Commonwealth Coast Conference
The Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division III. Member institutions are located in New England in the states of Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
Commonwealth Coast Conference | |
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CCC | |
Established | 1984 |
Association | NCAA |
Division | Division III |
Members | 9 (10 in 2020) |
Sports fielded |
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Region | New England |
Headquarters | Springfield, Massachusetts |
Commissioner | Gregg M. Kaye (since 2007) |
Website | cccathletics.com |
Locations | |
The CCC does not directly sponsor football, but since 2017 has operated the single-sport Commonwealth Coast Football, a rebranding of the league formerly known as the New England Football Conference.
The CCC and Commonwealth Coast Football unveiled a new family of logos during a June 2019 visual rebrand[1]
Member schools
Location of the current members, associate members in blue |
Current members
Institution | Location | Founded | Type | Enrollment | Nickname | Colors | Joined |
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Curry College | Milton, Massachusetts | 1879 | Private | 4,182 | Colonels | 1984 | |
Endicott College | Beverly, Massachusetts | 1939 | Private | 4,600 | Gulls | 1999 | |
Gordon College | Wenham, Massachusetts | 1889 | Private (Evangelical) | 2,109 | Fighting Scots | 1987 | |
Nichols College | Dudley, Massachusetts | 1815 | Private | 1,951 | Bison | 1995 | |
Roger Williams University | Bristol, Rhode Island | 1956 | Private | 5,365 | Hawks | 1985 | |
Salve Regina University | Newport, Rhode Island | 1934 | Private (Catholic – Sisters of Mercy) | 2,686 | Seahawks | 1984 | |
University of New England | Biddeford, Maine | 1831 | Private | 8,085 | Nor'easters | 1999 | |
Wentworth Institute of Technology | Boston, Massachusetts | 1904 | Private | 3,728 | Leopards | 1984 | |
Western New England University | Springfield, Massachusetts | 1919 | Private | 3,920 | Golden Bears | 2007 |
Future members
Institution | Location | Founded | Type | Enrollment | Nickname | Joining | Current Conference |
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Suffolk University | Boston, Massachusetts | 1906 | Private | 5,290 | Rams | 2020[2] | GNAC |
Associate members
Institution | Location | Nickname | Founded | Type | Enrollment | Joined | Primary Conference | CCC Sports |
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Becker College | Worcester, Massachusetts | Hawks | 1784 | Private | 2079 | 2016 | NECC | Men's Ice Hockey Football |
Husson University | Bangor, Maine | Eagles | 1898 | Private | 3,100 | 2019 | NAC | Football |
Former members
Institution | Location | Founded | Type | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined | Left | Current Conference |
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Anna Maria College | Paxton, Massachusetts | 1946 | Private | 1,432 | AMCats | 1984 | 2011 | GNAC |
Colby–Sawyer College | New London, New Hampshire | 1837 | Private | 1,200 | Chargers | 1995 | 2011 | GNAC |
Eastern Nazarene College | Quincy, Massachusetts | 1900 | Private (Nazarene) | 1,063 | Lions | 1992 | 2018 | NECC |
Emerson College | Boston, Massachusetts | 1880 | Private | 4,290 | Lions | 1984 | 1989 | NEWMAC |
Hellenic College | Brookline, Massachusetts | 1937 | Private | 222 | Owls | 1984 | 1985 | Dropped athletics |
New England College | Henniker, New Hampshire | 1946 | Private | 1,460 | Pilgrims | 1989 | 2011 | NECC |
Regis College† | Weston, Massachusetts | 1927 | Private | 1,737 | Pride | 1988 | 2011 | GNAC |
United States Coast Guard Academy (Coast Guard) | New London, Connecticut | 1876 | Federal | 1,045 | Bears | 1984 | 1987 | NEWMAC |
- Note
† - Former women's college now-turned co-ed college (Regis (Mass.) since 2007-08)
Former associate members
Institution | Location | Nickname | Founded | Type | Enrollment | Joined | Left | Primary Conference | CCC Sports |
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Johnson & Wales University | Providence, Rhode Island | Wildcats | 1914 | Private | 16,000 | 2016 | 2018 | GNAC | Men's Ice Hockey |
Suffolk University | Boston, Massachusetts | Rams | 1906 | Private | 16,095 | 2016 | 2018 | GNAC | Men's Ice Hockey |
Membership timeline
Sports
The CCC sponsors intercollegiate athletic competition in 19 sports (18 championship, one invitational). The conference started sponsoring football in the 2017-18 season, absorbing the former football-only New England Football Conference, although the CCC football league technically remains a separate entity from the all-sports CCC under the identity of Commonwealth Coast Football.[3]
Sport | Men's | Women's |
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Baseball | ||
Basketball | ||
Cross Country | ||
Field hockey | ||
Football | ||
Golf | ||
Ice Hockey | ||
Lacrosse | ||
Soccer | ||
Softball | ||
Tennis | ||
Track and Field | ||
Volleyball |
Invitational Sports
- Track & Field (Men)
School | MXC | WXC | FH | FB | MSOC | WSOC | WTEN | WVB | MBB | MIH | WBB | BASE | GOLF | MLAX | WLAX | SOFT | MTEN | M T&F | W T&F |
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Wentworth | |||||||||||||||||||
Western New England |
References
- https://www.cccathletics.com/sports/general/2018-19/Releases/CCC_Rebrand
- "Suffolk University Joining CCC as a Full Member in 2020-21" (Press release). Commonwealth Coast Conference. June 5, 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
- "Commonwealth Coast Conference To Administer Football Championship Beginning in 2017-18". Commonwealth Coast Conference.