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.
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 |
Locations | |
The CCC and Commonwealth Coast Football unveiled a new family of logos during a June 2019 visual rebrand.[1]
On 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? |
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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[a] | 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 |
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Johnson & Wales University | Providence, Rhode Island | 1914 | Nonsectarian | 4,652 | Wildcats | 2024[4][a] | 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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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Becker College | Worcester, Massachusetts | 1784 | Nonsectarian | 1,892 | Hawks | 2016m.i.h.; 2017fb. |
2021m.i.h.; 2021fb. |
N/A[a] | 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]
Sport | Men's | Women's |
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Baseball | ||
Basketball | ||
Cross Country | ||
Field hockey | ||
Football | ||
Golf | ||
Ice Hockey | ||
Lacrosse | ||
Soccer | ||
Softball | ||
Tennis | ||
Track and Field | ||
Volleyball |
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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Western New England |