 The current Monarchs team founded in 2009 competed at the FCS level as an unaffiliated team for their first two seasons.In the 2011 season, they joined the Colonial Athletic Association of the FCS and added conference games to their schedule, playing there until 2013.On July 1, 2014, Old Dominion football joined the FBS's Conference USA (their other sports teams joined the conference on July 1, 2013).