PR firm Duffy & Shanley is credited with the initial branding and naming work for the conference. Gavitt became the Big East's first commissioner, and Villanova and Pittsburgh joined the conference shortly thereafter. Holy Cross turned down the invitation, as did Rutgers initially, while BC, Seton Hall, and UConn accepted. John's, Georgetown, and Syracuse invited Seton Hall, Connecticut (UConn), Holy Cross, Rutgers, and Boston College (BC). The core of the Big East formed when Providence, St. The original Big East Conference was founded in 1979, when Providence College basketball coach Dave Gavitt spearheaded an effort to assemble an east coast basketball-centric collegiate athletic conference. Main article: Big East Conference (1979–2013) The conference also has four associate members in field hockey, and one in men's and women's lacrosse. Butler, Georgetown, and Villanova do operate football programs in the second-level Division I FCS. Football is not a sponsored sport, and UConn is the only member with a varsity football team in the top-level Division I FBS. In June 2019, the Big East invited the University of Connecticut (UConn) to "re-join" the conference from the AAC, which they did on July 1, 2020. Three more schools, Butler, Creighton, and Xavier, joined the conference on its July 1, 2013, launch date. Both conferences share 1979 as their founding date, when the original conference was founded by Dave Gavitt, and the same history through 2013. In March 2013, the new conference purchased the Big East Conference name, logos, basketball records, and the rights to the men's basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden from the football-playing members of the old Big East, who formed the American Athletic Conference (AAC), which is the old conference's legal successor. John's, and Villanova) had announced their decision in December 2012.
These schools ( DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St. The conference was formed after the "Catholic Seven" members of the original Big East Conference elected to split from the football-playing schools in order to start a new conference focused on basketball. The conference was officially recognized as a Division I multi-sport conference on August 1, 2013, and since then conference members have won NCAA national championships in men's basketball, women's cross country, field hockey, men's lacrosse, and men's soccer. Headquartered in New York City, the eleven full-member schools are primarily located in Northeast and Midwest metropolitan areas. The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in ten men's sports and twelve women's sports. For the separate league that formed during the 2013 reorganization, see American Athletic Conference. For the history of the Big East prior to 2013, see Big East Conference (1979–2013). This article is about the Big East since 2013.
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