Denmark Tech Joins New South Athletic Conference, Expanding College Athletics Presence

Denmark Technical College has been officially welcomed as the newest member of the New South Athletic Conference, a move that reshapes the competitive landscape for the Bamberg County school's growing athletics program and places its student-athletes alongside a set of four-year institutions in a conference that has been rapidly expanding its sport offerings.

The NSAC, which operates outside of both the NCAA and NAIA structures, announced Denmark Tech's membership through its official conference account. The conference includes programs such as Barber-Scotia College in Concord, North Carolina, and Clayton State University, whose football team claimed the inaugural NSAC title after a 9-1 season. Commissioner Mike Davis has been vocal about the conference's academic expectations, noting that education remains central to its mission alongside athletic competition.

Denmark Tech had previously competed under NJCAA Region 10, where its men's and women's basketball teams built a track record of producing transfer athletes who continued playing at four-year universities. The college fields men's basketball, women's basketball, men's soccer, men's and women's track and field, and women's volleyball, the latter two added for the 2022-23 school year as part of a deliberate expansion of the athletics department under Athletic Director Coach Javon Gilliard.

The NSAC itself has been growing its sport portfolio in recent years, adding football sponsorship in 2025. With Denmark Tech now in the fold, the conference gains a South Carolina presence and the Bulldogs gain a formal conference affiliation that provides structured scheduling, tournament opportunities, and the academic recognition programs the NSAC actively promotes, including its All-Academic Team designation for student-athletes maintaining a 3.0 GPA or higher.

For Denmark Tech, a two-year technical college serving approximately 1,500 students in one of South Carolina's smallest counties, the move represents a meaningful elevation of its athletics identity at the conference level.