Commonwealth Coast Conference

The Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) is an 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.

Commonwealth Coast Conference
AssociationNCAA
Founded1984
CommissionerPatrick Colbert (since 2023)
Sports fielded
  • 20
    • men's: 10
    • women's: 10
DivisionDivision III
No. of teams10 (11 in 2024)
HeadquartersBiddeford, Maine
RegionNew England
Official websitecccathletics.com
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Overview

The CCC and Commonwealth Coast Football unveiled a new family of logos during a June 2019 visual rebrand.[1]

History

Location of the current members; associate members in blue, future members in red, departing member in yellow, future associate member in white

Chronological timeline

Member schools

Current members

The CCC currently has 10 full members, all private schools.

Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joined Colors Football?
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[lower-alpha 1]     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
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  1. Suffolk competed in the CCC as an associate member for men's ice hockey from 2016–17 to 2017–18.

Future members

The CCC will have one new full member, also a private school.

Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joining Colors Football? Current
conference
Johnson & Wales University Providence, Rhode Island 1914 Nonsectarian 4,652 Wildcats 2024[4][lower-alpha 1]     No Great Northeast (GNAC)
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  1. Johnson & Wales competed in the CCC as an associate member for men's ice hockey from 2016–17 to 2017–18.

Associate members

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

Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joined Primary
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sport(s)
Colors
Husson University Bangor, Maine 1898 Nonsectarian 3,476 Eagles 2019 North Atlantic (NAC) football    

Future associate member

The CCC currently has one future associate member, which is a public school:

Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joining Primary
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sport(s)
Colors
Maine Maritime Academy Castine, Maine 1941 Public 941 Mariners 2025-26 North Atlantic (NAC) football    

Former members

The CCC had nine former full members, with all but one being private schools.

Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joined Left Current
conference
Anna Maria College Paxton, Massachusetts 1946 Catholic 1,432 AMCats 1984 2011 Great Northeast (GNAC)
Colby–Sawyer College New London, New Hampshire 1837 Nonsectarian 1,200 Chargers 1995 2011 Great Northeast (GNAC)
Eastern Nazarene College Quincy, Massachusetts 1900 Nazarene 1,063 Lions 1992 2018 North Atlantic (NAC)
Emerson College Boston, Massachusetts 1880 Nonsectarian 4,290 Lions 1984 1989 New England (NEWMAC)
Hellenic College Brookline, Massachusetts 1937 GOArch 222 Owls 1984 1985 N/A[lower-alpha 1]
New England College Henniker, New Hampshire 1946 Nonsectarian 1,460 Pilgrims 1989 2011 Great Northeast (GNAC)
Regis College[lower-alpha 2] Weston, Massachusetts 1927 Catholic
(Sisters of St. Joseph)
1,737 Pride 1988 2011 Great Northeast (GNAC)
Salve Regina University Newport, Rhode Island 1934 Catholic
(Sisters of Mercy)
2,771 Seahawks 1984 2023 New England (NEWMAC)
United States Coast Guard Academy
(Coast Guard)
New London, Connecticut 1876 Federal 1,045 Bears 1984 1987 New England (NEWMAC)
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  1. Hellenic dropped its athletics program following the 1984–85 school year.
  2. This institution is a former women's college, which later had become a co-educational college (Regis (Mass.) since 2007–08).

Former associate members

The CCC had three former associate members, all were private schools:

Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joined Left Primary
conference
CCC
sport(s)
Becker College Worcester, Massachusetts 1784 Nonsectarian 1,892 Hawks 2016m.i.h.;
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2021m.i.h.;
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N/A[lower-alpha 1] 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
Notes
  1. Becker discontinued its athletic program and closed in 2021.

Membership timeline

University of HartfordHusson UniversitySuffolk UniversityJohnson and Wales UniversityBecker CollegeWestern New England UniversityUniversity of New England (United States)Endicott CollegeNichols CollegeGreat Northeast Athletic ConferenceNorth Atlantic ConferenceColby–Sawyer CollegeNorth Atlantic ConferenceNew England Collegiate ConferenceEastern Nazarene CollegeGreat Northeast Athletic ConferenceNew England Collegiate ConferenceNorth Atlantic ConferenceNew England CollegeGreat Northeast Athletic ConferenceNew England Collegiate ConferenceRegis College, MassachusettsGordon College (Massachusetts)Roger Williams UniversityWentworth Institute of TechnologyNew England Women's and Men's Athletic ConferenceSalve Regina UniversityHellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of TheologyNew England Women's and Men's Athletic ConferenceGreat Northeast Athletic ConferenceEmerson CollegeCurry CollegeNew England Women's and Men's Athletic ConferenceUnited States Coast Guard AcademyGreat Northeast Athletic ConferenceAnna Maria College

Sports

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.[6] 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.[7]

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