Editing Southwestern Athletic Conference (section)

==SWAC championships==
[[File:SWAC Track Field 69.jpg|thumb|right|A medal podium at the 2021 SWAC Outdoor Track and Field Championship]]

===Football===
Prior to splitting into divisions and using a postseason [[SWAC Championship Game|championship game]] to decide its overall champion, the SWAC determined its champions by winning-percentage against conference opponents in regular season play.

In 1933 Langston appeared to win the title outright with a 4–0 conference record after the regular season, while Wiley finished 4–1, and Prairie View A&M finished 3–1. Langston was invited to the Prairie View Bowl, which was won by Prairie View. The Panthers subsequently declared themselves SWAC champions even though their claim was based on a postseason game. The SWAC seems to acknowledge both schools' claims to the title in the conference's football media guide,<ref name="issuu.com">{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/swac/docs/covers_swac-2015fbmg |title=2015 SWAC Football Media Day by SWAC |website=Issuu.com |date=July 20, 2015 |access-date=April 9, 2016}}</ref> although some other sources<ref name="gsutigers.com">{{cite web|url=http://gsutigers.com/documents/2010/9/7/2010__GSU_FB_Media_Guide_Final.pdf|title=Grambling State University Tigers|website=Gsutigers.com|access-date=October 25, 2017}}</ref> including Michael Hurd's ''Black College Football, 1892–1992: One Hundred Years of History, Education, and Pride'' (1993) also list Wiley as an additional co-champion, apparently since all three schools had 4–1 records against conference opponents if the postseason game is incorporated into the regular season conference standings.

Prairie View vacated<ref name="gsutigers.com"/> its 1941 championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1532&dat=19411213&id=R6w7AAAAIBAJ&sjid=6SkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1800,21068718&hl=en|title=The Afro American - Google News Archive Search|website=News.google.com|access-date=April 9, 2016}}</ref> No championship was awarded in 1943 due to World War II.<ref name="gsutigers.com"/> Grambling vacated its 1975 championship due to a violation of SWAC rules for scheduling opponents.

{{Main|SWAC Championship Game}}
Games from 1999 to 2012 were played at [[Legion Field]] in [[Birmingham, Alabama]]. The conference moved the game in 2013 to [[NRG Stadium]] in [[Houston, Texas]]. Starting in 2019, the game will officially be played at the first place team's home. Since 2015, the winner of the SWAC plays the winner of the MEAC conference in an overall HBCU championship bowl game called the [[Celebration Bowl]] in [[Mercedes-Benz Stadium]]. The MEAC gave up its automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs for this game.

Texas Southern vacated its 2010 championship due to violations of NCAA rules.<ref name="mobile.businessinsider.com">{{cite web|url=http://mobile.businessinsider.com/texas-southern-faces-2013-and-2014-postseason-ban-2012-10|title=Texas Southern Faces 2013 & 2014 Postseason Ban|author=TheMatadorSports|date=October 9, 2012|work=Business Insider|access-date=April 9, 2016}}</ref>

The 2020–21 football season was played during Spring 2021 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Champion
!Runner-up
!Score
|-
|1999
|[[1999 Southern Jaguars football team|Southern]]
|[[1999 Jackson State Tigers football team|Jackson State]]
|31–30
|-
|2000
|[[2000 Grambling State Tigers football team|Grambling]]
|[[2000 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team|Alabama A&M]]
|14–6
|-
|2001
|[[2001 Grambling State Tigers football team|Grambling]]
|[[2001 Alabama State Hornets football team|Alabama State]]
|38–31
|-
|2002
|[[2002 Grambling State Tigers football team|Grambling]]
|[[2002 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team|Alabama A&M]]
|31–19
|-
|2003
|[[2003 Southern Jaguars football team|Southern]]
|[[2003 Alabama State Hornets football team|Alabama State]]
|20–9
|-
|2004
|[[2004 Alabama State Hornets football team|Alabama State]]
|[[2004 Southern Jaguars football team|Southern]]
|40–35
|-
|2005
|[[2005 Grambling State Tigers football team|Grambling]]
|[[2005 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team|Alabama A&M]]
|45–6
|-
|2006
|[[2006 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team|Alabama A&M]]
|[[2006 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team|Arkansas–Pine Bluff]]
|22–13
|-
|2007
|[[2007 Jackson State Tigers football team|Jackson State]]
|[[2007 Grambling State Tigers football team|Grambling]]
|42–31
|-
|2008
|[[2008 Grambling State Tigers football team|Grambling]]
|[[2008 Jackson State Tigers football team|Jackson State]]
|41–9
|-
|2009
|[[2009 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team|Prairie View A&M]]
|[[2009 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team|Alabama A&M]]
|30-24
|-
|2010
|[[2010 Texas Southern Tigers football team|Texas Southern]] (vacated)
|[[2010 Alabama State Hornets football team|Alabama State]]
|11–6
|-
|2011
|[[2011 Grambling State Tigers football team|Grambling]]
|[[2011 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team|Alabama A&M]]
|16–15
|-
|2012
|[[2012 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team|Arkansas–Pine Bluff]]
|[[2012 Jackson State Tigers football team|Jackson State]]
|24–21
|-
|2013
|[[2013 Southern Jaguars football team|Southern]]
|[[2013 Jackson State Tigers football team|Jackson State]]
|34–27
|-
|2014
|[[2014 Alcorn State Braves football team|Alcorn State]]
|[[2014 Southern Jaguars football team|Southern]]
|38–24
|-
|2015
|[[2015 Alcorn State Braves football team|Alcorn State]]
|[[2015 Grambling State Tigers football team|Grambling]]
|49–21<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/sports/college/gsu/2015/12/05/turnovers-kill-grambling-alcorn-captures-swac-title/76841814/ |title=Turnovers kill Grambling as Alcorn captures SWAC title |website=Thenewsstar.com |date=December 6, 2015 |access-date=April 9, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|[[2016 Grambling State Tigers football team|Grambling]]
|[[2016 Alcorn State Braves football team|Alcorn State]]
|27–20
|-
|2017
|[[2017 Grambling State Tigers football team|Grambling]]
|[[2017 Alcorn State Braves football team|Alcorn State]]
|40–32
|-
|-
|2018
|[[2018 Alcorn State Braves football team|Alcorn State]]
|[[2018 Southern Jaguars football team|Southern]]
|37–28
|-
|2019
|[[2019 Alcorn State Braves football team|Alcorn State]]
|[[2019 Southern Jaguars football team|Southern]]
|39–24
|-
|2020
|[[2021 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team|Alabama A&M]]
|[[2021 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team|Arkansas–Pine Bluff]]
|40–33
|-
|2021
|[[2021 Jackson State Tigers football team|Jackson State]]
|[[2021 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team|Prairie View A&M]]
|27–10
|-
|2022
|[[2022 Jackson State Tigers football team|Jackson State]]
|[[2022 Southern Jaguars football team|Southern]]
|43–24
|-
|2023
|[[2023 Florida A&M Rattlers football team|Florida A&M]]
|[[2023 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team|Prairie View A&M]]
|35–14
|-
|2024
|[[2024 Jackson State Tigers football team|Jackson State]]
|[[2024 Southern Jaguars football team|Southern]]
|41-13
|}

Since splitting into western and eastern divisions and using a postseason [[SWAC Championship Game|championship game]] to decide its overall champion, the SWAC determines its division champions by winning-percentage against conference opponents in regular season play. For the 1999 season only, inter-divisional conference games did not count in the conference standings. Each division's outright champion or top-seeded co-champion advances to the championship game.<ref name="issuu.com"/>

Texas Southern vacated its 2010 division championship due to violations of NCAA rules.<ref name="mobile.businessinsider.com"/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Western Division champion(s)
!Eastern Division champion(s)
|-
|1999
|[[1999 Southern Jaguars football team|Southern]]
|[[1999 Jackson State Tigers football team|Jackson State]]
|-
|2000
|[[2000 Grambling State Tigers football team|Grambling]]
|[[2000 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team|Alabama A&M]]*<br />[[2000 Alabama State Hornets football team|Alabama State]]
|-
|2001
|[[2001 Grambling State Tigers football team|Grambling]]
|[[2001 Alabama State Hornets football team|Alabama State]]
|-
|2002
|[[2002 Grambling State Tigers football team|Grambling]]
|[[2002 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team|Alabama A&M]]
|-
|2003
|[[2003 Southern Jaguars football team|Southern]]*<br />[[2003 Grambling State Tigers football team|Grambling]]
|[[2003 Alabama State Hornets football team|Alabama State]]*<br />[[2003 Alcorn State Braves football team|Alcorn State]]
|-
|2004
|[[2004 Southern Jaguars football team|Southern]]
|[[2004 Alabama State Hornets football team|Alabama State]]
|-
|2005
|[[2005 Grambling State Tigers football team|Grambling]]
|[[2005 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team|Alabama A&M]]
|-
|2006
|[[2006 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team|Arkansas–Pine Bluff]]
|[[2006 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team|Alabama A&M]]
|-
|2007
|[[2007 Grambling State Tigers football team|Grambling]]
|[[2007 Jackson State Tigers football team|Jackson State]]
|-
|2008
|[[2008 Grambling State Tigers football team|Grambling]]
|[[2008 Jackson State Tigers football team|Jackson State]]
|-
|2009
|[[2009 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team|Prairie View A&M]]
|[[2009 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team|Alabama A&M]]
|-
|2010
|[[2010 Texas Southern Tigers football team|Texas Southern]]* (vacated)<br />[[2010 Grambling State Tigers football team|Grambling]]
|[[2010 Alabama State Hornets football team|Alabama State]]*<br />[[2010 Jackson State Tigers football team|Jackson State]]
|-
|2011
|[[2011 Grambling State Tigers football team|Grambling]]
|[[2011 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team|Alabama A&M]]*<br />[[2011 Alabama State Hornets football team|Alabama State]]<br />[[2011 Jackson State Tigers football team|Jackson State]]**
|-
|2012
|[[2012 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team|Arkansas–Pine Bluff]]
|[[2012 Jackson State Tigers football team|Jackson State]]*<br />[[2012 Alabama State Hornets football team|Alabama State]]
|-
|2013
|[[2013 Southern Jaguars football team|Southern]]
|[[2013 Jackson State Tigers football team|Jackson State]]
|-
|2014
|[[2014 Southern Jaguars football team|Southern]]
|[[2014 Alcorn State Braves football team|Alcorn State]]
|-
|2015
|[[2015 Grambling State Tigers football team|Grambling]]
|[[2015 Alcorn State Braves football team|Alcorn State]]
|-
|2016
|[[2016 Grambling State Tigers football team|Grambling]]
|[[2016 Alcorn State Braves football team|Alcorn State]]
|-
|2017
|[[2017 Grambling State Tigers football team|Grambling]]
|[[2017 Alcorn State Braves football team|Alcorn State]]
|-
|2018
|[[2018 Southern Jaguars football team|Southern]]
|[[2018 Alcorn State Braves football team|Alcorn State]]
|-
|2019
|[[2019 Southern Jaguars football team|Southern]]
|[[2019 Alcorn State Braves football team|Alcorn State]]
|-
|2020
|[[2020 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team|Arkansas–Pine Bluff]]
|[[2020 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team|Alabama A&M]]
|-
|2021
|[[2021 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team|Prairie View A&M]]
|[[2021 Jackson State Tigers football team|Jackson State]]
|-
|2022
|[[2022 Southern Jaguars football team|Southern]]*<br />[[2022 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team|Prairie View A&M]]
|[[2022 Jackson State Tigers football team|Jackson State]]
|-
|2023
|[[2023 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team|Prairie View A&M]]
|[[2023 Florida A&M Rattlers football team|Florida A&M]]
|-
|2024
|[[2024 Southern Jaguars football team|Southern]]
|[[2024 Jackson State Tigers football team|Jackson State]]
|}
Note: an asterisk denotes the division's top-seeded co-champion and representative in the SWAC Championship Game; a double-asterisk denotes that the division's co-champion was ineligible for the SWAC Championship Game due to a violation of SWAC rules that were in effect from 2011 to 2014 concerning [[Academic Progress Rate]] (APR) scores.<ref name="usatoday.com">{{cite news |title=Ineligible Jackson St predicted to win SWAC East |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2011-07-19-3185056941_x.htm |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=July 19, 2011 |access-date=April 9, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="pbcommercial.com">{{cite web|first=I.C.|last=Murrell|url=http://pbcommercial.com/sports/uapb/despite-apr-golden-lions-still-eligible-swac-football-title |title=Despite APR, Golden Lions still eligible for SWAC football title &#124; Pine Bluff Commercial |website=Pbcommercial.com |date=May 14, 2014 |access-date=April 9, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425213444/http://pbcommercial.com/sports/uapb/despite-apr-golden-lions-still-eligible-swac-football-title |archive-date=April 25, 2016}}</ref>

Starting with the 2021 season with the additions of both Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M, the football schedule is as follows:

* Each school plays eight conference games (five divisional, three non-divisional) and rotates three teams from the opposite division every two years.
* The best team in the SWAC gets to host the SWAC championship game. 
* The SWAC champion advances to the Celebration Bowl versus the MEAC champion. The loser ends its season.

===Celebration Bowl results===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
! colspan="2" |MEAC team
! colspan="2" |SWAC team
!Attendance
!Series
|-
|2015
|[[2015 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team|'''North Carolina A&T Aggies''']]
|'''41'''
|[[2015 Alcorn State Braves football team|Alcorn State Braves]]
|34
|35,528
|MEAC 1–0
|-
|2016
|[[2016 North Carolina Central Eagles football team|North Carolina Central Eagles]]
|9
|[[2016 Grambling State Tigers football team|'''Grambling Tigers''']]
|'''10'''
|31,096
|Tied 1–1
|-
|2017
|[[2017 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team|'''North Carolina A&T Aggies''']]
|'''21'''
|[[2017 Grambling State Tigers football team|Grambling Tigers]]
|14
|25,873
|MEAC 2–1
|-
|2018
|[[2018 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team|'''North Carolina A&T Aggies''']]
|'''24'''
|[[2018 Alcorn State Braves football team|Alcorn State Braves]]
|22
|31,672
|MEAC 3–1
|-
|2019
|[[2019 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team|'''North Carolina A&T Aggies''']]
|'''64'''
|[[2019 Alcorn State Braves football team|Alcorn State Braves]]
|44
|32,968
|MEAC 4–1
|-
|2021
|[[2021 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team|'''South Carolina State Bulldogs''']]
|'''31'''
|[[2021 Jackson State Tigers football team|Jackson State Tigers]]
|10
|48,653
|MEAC 5–1
|-
|2022
|[[2022 North Carolina Central Eagles football team|'''North Carolina Central Eagles''']]
|'''41'''
|[[2022 Jackson State Tigers football team|Jackson State Tigers]]
|34 {{small|(OT)}} 
|49,670
|MEAC 6–1
|-
|2023
|[[2023 Howard Bison football team|Howard Bison]]
|26
|[[2023 Florida A&M Rattlers football team|'''Florida A&M Rattlers''']]
|'''30'''
|41,108
|MEAC 6–2
|-
|2024
|[[2024 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team|South Carolina State Bulldogs]]
|7
|[[2024 Jackson State Tigers football team|'''Jackson State Tigers''']]
|'''28'''
|36,823
|MEAC 6–3
|}

===Men's basketball===
{{see also|SWAC men's basketball tournament}}
The [[1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1977–78 season]] was the SWAC's first as an [[NCAA Division I]] basketball conference.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.coachesdatabase.com/swac-regular-season-champions/|title=SWAC Regular Season Champions, by Year}}</ref>

The semi-final and championship SWAC Basketball Tournament games are held at the Bill Harris Arena in [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Alabama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://swac.org/news/2018/7/11/football-swac-announces-partnership-with-city-of-birmingham.aspx|title=SWAC Announces Partnership with City of Birmingham|date=July 12, 2018}}</ref> As of the 2017 tournaments,<ref>{{cite web|title=SWAC concludes Spring Meetings|url=http://www.swac.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27400&ATCLID=211009194|website=Swac.org|access-date=June 15, 2016}}</ref> they feature an eight-team three-day layout with the quarterfinal rounds hosted on campus sites. This changes the previous 10-team, five-day tournament format. The higher seeded teams will host a combined eight games leaving two days for travel and practice rounds. The tournament concludes with the semi-finals and championship rounds inside Birmingham's Bill Harris Arena.  Winners of the tournaments earn automatic bids to their respective NCAA Division I Tournaments. The championship games are nationally televised live annually on an [[ESPN]] network.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Year
!Regular season
!Coach
!Tournament
!Coach
|-
|1956–57
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]] 
|Ed Adams
|rowspan=21|''not held''
|
|-
|1957–58
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]] 
|Ed Adams
|
|-
|1958–59
|[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]
|Fred Hobdy
|
|-
|1959–60
|[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]
|Fred Hobdy
|
|-
|1960–61
|[[Prairie View A&M]]
|Leroy Moore Jr.
|
|-
|1961–62
|[[Prairie View A&M]]
|Leroy Moore Jr.
| 
|-
|1962–63
|[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]
|Fred Hobdy
|
|-
|1963–64
|[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]<br />[[Jackson State|Jackson]]
|Fred Hobdy<br />Harrison Wilson
|
|-
|1964–65
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|Richard Mack
|
|-
|1965–66
|[[Alcorn State|Alcorn A&M]]<br />[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]
|E. E. Simmons<br />Fred Hobby
|
|-
|1966–67
|[[Alcorn State|Alcorn A&M]]<br />[[Arkansas-Pine Bluff|Arkansas AM&N]]<br />[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]
|E. E. Simmons<br />Hubert Clemens<br />Fred Hobby
|
|-
|1967–68
|[[Alcorn State|Alcorn A&M]]<br />[[Jackson State]]
|Bob Hopkins<br />[[Paul Covington]]
|
|-
|1968–69
|[[Alcorn State|Alcorn A&M]]
|Bob Hopkins
|
|-
|1969–70
|[[Jackson State]]
|Paul Covington
|
|-
|1970–71
|[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]
|Fred Hobdy
|
|-
|1971–72
|[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]
|Fred Hobdy
|
|-
|1972–73
|[[Alcorn State|Alcorn A&M]]
|[[Davey Whitney|Davey L. Whitney]]
|
|-
|1973–74
|[[Jackson State]]
|Paul Covington
|
|-
|1974–75
|[[Jackson State]]
|Paul Covington
|
|-
|1975–76
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|
|-
|1976–77
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Robert Moreland (basketball)|Robert Moreland]]
|
|-
|1977–78
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|Carl Stewart
|[[Jackson State]]
|Paul Covington
|-
|1978–79
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|-
|[[1980 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1979–80]]
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|-
|[[1981 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1980–81]]
|[[Alcorn State]]<br />[[Southern University|Southern]]
|Davey L. Whitney<br />Carl Stewart
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|Carl Stewart
|-
|[[1982 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1981–82]]
|[[Alcorn State]]<br />[[Jackson State]]
|Davey L. Whitney<br />Paul Covington
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|-
|[[1983 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1982–83]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Robert Moreland (basketball)|Robert Moreland]]
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|-
|[[1984 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1983–84]]
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|-
|[[1985 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1984–85]]
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|Bob Hopkins
|-
|[[1986 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1985–86]]
|[[Alcorn State]]<br />[[Southern University|Southern]]
|Davey L. Whitney<br />Bob Hopkins
|[[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]]
|[[Lafayette Stribling]]
|-
|[[1987 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1986–87]]
|[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]
|Bob Hopkins
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|[[Ben Jobe]]
|-
|[[1988 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1987–88]]
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|[[Ben Jobe]]
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|[[Ben Jobe]]
|-
|[[1989 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1988–89]]
|[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]<br />[[Southern University|Southern]]<br />[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|Bob Hopkins<br />[[Ben Jobe]]<br />[[Robert Moreland (basketball)|Robert Moreland]]
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|[[Ben Jobe]]
|-
|[[1990 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1989–90]]
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|[[Ben Jobe]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Robert Moreland (basketball)|Robert Moreland]]
|-
|[[1991 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1990–91]]
|[[Jackson State]]
|[[Andy Stoglin]]
|[[Jackson State]]
|Andy Stoglin
|-
|[[1992 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1991–92]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]<br />[[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]]
|[[Robert Moreland (basketball)|Robert Moreland]]<br />Lafayette Stribling
|[[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]]
|Lafayette Stribling
|-
|[[1993 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1992–93]]
|[[Jackson State]]
|Andy Stoglin
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|[[Ben Jobe]]
|-
|[[1994 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1993–94]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Robert Moreland (basketball)|Robert Moreland]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Robert Moreland (basketball)|Robert Moreland]]
|-
|[[1995 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1994–95]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Robert Moreland (basketball)|Robert Moreland]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Robert Moreland (basketball)|Robert Moreland]]
|-
|[[1996 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1995–96]]
|[[Jackson State]]<br />[[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]]
|Andy Stoglin<br />Lafayette Stribling
|[[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]]
|Lafayette Stribling
|-
|[[1997 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1996–97]]
|[[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]]
|Lafayette Stribling
|[[Jackson State]]
|Andy Stoglin
|-
|[[1998 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1997–98]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Robert Moreland (basketball)|Robert Moreland]]
|[[Prairie View A&M]]
|[[Elwood Plummer]]
|-
|[[1999 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1998–99]]
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|-
|[[2000 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1999–00]]
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|[[Jackson State]]
|Andy Stoglin
|-
|[[2001 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2000–01]]
|[[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
|[[Rob Spivery]]
|[[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
|[[Rob Spivery]]
|-
|[[2002 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2001–02]]
|[[Alcorn State]]
|[[Davey L. Whitney]]
|[[Alcorn State]]
|[[Davey L. Whitney]]
|-
|[[2003 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2002–03]]
|[[Prairie View A&M]]
|Jerome Francis
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Ronnie Courtey|Ronnie Courtney]]
|-
|[[2004 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2003–04]]
|[[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
|[[Rob Spivery]]
|[[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
|[[Rob Spivery]]
|-
|[[2005 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2004–05]]
|[[Alabama A&M]]
|[[L. Vann Pettaway]]
|[[Alabama A&M]]
|[[L. Vann Pettaway]]
|-
|[[2006 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2005–06]]
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|[[Rob Spivery]]
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|[[Rob Spivery]]
|-
|[[2007 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2006–07]]
|[[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]]
|[[James Green (basketball)|James Green]]
|[[Jackson State]]
|[[Tevester Anderson]]
|-
|[[2008 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2007–08]]
|[[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
|[[Lewis Jackson (basketball, born 1962)|Lewis Jackson]]
|[[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]]
|[[James Green (basketball)|James Green]]
|-
|[[2009 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2008–09]]
|[[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
|[[Lewis Jackson (basketball, born 1962)|Lewis Jackson]]
|[[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
|[[Lewis Jackson (basketball, born 1962)|Lewis Jackson]]
|-
|[[2010 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2009–10]]
|[[University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff|Arkansas–Pine Bluff]]
|[[George Ivory (basketball)|George Ivory]]
|[[University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff|Arkansas–Pine Bluff]]
|[[George Ivory (basketball)|George Ivory]]
|-
|[[2011 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2010–11]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Tony Harvey (basketball)|Tony Harvey]]
|[[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
|[[Lewis Jackson (basketball, born 1962)|Lewis Jackson]]
|-
|[[2012 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2011–12]]
|[[Mississippi Valley State]]
|[[Sean Woods]]
|[[Mississippi Valley State]]
||[[Sean Woods]]
|-
|[[2013 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2012–13]]
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|[[Roman Banks]]
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|[[Roman Banks]]
|-
|[[2014 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2013–14]]
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|[[Roman Banks]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Mike Davis (basketball, born 1960)|Mike Davis]]
|-
|[[2015 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2014–15]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Mike Davis (basketball, born 1960)|Mike Davis]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Mike Davis (basketball, born 1960)|Mike Davis]]
|-
|[[2016 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2015–16]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Mike Davis (basketball, born 1960)|Mike Davis]]
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|[[Roman Banks]]
|-
|[[2017 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2016–17]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Mike Davis (basketball, born 1960)|Mike Davis]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Mike Davis (basketball, born 1960)|Mike Davis]]
|-
|[[2018 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2017–18]]
|[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]
|[[Donte Jackson (basketball)|Donte Jackson]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Mike Davis (basketball, born 1960)|Mike Davis]]
|-
|[[2019 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2018–19]]
|[[Prairie View A&M]]
|[[Byron Smith (basketball)|Byron Smith]]
|[[Prairie View A&M]]
|[[Byron Smith (basketball)|Byron Smith]]
|-
|[[2020 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2019–20]]
|[[Prairie View A&M]]
|[[Byron Smith (basketball)|Byron Smith]]
|colspan=2|''Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic''
|-
|[[2021 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2020–21]]
|[[Prairie View A&M]]
|[[Byron Smith (basketball)|Byron Smith]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Johnny Jones (basketball, born 1961)|Johnny Jones]]
|-
|[[2022 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2021–22]]
|[[Alcorn State]]
|[[Landon Bussie]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Johnny Jones (basketball, born 1961)|Johnny Jones]]
|-
|[[2023 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2022–23]]
|[[Alcorn State]]<br>[[Grambling]]
|[[Landon Bussie]]<br>[[Donte Jackson (basketball)|Donte Jackson]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Johnny Jones (basketball, born 1961)|Johnny Jones]]
|-
|[[2024 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2023–24]]
|[[Grambling]]
|[[Donte Jackson (basketball)|Donte Jackson]]
|[[Grambling State Tigers men's basketball|Grambling]]
|Donte Jackson
|}

====Men's basketball tournament performance by school====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! School
! Championships
! Years
|-
| [[Texas Southern Tigers basketball|Texas Southern]]
| {{center|11}}
| 1990, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
|-
| [[Southern Jaguars|Southern]]
| {{center|9}}
| 1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2006, 2013, 2016
|-
| [[Alcorn State University|Alcorn State]]
| {{center|7}}
| 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1999, 2002
|-
| [[Jackson State University|Jackson State]]
| {{center|5}}
| 1978, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2007
|-
| [[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]]
| {{center|5}}
| 1986, 1992, 1996, 2008, 2012
|-
| [[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
| {{center|4}}
| 2001, 2004 2009, 2011
|-
| [[Prairie View A&M]]
| {{center|2}}
| 1998, 2019
|-
| [[Alabama A&M]]
| {{center|1}}
| 2005
|-
| [[University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff|Arkansas–Pine Bluff]]
| {{center|1}}
| 2010
|-
| [[Grambling State Tigers|Grambling State]]
| {{center|1}}
| 2024
|}

===Women's basketball===
{{See also|SWAC women's basketball tournament}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Regular season
!Coach
!Tournament
!Coach
|-
|1981–82
|[[Jackson State]]
|Sadie Magee
|[[Jackson State]]
|Sadie Magee
|-
|1982–83
|[[Jackson State]]
|Sadie Magee
|[[Jackson State]]
|Sadie Magee
|-
|1983–84
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Shirley Walker
|[[Jackson State]]
|Sadie Magee
|-
|1984–85
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Shirley Walker
|[[Jackson State]]
|Sadie Magee
|-
|1985–86
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Shirley Walker
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Shirley Walker
|-
|1986–87
|[[Grambling State Tigers|Grambling]]
|Patricia Bibbs
|[[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]]
|Jessie Harris
|-
|1987–88
|[[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]]
|Jessie Harris
|[[Grambling State Tigers|Grambling]]
|Patricia Bibbs
|-
|1988–89
|[[Grambling State Tigers|Grambling]]
|Patricia Bibbs
|[[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
|[[Ron Mitchell (coach)|Ron Mitchell]]
|-
|1989–90
|[[Grambling State Tigers|Grambling]]
|Patricia Bibbs
|[[Jackson State]]
|Andrew Pennington
|-
|1990–91
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Shirley Walker
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Shirley Walker
|-
|1991–92
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Shirley Walker
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Shirley Walker
|-
|1992–93
|[[Alcorn State]]<br />[[Southern Jaguars|Southern]]
|Shirley Walker<br />Herman Hartman
|[[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]]
|Jessie Harris
|-
|1993–94
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Shirley Walker
|[[Grambling State Tigers|Grambling]]
|Patricia Bibbs
|-
|1994–95
|[[Alcorn State]]<br />[[Grambling State Tigers|Grambling]]<br />[[Jackson State]]
|Shirley Walker<br />Patricia Bibbs<br />Andrew Pennington
|[[Jackson State]]
|Andrew Pennington
|-
|1995–96
|[[Alcorn State]]<br />[[Jackson State]]
|Shirley Walker<br />Andrew Pennington
|[[Grambling State Tigers|Grambling]]
|Patricia Bibbs
|-
|1996–97
|[[Grambling State Tigers|Grambling]]
|Patricia Bibbs
|[[Grambling State Tigers|Grambling]]
|Patricia Bibbs
|-
|1997–98
|[[Grambling State Tigers|Grambling]]
|David Ponton
|[[Grambling State Tigers|Grambling]]
|David Ponton
|-
|1998–99
|[[Grambling State Tigers|Grambling]]
|David Ponton
|[[Grambling State Tigers|Grambling]]
|David Ponton
|-
|1999–00
|[[Grambling State Tigers|Grambling]]
|David Ponton
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Shirley Walker
|-
|2000–01
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Shirley Walker
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Shirley Walker
|-
|2001–02
|[[Southern Jaguars|Southern]]
|Sandy Pugh
|[[Southern Jaguars|Southern]]
|Sandy Pugh
|-
|2002–03
|[[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]<br />[[Jackson State]]
|Freda Freeman-Jackson<br />Denise Taylor
|[[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
|Freda Freeman-Jackson
|-
|2003–04
|[[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
|Freda Freeman-Jackson
|[[Southern Jaguars|Southern]]
|Sandy Pugh
|-
|2004–05
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Shirley Walker
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Shirley Walker
|-
|2005–06
|[[Jackson State]]<br />[[Southern Jaguars|Southern]]
|Denise Taylor<br />Sandy Pugh
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|Sandy Pugh
|-
|2006–07
|[[Prairie View A&M]]<br />[[Jackson State]]
|[[Cynthia Cooper-Dyke]]<br />Denise Taylor
|[[Prairie View A&M]]
|[[Cynthia Cooper-Dyke]]
|-
|2007–08
|[[Prairie View A&M]]
|[[Cynthia Cooper-Dyke]]
|[[Jackson State]]
|Denise Taylor
|-
|2008–09
|[[Prairie View A&M]]
|[[Cynthia Cooper-Dyke]]
|[[Prairie View A&M]]
|[[Cynthia Cooper-Dyke]]
|-
|2009–10
|[[Southern Jaguars|Southern]]
|Sandy Pugh
|[[Southern Jaguars|Southern]]
|Sandy Pugh
|-
|2010–11
|[[Southern Jaguars|Southern]]
|Sandy Pugh
|[[Prairie View A&M University|Prairie View A&M]]
|[[Toyelle Wilson]]
|-
|2011–12
|[[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]]
|Nate Kilbert
|[[Prairie View A&M University|Prairie View A&M]]
|[[Toyelle Wilson]]
|-
|2012–13
|[[Texas Southern Tigers|Texas Southern]]
|[[Cynthia Cooper-Dyke]]
|[[Prairie View A&M University|Prairie View A&M]]
|[[Toyelle Wilson]]
|-
|2013–14
|[[Southern Jaguars|Southern]]
|Sandy Pugh
|[[Prairie View A&M University|Prairie View A&M]]
|Dawn Brown
|-
|2014–15
|[[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
|Freda Freeman-Jackson 
|[[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
|Freda Freeman-Jackson
|-
|2015–16
|[[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
|Freda Freeman-Jackson 
|[[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
|Freda Freeman-Jackson
|-
|2016–17
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|Johnetta Hayes-Perry 
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|Johnetta Hayes-Perry 
|-
|2017–18
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|Sandy Pugh
|[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]
|Freddie Murray 
|-
|2018–19
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|Carlos Funchess
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|Carlos Funchess
|-
|2019–20
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|Carlos Funchess
|colspan=2|''Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic''
|-
|2020–21
|[[Jackson State University|Jackson State]]
|Tomekia Reed
|[[Jackson State University|Jackson State]]
|Tomekia Reed
|-
|2021–22
|[[Jackson State University|Jackson State]]
|Tomekia Reed
|[[Jackson State University|Jackson State]]
|Tomekia Reed
|-
|2022–23
|[[Jackson State University|Jackson State]]
|Tomekia Reed
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|Carlos Funchess
|-
|2023–24
|[[Jackson State University|Jackson State]]
|Tomekia Reed
|Jackson State
|Tomekia Reed
|}