The Ottawa-Kent Conference is an athletic league located in West Michigan. Its current leader is David VanNoord. It has member schools from Allegan, Ionia, Kent, Montcalm, Muskegon, and Ottawa Counties. It has 48 member schools that partake in athletics. According to the MHSAA they have the main offices located at Grandville High School. Members Note: The class and population size are from the 2022-23 MHSAA listings. The # next to the year admitted is for founding members. Classifications As of the 2006-07 school year the conference has put a requirement in writing for which sports they want all schools to have a varsity level program in. Those include Baseball, Basketball (boys & girls), Football, Softball (girls), Track & Field (boys & girls), Volleyball (girls), and Wrestling They also listed a second group of sports which they want a minimal of two more sports in varsity level. Those include Bowling (boys & girls), Competitive Cheer (girls), Cross Country (boys & girls), Golf (boys & girls), Gymnastics (girls), Ice Hockey, Soccer (boys & girls), Swimming (boys & girls), Tennis (boys & girls), and Water Polo (boys & girls) Furthermore, for expansion purposes they must have a JV program in the mandatory programs along with adding freshman programs. This has been a change when in 2004 they wanted freshman programs in all of the required programs instead they want to see improvement in the schools to have them form one when participation is high enough to warrant it. Sports not listed as ones they will offer varsity status for include Lacrosse (boys & girls) and Skiing (boys & girls). Current Alignment OK-Red East Kentwood Rockford Holland West Ottawa Grand Haven Hudsonville Grandville Caledonia Jenison OK-Green Grand Rapids Union Muskegon Mona Shores Wyoming Muskegon Reeths-Puffer Holland Zeeland West Muskegon Zeeland East OK-White Forest Hills Central Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern Lowell Byron Center Grand Rapids Northview Greenville East Grand Rapids Grand Rapids Christian OK-Gold Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills Cedar Springs Kenowa Hills Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg Forest Hills Eastern Wayland Grand Rapids Catholic Central Grand Rapids South Christian OK-Blue Spring Lake Coopersville Fruitport Hamilton Allendale Holland Christian Hudsonville Unity Christian Grand Rapids West Catholic OK-Silver Sparta Kelloggsville Godwin Heights Comstock Park Belding Hopkins Northpointe Christian Calvin Christian Past realignments Every two years, the conference realigns itself due to changes in school sizes as some school districts increase at a large rate while others may stay constant