Coastal Alabama Community College


Coastal Alabama Community College is a public Community colleges in [the United States|community college] with campuses in southern Alabama. Coastal Alabama was formed through the consolidation of Alabama Southern Community College, Faulkner State Community College, and Jefferson Davis Community College.

History

Coastal Alabama Community College was established in 2017 by the merging of three community colleges: Alabama Southern, Faulkner State, and Jefferson Davis.
Faulkner State community colleges were founded in 1963.
Jefferson Davis was founded in 1963, and Atmore State Technical College was founded in 1972. These two community colleges later merged in 1990 to form Jefferson Davis Community College.
Patrick Henry State Junior College and Hobson State Technical were founded in 1963. These two community colleges decided to merge 28 years later to create Alabama Southern Community College.
In 2002, Alabama Aviation College was created and later in 2018 was absorbed by Coastal Alabama Community College.

Accreditation

The college is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern [Association of Colleges and Schools] to award three different types of Associate degrees: Associate of Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Applied Science degrees.
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The college offers athletics programs in the following fields: Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Volleyball, Golf, Tennis, and Cheerleading.
In 2010 longtime Head Coach Wayne Larker led the baseball team to its first-ever appearance in the NJCAA World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Campuses

Notable people