The East Coast Conference was an NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

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 Division I college athletic conference. It was founded as the university division of the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) in 1958. The MAC consisted of over 30 teams at this time, making it impossible to organize a full conference schedule in sports like football, basketball, and baseball. In 1958, the larger schools organized their own mini-conference, made up of 11 schools (7 for football). In 1974, the larger schools in the MAC officially formed the East Coast Conference. Following many departures, the conference ceased to exist following the 1991-92 academic year, due to a lack of membership. In 1993-94, 6 schools reorganized as the East Coat Conference, but the only remained so for one year. In 1994, the East Coast Conference was absorbed by the Mid-Continent Conference, though Hofstra instead decided to join the North Atlantic Conference

America East Conference

The America East Conference is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located mainly in the northeastern United States. The conference was known as the ECAC North from 1979 to 1988 and the North Atlantic Conference from the fall semester of 1988 to the end of the spring...

. None of the ECC schools which joined the Mid-Continent Conference (now The Summit League) are still in the conference today.

According to the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation's web site, the East Coast Conference was not a successor to the MAC. 11 of the 12 University Division members left to form the original ECC in 1974, but the organization continued as an NCAA Division III conference when the NCAA adopted a division structure.

"June 4–6, 1974 - The first major schism to be focused on this study occurs when the MAC University Division, with 12 members, loses 11 members, who leave to form their own conference (East Coast Conference). American, Bucknell, Delaware, Drexel, Lafayette, La Salle, Lehigh, Rider, St. Joseph's, Temple and West Chester all leave. Gettysburg, which opts to join the College Division, is the only University Division institution to remain."

Founding members

Institution	First Year	Last Year	Next Conference	Current Conference
Bucknell University Bucknell University Bucknell University is a private liberal arts university located alongside the West Branch Susquehanna River in the rolling countryside of Central Pennsylvania in the town of Lewisburg, 30 miles southeast of Williamsport and 60 miles north of Harrisburg. The university consists of the College of...	1958–1959	1989–1990	Patriot League Patriot League The Patriot League is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I) for a number of sports; in football, it participates in the Football Championship Subdivision...	Patriot League
University of Delaware University of Delaware The university is organized into seven colleges:* College of Agriculture and Natural Resources* College of Arts and Sciences* Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics* College of Earth, Ocean and Environment* College of Education and Human Development...	1958–1959	1990–1991	North Atlantic America East Conference The America East Conference is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located mainly in the northeastern United States. The conference was known as the ECAC North from 1979 to 1988 and the North Atlantic Conference from the fall semester of 1988 to the end of the spring...	CAA Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...
Drexel University Drexel University Drexel University is a private research university with the main campus located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a noted financier and philanthropist. Drexel offers 70 full-time undergraduate programs and accelerated degrees...	1958–1959	1990–1991	North Atlantic	CAA
Gettysburg College Gettysburg College Gettysburg College is a private four-year liberal arts college founded in 1832, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States, adjacent to the famous battlefield. Its athletic teams are nicknamed the Bullets. Gettysburg College has about 2,700 students, with roughly equal numbers of men and women...	1958–1959	1973–1974		Division III
La Salle University La Salle University La Salle University is a private, co-educational, Roman Catholic university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Named for St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, the school was founded in 1863 by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. As of 2008 the school has approximately 7,554...	1958–1959	1991–1992	Midwestern Collegiate Conference	Atlantic Ten Atlantic Ten Conference The Atlantic 10 Conference is a college athletic conference which operates mostly on the United States' eastern seaboard. It also has two member schools in Ohio: Dayton and Xavier, located in Dayton and Cincinnati, respectively. Another member, Saint Louis is located in St. Louis, Missouri...
Lafayette College Lafayette College Lafayette College is a private coeducational liberal arts and engineering college located in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. The school, founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter,son of General Andrew Porter of Norristown and citizens of Easton, first began holding classes in 1832...	1958–1959	1989–1990	Patriot League	Patriot League
Lehigh University Lehigh University Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school, but has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines...	1958–1959	1989–1990	Patriot League	Patriot League
Muhlenberg College Muhlenberg College Muhlenberg College is a private liberal arts college located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1848, Muhlenberg is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and is named for Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, the patriarch of the Lutheran Church in America.- History...	1958–1959	1963–1964		Division III
Rutgers University Rutgers University Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...	1958–1959	1961–1962		Big East Big East Conference The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of sixteen universities in the eastern half of the United States. The conference's 17 members participate in 24 NCAA sports...
Saint Joseph's University Saint Joseph's University Saint Joseph's University is a private, coeducational Roman Catholic Jesuit university located partially in the Wynnefield section of Philadelphia and partially in Lower Merion Township and located in the Pennsylvania Main Line, Pennsylvania, United States.The school was founded in 1851 as Saint...	1958–1959	1981–1982	Atlantic Ten	Atlantic Ten
Temple University Temple University Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...	1958–1959	1981–1982	Atlantic Ten	Atlantic Ten

Former members

Institution	First Year	Last Year	Next Conference	Current Conference
American University American University American University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...	1965–1966	1983–1984	CAA Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...	Patriot League Patriot League The Patriot League is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I) for a number of sports; in football, it participates in the Football Championship Subdivision...
Brooklyn College Brooklyn College Brooklyn College is a senior college of the City University of New York, located in Brooklyn, New York, United States.Established in 1930 by the New York City Board of Higher Education, the College had its beginnings as the Downtown Brooklyn branches of Hunter College and the City College of New...	1991–1992	1991–1992		Division III
University at Buffalo	1991–1992	1993–1994	Mid-Continent	MAC Mid-American Conference The Mid-American Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan, with single members...
Central Connecticut State University Central Connecticut State University Central Connecticut State University is a state university in New Britain, Connecticut, United States.The school was moved to its present campus in 1922...	1990–1991	1993–1994	Mid-Continent	Northeast Northeast Conference The Northeast Conference is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA. The NCAA designates the Northeast Conference to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football and to Division I Sports for all other sports.Founded in 1981 as the ECAC-Metro...
Chicago State University Chicago State University Chicago State University is a state university of the U.S. state of Illinois, located in Chicago.-History:Cook County Normal School was founded in 1867, largely through the initiative of John F. Eberhart, the Commissioner of Schools for Cook County...	1993–1994	1993–1994	Mid-Continent	Great West
Hofstra University Hofstra University Hofstra University is a private, nonsectarian institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead, New York, United States, about east of New York City: less than an hour away by train or car...	1965–1966	1993–1994	America East America East Conference The America East Conference is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located mainly in the northeastern United States. The conference was known as the ECAC North from 1979 to 1988 and the North Atlantic Conference from the fall semester of 1988 to the end of the spring...	CAA
University of Maryland, Baltimore County	1990–1991	1991–1992	Big South Big South Conference The Big South Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I. The conference's football teams are part of the Football Championship Subdivision...	America East
Northeastern Illinois University Northeastern Illinois University Northeastern Illinois University is a public state university located in Chicago, Illinois. The main campus is located in the community area of North Park with three additional campuses in the metropolitan area. Tracing its founding to 1867, it was first established as a separate branch of a...	1993–1994	1993–1994	Mid-Continent	Dropped Athletics
Rider University Rider University Rider University is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian university located chiefly in Lawrenceville, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States...	1966–1967	1991–1992	Northeast	MAAC Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider...
Towson State University Towson University Towson University, often referred to as TU or simply Towson for short, is a public university located in Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland, U.S...	1982–1983	1991–1992	Big South	CAA
Troy State University Troy University Troy University is a public university that is located in Troy, Alabama, United States. It was originally founded in 1887 as Troy Normal School. Its main campus enrollment is 7,194 students. The total enrollment of all Troy University campuses is 29,689...	1993–1994	1993–1994	Mid-Continent	Sun Belt Sun Belt Conference The Sun Belt Conference is a college athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Its football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , the higher of two levels of Division I football competition . The Sun Belt has member institutions...
West Chester University	1969–1970	1981–1982	Division II	Division II

Regular season

• 1959 St. Joseph’s
• 1960 St. Joseph’s
• 1961 St. Joseph’s
• 1962 St. Joseph’s
• 1963 St. Joseph’s
• 1964 Temple
• 1965 St. Joseph’s
• 1966 St. Joseph’s
• 1967 Temple
• 1968 La Salle
• 1969 Temple
• 1970 St. Joseph’s (East)/Rider (West)/Lehigh (West)/Lafayette (West)
• 1971 St. Joseph’s (East)/Lafayette (West)
• 1972 Temple (East)/Rider (West)
• 1973 St. Joseph’s (East)/Lafayette (West)
• 1974 St. Joseph’s (East)/La Salle (East)/Rider (West)
• 1975 American (East)/La Salle (East)/Lafayette (West)
• 1976 St. Joseph’s (East)/Lafayette (West)
• 1977 Temple (East)/Hofstra (East)/Lafayette (West)
• 1978 La Salle (East)/Lafayette (West)
• 1979 Temple (East)/Bucknell (West)
• 1980 St. Joseph’s (East)/Lafayette (West)
• 1981 American (East)/Lafayette (West)/Rider (West)
• 1982 Temple (East)/West Chester (West)
• 1983 American (East)/La Salle (East)/Hofstra (East)/Rider (West)
• 1984 Bucknell
• 1985 Bucknell
• 1986 Drexel
• 1987 Bucknell
• 1988 Lafayette
• 1989 Bucknell
• 1990 Towson/Hofstra/Lehigh
• 1991 Towson
• 1992 Hofstra
• 1993 DNP
• 1994 Troy

Conference tournament

• 1975 La Salle
• 1976 Hofstra
• 1977 Hofstra
• 1978 La Salle
• 1979 Temple
• 1980 La Salle
• 1981 St. Joseph’s
• 1982 St. Joseph’s
• 1983 La Salle
• 1984 Rider
• 1985 Lehigh
• 1986 Drexel
• 1987 Bucknell
• 1988 Lehigh
• 1989 Bucknell
• 1990 Towson
• 1991 Towson
• 1992 Towson
• 1993 DNP
• 1994 Hofstra