The Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the

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’s

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. Member institutions are located in

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in the states of

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, and

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, with a

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school joining in 2023.

Overview

The CCC and Commonwealth Coast Football unveiled a new family of logos during a June 2019 visual rebrand.

History

Chronological timeline

* 1984 - On 1984, the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) was founded. Charter members included

Anna Maria College Anna Maria College is a private Roman Catholic college in Paxton, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1946 as a women's college, but has been coeducational since 1973. The school offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees. History Anna Maria ...

Curry College Curry College is a private college in Milton, Massachusetts. It was founded as the School of Elocution and Expression by Anna Baright in 1879. In 1885, it was taken over and renamed by Samuel Silas Curry. History Curry College was founded in ...

Emerson College Emerson College is a private college with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts. It also maintains campuses in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California and Well, Limburg, Netherlands ( Kasteel Well). Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a ...

Hellenic College Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (HCHC) is an Orthodox Christian liberal arts college and seminary in Brookline, Massachusetts. Its mission is to educate individuals for life and service in the Orthodox Christian co ...

Salve Regina College Salve Regina University is a private Roman Catholic university in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It was founded in 1934 by the Sisters of Mercy and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. The university enrolls m ...

(now Salve Regina University), the

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(Coast Guard) and

Wentworth Institute of Technology Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT) is a private institute of technology in Boston, Massachusetts. Wentworth was founded in 1904 and offers career-focused education through 21 bachelor's degree programs as well as 13 master's degrees. Histo ...

(Wentworth Tech); effective beginning the 1984-85 academic year. * 1985 - Hellenic left the CCC when the school dropped its athletic program after lasting only one season, effective after the 1984-85 academic year. * 1985 - Roger Williams College (now Roger Williams University) joined the CCC, effective in the 1985-86 academic year. * 1986 - The CCC was granted membership within the

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(NCAA) Division III ranks, effective in the 1986-87 academic year. * 1987 - The U.S. Coast Guard left the CCC to join the

Constitution Athletic Conference A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed. When these princi ...

, effective after the 1986-87 academic year. * 1987 - Gordon College joined the CCC, effective in the 1987-88 academic year. * 1988 - Regis College joined the CCC, effective in the 1988-89 academic year. * 1989 - Emerson left the CCC to become an NCAA D-III Independent, effective after the 1988-89 academic year. * 1989 - New England College of New Hampshire joined the CCC, effective in the 1989-90 academic year. * 1992 -

Eastern Nazarene College The Eastern Nazarene College (ENC) is a private, Christian college in Quincy, Massachusetts. Established as a holiness college in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1900, the college moved to Rhode Island for several years. With its expansion to a four-ye ...

joined the CCC, effective in the 1992-93 academic year. * 1995 -

Colby–Sawyer College Colby–Sawyer College is a private baccalaureate college in New London, New Hampshire. It was founded as a coeducational academy in 1837 and sits on a campus. History New London Academy A legislative charter was granted by the State of N ...

and

Nichols College Nichols College is a private business college in Dudley, Massachusetts. Founded in 1815 as Nichols Academy, Nichols College offers both bachelor's and master's degrees, as well as certificate programs. History Nichols Academy The instituti ...

joined the CCC, effective in the 1995-96 academic year. * 1999 -

Endicott College Endicott College is a private college in Beverly, Massachusetts. History Endicott College was founded as Endicott Junior College in 1939 by Eleanor Tupper and her husband, George O. Bierkoe. Originally a two-year women’s college, its miss ...

and the University of New England of Maine joined the CCC, effective in the 1999-2000 academic year. * 2007 -

Western New England University Western New England University is a private university in Springfield, Massachusetts. Academic programs are provided through its College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, College of Engineering, School of Law, and College of Pharmacy and ...

joined the CCC, effective in the 2007-08 academic year. * 2011 - Four member schools left the CCC to join their respective new home primary conferences: Anna Maria to the

Great Northeast Athletic Conference The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. History Chronological timeline * 1995 - In 1995, the Great Northeast Athletic Co ...

(GNAC), Regis (Mass.) to the

New England Collegiate Conference The New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) is an NCAA Division III college athletic conference based in the Northeastern United States. History In June 2007, nine colleges from New England announced the creation of a new athletic conference ...

(NECC), and Colby–Sawyer and New England (N.H.) to the

North Atlantic Conference The North Atlantic Conference (NAC) is an athletic conference, affiliated with the NCAA ’s Division III, consisting primarily of small liberal arts colleges in the Northern New England states of Maine and Vermont, as well as New York. The conf ...

(NAC), all effective after the 2010-11 academic year. * 2016 -

Becker College Becker College was a private college in Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester and Leicester, Massachusetts. Becker College traced its history from the union of two Massachusetts educational institutions—one founded in 1784 and the other in 1887 ...

, Johnson and Wales University, Providence and

Suffolk University Suffolk University is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. With 7,560 students (includes all campuses, 7,379 at the Boston location alone), it is the eighth-largest university in metropolitan Boston. It was founded as a l ...

joined the CCC as associate members for men's ice hockey, effective in the 2016-17 academic year. * 2017 - The CCC added football as a sponsored sport, although not directly as it absorbed the former and defunct

New England Football Conference Commonwealth Coast Football (CCC Football) was a single-sport athletic conference that competed in football in the NCAA's Division III. It began play as CCC Football in 2017 after the New England Football Conference (NEFC) was renamed following th ...

and rebranded as

Commonwealth Coast Football Commonwealth Coast Football (CCC Football) was a single-sport athletic conference that competed in football in the NCAA's Division III. It began play as CCC Football in 2017 after the New England Football Conference (NEFC) was renamed following t ...

(CCC Football), effective in the 2017 fall season (2017-18 academic year). * 2017 - Becker added football to its CCC membership, effective in the 2017 fall season (2017-18 academic year). * 2018 - Eastern Nazarene left the CCC to join the NECC, effective after the 2017-18 academic year. * 2018 - Johnson & Wales and Suffolk left the CCC as associate members for men's ice hockey, effective after the 2017-18 academic year. * 2019 -

Husson University Husson University is a private university in Bangor, Maine. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and as of Fall 2020 had a total enrollment of 3,476 students, including 799 graduate students in master's and doctoral programs. Husson Un ...

joined CCC Football effective in the 2019 fall season (2019-20 academic year). * 2020 - Suffolk returned to the CCC, but with full membership status, effective in the 2020-21 academic year. * 2022 ** The

University of Hartford The University of Hartford (UHart) is a private university in West Hartford, Connecticut. Its main campus extends into neighboring Hartford and Bloomfield. The university attracts students from 48 states and 43 countries. The university and it ...

announced that it would join the CCC effective with the 2023-24 academic year.University of Hartford Athletics Joins Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) - University of Hartford Athletics
/ref> ** Salve Regina announced it would leave both the CCC and CCC Football to join the

New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states of Connecticut and M ...

, also effective in 2023–24. ** Due to changes in NCAA legislation regarding the number of member required for an automatic qualifier (AQ), football was fully incorporated into the CCC multi-sport conference, eliminating the need for the single-sport Commonwealth Coast Football league. ** Johnson & Wales (RI) announced it would join the CCC as soon as the 2024-25 academic year.CCC Accepts Johnson & Wales University As Newest Conference Member - JWU Providence Athletics
/ref>

Member schools

Current members

The CCC currently has 10 full members, all

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schools. Departing member Salve Regina is highlighted in pink. ;Notes:

Future members

The CCC will have two new full members, also

schools.

Associate members

The CCC currently has one associate member, which is also a

school:

Former members

The CCC had eight former full members, with all but one being

schools. ;Notes:

Former associate members

The CCC had three former associate members, all were

schools: ;Notes:

Membership timeline

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bar:2 color:FullxF from:1984 till:1987 text:

Coast Guard A coast guard or coastguard is a maritime security organization of a particular country. The term embraces wide range of responsibilities in different countries, from being a heavily armed military force with customs and security duties to ...

(1984–1987) bar:2 color:OtherC1 from:1987 till:1990 bar:2 shift:(15) color:OtherC2 from:1990 till:1998 text:Constitution bar:2 color:OtherC1 from:1998 till:end text:

NEWMAC The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states of Connecticut and ...

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Curry A curry is a dish with a sauce seasoned with spices, mainly associated with South Asian cuisine. In southern India, leaves from the curry tree may be included. There are many varieties of curry. The choice of spices for each dish in tradit ...

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bar:5 color:FullxF from:1984 till:1985 text: Hellenic (1984–1985), then dropped athletics bar:6 color:FullxF from:1984 till:2017 text:

Salve Regina The "Salve Regina" (, ; meaning 'Hail Queen'), also known as the "Hail Holy Queen", is a Marian hymn and one of four Marian antiphons sung at different seasons within the Christian liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church. The Salve Regina ...

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Roger Williams Roger Williams (21 September 1603between 27 January and 15 March 1683) was an English-born New England Puritan minister, theologian, and author who founded Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation ...

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Eastern Nazarene The Eastern Nazarene College (ENC) is a Private university#United States, private, Christian college in Quincy, Massachusetts. Established as a Holiness Movement, holiness college in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1900, the college moved to Rhode Isla ...

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Nichols Nichols may refer to: People *Nichols (surname) *Nichol, a surname Places Canada * Nichols Islands, Nunavut United States * Nichols, California, an unincorporated community * Nichols Canyon, Los Angeles, California * Nichols, Connecticut * Nich ...

(1995–present) bar:14 color:Full from:2017 till:end bar:15 color:FullxF from:1999 till:2017 text: Endicott (1999–present) bar:15 color:Full from:2017 till:end bar:16 color:FullxF from:1999 till:2018 text: Univ. of New England (Me.) (1999–present) bar:16 color:Full from:2018 till:end bar:17 color:FullxF from:2007 till:2017 text: Western New England (2007–present) bar:17 color:Full from:2017 till:end bar:18 color:AssocOS from:2016 till:2017 text:

Becker Becker () is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany it can also derive from the ...

(2016–2021, men's ice hockey; 2017–2021, football) bar:18 color:AssocF from:2017 till:2021 text: bar:19 color:AssocOS from:2016 till:2018 text: Johnson and Wales (2016–2018, men's ice hockey) bar:20 color:AssocOS from:2016 till:2018 text:

Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...

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Husson Husson may refer to: * Husson (surname), including a list of people with the name * Husson University, Bangor, Maine, U.S. * Husson (commune), in the Manche department, France See also * ''Le Rosier de Madame Husson ''Le Rosier de Madame Hus ...

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Hartford Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the ...

(2023–future) ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:2 start:1985

Sports

The CCC sponsors intercollegiate athletic competition in 20 sports. The conference started sponsoring

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

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

. 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.

References

External links

* {{NCAA Division III hockey conferences