Coastal Athletic Association

The Coastal Athletic Association, formerly the ECAC South Conference and the Colonial Athletic Association, is a collegiate NCAA conferences|athletic conference] affiliated with the NCAA's Division I whose full members are located in East Coast states, from Massachusetts to South Carolina. Most of its members are public universities, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond. The CAA was historically a Southern conference until the addition of four schools in the Northeastern United States after the turn of the 21st century, which added geographic balance to the conference.
The CAA was founded in 1979 as the ECAC South Conference, made up of Division I independent schools|independent schools] which played basketball in the Eastern College Athletic Conference's South Region basketball tournaments|Division I men's basketball tournament]. During its first two seasons, its members continued to play basketball as independents during the regular season and take part in the ECAC's South Region tournament for independents, but it began conference play in basketball in the 1981–1982 season. It was renamed the Colonial Athletic Association in 1985 when it added championships in other sports. As of 2006, it organizes championships in 21 men's and women's sports. The addition of Northeastern University in 2005 gave the conference the NCAA minimum of six football programs needed to sponsor football. For the 2007 football season, all of the Atlantic 10 Conference's football programs joined the CAA football conference, as agreed in May 2005. The football league operates under CAA administration as the legally separate entity of CAA Football.
The most recent changes to the conference membership took place in 2022 and 2023. First, Hampton University, Monmouth University, North Carolina A&T State University, and Stony Brook University joined in 2022. Stony Brook, already a member of CAA Football, joined in other sports at that time; Hampton and Monmouth joined both the all-sports CAA and CAA Football; and NC A&T joined the all-sports CAA in 2022 and joined CAA Football in 2023. This was followed by Campbell University joining both sides of the league in 2023. The conference renamed itself the Coastal Athletic Association in 2023.

History

The CAA has expanded in recent years, following the exits of longtime members such as the United States Naval Academy, the University of Richmond, East Carolina University, and American University. In 2001, the six-member conference added four additional universities: Towson University, Drexel University, Hofstra University, and the University of Delaware. Four years later the league expanded again when Georgia State University and Northeastern University joined, further enlarging the conference footprint. Virginia Commonwealth University left for the Atlantic 10 Conference in July 2012. More changes came in 2013: Old Dominion University left for Conference USA, Georgia State joined the Sun Belt Conference, and the College of Charleston joined the CAA from the Southern Conference.
On the playing field, the CAA has produced 16 national team champions in six different sports, 33 individual national champions, 11 national coaches of the year, 11 national players of the year and 12 Honda Award winners. In 2006, 2005–06 [George Mason Patriots men's basketball team|George Mason] became the first CAA team to reach the Basketball Championship|Final Four]. In 2011, the 2010–11 [VCU Rams men's basketball team|VCU Rams] became the second CAA team to reach the Final Four, as well as the first team to win five games en route, due to their participation in the First Four round.
On March 25, 2013, George Mason University left the CAA to join the Atlantic 10 Conference. Shortly after, the CAA ceased sponsorship of wrestling due to the lack of teams.
The 2015–16 basketball season saw the conference RPI reach its highest rating when it finished the season ranked 9th in the nation.
During another phase of realignment that started in 2021, the CAA was affected when longtime member James Madison University announced it would leave the CAA, transition its football program to the Football Bowl Subdivision, and join the Sun Belt Conference. Initially, JMU was to join the SBC in July 2023. However, the timeline changed when the CAA chose to ban JMU from subsequent championship events, citing a conference bylaw that allows it to impose such a ban on a departing member. Thus, JMU officially joined the Sun Belt in July 2022 instead, housing all of its sports in that league, including men's soccer, which would be sponsored by the SBC again, but one season earlier.
Shortly before JMU announced its departure, it was reported that the CAA sought to expand by several schools, allowing it to split into a divisional format for most of its sports in order to reduce travel costs for its members. Among the schools named as possible candidates were Fairfield University, Howard University, Monmouth University, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In January 2022, reports emerged that Hampton University, a historically black institution that had been working toward a CAA move since at least 1995, would likely join the CAA that July. Monmouth was again named as a potential CAA expansion candidate. Also, Stony Brook University, already a member of CAA Football, was named as a candidate for membership in the all-sports CAA. On January 18, local media in Monmouth's home of New Jersey reported that a CAA invitation to that school was imminent.
The CAA later announced on January 25 that Hampton, Monmouth, and Stony Brook would become members of the all-sports CAA that July, with Hampton and Monmouth joining Stony Brook in CAA Football. On February 22, the CAA announced that North Carolina A&T State University would join the all-sports CAA that July and CAA Football in 2023. Still later, Campbell University was announced as a new member of both sides of the league effective in 2023.
On July 20, 2023, the Colonial Athletic Association rebranded as the Coastal Athletic Association, citing the expansion of the conference footprint throughout the east coast for the change in name; however, the current logo was unchanged.
On November 28, 2023, Delaware announced its departure from the CAA and transition to the Football Bowl Subdivision joining Conference USA on July 1, 2025.

Commissioners

Name	Dates
Tom Yeager	1979–July 1, 2016
Joe D'Antonio	July 1, 2016–present

Member schools

Full members

Current full members

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Former full members

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Associate members

In all tables below, dates of joining and departure reflect the calendar years these moves took effect. For spring sports, the year of arrival is the calendar year before the first season of competition. For fall sports, the year of departure is the calendar year after the final season of competition.

Current associate members

Members departing for the West Coast Conference in 2027.

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors	CAA sport	Primary conference
	Albany, New York	1844	2025	Public	17,746	Great Danes		rowing	America East
Bryant University	Smithfield, Rhode Island	1863	2025	Private	3,751	Bulldogs		rowing	America East
	La Jolla, California	1960	2020	Public	40,473	Tritons		rowing	Big West
	Storrs, Connecticut	1881	2019	Public	32,257	Huskies		rowing	Big East
Fairfield University	Fairfield, Connecticut	1942	2014	Private	5,273	Stags		lacrosse	MAAC
Villanova University	Villanova, Pennsylvania	1842	2015	Private	11,023	Wildcats		rowing	Big East

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Future associate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors	CAA sport	Primary conference	Current conference in affiliate sport
Fairfield University	Fairfield, Connecticut	1942	2026	Private	5,273	Stags		field hockey	MAAC	NEC

Former associate members

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Membership timeline

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Sports

The CAA sponsors championship competitions in ten men's and thirteen women's NCAA sanctioned sports. Eleven schools are associate members in three sports. This does not include football, administered by the CAA through the separate entity of CAA Football.

Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	11	–
Basketball	14	14
Cross Country	11	13
Field hockey	–	7
Golf	11	10
Lacrosse	8	9
Rowing	–	8
Soccer	11	13
Softball	–	12
Swimming & Diving	6	9
Tennis	11	13
Track and Field (Indoor)	8	13
Track and Field (Outdoor)	9	13
Volleyball	–	12

Men's sponsored sports by school

;Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the CAA which are played by CAA schools

School	Football	Gymnastics	Ice hockey	Sailing	Squash	Wrestling
Campbell	CAA Football	—	—	–	—	SoCon
Charleston	–	—	—	SAISA	—	—
Drexel	–	—	—	—	Independent	EIWA
Elon	CAA Football	–	–	–	–	–
Hampton	CAA Football	—	—	MAISA	–	–
Hofstra	–	–	–	–	–	EIWA
Monmouth	CAA Football	–	–	–	–	–
North Carolina A&T	CAA Football	–	–	–	–	–
Northeastern	–	—	Hockey East	—	—	—
Stony Brook	CAA Football	–	–	–	–	–
Towson	CAA Football	–	–	–	–	–
William & Mary	CAA Football	EIGL	—	—	—	—

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Women's sponsored sports by school

;Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the CAA which are played by CAA schools

School	Beach volleyball	Bowling	Equestrian	Gymnastics	Ice hockey	Sailing	Squash	Triathlon
Charleston	Sun Belt	–	Independent	—	—	SAISA	—	–
Drexel	—	—	—	—	—	—	Independent	—
Hampton	—	—	—	—	—	MAISA	—	Independent
Monmouth	—	NEC	—	—	—	—	—	–
North Carolina A&T	—	MEAC	—	—	—	—	—	–
Northeastern	—	—	—	—	Hockey East	—	Independent	—
Towson	—	—	—	EAGL	—	—	—	–
UNC Wilmington	Sun Belt	—	—	—	—	—	—	–
William & Mary	—	—	—	GEC	—	—	—	–

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In addition to the above, Charleston counts its female cheerleaders and all-female dance team as varsity teams. Neither cheerleading nor dance team competitions are sponsored by the NCAA.

Current champions

RS = regular-season champion; T = tournament champion

Season	Sport	Men's champion	Women's champion
Fall 2024	Cross country	Stony Brook	Northeastern
Fall 2024	Field hockey	–	Drexel Delaware
Fall 2024	Soccer	Elon Hofstra	Monmouth & Stony Brook Stony Brook
Fall 2024	Volleyball	–	Charleston & Delaware Charleston
Winter 2024–25	Basketball	2024–25 [Towson Tigers men's basketball team\|Towson] 2024–25 [UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team\|UNCW]	2024–25 [North Carolina A&T Aggies women's basketball team\|North Carolina A&T] 2023–24 [William & Mary Tribe women's basketball team\|William & Mary]
Winter 2024–25	Swimming & diving	UNCW	UNCW
Winter 2024–25	Track & field	North Carolina A&T	Hampton
Spring 2025	Baseball	Huskies baseball\|Northeastern]	–
Spring 2025	Golf	Elon	Charleston
Spring 2025	Lacrosse	Towson	Stony Brook
Spring 2025	Rowing	–	Northeastern
Spring 2025	Softball	–	Delaware Elon
Spring 2025	Tennis	UNCW	Elon
Spring 2025	Track & field	North Carolina A&T	Elon

Men's basketball

*	Denotes a tie for regular season conference title
†	Denotes game went into overtime

Regular season champions

Note: The conference was known as the ECAC South from 1979 to 1985.

Season	Regular season champion	Conference Record
1980	Old Dominion
1981	James Madison
1982	James Madison
1983	William & Mary
1984	Richmond
1985	Navy	11–3
1986	Navy	13–1
1987	Navy	13–1
1988	Richmond	11–3
1989	Richmond	13–1
1990	James Madison	11–3
1991	James Madison	12–2
1992	Richmond	12–2
1993	James Madison	11–3
1994	Old Dominion	10–4
1995	Old Dominion	12–2
1996	VCU	14–2
1997	Old Dominion	10–6
1998*	William & Mary UNC Wilmington	13–3
1999	George Mason	13–3
2000*	George Mason James Madison	12–4
2001	Richmond	12–4
2002	UNC Wilmington	14–4
2003	UNC Wilmington	15–3
2004	VCU	14–4
2005	Old Dominion	15–3
2006*	George Mason UNC Wilmington	15–3
2007	VCU	16–2
2008	VCU	15–3
2009	VCU	14–4
2010	2009–10 [Old Dominion Monarchs basketball team\|Old Dominion]	15–3
2011	George Mason	16–2
2012	Drexel	16–2
2013	Northeastern	14–4
2014	2013-14 [Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball team\|Delaware]	14–2
2015*	2014–15 [William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team\|William & Mary] UNC Wilmington 2014–15 [Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team\|Northeastern] 2014–15 [James Madison Dukes men's basketball team\|James Madison]	12–6
2016*	2015–16 [Hofstra Pride men's basketball team\|Hofstra] UNC Wilmington	14–4
2017	UNC Wilmington	15–3
2018*	2017–18 [College of Charleston Cougars men's basketball team\|Charleston] Northeastern	14–4
2019	Hofstra	15–3
2020	Hofstra	14-4
2021*	James Madison Dukes men's basketball team\|James Madison] Northeastern	8–2
2022*	Towson UNC Wilmington	15–3
2023*	Hofstra 2022–23 [Charleston Cougars men's basketball team\|Charleston]	16–2
2024	Charleston	15–3
2025	Towson	16–2

History of the tournament final

Year	CAA Champions	Score	Runner-up	Tournament MVP	Venue
1980	Old Dominion	62–51^†	Navy	, Old Dominion	Hampton Coliseum
1981	James Madison	69–60	Richmond	, James Madison	Hampton Coliseum
1982	Old Dominion	58–57	James Madison	, Old Dominion	Norfolk Scope
1983	James Madison	41–38	William & Mary	, James Madison	Robins Center
1984	Richmond	74–55	Navy	, Richmond	Convocation Center
1985	Navy	85–76	Richmond	, Navy	William & Mary Hall
1986	Navy	72–61	George Mason	, Navy	Patriot Center
1987	Navy	53–50	James Madison	, Navy	Hampton Coliseum
1988	Richmond	73–70	George Mason	, Richmond	Hampton Coliseum
1989	George Mason	78–72^†	UNC Wilmington	, George Mason	Hampton Coliseum
1990	Richmond	77–72	James Madison	, Richmond	Richmond Coliseum
1991	Richmond	81–78	George Mason	, Richmond	Richmond Coliseum
1992	Old Dominion	78–73	James Madison	, Old Dominion	Richmond Coliseum
1993	East Carolina	54–49	James Madison	, East Carolina	Richmond Coliseum
1994	James Madison	77–76	Old Dominion	, Old Dominion	Richmond Coliseum
1995	Old Dominion	80–75	James Madison	, Old Dominion	Richmond Coliseum
1996	VCU	46–43	UNC Wilmington	, VCU	Richmond Coliseum
1997	Old Dominion	62–58	James Madison	, Old Dominion	Richmond Coliseum
1998	Richmond	79–64	UNC Wilmington	, Richmond	Richmond Coliseum
1999	George Mason	63–58	Old Dominion	, George Mason	Richmond Coliseum
2000	UNC Wilmington	57–47	Richmond	, UNC Wilmington	Richmond Coliseum
2001	George Mason	35–33	UNC Wilmington	, George Mason	Richmond Coliseum
2002	UNC Wilmington	66–51	VCU	, UNC Wilmington	Richmond Coliseum
2003	UNC Wilmington	70–62	Drexel	, UNC Wilmington	Richmond Coliseum
2004	VCU	55–54	George Mason	, VCU	Richmond Coliseum
2005	Old Dominion	73–66^†	VCU	, Old Dominion	Richmond Coliseum
2006	UNC Wilmington	78–67	Hofstra	, UNC Wilmington	Richmond Coliseum
2007	VCU	65–59	George Mason	, VCU	Richmond Coliseum
2008	George Mason	68–59	William & Mary	, George Mason	Richmond Coliseum
2009	VCU	71–50	George Mason	, VCU	Richmond Coliseum
2010	Old Dominion Monarchs basketball team\|Old Dominion]	60–53	2009–10 [William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team\|William & Mary]	, Old Dominion	Richmond Coliseum
2011	Old Dominion	70–65	VCU Rams men's basketball team\|VCU]	, Old Dominion	Richmond Coliseum
2012	VCU Rams men's basketball team\|VCU]	59–56	Drexel	, VCU	Richmond Coliseum
2013	James Madison	70–57	Northeastern	, James Madison	Richmond Coliseum
2014	2013-14 [Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball team\|Delaware]	75–74	William & Mary	, Delaware	Baltimore Arena
2015	Northeastern	72–61	William & Mary	, Northeastern	Royal Farms Arena
2016	UNC Wilmington	80–73^†	Hofstra	, UNC Wilmington	Royal Farms Arena
2017	UNC Wilmington	78–69	Charleston	, UNC Wilmington	North Charleston Coliseum
2018	Charleston	83–76^†	Northeastern	, Charleston	North Charleston Coliseum
2019	Northeastern	82–74	Hofstra	, Northeastern	North Charleston Coliseum
2020	Hofstra	70–61	Northeastern	, Hofstra	Entertainment and Sports Arena
2021	2020–21 [Drexel Dragons men's basketball team\|Drexel]	63–56	2020–21 [Elon Phoenix men's basketball team\|Elon]	, Drexel	Atlantic Union Bank Center
2022	Delaware	59–55	UNC Wilmington	Jyare Davis, Delaware	Entertainment and Sports Arena
2023	Charleston	63–58	UNC Wilmington	Ryan Larson, Charleston	Entertainment and Sports Arena
2024	Charleston	82–79^†	2023–24 [Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team\|Stony Brook]	Reyne Smith, Charleston	Entertainment and Sports Arena
2025	UNC Wilmington	76–72	Delaware	Donovan Newby, UNC Wilmington	CareFirst Arena

Men's CAA tournament championships and finalists

School	Championships	Finals Appearances	Years
Old Dominion^‡	8	10	1980, 1982, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2010, 2011
UNC Wilmington	7	13	2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2016, 2017, 2025
Richmond^‡	5	8	1984, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1998
VCU^‡	5	8	1996, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2012
James Madison^‡	4	11	1981, 1983, 1994, 2013
George Mason^‡	4	10	1989, 1999, 2001, 2008
Charleston	3	4	2018, 2023, 2024
Navy^‡	3	5	1985, 1986, 1987
Northeastern	2	5	2015, 2019
Delaware	2	3	2014, 2022
Hofstra	1	4	2020
Drexel	1	2	2021
East Carolina^‡	1	1	1993
William & Mary	0	5	—
Elon	0	1	—
Stony Brook	0	1	—
Campbell	0	0	—
Hampton	0	0	—
Monmouth	0	0	—
North Carolina A&T	0	0	—
Towson	0	0	—

^‡Former member of the CAA

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Women's basketball

*	Denotes a tie for regular season conference title
†	Denotes game went into overtime

Women's CAA tournament championships and finalists

School	Championships	Finals Appearances	Years
Old Dominion^‡	17	18	1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
James Madison^‡	9	17	1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016
Drexel	3	9	2009, 2021, 2024
Delaware	3	8	2012, 2013, 2022
East Carolina^‡	2	6	1984, 1985
Richmond^‡	2	4	1990, 1991
Elon	2	2	2017, 2018
Towson	1	2	2019
Monmouth	1	1	2023
William & Mary	1	2	2025
American^‡	0	2	—
George Mason^‡	0	3	—
UNC Wilmington	0	2	—
Campbell	0	1	—
Stony Brook	0	1	—
VCU^‡	0	1	—
Hampton	0	0	—
North Carolina A&T	0	0	—
Northeastern	0	0	—

^‡Former member of the CAA

Men's soccer

Regular season champions

Note: The conference was known as the ECAC South from 1983 to 1985.
List of CAA regular season champions.

Season	Regular season champion	Conference Record
1983	George Mason	4–1–0
1984	American	5–0–2
1985	American	6–1–0
1986	George Mason	5–0–2
1987	William & Mary	6–1–0
1988	Navy	5–1–1
1989	George Mason	6–0–1
1990	George Mason	6–1–0
1991	James Madison	6–1–0
1992	William & Mary	5–0–2
1993	James Madison	7–0–0
1994	James Madison	6–0–1
1995	William & Mary	6–2–0
1996	William & Mary	8–0–0
1997	American	6–0–2
1998	VCU	7–0–1
1999	Old Dominion	7–1–0
2000	James Madison	7–1–0
2001	Old Dominion	3–0–2
2002	VCU	7–1–1
2003	VCU	8–1–0
2004	VCU	7–1–1
2005	Old Dominion	9–1–1
2006	Towson	10–0–1
2007	Drexel	8–2–1
2008	UNC Wilmington	7–4–0
2009	UNC Wilmington	8–0–3
2010	William & Mary	8–1–2
2011	James Madison	8–3–0
2012	Drexel	8–1–1
2013	Drexel	4–1–2
2014	Delaware, Hofstra & UNCW	5–2–1
2015	Elon & Hofstra	6–2–0
2016	Hofstra	7–1–0
2017	James Madison	5–1–2
2018	James Madison	6–2
2019	UNC Wilmington	7–0–1
2020–21	North Division: Hofstra	2–0–2
2020–21	South Division: James Madison	4–0–0
2021	Hofstra	5–1–2
2022	Elon	6–1–2
2023	Hofstra & Monmouth	5–1–2
2024	Elon	6–2

All-time conference championships

Note: In the 2020–21 season, impacted by COVID-10, the CAA split into North and South Divisions, with conference play solely within each division, for that season only. No champion is included for this season.