New England Collegiate Conference (Division II)

For the Division III conference, see New England Collegiate Conference.
New England Collegiate Conference
(NECC)
Established 1981
Dissolved 2000
Association NCAA
Division Division II
Members 8
Sports fielded 12 (men's: 6; women's: 6)
Region New England

The New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) was an NCAA Division II college athletic conference based in the Northeastern United States that dissolved during the late 1990s after most of its members either moved to Division I or joined Division II leagues such as the Northeast-10 Conference or the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference, now known as the East Coast Conference.

The conference was founded in 1981 as the New England College Basketball League, and eventually expanded to sponsor eleven sports: men's and women's soccer, men's and women's volleyball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's basketball, baseball and softball.

Member schools

Final members

Institution Location Nickname Current Conference Classification Joined Left
Binghamton University Vestal, New York Bearcats America East NCAA Division I 1998-99 1999-2000
University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, Connecticut Purple Knights ECC NCAA Division II 1981-82 1999-2000
Felician College Lodi, New Jersey Golden Falcons CACC NCAA Division II 1999-2000 1999-2000
Franklin Pierce University Rindge, New Hampshire Ravens Northeast-10 NCAA Division II 1988-89 1999-2000
University of Massachusetts Lowell
(UMass Lowell)		 Lowell, Massachusetts River Hawks America East NCAA Division I 1981-82 1999-2000
University of New Haven West Haven, Connecticut Chargers Northeast-10 NCAA Division II 1981-82 1999-2000
Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, Connecticut Owls Northeast-10 NCAA Division II 1981-82 1999-2000
Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, New Hampshire Penmen Northeast-10 NCAA Division II 1981-82 1999-2000
Teikyo Post University Waterbury, Connecticut Eagles CACC NCAA Division II 1999-2000 1999-2000

Other members

Institution Location Nickname Current Conference Classification Joined Left
University at Albany Albany, New York Great Danes America East NCAA Division I 1995-96 1998-99
Central Connecticut State University New Britain, Connecticut Blue Devils NEC NCAA Division I 1983-84 1984-85
Keene State College Keene, New Hampshire Owls Little East NCAA Division III 1986-87 1996-97
Le Moyne College Syracuse, New York Dolphins Northeast-10 NCAA Division II 1992-93 1995-96
Quinnipiac University Hamden, Connecticut Bobcats MAAC NCAA Division I 1981-82 1986-87
Sacred Heart University Fairfield, Connecticut Pioneers NEC NCAA Division I 1981-82 1998-99
Stony Brook University Stony Brook, New York Seawolves America East NCAA Division I 1995-96 1998-99

Membership timeline

Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Post University Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Felician College Binghamton University Stony Brook University University at Albany, SUNY Northeast-10 Conference Northeast-10 Conference Franklin Pierce University Little East Conference Keene State College Northeast Conference The Summit League East Coast Conference (Division I) East Coast Conference (Division I) America East Conference Central Connecticut State University Northeast-10 Conference Southern New Hampshire University Northeast-10 Conference Southern Connecticut State University Northeast Conference Sacred Heart University Northeast Conference Northeast-10 Conference Quinnipiac University Northeast-10 Conference East Coast Conference University of New Haven America East Conference Northeast-10 Conference University of Massachusetts Lowell East Coast Conference University of Bridgeport

Notable alumni

References

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