Coast to Coast Athletic Conference
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, Michigan, New York, 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 American Collegiate Athletic Association would merge with the Capital Athletic Conference. 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".

Chronological timeline
 1989 – The Captial Athletic Conference was formed with six charter members: The Catholic University of America, Gallaudet University, University of Mary Washington, Marymount University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and York College of Pennsylvania.
 1991 – Salisbury University joined the conference in all sports starting in the 1991-92 season.
 1993 – Goucher College joined the conference in all sports starting in the 1993-94 season.
 2005 – Catholic and Goucher announced they would be departing for the new Landmark Conference for the 2007-08 season.
 2006 – Hood College and Villa Julie College (now Stevenson University) joined the conference in some sports starting in the 2006-07 season.
 2007 – Hood, Stevenson, and Wesley College joined in all sports for the 2007-08 season.
 2009 – Gallaudet left the conference for the North Eastern Athletic Conference (now United East Conference) for the 2009-10 season.
 2010 – Frostburg State University joined the conference in all sports for the 2010-11 season.
 2012 – Hood and Stevenson departed for the Middle Atlantic Conferences effective June 1, 2012.
 2013 – Christopher Newport University, Penn State Harrisburg, and Southern Virginia University joined in all sports effective on June 1, 2013.
 2013 – William Paterson University and New Jersey City University joined as associate members in men's golf.
 2016 – Associate, William Paterson departed from the conference in men's golf after the 2015-16 season.
 2018 – Marymount and Wesley departed for the new Atlantic East Conference for the 2018-19 season.
 2018 – Babson College joined the conference as a men's golf associate for the 2018-19 season.
 2019 – Frostburg State began the transition to NCAA Division II for the 2019-20 season, thus departed for the Mountain East Conference.
 2019 – Penn State Harrisburg returned to the North Eastern Athletic Conference (now United East Conference) for the 2019-20 season. 
 2019 – Carnegie Mellon University joined the conference as an associate in men's golf for the 2019-20 season.
 2020 – York departed for the Middle Atlantic Conferences after the 2019-20 season.
 2020 – The conference announced that it would absorb the American Collegiate Athletic Association starting in the 2020-21 season. Therefore, all full members, University of California, Santa Cruz, Finlandia University, Mills College (women's sports only), Mount Mary University (women's sports only), Pine Manor College, and Pratt Institute, and associate member, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, of the ACAA joined in their respective memberships.
 2020 – The Capital Athletic Conference announced that it would rebrand as the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference.
 2020 – The conference dropped men's and women's swimming and golf as conference sports after the 2020-21 season, therefore, men's golf associates, Babson, Carnegie Mellon and New Jersey City departed.
 2021 – St. Mary's departed for the North Eastern Athletic Conference (now United East Conference) for the 2021-22 season. St. Mary's rejoined as an associate member in men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field.
 2021 – Southern Virginia departed for the USA South Athletic Conference for the 2021-22 season.
 2021 – Pine Manor was acquired by Boston College and dissolved their athletics programs after the 2020-21 season.
 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 will transition to a co-ed university. However, the future state of athletics at the school is unknown.
 2022 – University of Wisconsin–Platteville will join the conference as an associate member in men's soccer for the 2022-23 season.

Member schools

Current members
The league currently has eight full members. Departing members are highlighted in red.

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Associate members

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Future associate members

Former members

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Former associate members

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Membership timeline

Sports
The C2C sponsors championships in the following sports:

Men's sponsored sports by school

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

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Women's sponsored sports by school

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

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Current champions

The table below shows the current list of champions for the C2C/CAC championships. The number in parentheses is the number of total championships that team has won in that sport.

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