Corey Borchardt is the current commissioner of the UMAC, and was appointed to the position in 2008.

The UMAC was started in 1972 as the Twin Rivers Conference, and assumed its current name in 1983.

[1] The UMAC currently has eight full members, all but two are private schools: The UMAC currently has two associate members, all are private schools: The UMAC had nine former full members, which all were private schools: The UMAC had eight former associate members, all were private schools.

Two UMAC member schools sponsor men's and women's ice hockey as a varsity sport.

Northland College and UW-Superior are members of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.