This information is provided by the SEC at the official website www.secsports.com1932-13 members of the Southern Conference west & south of the Appalachians reorganize to form the Southeastern Conference.
In 1940 former Mississippi governor Martin S. Connor is named first commisoner.
1933-First SEC champions are crowned in 4 sports(baseball,men's basketball,football & men's outdoor track.First was the basketball tournament.
1948-Bernie Moore becomes second commisoner & moves the league office to Birmingham,Alabama.
1966-A.M."Tonto" Coleman becomes third commisoner.
Under Coleman,the SEC admits its first black athlete;Kentucky football player Nat Northington.
1972-The fourth SEC commisoner,Dr.H.Boyd McWhorter,makes a formal agreement to send its football champion to the Sugar Bowl.
Also,under his leadership,the men's basketball tournament is renewed in 1979 after being discontinued in 1952.
1979-SEC sponsors the first women's championships (basketball,tennis & volleyball)