The NCCAA was incorporated to provide a Christian-based organization that functions uniquely as a national and international agency for the promotion of outreach and ministry and for the maintenance, enhancement and promotion of intercollegiate athletic competition with a Christian perspective. Established in 1968 in Canton, Ohio, the NCCAA held its first men’s basketball tournament in Detroit, Michigan in 1968. At the initial tournament, the NCCAA adopted a constitution and voted to move the national headquarters to Chattanooga, Tennessee upon the invitation of the Chamber of Commerce. Norm Wilhelmi and E.C. Haskell are considered the founding fathers. Norm chaired the first meeting (15 coaches were present at the meeting) and became the first President and E.C. Haskell was appointed as the first Executive Director. E.C. was given a list of 13 colleges that were interested in membership and he also set up the first charter, got the NCCAA registered and the first tax exempt number. In 1989, the Board of Directors voted to move the National Office to Marion, Indiana. As the NCCAA grew in membership and national appeal, the Board of Directors examined the need for relocation to a larger corporate community. In May 2000, the NCCAA officially moved the National Office to Greenville, South Carolina. In 1973, the NCCAA launched into other sports, developing national competition in cross country, track and field and men’s soccer. Bible colleges, which had competed well against liberal arts colleges, submitted a plan to add a second division. Division II basketball was developed in 1975 for the Bible colleges (non-scholarship), along with national competition in wrestling. Over the years, national championship competition in several other sports began: women’s basketball, men’s and women’s volleyball, softball, men’s and women’s golf, women’s soccer, men’s and women’s tennis, baseball, football and indoor track and field. Four executive directors have led the NCCAA during its existence: E.C. Haskell (1970-88 in Chattanooga, TN); Dr. Barry R. May (1988-97 in Marion, IN); Rob Miller (1997-1999 in Marion, IN); and Dan Wood (2000-present in Greenville, SC). Under their leadership much growth and change has occurred within the association. The membership has grown to approximately 90 Christ-centered colleges and universities and the mission has gone far beyond just winning a tournament. Today, each of the 22 national championships and 4 invitationals are required to hold a Christian Service Project (CSP) during the championship event. CSP's are opportunities in which NCCAA student-athletes and coaches go out into a championship host’s community and serve others. Some CSPs have included visiting children’s hospitals, serving the Salvation Army, Boy’s and Girl’s Clubs, Habitat for Humanity, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Samaritan’s Feet, Operation Christmas Child, women ministry centers, hunger projects, reading to children in public schools, doing yard work around the community, writing soldiers overseas, working in food projects, visiting the elderly in nursing homes, and much more. Tens of thousands of hours have been given to communities across the nation through the NCCAA.