Coastal Collegiate Sports Association
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| Formerly | Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association |
|---|---|
| Association | NCAA |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Commissioner | Mike Hagen (since October 2015) |
| Sports fielded |
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| Division | Division I |
| No. of teams | 4 |
| Headquarters | Macon, Georgia |
| Official website | theccsa.com |
| Locations | |
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The Coastal Collegiate Sports Association is an NCAA Division I college athletic conference.
Established in 2008, the Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association (CCSA) was originally developed by four regional Division I conferences — the ASUN Conference, Big South Conference, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, and the Southern Conference — to create a centralized home for their members with swimming and diving programs.
In October 2015, the CCSA added the newly recognized NCAA sport of beach volleyball and rebranded itself the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association.
CCSA beach volleyball went through major changes in 2021. The CCSA entered into a beach volleyball partnership with Conference USA (C-USA) under which the 2021 CCSA championship in that sport was split into two groups, with the six full C-USA and Sun Belt Conference members playing in one group. Following the 2021 championship, those six schools—C-USA members Florida Atlantic, FIU, Southern Miss, and UAB, plus Sun Belt members Georgia State and Louisiana–Monroe (ULM)—formed a new C-USA beach volleyball league, with another Sun Belt member, Coastal Carolina, joining them.[1] At the same time, Charleston and UNC Wilmington (UNCW) left CCSA beach volleyball for the ASUN.[2]
In August 2023, ASUN began sponsoring men's and women's swimming and diving fully absorbing the entirety of the CCSA swimming and diving members, and SMU from The American, leaving the four beach volleyball members as the only remaining members of the conference.[3]
The CCSA now has 4 member schools, representing four states (Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Texas).
Members
[edit]All four remaining members are beach volleyball members.
| School | Nickname | Joined | Primary Conference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida State University | Seminoles | 2015 | ACC |
| Louisiana State University | Tigers | 2015 | SEC |
| University of South Carolina | Gamecocks | 2015 | SEC |
| University of Texas at Austin | Longhorns | 2024 | SEC |
Former members
[edit]- ^ Charleston's Men's and women's swimming joined the CAA after the 2012-13 season before the sport was dropped after the 2014-15 season.
- ^ Florida A&M's men's and women's swimming was dropped after the 2010-11 season.
- ^ North Carolina A&T's women's swimming was dropped after the 2015-16 season.
- ^ Radford's women's swimming was dropped after the 2013-14 season.
Membership timeline
[edit]
Men's & Women's Swimming Beach Volleyball Women's Swimming Men's Swimming Men's Swimming & Beach Volleyball
Swimming & Diving Champions
[edit]| Year | Men's Champion |
Women's Champion |
Site |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | College of Charleston | Davidson | Huntersville Family Fitness & Aquatics • Huntersville, NC |
| 2009 | College of Charleston | Florida Gulf Coast | Gabrielsen Natatorium • Athens, GA |
| 2010 | Davidson | Florida Gulf Coast | Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center • Knoxville, TN |
| 2011 | Davidson | Florida Gulf Coast | Gabrielsen Natatorium • Athens, GA |
| 2012 | Davidson | Florida Gulf Coast | Gabrielsen Natatorium • Athens, GA |
| 2013 | Davidson | Florida Gulf Coast | Gabrielsen Natatorium • Athens, GA |
| 2014 | Incarnate Word | Liberty | Allan Jones Natatorium • Knoxville, TN |
| 2015 | UMBC | Florida Gulf Coast | Gabrielsen Natatorium • Athens, GA |
| 2016 | UMBC | Florida Gulf Coast | Gabrielsen Natatorium • Athens, GA |
| 2017 | UMBC | Florida Gulf Coast | Gabrielsen Natatorium • Athens, GA |
| 2018 | Incarnate Word | Florida Gulf Coast | Gabrielsen Natatorium • Athens, GA |
| 2019 | Incarnate Word | Liberty | Liberty Natatorium • Lynchburg, VA |
| 2020 | Incarnate Word | Liberty | Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center • Knoxville, TN |
| 2021 | Gardner-Webb | Liberty | Liberty Natatorium • Lynchburg, VA |
| 2022 | Incarnate Word | Liberty | Liberty Natatorium • Lynchburg, VA |
Beach Volleyball Champions
[edit]| Year | Regular Season Champion (Record) |
Tournament Champion |
Tournament Runner-up |
Tournament Site | Teams to NCAA Tournament |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 [10][11][12] |
Florida State (7–0) | Florida State | Georgia State | LakePoint Sporting Community • Emerson, GA | Florida State Georgia State |
| 2017 [13][14][15] |
Florida State (8–0) | Florida State | FIU | LakePoint Sporting Community • Emerson, GA | Florida State LSU South Carolina |
| 2018 [16][17][18] |
Florida State (10–0) | Florida State | LSU | LakePoint Sporting Community • Emerson, GA | Florida State FIU LSU South Carolina |
| 2019 [19][20] |
Florida State (13–1) | Florida State | LSU | LakePoint Sporting Community • Emerson, GA | Florida State LSU |
| 2020 | No championship held due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2021 | Florida State (17–1) | Florida State (Aqua Bracket) FAU (Blue Bracket) |
LSU (Aqua Bracket) Georgia State (Blue Bracket) |
John Hunt Sand Volleyball Complex • Huntsville, AL | Florida State LSU TCU |
| 2022 | TCU (7–1) | Florida State | TCU | John Hunt Sand Volleyball Complex • Huntsville, AL | Florida State LSU TCU |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "CCSA Announces Beach Volleyball Membership Split With Conference USA; 2022 Championship Dates Set" (Press release). Coastal Collegiate Sports Association. September 28, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
- ^ a b "ASUN Conference Announces Additions of Col. of Charleston and UNCW in Beach Volleyball" (Press release). ASUN Conference. July 6, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
- ^ "ASUN Conference Adds Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving". asunsports.org. 2023-08-28. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "Statement From College of Charleston Director of Athletics Joe Hull" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. CofCSports.com. Disbanded at the conclusion of the 2014-2015 school year
- ^ a b "Six Howard University Athletics Programs Join the Northeast Conference As Associate Members" (Press release). Northeast Conference. July 6, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
- ^ "MPSF SWIMMING & DIVING ADDS INCARNATE WORD" (Press release). July 11, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ "NJIT to Join America East Conference as 10th Member Institution" (Press release). NJIT Highlanders. June 12, 2020. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
- ^ "2015-16 CCSA Men's Swimming & Diving Record Book" (PDF). Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
- ^ "2015-16 CCSA Women's Swimming & Diving Record Book" (PDF). Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
- ^ "CCSA Beach Volleyball Championship Seeds Set; FSU Top Seed". Coastal Collegiate Sports Association. April 17, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
- ^ "Florida State Claims First CCSA Beach Championship". Coastal Collegiate Sports Association. April 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
- ^ "CCSA CHAMPIONS!!!". Florida State University. April 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
- ^ "CCSA Championship Seeds Set; Florida State and LSU Earn Top Seeds". Coastal Collegiate Sports Association. April 15, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ "Florida State Goes Back-to-Back as @CCSA_Beach Champions". Coastal Collegiate Sports Association. April 23, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ "Florida State, LSU and South Carolina To Play in #NCAABeachVB Championship". Coastal Collegiate Sports Association. April 30, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ "Florida State Earns Top Seed for 2018 CCSA Championship; Pool Play Begins Friday" (Press release). Coastal Collegiate Sports Association. April 15, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ "Florida State Captures Third Straight #CCSABeachVB Championship" (Press release). Coastal Collegiate Sports Association. April 22, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ "Conference Record Four #CCSABeachVB Teams Selected for NCAA Championship" (Press release). Coastal Collegiate Sports Association. April 29, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ "Beach Goes 3-0 in Texas" (Press release). Florida State Seminoles. April 12, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ "Florida State Four-Peats as #CCSABeachVB Champions" (Press release). Coastal Collegiate Sports Association. April 21, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2019.