshall, Memphis, Rice, SMU, Southern Miss, Tulane, Tulsa, UAB, UCF and UTEP.
» December 3, 2005 - Conference USA hosts its inaugural football championship at The Florida Citrus Bowl. Tulsa defeated UCF, 44-27, to earn the league's first championship crown.
» December 9, 2005 - SMU becomes the first team to play in the Men's Soccer College Cup since 1997.
» December 2005 - Conference USA sends a league-record six teams to postseason bowl games. Tulsa (AutoZone Liberty), UTEP (GMAC), UCF (Sheraton Hawai'i), Houston (Forth Worth), Southern Miss (New Orleans) and Memphis (Motor City) represented the league in postseason action.
» March 12, 2006 - Memphis men's basketball earns a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
» June 13, 2006 - Rice advances to its fifth College World Series in the last 10 years.
» June 16, 2006 - Houston's Brad Lincoln is named the 2006 winner of the Dick Howser Trophy.
» Fall 2006 - UAB sweeps all the women's fall C-USA Championships, winning cross country, soccer and volleyball
» November 1, 2006 - Tulsa's Arnau Brugues won the 2006 Polo Ralph Lauren All-American Tennis Championship, collecting the first national championship in history for both Tulsa and C-USA tennis.
» March 2007 - Memphis men's basketball makes back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Elite Eight, after winning its second straight C-USA men's basketball championship.
» March 2007 - East Carolina wins the C-USA Women's Basketball Championship and makes its first NCAA appearance since 1982.
» May 2007 - Houston's sprint specialist Ebonie Floyd posted the second-fastest time in the world of 22.32 in the 200m, establishing a 2007 NCAA Midwest Regional record. Floyd closed out her collegiate career with five All- America honors.
» June 2, 2007 - UAB sophomore Zach Sucher placed fourth at the NCAA Men's Golf Championships, tying the best-ever finish in a national championship by a Conference USA golfer.
» June 15, 2007 - Rice makes its sixth appearance in the College World Series and second straight as a member of Conference USA.
