Category: John Melvin

New South Launching Football in 2025

After years of planning, negotiation, and collaboration, the New South Athletic Conference is pleased to announce that it will add football as its next sport beginning in the fall of 2025.

“It think football will bring a major focus to us,” said NSAC President Joel Williams, AD and head football coach at Atlantis University. “It think that people are going to catch on to the vision of what the New South is trying to do. Football is a great commodity for a school to have and makes enrollment more attractive.”

“It’s been a long time in coming because we wanted to do it right,” added commissioner Mike Davis. “Several of our current members already have football and wanted a home for their team. They will now have that as well as a competitive spot for their other sports.”

Current members with football programs include The Apprentice School, Atlantis, John Melvin University (Louisiana), Lighthouse Christian College, South Carolina Central Christian College, and Westgate Christian University. John Melvin Christian College (Florida) is adding football next year.

Talks continue with a number of other schools across the South who are considering joining as well. Watch for updates at newsouthconference.com/football.

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NSAC Welcomes John Melvin University

In a unanimous vote, the New South Athletic Conference Board of Directors has approved the membership of John Melvin University for the 2024-25 season.

JMU, located in Crowley, Louisiana, was founded in 2021 and named in honor of John Melvin, the late brother of college co-founder Jean Melvin Angeron. The first classes were held in 2022.

Jean’s husband David serves as JMU’s president and athletic director. “John Melvin University is excited to join the New South Athletic Conference,” said President Angeron. “We look forward to competing with these great institutions across the Southeastern U.S. We feel the NSAC is a great fit for us, and we are blessed with the opportunity to join their mission of giving student-athletes opportunities to excel and be recognized for their achievements on the court, on the field, and in the classroom.”

“I am thrilled to welcome the Millers to the New South Conference,” said NSAC Commissioner Mike Davis. “Even as a very young institution, it was clear to our board that JMU is doing the right things in the right way to be a viable and successful university academically and athletically. It has been a pleasure working through the membership process with David and his staff, and we look forward to a long and prosperous future together.”

John Melvin University currently sponsors men’s basketball, baseball, volleyball, softball, and football, with more sports planned.