Although plans for conference and subdivision affiliation were unclear , Lynn Hickey , UTSA 's athletic director had strongly hinted at plans for UTSA to join their current conference , the Southland Conference ( a member of the Division I FCS subdivision ) in September 2009 . However , in late January 2010 , Hickey stated that the football program would attempt to join the Division I FBS subdivision by 2014 instead , citing an overall disappointment for previous plans . This entailed UTSA joining the subdivision as an independent until finding admission to a conference
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