WASHINGTON -- The Atlantic 10 Conference will celebrate its golden anniversary in 2025-26, commemorating five decades of extraordinary academics and athletics.
The league has debuted a 50^th Anniversary logo, and will celebrate throughout 2025-26 with a dedicated website, championship signage and activation, a celebratory event in conjunction with Basketball Media Day, video vignettes and features, photo galleries and an in-depth look at the people and places that have made the Atlantic 10 special through 50 years.

The anniversary logo, which features the primary A-10 logo in a lockup with a golden 50, will be utilized across the 14 member institutions during the 2025-26 year. The logo integration will include signage and other elements at championships, apparel, digital and social media. Previous A-10 and Eastern 8 logos will also be utilized throughout the year. The 50^th Anniversary logos can be seen below.

The featured website will have new content through the year, and will be available from the Atlantic 10’s primary website. Feature videos and vignettes covering key moments in A-10 history will be available on the dedicated website. A conference timeline, stories and a photo gallery, including fan submitted photos, will also be available on the specialized site.

Conceived as a basketball conference on March 2, 1975, the league received approval from the NCAA on October 15, and began play in 1976 with eight schools, including founding and current members Duquesne and George Washington. Other founding institutions included Massachusetts, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Villanova and West Virginia. One year after the idea of a basketball-centric league was imagined, the A-10 held its first men’s basketball regular season and tournament, with Duquesne claiming the first-ever championship. Known then as the Eastern Eight, the conference began to grow with new members and in 1982 was renamed the Atlantic 10. Since then, the conference has expanded into a 14-institution, 23-sport league that is universally hailed as one of the best conferences in the country.