The Coast to Coast Athletic Conference (C2C; officially stylized as Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference), formerly named Capital Athletic Conference (CAC), is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located throughout the United States in the states of California, Maryland, Michigan,

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * ...

, North Carolina, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

History

Formed in 1989 as Capital Athletic Conference (CAC), the charter members were The Catholic University of America, Gallaudet University, the

University of Mary Washington The University of Mary Washington (UMW) is a public liberal arts university in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Founded in 1908 as the Fredericksburg Teachers College, the institution was named Mary Washington College in 1938 after Mary Ball Wash ...

Marymount University Marymount University is a private Catholic university with its main campus in Arlington, Virginia. Marymount offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. It has approximately 3,897 students enrolled, representing approximately 45 states an ...

, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and

York College of Pennsylvania York College of Pennsylvania is a private college in Spring Garden Township, York County, Pennsylvania, Spring Garden Township, Pennsylvania. It offers more than 70 baccalaureate majors in professional programs, the sciences, and humanities to 3 ...

. On May 26, 2020, it was announced that the

American Collegiate Athletic Association The American Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA) was an athletic conference with no regular-season competition. The ACAA competed in the NCAA's Division III. The conference was formed in 2017 primarily by Independent schools in the Northeast ...

would merge with the Capital Athletic Conference. All full ACAA members and an associate member joined the CAC in the 2020–21 school year; the announcement also stated that the expanded CAC planned to adopt a new name. The post-merger conference does not conduct regular-season competition in any sports; members establish their own schedules, with NCAA championship bids handed out in conference tournaments or championship meets, depending on the sport. On November 18, 2020, the Capital Athletic Conference announced its rebranding as the "Coast to Coast Athletic Conference". On March 17, 2021, Mills announced that it would end conferment degrees to become a research institution after the 2022-23 school year, thus dissolving their athletic programs. This was later revised to be acquired by

Northeastern University Northeastern University (NU) is a private research university with its main campus in Boston. Established in 1898, the university offers undergraduate and graduate programs on its main campus as well as satellite campuses in Charlotte, North Ca ...

to become Northeastern University at Mills College. Through this merger, Mills will transition to a co-ed university and would discontinue athletics after the 2021-22 season. On January 11, 2022, the

University of Wisconsin–Platteville University of Wisconsin–Platteville (UW–Platteville) is a public university in Platteville, Wisconsin. Part of the University of Wisconsin System, it offers bachelor's and master's degrees. The university has three colleges that serve over ...

joins the C2C as an associate member for men's soccer, starting in the 2022 fall season (2022-23 academic year). On July 26, 2022, the C2C announced that it would form the

Coastal Lacrosse Conference The Coastal Lacrosse Conference (CLC) is a single sport intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. The conference was formed between members of the Coast to Coast Athletic Conference and New Jersey Athletic Co ...

, a single sport, men's lacrosse conference, with the

New Jersey Athletic Conference The New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC), formerly the New Jersey State Athletic Conference, is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. All of its full members are public universities in New Jersey. Affiliate membe ...

. The members would include

Christopher Newport University Christopher Newport University (CNU) is a public university in Newport News, Virginia. It was founded in 1960 and is named after Christopher Newport, captain of one of the ships which carried settlers of Jamestown, the first permanent English ...

, Salisbury University, and

from the C2C and

Kean University Kean University () is a public university in Union and Hillside, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. Kean University was founded in 1855 in Newark, New Jersey, as the Newark Normal School. Initially establ ...

Montclair State University Montclair State University (MSU) is a public research university in Montclair, New Jersey, with parts of the campus extending into Little Falls. As of fall 2018, Montclair State was, by enrollment, the second largest public university in New ...

, and Stockton University from the NJAC. Play will begin in the 2022-23 season. On July 27, 2022, the C2C announced the addition of

Warren Wilson College Warren Wilson College (WWC) is a private liberal arts college in Swannanoa, North Carolina. It is known for its curriculum that combines academics, work, and service as every student must complete a requisite course of study, work an on-campus ...

as a full member starting in the 2022-23 season.

Chronological timeline

* 1989 – The Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) was founded. Charter members included The

Catholic University of America The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private Roman Catholic research university in Washington, D.C. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by U.S ...

, Gallaudet University,

Mary Washington College The University of Mary Washington (UMW) is a public liberal arts university in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Founded in 1908 as the Fredericksburg Teachers College, the institution was named Mary Washington College in 1938 after Mary Ball Washing ...

(now the University of Mary Washington),

, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and

, effective beginning in the 1989-90 academic year. * 1991 –

Salisbury State University Salisbury University is a public university in Salisbury, Maryland. Founded in 1925, Salisbury is a member of the University System of Maryland, with a fall 2016 enrollment of 8,748. Salisbury University offers 42 distinct undergraduate and 14 ...

(now Salisbury University) joined the CAC in all sports, effective in the 1991-92 academic year. * 1993 –

Goucher College Goucher College ( ') is a private liberal arts college in Towson, Maryland. It was chartered in 1885 by a conference in Baltimore led by namesake John F. Goucher and local leaders of the Methodist Episcopal Church.https://archive.org/details/h ...

joined the CAC in all sports, effective in the 1993-94 academic year. * 2005 – Catholic and Goucher announced they would be departing for the newly-formed

Landmark Conference The Landmark Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the eastern United States in the states of Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, plus Washington, D.C ...

, effective after the 2006-07 academic year. * 2006 – Hood College and

Villa Julie College Stevenson University is a private university in Baltimore County, Maryland with two campuses, one in Stevenson and one in Owings Mills. The university enrolls approximately 3,615 undergraduate and graduate students. Formerly known as Villa Julie ...

(now Stevenson University) joined the CAC for some sports, effective in the 2006-07 academic year. * 2007 – Wesley College joined the CAC in all sports (along with Hood and Stevenson), effective in the 2007-08 academic year. * 2010 – Gallaudet left the CAC to join the

North Eastern Athletic Conference The United East Conference (UEC), formerly known as the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC), is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the Mid-Atlantic region of ...

(NEAC; now the United East Conference), effective after the 2009-10 academic year. * 2010 – Frostburg State University joined the CAC in all sports, effective in the 2010-11 academic year. * 2012 – Hood and Stevenson departed the CAC for the

Middle Atlantic Conferences The Middle Atlantic Conferences (MAC) is an umbrella organization of three athletic conferences that competes in the NCAA's Division III. The 18 member colleges are in the Mid-Atlantic United States. The organization is divided into two main c ...

, effective June 1, 2012. * 2013 –

Penn State Harrisburg Penn State Harrisburg, also called The Capital College, is an undergraduate college and graduate school of the Pennsylvania State University located in Lower Swatara Township, Pennsylvania. The campus is located 9 miles (15 km) south of ...

and

Southern Virginia University Southern Virginia University (SVU) is a private liberal arts college in Buena Vista, Virginia. The college, though not officially affiliated with a particular faith, embraces the values of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Ch ...

joined the CAC in all sports, effective on June 1, 2013. * 2013 – William Paterson University and New Jersey City University joined the CAC as associate members for men's golf, effective in the 2014 spring season (2013-14 academic year). * 2016 – William Paterson departed from the CAC as an associate member for men's golf, effective after the 2016 spring season (2015-16 academic year). * 2018 – Marymount and Wesley departed the CAC for the newly-formed

Atlantic East Conference The Atlantic East Conference is an NCAA Division III collegiate athletic conference in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. History Beginning play in July 2018, the league consists of seven private universities, each former members ...

(AEC), effective after the 2017-18 academic year. * 2018 –

Babson College Babson College is a private business school in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Established in 1919, its central focus is on entrepreneurship education. It was founded by Roger W. Babson as an all-male business institute, but became coeducational in ...

joined the CAC as an associate member for men's golf, effective in the 2019 spring season (2018-19 academic year). * 2019 – Frostburg State began the transition to the Division II for the 2019-20 academic year, thus departed the CAC to join the

Mountain East Conference The Mountain East Conference (MEC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level and officially began competition on September 1, 2013. It consists of 12 schools, m ...

, effective after the 2018-19 academic year. * 2019 – Penn State Harrisburg departed the CAC to return to the NEAC, effective after the 2018-19 academic year. * 2019 –

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technolog ...

joined the CAC as an associate member for men's golf, effective in the 2020 spring season (2019-20 academic year). * 2020 – York departed the CAC to join the MAC, effective after the 2019-20 season. * 2020 – The CAC announced that it would absorb the

(ACAA), effective beginning in the 2020-21 academic year. Therefore, all full members, the

University of California, Santa Cruz The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California system. Located on Monterey Bay, on the edge ...

Finlandia University Finlandia University is a private Lutheran university in Hancock, Michigan. It is the only private university in the Upper Peninsula. Founded in 1896 as The Suomi College and Theological Seminary, it is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Ch ...

, Mills College (women's sports only),

Mount Mary University Mount Mary University is a private Roman Catholic women's university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The university was founded in 1913 by the School Sisters of Notre Dame Pine Manor College Pine Manor College (PMC) was a private college in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1911 and was historically a women's college until 2014. It currently serves fewer than 400 students, many of whom live on the 40-acre campus. Origin ...

, and Pratt Institute, and associate member,

University of Wisconsin–Whitewater The University of Wisconsin–Whitewater (UW–Whitewater) is a public university in Whitewater, Wisconsin. It is part of the University of Wisconsin System. Student enrollment in the 2014–2015 academic year was more than 12,000. The universi ...

, of the ACAA joined in their respective memberships. * 2020 – The Capital Athletic Conference announced that it would rebrand as the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C). * 2020 – The conference dropped men's and women's swimming and golf as conference sports after the 2020-21 season, therefore, men's golf associates, Babson, Carnegie Mellon and New Jersey City departed. * 2021 – St. Mary's departed the C2C to join the United East Conference, effective after the 2020-21 academic year. St. Mary's rejoined as an associate member in men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field. * 2021 – Southern Virginia departed the C2C to join the

USA South Athletic Conference The USA South Athletic Conference (formerly the Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference or the Dixie Conference) is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. Member schools are located in North Carolina and Virginia ...

, effective after the 2020-21 academic year. * 2021 – Pine Manor was acquired by

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...

, thus dissolving their athletics programs, effective after the 2020-21 academic year. * 2022 – Mills left the C2C to become a research institution, thus dissolving their athletics programs, effective after the 2021-22 academic year. * 2022 – The

will join the C2C as an associate member for men's soccer, effective beginning in the 2022 fall season (2022-23 academic year). * 2022 – On July 26, The Coast to Coast Athletic Conference announced that it would form the

therefore the C2C will no longer sponsor men's lacrosse. * 2022 –

joined the C2C as a full member, effective in the 2022-23 academic year.

Member schools

Current members

The C2C currently has eight full members, half are public schools and another half are private schools: ;Notes:

Associate members

The C2C currently has three associate members, all of them are public schools: ;Notes:

Former members

The C2C had 13 former full members, all but three were private schools: ;Notes:

Former associate members

The C2C had four former associate members, half were public schools and another half are private schools: ;Notes

Membership timeline

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Gallaudet Gallaudet University ( ) is a private federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C. for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing. It was founded in 1864 as a grammar school for both deaf and blind children. It was the first sc ...

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Goucher Goucher College ( ') is a private liberal arts college in Towson, Maryland. It was chartered in 1885 by a conference in Baltimore led by namesake John F. Goucher and local leaders of the Methodist Episcopal Church.https://archive.org/detai ...

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Christopher Newport Christopher Newport (1561–1617) was an English seaman and privateer. He is best known as the captain of the ''Susan Constant'', the largest of three ships which carried settlers for the Virginia Company in 1607 on the way to found the settle ...

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UC Santa Cruz The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California system. Located on Monterey Bay, on the edge of ...

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Pratt Pratt is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: A–F * Abner Pratt (1801–1863), American diplomat, jurist, politician, lawyer * Al Pratt (baseball) (1847–1937), American baseball player * Andy Pratt (baseball) (born 19 ...

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Sports

The C2C sponsors championships in the following sports:

Men's sponsored sports by school

;Notes

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the C2C that are played by C2C schools

;Notes

Women's sponsored sports by school

;Notes

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by C2C that are played by C2C schools

;Notes

Current champions

The table below shows the current list of champions for the C2C/CAC championships.

References

External links

* {{NCAA Division III conference navbox