Swimming Association, later renamed the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association, effective with the 2015–16 season. ODU joined the Sun Belt Conference on July 1, 2022.
== Notable faculty ==
Robert L. Ash, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Mohammad Ataul Karim, Vice President for Research from 2004 to 2013
Ingo Heidbrink, Professor of History
Luisa Igloria, Professor in English (creative writing, poetry workshop, Asian American Literature), Filipina-American poet, 20th Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Emerita
Mounir Laroussi, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Mark Mostert, Associate Professor of Special Education
Janis Sanchez-Hucles, Professor Emerita in Psychology
Janice Underwood, director of diversity initiatives from 2018 to 2019, first director of U.S. Office of Personnel Management's Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility from 2022 to 2024
G. William Whitehurst, Dean of Students from 1963 to 1968, Congressman in the US House of Representatives from 1969 to 1987, Professor …
