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.
| Conference | NCAA |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1981 |
| Ceased | 2000 |
| Sports fielded |
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| Division | Division II |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Region | New England |
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
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- ^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
- ^ Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
- ^ Part of the State University of New York System.
- ^ a b Currently an NCAA Division I athletic conference.
- ^ a b Formerly known as the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference (NYCAC) until spring 2006.
- ^ Part of the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities System.
- ^ Residential enrollment only. SNHU also has approximately 87,000 online students.
- ^ Currently known as Post University since 2004.
Other members
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- ^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
- ^ Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
- ^ a b Part of the State University of New York System.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Currently an NCAA Division I athletic conference.
- ^ Part of the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities System.
- ^ Currently a defunct NCAA Division I athletic conference.
- ^ Central Connecticut State had joined the following subsequent conferences: as an NCAA D-II Independent during the 1985–86 school year; as an NCAA D-I Independent from 1986–87 to 1989–90, and during the 1992–93 school year; the East Coast Conference[f] (ECC) from 1990–91 to 1991–92, and during the 1993–94 school year; and the Mid-Continent Conference[d] (Mid-Con) from 1994–95 to 1996–97.
- ^ Currently an NCAA Division III athletic conference.
Membership timeline
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Notable alumni
edit- Bill Bayno, Sacred Heart, Former UNLV head men's basketball coach
- Manute Bol, Bridgeport, NBA center with Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, and Philadelphia 76ers
- Joe Nathan, Stony Brook, Major League Baseball pitcher with San Francisco Giants, Minnesota Twins, and Texas Rangers
- Mike Petke, Southern Connecticut, MLS soccer player with Colorado Rapids, New York/New Jersey Metrostars and D.C. United