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| Association | NCAA |
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| Founded | 1984 |
| Commissioner | Patrick Colbert (since 2023) |
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| Division | Division III |
| No. of teams | 10 (11 in 2024) |
| Headquarters | Biddeford, Maine |
| Region | New England |
| Official website | cccathletics.com |
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The Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) is a US intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in New England in the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
The CCC and Commonwealth Coast Football unveiled a new family of logos during a June 2019 visual rebrand. [1]
full member
associate member
future member
future associate memberOn June 21, 2022, the University of Hartford announced that it would join the CCC, starting the 2023–24 academic year; [2] while Salve Regina announced it would leave both the CCC and CCC Football to join the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC), once concluding the 2022–23 school year. [3]
On December 8, 2022, Johnson & Wales (RI) announced it would join the CCC as soon as the 2024–25 academic year. [4]
In 2023, two schools announced they would be reinstating their varsity football programs and joining the CCC for football, starting the 2025 fall season (2025–26 academic year); first Maine Maritime Academy on January 9, [5] then New England College followed suit on November 14. [6]
The CCC currently has 10 full members, all private schools.
| Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined | Colors | Football? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curry College | Milton, Massachusetts | 1879 | Nonsectarian | 2,410 | Colonels | 1984 | Yes | |
| Endicott College | Beverly, Massachusetts | 1939 | Nonsectarian | 4,528 | Gulls | 1999 | Yes | |
| Gordon College | Wenham, Massachusetts | 1889 | Evangelical | 1,816 | Fighting Scots | 1987 | No | |
| University of Hartford | West Hartford, Connecticut | 1877 | Nonsectarian | 6,792 | Hawks | 2023 | No | |
| Nichols College | Dudley, Massachusetts | 1815 | Nonsectarian | 1,518 | Bison | 1995 | Yes | |
| Roger Williams University | Bristol, Rhode Island | 1956 | Nonsectarian | 4,702 | Hawks | 1985 | No | |
| Suffolk University | Boston, Massachusetts | 1906 | Nonsectarian | 6,832 | Rams | 2020 [lower-alpha 1] | No | |
| University of New England | Biddeford, Maine | 1831 | Nonsectarian | 7,208 | Nor'easters | 1999 | Yes | |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | Boston, Massachusetts | 1904 | Nonsectarian | 4,397 | Leopards | 1984 | No | |
| Western New England University | Springfield, Massachusetts | 1919 | Nonsectarian | 3,702 | Golden Bears | 2007 | Yes |
The CCC will have one new full member, also a private school.
| Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joining | Colors | Football? | Current conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Wales University | Providence, Rhode Island | 1914 | Nonsectarian | 4,652 | Wildcats | 2024 [4] [lower-alpha 1] | No | Great Northeast (GNAC) |
The CCC currently has one associate member, which is also a private school:
| Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined | Primary conference | CCC sport(s) | Colors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Husson University | Bangor, Maine | 1898 | Nonsectarian | 3,476 | Eagles | 2019 | North Atlantic (NAC) | football |
The CCC will have four future associate members, all but one are private schools:
| Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joining | Primary conference | CCC sport(s) | Colors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colby–Sawyer College | New London, New Hampshire | 1946 | Nonsectarian | 2,262 | Chargers | 2024 | Great Northeast (GNAC) | men's tennis | |
| Maine Maritime Academy | Castine, Maine | 1941 | Public | 941 | Mariners | 2025 | North Atlantic (NAC) | football | |
| New England College | Henniker, New Hampshire | 1946 | Nonsectarian | 4,327 | Pilgrims | 2025 | Great Northeast (GNAC) | football | |
| University of Saint Joseph | West Hartford, Connecticut | 1932 | Catholic (R.S.M.) | 2,467 | Blue Jays | 2024 | Great Northeast (GNAC) | men's tennis |
The CCC had nine former full members, with all but one being private schools.
The CCC had three former associate members, all were private schools:
| Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined | Left | Primary conference | CCC sport(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becker College | Worcester, Massachusetts | 1784 | Nonsectarian | 1,892 | Hawks | 2016m.i.h.; 2017fb. | 2021m.i.h.; 2021fb. | N/A [lower-alpha 1] | men's ice hockey football |
| Johnson & Wales University | Providence, Rhode Island | 1914 | Nonsectarian | 16,000 | Wildcats | 2016 | 2018 | Great Northeast (GNAC) | men's ice hockey |
| Suffolk University | Boston, Massachusetts | 1906 | Nonsectarian | 16,095 | Rams | 2016 | 2018 | Commonwealth Coast (CCC) | men's ice hockey |
The CCC sponsors intercollegiate athletic competition in 20 sports. The conference started sponsoring football in the 2017-18 season, absorbing the former football-only New England Football Conference. From 2017-2021 football was operated as a single-sport conference branded Commonwealth Coast Football. [7] Due to changes in NCAA legislation regarding the number of members required for a for a conference to receive and automatic qualifier (AQ), football was fully incorporated into the multi-sport conference in 2022, eliminating the need for the football-only league. Women's ice hockey was added as a conference sport in 2020-21 when the CCC took over operations of the Colonial Hockey Conference. [8]
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| School | MXC | WXC | FH | FB | MSOC | WSOC | WTEN | WVB | MBB | MIH | WIH | WBB | BASE | GOLF | MLAX | WLAX | SOFT | MTEN | M T&F | W T&F |
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