[3] UCA played the 2021 season as a de facto associate member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), competing in a football partnership between the two leagues officially branded as the "ASUN–WAC Challenge".

Between 1979 and 1992, UCA won or shared 13 out of 14 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference championships (AIC) and went to the playoffs 12 times in that span.

A number of former Bears have found success in the NFL, including Tom McConnaughey, Jacob Ford, Landon Trusty, Willie Davis, Tyree Davis, Dave Burnette, Curtis Burrow, Andre Collins, David Evans, and most notably Monte Coleman.

(Neither the Southland Conference nor the NCAA would recognize UCA as the champions due to the transition period from Division II.)

Pippen is retired, and lives with his family in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; his son Scotty Jr. currently plays college basketball at Vanderbilt.