Coastal Collegiate Sports Association

NCAA Division I college athletic conference

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February 2025 The remaining CCSA members announced they would move their beach volleyball programs to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation beginning in the 2026 season, effectively ending the CCSA after 17 seasons.
2024 University of Texas at Austin joined the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) as a member of the SEC conference.
2023 Final year for many members including Bellarmine University, Campbell University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Gardner–Webb University, Georgia Southern University, James Madison University, Liberty University, Missouri State, North Carolina at Asheville, North Florida, Old Dominion, Queens University, and TCU.
August 2023 ASUN fully absorbed the CCSA swimming and diving members, including SMU from The American, leaving only four beach volleyball members in the conference.
2022 TCU won the Regular Season Championship with a 7-1 record. Florida State won the Tournament Championship, defeating TCU at the John Hunt Sand Volleyball Complex in Huntsville, AL.
2022 Incarnate Word wins Men's Championship and Liberty wins Women's Championship at Liberty Natatorium in Lynchburg, VA
2022 Grand Canyon, Queens, and James Madison join the CCSA.
2022 Grand Canyon University joins for beach volleyball, Queens University of Charlotte joins for swimming & diving, Old Dominion University joins for women's swimming & diving.
2021 Florida State won the Regular Season Championship with a 17-1 record and won the Aqua Bracket of the Tournament. FAU won the Blue Bracket at the John Hunt Sand Volleyball Complex in Huntsville, AL.
2021 Gardner-Webb wins Men's Championship and Liberty wins Women's Championship at Liberty Natatorium in Lynchburg, VA
2021 CCSA beach volleyball underwent major changes, entering into a partnership with Conference USA (C-USA), with the championship split into two groups. Six C-USA and Sun Belt Conference members formed a new C-USA beach volleyball league.
2020 No Coastal Collegiate Sports Association championship was held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 Incarnate Word wins Men's Championship and Liberty wins Women's Championship at Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center in Knoxville, TN
2020 Bellarmine joins the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association.
2020 Bellarmine University and Howard University join the CCSA.
2019 Florida State won both the Regular Season Championship with a 13-1 record and the Tournament Championship, defeating LSU at LakePoint Sporting Community in Emerson, GA.
2019 Incarnate Word wins Men's Championship and Liberty wins Women's Championship at Liberty Natatorium in Lynchburg, VA
2019 Missouri State joins for beach volleyball, University of Louisiana at Monroe joins for beach volleyball.
2018 Incarnate Word wins Men's Championship and Florida Gulf Coast wins Women's Championship at Gabrielsen Natatorium in Athens, GA
2018 Southern Miss and TCU join for beach volleyball.
2017 Mount St. Mary's joins the CCSA, and UMBC becomes a member.
2016 College of Charleston joins for beach volleyball, UNCW joins for beach volleyball.
2015 Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University join for beach volleyball, Tulane University and UAB join for beach volleyball.
2015 Florida State University, Louisiana State University, and University of South Carolina joined the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA).
October 2015 The CCSA added beach volleyball as a newly recognized NCAA sport and rebranded itself from Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association to Coastal Collegiate Sports Association.
2013 University of the Incarnate Word and New Jersey Institute of Technology join the CCSA for swimming & diving programs.
2012 UNC Asheville becomes a member of the CCSA.
2011 Liberty University joins the CCSA for swimming & diving (W) and University of the Incarnate Word joins for swimming & diving.

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