The
NACDA Directors' Cup is an
award given annually by the
National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the colleges and universities with the most success in collegiate athletics. Points for the NACDA Director's Cup are based on order of finish in various
NCAA sponsored championships or in the case of
Division I Football media base polls. The award originated in
1993, and was presented to NCAA
Division I schools only. In
1995, it was extended to
Division II,
Division III, and
NAIA schools as well, each division receiving its own award.
Stanford University has won the award for the best Division I collegiate athletics program for 12 straight years, winning 12 out of the 13 years it has been offered.
Williams College has similarly dominated Division III, having won the award 10 times.
Princeton University has consistently been the highest ranking non-scholarship school in the Division I rankings. In Division II,
UC Davis won six of the first eight awards, but its athletic program moved to Division I in
2003 and
Grand Valley State won the award the following three years. The NAIA division was similarly dominated by
Simon Fraser University of
British Columbia in its early years, but in
2002, SFU transferred several of its sports programs to Canada's college athletics federation,
Canadian Interuniversity Sport. Since then, no single school has been able to dominate the NAIA division, and SFU itself remains competitive despite not fielding a full complement of NAIA teams.
The physical award is a
Waterford crystal trophy. Prior to
2003, the sponsor of the NACDA Directors' Cup was retail merchandiser
Sears, and the award was known as the
Sears Cup. Beginning in the
2003-
2004 season, the sponsor has been the
United States Sports Academy.
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Year</TD><TD width="18%">
First</TD><TD width="18%">
Second</TD><TD width="18%">
Third</TD><TD width="18%">
Fourth</TD><TD width="18%">
Fifth</TD></TR><TR><TD>1993-94</TD><TD>
North Carolina</TD><TD>
Stanford</TD><TD>
UCLA</TD><TD>
Floridawfewerwe</TD><TD>
Penn State</TD></TR><TR><TD>1994-95</TD><TD>Stanford</TD><TD>North Carolina</TD><TD>UCLA</TD><TD>
Arizona</TD><TD>Florida</TD></TR><TR><TD>1995-96</TD><TD>Stanford</TD><TD>UCLA</TD><TD>Florida</TD><TD>
Texas</TD><TD>
Michigan</TD></TR><TR><TD>1996-97</TD><TD>Stanford</TD><TD>North Carolina</TD><TD>UCLA</TD><TD>
Nebraska</TD><TD>Florida</TD></TR><TR><TD>1997-98</TD><TD>Stanford</TD><TD colSpan=2>North Carolina and Florida (tie)</TD><TD>UCLA</TD><TD>Michigan</TD></TR><TR><TD>1998-99</TD><TD>Stanford</TD><TD>
Georgia</TD><TD>Penn State</TD><TD>Florida</TD><TD>UCLA</TD></TR><TR><TD>1999-00</TD><TD>Stanford</TD><TD>UCLA</TD><TD>Michigan</TD><TD>Penn State</TD><TD>North Carolina</TD></TR><TR><TD>2000-01</TD><TD>Stanford</TD><TD>UCLA</TD><TD>Georgia</TD><TD>Michigan</TD><TD>Arizona</TD></TR><TR><TD>2001-02</TD><TD>Stanford</TD><TD>Texas</TD><TD>Florida</TD><TD>North Carolina</TD><TD>UCLA</TD></TR><TR><TD>2002-03</TD><TD>Stanford</TD><TD>Texas</TD><TD>
Ohio State</TD><TD>Michigan</TD><TD>Penn State</TD></TR><TR><TD>2003-04</TD><TD>Stanford</TD><TD>Michigan</TD><TD>UCLA</TD><TD>Ohio State</TD><TD>Georgia</TD></TR><TR><TD>2004-05</TD><TD>Stanford</TD><TD>Texas</TD><TD>UCLA</TD><TD>Michigan</TD><TD>
Duke</TD></TR><TR><TD>2005-06</TD><TD>Stanford</TD><TD>UCLA</TD><TD>Texas</TD><TD>North Carolina</TD><TD>Florida</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>