Coastal Athletic Association

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 (VCU) 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 (the most recent being the James Madison University Dukes who won the 2018 Division I Women's Lacrosse championship), 33 individual national champions, 11 national coaches of the year, 11 national players of the year and 12 Honda Award winners. In 2006, George Mason became the first CAA team to reach the Final Four. In 2011, the 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 (SBC). 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 (at which time it was counted as an FBS member for scheduling purposes after meeting an NCAA minimum requirement of five FBS opponents at home), 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. On November 28, 2023, Delaware announced its departure from the CAA and transition to the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) joining Conference USA on July 1, 2025. ==Commissioners==

Full members Current full members ;Notes: Former full members ;Notes 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 (WCC) in 2027. ;Notes: Future associate members ;Notes: Former associate members ;Notes: Membership timeline DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:1000 height:auto barincrement:20 Period = from:1979 till:2030 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:5 left:5 bottom:40 top:5 Colors = id:line value:black id:bg value:white id:Full value:rgb(0.7,0.9,0.8) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports id:FullxF value:rgb(0.9,0.8,0.7) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports except for football id:AssocF value:rgb(0.9,0.7,0.8) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for football only id:AssocOS value:rgb(0.8,0.9,0.7) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for another sport only id:OtherC1 value:rgb(0.996,0.996,0.699) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved in another conference id:OtherC2 value:rgb(0.988,0.703,0.383) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved in another conference when the other color has already been used PlotData= width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s bar:1 color:FullxF from:1979 till:1981 text:Baltimore (1979–81) bar:1 shift:(75) color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:1983 text:ECAC-Metro (1981–83), then dropped athletics bar:2 color:FullxF from:1979 till:1981 text:Catholic (D.C.) (1979–81) bar:2 color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:1982 bar:2 shift:(80) color:OtherC2 from:1982 till:1984 text:ODAC bar:2 color:OtherC1 from:1984 till:1989 bar:2 color:OtherC2 from:1989 till:2007 text:CAC bar:2 color:OtherC1 from:2007 till:end text:Landmark bar:3 color:FullxF from:1979 till:1981 text:St. Francis (Pa.) (1979–81) bar:3 shift:(110) color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:1988 text:ECAC-Metro bar:3 shift:(40) color:OtherC2 from:1988 till:end text:NEC bar:4 color:FullxF from:1979 till:1981 text:Towson State (1979–81) bar:4 shift:(80) color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:1982 text:ECAC-Metro (1981–82) bar:4 shift:(170) color:OtherC2 from:1982 till:1992 text:ECC bar:4 color:OtherC1 from:1992 till:1995 text:Big South bar:4 color:OtherC2 from:1995 till:2001 text:America East bar:4 color:FullxF from:2001 till:end text:Towson (2001–present) bar:5 color:FullxF from:1979 till:1982 text:Old Dominion (1979–82) bar:5 shift:(75) color:OtherC1 from:1982 till:1991 text:Sun Belt bar:5 color:FullxF from:1991 till:2013 text:(1991–2013) bar:5 color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:2022 text:C-USA bar:5 color:OtherC2 from:2022 till:end text:Sun Belt bar:6 color:FullxF from:1979 till:1991 text:Navy (1979–91) bar:6 color:OtherC1 from:1991 till:end text:Patriot bar:7 color:FullxF from:1979 till:2001 text:Richmond (1979–2001) bar:7 color:OtherC1 from:2001 till:end text:A-10 bar:8 color:FullxF from:1979 till:2013 text:George Mason (1979–2013) bar:8 color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:end text:A-10 bar:9 color:FullxF from:1979 till:2022 text:James Madison (1979–2022) bar:9 color:OtherC1 from:2022 till:end text:Sun Belt bar:10 color:FullxF from:1979 till:end text:William & Mary (1979–present) bar:11 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1981 text:DI Ind. bar:11 color:FullxF from:1981 till:2001 text:East Carolina (1981–2001) bar:11 color:OtherC1 from:2001 till:2014 text: C-USA bar:11 color:OtherC2 from:2014 till:end text: AAC bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1984 text:ECC bar:12 color:FullxF from:1984 till:2001 text:American (1984–2001) bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:2001 till:end text:Patriot bar:13 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1984 text:DI Ind. bar:13 color:FullxF from:1984 till:end text:UNC Wilmington (1984–present) bar:14 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1991 text:Sun Belt bar:14 color:OtherC2 from:1991 till:1995 text:Metro bar:14 color:FullxF from:1995 till:2012 text:VCU (1995–2012) bar:14 color:OtherC1 from:2012 till:end text:A-10 bar:16 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1991 text:ECC bar:16 color:OtherC2 from:1991 till:1996 text:NAC bar:16 color:OtherC2 from:1996 till:2001 text:AmEast bar:16 color:FullxF from:2001 till:2025 text:Delaware (2001–25) bar:16 color:OtherC1 from:2025 till:end text:C-USA bar:17 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1991 text:ECC bar:17 color:OtherC2 from:1991 till:1996 text:NAC bar:17 color:OtherC2 from:1996 till:2001 text:AmEast bar:17 color:FullxF from:2001 till:end text:Drexel (2001–present) bar:18 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1994 text:ECC bar:18 color:OtherC2 from:1994 till:1996 text:NAC bar:18 color:OtherC2 from:1996 till:2001 text:AmEast bar:18 color:FullxF from:2001 till:end text:Hofstra (2001–present) bar:19 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1981 text:Sun Belt bar:19 shift:(10) color:OtherC2 from:1981 till:2013 text:DI Ind. bar:19 color:OtherC1 from:1983 till:2001 text:TAAC bar:19 color:OtherC1 from:2001 till:2005 text:A-Sun bar:19 color:FullxF from:2005 till:2013 text:Georgia State (2005–13) bar:19 color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:end text:Sun Belt bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1981 text:DI Ind. bar:20 color:OtherC2 from:1981 till:1988 text:ECAC-North bar:20 color:OtherC2 from:1988 till:1996 text:NAC bar:20 color:OtherC2 from:1996 till:2005 text:AmEast bar:20 color:FullxF from:2005 till:end text:Northeastern (2005–present) bar:38 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1991 text:NAIA Ind. bar:38 color:OtherC2 from:1991 till:1998 text:TAAC bar:38 color:OtherC1 from:1998 till:2013 text:SoCon bar:38 color:FullxF from:2013 till:end text:Charleston (2013–present) bar:41 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1989 text:CIAC bar:41 color:OtherC2 from:1989 till:1997 text:SAC bar:41 color:OtherC1 from:1997 till:1999 text:DI Ind. bar:41 color:OtherC2 from:1999 till:2003 text:Big South bar:41 color:OtherC1 from:2003 till:2014 text:SoCon bar:41 color:FullxF from:2014 till:end text:Elon (2014–present) bar:45 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1995 text:CIAA bar:45 color:OtherC2 from:1995 till:2018 text:MEAC bar:45 color:OtherC1 from:2018 till:2022 text:Big South bar:45 color:FullxF from:2022 till:end text:Hampton (2022–present) bar:46 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1985 text:Ind. bar:46 color:OtherC2 from:1985 till:2013 text:NEC bar:46 color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:2022 text:MAAC bar:46 color:FullxF from:2022 till:end text:Monmouth (2022–present) bar:47 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:2021 text:MEAC bar:47 shift:(-30) color:OtherC2 from:2021 till:2022 text:Big South bar:47 color:FullxF from:2022 till:end text:North Carolina A&T (2022–present) bar:39 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1989 text:DIII Ind. bar:39 color:OtherC2 from:1989 till:1994 text:Skyline bar:39 shift:-20 color:OtherC1 from:1994 till:1995 text:DIII Ind. bar:39 color:OtherC2 from:1995 till:1999 text:NECC bar:39 color:OtherC1 from:1999 till:2001 text:DI Ind. bar:39 color:OtherC2 from:2001 till:2022 text:AmEast bar:39 color:FullxF from:2022 till:end text:Stony Brook (2022–present) bar:48 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1983 text:DI Ind. bar:48 color:OtherC2 from:1983 till:1994 text:Big South bar:48 color:OtherC1 from:1994 till:2001 text:TAAC bar:48 color:OtherC1 from:2001 till:2011 text:A-Sun bar:48 color:OtherC2 from:2011 till:2023 text:Big South bar:48 color:FullxF from:2023 till:end text:Campbell (2023–present) bar:N color:powderblue from:1979 till:1985 text:ECAC South bar:N color:blue from:1985 till:2023 text:Colonial Athletic Association bar:N color:powderblue from:2023 till:end text:Coastal Athletic Association ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:2 start:1980 TextData = fontsize:M textcolor:black pos:(0,20) tabs:(400-center) text:^"Colonial Athletic Association membership history" • > If the chart uses more than one bar color, add a legend by selecting the appropriate fields from the following three options (use only the colors that are used in the graphic.) Leave a blank line after the end of the timeline, then add a line with the selected values from the list, separated by a space. ==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. Men's sponsored sports by school ;Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the CAA which are played by CAA schools ;Notes Women's sponsored sports by school ;Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the CAA which are played by CAA schools ;Notes In addition to the above, Charleston counts its female cheerleaders (though not its male 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 ==Men's basketball==

Regular season champions Note: The conference was known as the ECAC South from 1979 to 1985. History of the tournament final Men's CAA tournament championships and finalists ‡Former member of the CAA Broadcasters ==Women's basketball==

Regular season champions History of the tournament finals Women's CAA tournament championships and finalists ‡Former member of the CAA ==Football==

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