The Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (or CACC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Its twelve member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states of Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
Association | NCAA |
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Founded | 1961 |
Commissioner | Daniel Mara (since 2006) |
Sports fielded |
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Division | Division II |
No. of teams | 12 |
Headquarters | New Haven, Connecticut |
Region | Atlantic Coast |
Official website | caccathletics.org |
Locations | |
The CACC was founded in 1961 as an athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), and later joined the NCAA in 2002 on provisional status. The CACC Conference Office has been located in New Haven, Connecticut since 2004, the same year that it upgraded to full active status. The CACC has three full-time staff members and one part-time.[1]
The CACC currently has 12 full members, all but one (Bloomfield) are private schools:
Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joining | Colors | CACC sport(s) |
Primary conference |
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Lincoln University | Chester County, Pennsylvania | 1854 | State-related (HBCU) |
2,376 | Lions | 2024 | baseball; women's soccer |
Central (CIAA) |
The CACC had eleven former full members; all but one were private schools.
Full member (all sports) Full member (non-football) Associate member (football-only) Associate member (sport)
A divisional format is used for baseball, basketball (M / W), and volleyball. Bloomfield College baseball is placed in the South division. | |
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South
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Sport | Men's | Women's |
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Baseball | ||
Basketball | ||
Bowling | ||
Cross Country | ||
Golf | ||
Lacrosse | ||
Soccer | ||
Softball | ||
Tennis | ||
Track & Field Outdoor | ||
Volleyball |
School | Baseball | Basketball | Cross country |
Golf | Lacrosse | Soccer | Tennis | Track & field outdoor |
Total CACC sports |
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Bloomfield | 6 | ||||||||
Bridgeport | 5 | ||||||||
Caldwell | 6 | ||||||||
Chestnut Hill | 8 | ||||||||
Dominican | 7 | ||||||||
Felician | 6 | ||||||||
Georgian Court | 5 | ||||||||
Goldey–Beacom | 6 | ||||||||
Holy Family | 6 | ||||||||
Jefferson | 7 | ||||||||
Post | 8 | ||||||||
Wilmington | 7 | ||||||||
Totals | 11 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 76 |
School | Basketball | Bowling[a] | Cross country |
Lacrosse | Soccer | Softball | Tennis | Track & field outdoor |
Volleyball | Total CACC sports |
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Bloomfield | 7 | |||||||||
Bridgeport | 6 | |||||||||
Caldwell | 9 | |||||||||
Chestnut Hill | 9 | |||||||||
Dominican | 8 | |||||||||
Felician | 8 | |||||||||
Georgian Court | 7 | |||||||||
Goldey–Beacom | 7 | |||||||||
Holy Family | 8 | |||||||||
Jefferson | 8 | |||||||||
Post | 8 | |||||||||
Wilmington | 9 | |||||||||
Totals | 12 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 94 |
School | Men | Women | |||||||
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Football | Ice hockey |
Track & field indoor |
Golf | Ice hockey[a] |
Rowing | Track & field indoor | |||
Georgian Court | ECC | ECC | |||||||
Holy Family | ECC | ECC | |||||||
Jefferson | IND | IND | |||||||
Post | IND[b] | NE-10 | ECC | IND | NEWHA | ECC |