A logo for the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference.
The Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) is a conference participating in the NCAA's Division III. It was founded in 1989 as the Capital Athletic Conference (CAC).
In May 2020, the CAC announced a merger with the American Collegiate Athletic Association, a D-III league which had operated for three years. This followed a period of membership turnover that saw all but three legacy CAC members announce that they would leave the league by 2021. On November 18, 2020, the CAC renamed itself as the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference.[1]
C2C does not conduct regular-season competition in any sports, most likely due to the extreme geographic spread of the merged league, ranging from California to Massachusetts. The league's automatic berths to the men's and women's NCAA D-III tournaments will be determined in conference tournaments.
Current members[]
- Christopher Newport — joined in 2013
- Finlandia — joined in 2020 from ACAA
- Mary Washington — charter member
- Mills — women's college; joined in 2020 from ACAA
- Mount Mary — women's college; joined in 2020 from ACAA
- Pine Manor — joined in 2020 from ACAA; closing in 2021 and merging into Boston College
- Pratt — joined in 2020 from ACAA
- St. Mary's (MD) — charter member; leaving in 2021 for the North Eastern Athletic Conference
- Salisbury — joined in 1993
- Southern Virginia — joined in 2013; leaving in 2021 for the USA South Athletic Conference
- UC Santa Cruz — joined in 2020 from ACAA
Former members[]
- Catholic (1989–2007) — now in the Landmark Conference
- Frostburg State (2010–2019) — now in the NCAA Division II Mountain East Conference
- Gallaudet (1989–2010) — now in the North Eastern Athletic Conference
- Goucher (1989–2007) — now in the Landmark Conference
- Hood (2007–2012) — now in the MAC Commonwealth
- Marymount (1989–2018) — now in the Atlantic East Conference
- Penn State Harrisburg (2013–2019) — now in the North Eastern Athletic Conference
- Stevenson (2007–2012; known as Villa Julie in 2007–08) — now in the MAC Commonwealth
- Wesley (2007–2018) — now in the Atlantic East Conference
- York (PA) (1989–2020) — now in the MAC Commonwealth
References[]
- ↑ "#Dare2Prepare: CAC Evolves Into Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference". Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference. November 18, 2020. https://c2csports.com/general/2020-21/releases/20200824lwnkn9. Retrieved December 25, 2020.