Atlantic Coast Rugby League
Institution Location Enrollment Nickname Varsity Sports Rugby Since Head Coach
Clemson University Clemson , South Carolina 20,576 Tigers 19 1967 Justin Hickey
Maryland College Park , Maryland 37,641 Terrapins 20 1968 Jeff Soeken
Navy Annapolis , Maryland 4,576 Midshipmen 30 1963 Mike Flanagan
North Carolina Chapel Hill , North Carolina 29,340 Tar Heels 28 1966 Pete Earsman
North Carolina State Raleigh , North Carolina 34,767 Wolfpack 25 1965 Jim Latham
University of Virginia Charlottesville , Virginia 20,895 Cavaliers 25 1961 Jon Roberts
Virginia Tech Blacksburg , Virginia 30,379 Hokies 21 1891 / 1968 Andy Richards
Wake Forest Winston-Salem , North Carolina 7,079 Demon Deacons 18 1973 Patrick Kane
Member schools
The current 8 member schools of the ACRL are below . Most schools are members of the ACC and joined the ACRL in its year of inception in 2011 . Navy was the first non-ACC member , and announced in 2012 it would be joining the ACRL for the 2013 season . The University of Maryland left the ACC to join the Big Ten Conference in July 2014 .
The Atlantic Coast Rugby League is an annual rugby union competition played every spring among eight universities - seven from the Atlantic Coast Conference, plus Navy.