The Coast to Coast Athletic Conference (C2C; officially stylized as Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference), formerly named Capital Athletic Conference (CAC), is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located throughout the United States in the states of California, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

History

Formed in 1989 as Capital Athletic Conference (CAC), the charter members were The Catholic University of America, Gallaudet University, the University of Mary Washington, Marymount University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and York College of Pennsylvania. 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. .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. On November 18, 2020, the Capital Athletic Conference announced its rebranding as the "Coast to Coast Athletic Conference". 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. 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). On July 26, 2022, the C2C announced that it would form the Coastal Lacrosse Conference, a single sport, men's lacrosse conference, with the New Jersey Athletic Conference. The members would include Christopher Newport University, Salisbury University, and University of Mary Washington from the C2C and Kean University, Montclair State University, and Stockton University from the NJAC. Play began in the 2022-23 season. On July 27, 2022, the C2C announced the addition of Warren Wilson College as a full member starting in the 2022-23 season.

Chronological timeline

Member schools

Current members

The C2C currently has six full members, four are public schools and two are private schools:

Future member

The C2C will have one new full member, a private school:

Former members

The C2C had 16 former full members, all but three were private schools:

Former associate members

The C2C had seven former associate members, five were public schools and two were private schools:

Membership timeline

Sports

The C2C sponsors championships in the following sports:

Men's sponsored sports by school

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the C2C that are played by C2C schools

Women's sponsored sports by school

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by C2C that are played by C2C schools

Current champions

The table below shows the current list of champions for the C2C/CAC championships.