On May 6, 2011, Hood and Stevenson departed the CAC for the Middle Atlantic Conferences, effective June 1, 2012. Both Hood and Stevenson would also compete on some sports within the multi-conference umbrella as part of the MAC's Commonwealth Conference.[1]
On March 1, 2018, Marymount and Wesley departed the CAC for the newly-formed Atlantic East Conference (AEC) following the end the 2017-18 academic year.[3]
On July 5, 2018, Frostburg State began the transition to the Division II for the 2019-20 academic year, thus departed the CAC to join the Mountain East Conference, effective after the 2018-19 academic year.[4]
On July 8, 2018, Penn State Harrisburg departed the CAC to return to the NEAC following the end of the 2018-19 academic year.[5]
On April 2, 2019, York departed the CAC to join the MAC, effective after the 2019-20 season.[6]
On December 11, 2019, Southern Virginia departed the C2C to join the USA South Athletic Conference, effective after the 2020-21 academic year.[7]
On December 12, 2019, St. Mary's departed the C2C to join the United East Conference, effective after the 2020-21 academic year.[8]
On May 26, 2020, it was announced that the Capital Athletic Conference would expand to 11 teams as they offered memberships to all schools in the American Collegiate Athletic Association. [9].All full ACAA members and an associate member joined the CAC in the 2020–21 school year; the announcement also stated that the expanded CAC planned to adopt a new name. The post-merger conference does not conduct regular-season competition in any sports; members establish their own schedules, with NCAA championship bids handed out in conference tournaments or championship meets, depending on the sport. Therefore, all full members, the University of California, Santa Cruz, Finlandia University, Mills College (women's sports only), Mount Mary University (women's sports only), Pine Manor College, and Pratt Institute, and associate member, the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, of the ACAA joined in their respective memberships.[10][11]
On November 18, 2020, the Capital Athletic Conference announced its rebranding as the "Coast to Coast Athletic Conference".[12]
On March 17, 2021, Mills announced that it would end conferment degrees to become a research institution after the 2022-23 school year, thus dissolving their athletic programs. This was later revised to be acquired by Northeastern University to become Northeastern University at Mills College. Through this merger, Mills transitioned to a co-ed university and would discontinue athletics after the 2021-22 season.[13][14][15]
On August 4, 2021, St. Mary's rejoined the C2C as an associate member in men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field.[16]
On January 11, 2022, the University of Wisconsin–Platteville joins the C2C as an associate member for men's soccer, starting in the 2022 fall season (2022-23 academic year).[17][18]
2016 – William Paterson left from the CAC as an associate member for men's golf after the 2016 spring season (2015–16 academic year).
2018 – Marymount and Wesley (Del.) left the CAC for the newly-formed Atlantic East Conference (AEC) after the 2017–18 academic year.
2018 – Babson College joined the CAC as an associate member for men's golf in the 2019 spring season (2018–19 academic year).
2019 – Frostburg State began the transition to the NCAA Division II ranks (beginning the 2019–20 academic year), thus departed the CAC to join the Mountain East Conference (MEC) after the 2018–19 academic year.
2019 – Penn State–Harrisburg left the CAC to return to the NEAC after the 2018–19 academic year.
2019 – Carnegie Mellon University joined the CAC as an associate member for men's golf in the 2020 spring season (2019–20 academic year).
2020 – York (Pa.) left the CAC to join the MAC after the 2019–20 academic year.[22]
2020 – The C2C dropped men's and women's swimming and golf as conference sports after the 2019–20 academic year; therefore, men's golf associates (Babson, Carnegie Mellon and New Jersey City) had departed.
2020 – The CAC announced that it would rebrand as the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) during the 2020–21 academic year.
2021 – St. Mary's left the C2C to join the United East Conference after the 2020–21 academic year; while it would later rejoined to the conference as an associate member in men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field in the 2022 spring season (2021–22 academic year).
2021 – Southern Virginia left the C2C to join the USA South Athletic Conference (USA South) after the 2020–21 academic year.
2021 – Pine Manor left the C2C as it was acquired by Boston College, thus dissolving their athletics programs, after the 2020–21 academic year.
2022 – Mills left the C2C to become a research institution, thus dissolving their athletics programs, after the 2021–22 academic year.
2022 – The University of Wisconsin–Platteville joined the C2C as an associate member for men's soccer in the 2022 fall season (2022–23 academic year).
2022 – The C2C, alongside the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC), announced that it would form the Coastal Lacrosse Conference (CLC), beginning in the 2023 spring season (2022–23 academic year). Therefore, the conference no longer sponsored men's lacrosse.
^Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
^This institution is a women's college, therefore it doesn't compete in men's sports. October 8, 2024 Mount Mary announced its intention to join the NAIA and leave the NCAA DIII
Future member
The C2C will have one new full member, a private school:
^This institution was a women's college, therefore it did not compete in men's sports.
^Mills was acquired by Northeastern University in 2023, becoming part of that university's extended operations in the San Francisco Bay Area. In advance of this, Mills dropped athletics after the 2021–22 school year.
^Carnegie Mellon joined as an associate member in the 2019–20 season, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Then men's golf was dropped as a conference sport after the 2019–20 season, therefore Carnegie Mellon never participated in a conference championship.
^St. Mary's (Md.) was a full member of the C2C (back then, the CAC) from 1989–90 to 2020–21.
Membership timeline
Sports
The C2C sponsors championships in the following sports:
^ Baseball will be in danger of not being eligible for NCAA championship bids in the 2023-24 season if new members teams do not join C2C in those sports. According to the NCAA rules for a conference sport to be considered for NCAA championship bids there must be five or more teams competing in that sport, which all of the sports listed had four teams or less fielding that sport after the 2020-21 season.
Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the C2C that are played by C2C schools
^ ab Field hockey and women's lacrosse will be in danger of not being eligible for NCAA championship bids in the 2023-24 season if new members teams do not join C2C in those sports. According to the NCAA rules for a conference sport to be considered for NCAA championship bids there must be five or more teams competing in that sport, which all of the sports listed had four teams or less fielding that sport after the 2020-21 season.
Women's varsity sports not sponsored by C2C that are played by C2C schools
^In 2022, C2C and NJAC announced the creation of the Coastal Lacrosse Conference, an NCAA Division III single-sport men's lacrosse conference between members from the two conferences.[23]
^While equestrian is recognized by the NCAA as one of its "Emerging Sports for Women", the NCAA does not sponsor a championship in that sport. Championships are organized by the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association.
