Editing Atlantic Sun Conference (section)

{{short description|American college sports league}}
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{{Infobox sports league
| name            = Atlantic Sun Conference
| color           = #44474D; {{box-shadow border|a|#F3E500|2px}}
| font_color      = white
| title           = Atlantic Sun Conference
| logo            = ASUN Primary Mark.png
| logo_size       = 250
| founded         = 1978
| association     = [[NCAA]]
| division        = [[NCAA Division I|Division I]]
| teams           = 12
| sports          = 22
| mens            = 10
| womens          = 12
| region          = [[Southern United States]]
| formerly        = Trans America Athletic Conference (1978–2001)<br/>Atlantic Sun Conference (2001–2016)<br/>ASUN Conference (2016–2023)
| headquarters    = [[Jacksonville, Florida]]
| commissioner    = Jeff Bacon
| since           = 2023
| website         = {{URL|https://asunsports.org/}}
| map             = ASUN Map.svg
| map_size        = 250
}}

The '''Atlantic Sun Conference''' ('''ASUN''') is a collegiate [[List of NCAA conferences|athletic conference]] operating mostly in the [[Southeastern United States]]. The league participates at the [[NCAA Division I]] level, and began sponsoring [[College football|football]] at the [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|Division I FCS]] level in 2022. Originally established as the '''Trans America Athletic Conference''' ('''TAAC''') in 1978,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlanticsun.org/quickhits/default.asp?pageId%3D15 |title=Atlantic Coast Conference |access-date=March 1, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060206230012/http://www.atlanticsun.org/quickhits/default.asp?pageId=15 |archive-date=February 6, 2006}}</ref> it was renamed as the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2001, and briefly rebranded as the ASUN Conference from 2016 to 2023. The conference still uses "ASUN" as an official abbreviation.<ref name="ASUN Conference">{{cite press release|url=https://asunsports.org/general/2015-16/releases/20160428m1cuz3|title=Conference Student-Athletes Unveil New ASUN Brand Identity|date=April 28, 2016|publisher=ASUN Conference}}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The conference headquarters are located in [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville.]]