Colonial Athletic Association

	Colonial Athletic Association ; (CAA)
	Colonial Athletic Association logo
Established	1979
Association	NCAA
Division	Division I FCS
Members	11 (10 in July 2013)
Sports fielded	21 (men's: 10; women's: 11)
Region	East Coast
Former names	ECAC South
Headquarters	Richmond, Virginia
Commissioner	Tom Yeager (since 1979)
Website	caasports.com
Locations
	Colonial Athletic Association locations

The Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with four in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond. The CAA was historically a Southern conference until the addition of five Northeastern schools (all five from rival conference America East) after the turn of the 21st century, which added balance to the conference.

The CAA was founded in 1979 as the ECAC South basketball league. It was renamed the Colonial Athletic Association in 1985 when it added championships in other sports (although a number of members maintain ECAC affiliation in some sports). As of 2006, it organizes championships in 21 men's and women's sports. The addition of Northeastern University in 2005 gave the conference the NCAA minimum of six football programs needed to sponsor football. For the 2007 football season, all of the Atlantic 10 Conference's football programs joined the CAA football conference, as agreed upon in May 2005.

The CAA has expanded in recent years, following the exits of longtime members such as the United States Naval Academy, University of Richmond, East Carolina University and American University. In 2001, the six-member conference added four additional universities: Towson University, Drexel University, Hofstra University, and the University of Delaware. Four years later the league expanded again when Georgia State University and Northeastern University joined, further enlarging the conference footprint. Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) left for the Atlantic 10 Conference in July 2012,^[1] Old Dominion University will be leaving for Conference USA in 2013,^[2] Georgia State will depart in 2013 to join the Sun Belt Conference,^[3] and the College of Charleston will join from the Southern Conference in 2013.^[4]

On the playing field, the CAA has produced 16 national team champions in five different sports (the most recent being the Villanova Wildcats who won the 2009 Division I FCS football championship), 33 individual national champions, 11 national coaches of the year, 11 national players of the year and 12 Honda Award winners. In 2006, George Mason became the first CAA team to reach the Final Four. In 2011, the VCU Rams became the second CAA team to reach the Final Four, as well as the first team to win five games en route, due to their participation in the First Four round.

Member schools[]

Full-time members[]

Institution	Location	Nickname	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined
College of Charleston	Charleston, South Carolina	Cougars	1770	Public	11,320	2013^
University of Delaware	Newark, Delaware	Fightin' Blue Hens	1743^[5]	Private/Public	19,390	2001
Drexel University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Dragons	1891	Private	17,000	2001
George Mason University	Fairfax, Virginia	Patriots	1957	Public	31,570^[6]	1979
Georgia State University	Atlanta, Georgia	Panthers	1913	Public	30,267	2005†
Hofstra University	Hempstead, New York	Pride	1935	Private	13,000	2001
James Madison University	Harrisonburg, Virginia	Dukes	1908	Public	18,971	1979
Northeastern University	Boston, Massachusetts	Huskies	1898	Private	22,942	2005
Old Dominion University	Norfolk, Virginia	Monarchs	1930	Public	24,125	1979††
Towson University	Towson, Maryland	Tigers	1866	Public	21,840 ^[7]	1979‡
University of North Carolina Wilmington	Wilmington, North Carolina	Seahawks	1947	Public	12,000	1984
College of William & Mary	Williamsburg, Virginia	Tribe	1693	Public	7,700	1979

Notes

Pink background indicates departing members.
Blue background indicates future members.
† - Georgia State will leave for the Sun Belt Conference in July 2013.
†† - Old Dominion joined the league as a charter member in 1979, left in 1982 to join the Sun Belt Conference, re-joined the CAA in 1991, but will depart for Conference USA in July 2013.^[8]
‡ - Towson joined the league as a charter member in 1979, left in 1981 to join the ECAC-Metro Conference, and re-joined the CAA in 2001.
^ - College of Charleston will join in fall 2013, after leaving the Southern Conference.^[9]

Associate members[]

Institution	Location	Name	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Primary Conference	CAA Sport
Binghamton University	Vestal, New York	Bearcats	1946	Public	14,713	America East	wrestling
Boston University	Boston, Massachusetts	Terriers	1839	Private	31,766	America East	wrestling women's rowing
University at Buffalo	Buffalo, New York	Bulls	1846	Public	28,601	Mid-American (MAC)	women's rowing
University of Dayton	Dayton, Ohio	Flyers	1850	Private	10,068	Atlantic 10 (A-10)	women's golf
University of Maine	Orono, Maine	Black Bears	1865	Public	11,867	America East	football
University of Massachusetts	Amherst, Massachusetts	Minutemen	1863	Public	27,269	Atlantic 10 (A-10)	men's lacrosse
University of New Hampshire	Durham, New Hampshire	Wildcats	1866	Public	14,652	America East	football
Penn State University	University Park, Pennsylvania	Nittany Lions	1855	Public	44,817	Big Ten	men's lacrosse
University of Rhode Island	Kingston, Rhode Island	Rams	1892	Public	19,095	Atlantic 10 (A-10)	football
University of Richmond	Richmond, Virginia	Spiders	1830	Private	4,250	Atlantic 10 (A-10)	football women's golf
Rider University	Lawrenceville, New Jersey	Broncs	1865	Private	5,790	MAAC	wrestling
Saint Joseph's University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Hawks	1851	Private	8,950	Atlantic 10 (A-10)	men's lacrosse
Villanova University	Villanova, Pennsylvania	Wildcats	1842	Private	10,482	Big East	football
Xavier University	Cincinnati, Ohio	Musketeers	1831	Private	7,029	Atlantic 10 (A-10)	women's golf

Former members[]

Institution	Location	Nickname	Joined	Left	Current Conference
American University	Washington, D.C.	Eagles	1984	2001	Patriot
University of Baltimore	Baltimore, Maryland	Super Bees	1979	1981	Dropped athletics in 1983.
Catholic University	Washington, D.C.	Cardinals	1979	1981	Landmark (NCAA Division III)
East Carolina University	Greenville, North Carolina	Pirates	1981	2001	C-USA
United States Naval Academy (Navy)	Annapolis, Maryland	Midshipmen	1979	1991	Patriot
University of Richmond	Richmond, Virginia	Spiders	1979	2001	Atlantic 10 (A-10)
Saint Francis University (Pa.)	Loretto, Pennsylvania	Red Flash	1979	1981	Northeast (NEC)
Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond, Virginia	Rams	1995	2012	Atlantic 10 (A-10)

Membership timeline[]

Full members Full members (non-football) Assoc. members (football only) Assoc. member (list sports)

Sports[]

The CAA sponsors championship competitions in eleven men's and twelve women's NCAA sanctioned sports. More than a dozen schools are associate members in five sports.

**Teams in Colonial Athletic Association competition**
Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	10	-
Basketball	11	11
Cross Country	5	8
Field Hockey	-	8
Football	11	-
Golf	11	10
Lacrosse	7	7
Rowing	-	7
Soccer	11	11
Softball	-	8
Swimming & Diving	7	8
Tennis	10	11
Track and Field (Outdoor)	4	7
Volleyball	-	9
Wrestling	7	-

Men's basketball[]

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*	Denotes a tie for regular season conference title
†	Denotes game went into overtime

Regular Season Champions[]

Note: The conference was known as the ECAC South from 1979–1985.

Season	Regular Season Champion	Conference Record
1980	Old Dominion	? !?
1981	James Madison	? !?
1982	James Madison	10–1 !10–1
1983	William & Mary	09–0 !9–0
1984	Richmond	07–0 !7–3
1985	Navy	11–3
1986	Navy	13–1
1987	Navy	13–1
1988	Richmond	11–3
1989	Richmond	13–1
1990	James Madison	11–3
1991	James Madison	12–2
1992	Richmond	12–2
1993	James Madison	11–3
1994	Old Dominion	10–4
1995	Old Dominion	12–2
1996	VCU	14–2
1997	Old Dominion	10–6
1998*	William & Mary UNC Wilmington	13–3
1999	George Mason	13–3
2000*	George Mason James Madison	12–4
2001	Richmond	12–4
2002	UNC Wilmington	14–4
2003	UNC Wilmington	15–3
2004	VCU	14–4
2005	Old Dominion	15–3
2006*	George Mason UNC Wilmington	15–3
2007	VCU	16–2
2008	VCU	15–3
2009	VCU	14–4
2010	Old Dominion	15–3
2011	George Mason	16–2
2012	Drexel	16–2
2013	Northeastern	14–4

History of the Tournament Final[]

Year	CAA Champions	Score	Runner-Up	Tournament MVP	Venue
1980	Old Dominion	62–51^†	Navy	?	?
1981	James Madison	69–60	Richmond	?	?
1982	Old Dominion	58–57	James Madison	?	Norfolk Scope (Norfolk, VA)
1983	James Madison	41–38	William & Mary	Derek Steele, JMU	Robins Center (Richmond, VA)
1984	Richmond	74–55	Navy	Johnny Newman, UR	Convocation Center (Harrisonburg, VA)
1985	Navy	85–76	Richmond	Vernon Butler, Navy	William & Mary Hall (Williamsburg, VA)
1986	Navy	72–61	George Mason	David Robinson, Navy	Patriot Center (Fairfax, VA)
1987	Navy	53–50	James Madison	David Robinson, Navy	Hampton Coliseum (Hampton, VA)
1988	Richmond	73–70	George Mason	Peter Wollfolk, UR	Hampton Coliseum (Hampton, VA)
1989	George Mason	78–72^†	UNC Wilmington	Kenny Sanders, GMU	Hampton Coliseum (Hampton, VA)
1990	Richmond	77–72	James Madison	Ken Atkinson, UR	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
1991	Richmond	81–78	George Mason	Jim Shields, UR	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
1992	Old Dominion	78–73	James Madison	Ricardo Leonard, ODU	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
1993	East Carolina	54–49	James Madison	Lester Lyons, ECU	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
1994	James Madison	77–76	Old Dominion	Odell Hodge, ODU	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
1995	Old Dominion	80–75	James Madison	Petey Sessoms, ODU	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
1996	VCU	46–43	UNC Wilmington	Bernard Hopkins, VCU	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
1997	Old Dominion	62–58	James Madison	Odell Hodge, ODU	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
1998	Richmond	79–64	UNC Wilmington	Daryl Oliver, UR	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
1999	George Mason	63–58	Old Dominion	George Evans, GMU	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
2000	UNC Wilmington	57–47	Richmond	Brett Blizzard, UNCW	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
2001	George Mason	35–33	UNC Wilmington	Erik Herring, GMU	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
2002	UNC Wilmington	66–51	VCU	Brett Blizzard, UNCW	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
2003	UNC Wilmington	70–62	Drexel	Brett Blizzard, UNCW	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
2004	VCU	55–54	George Mason	Domonic Jones, VCU	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
2005	Old Dominion	73–66^†	VCU	Alex Loughton, ODU	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
2006	UNC Wilmington	78–67	Hofstra	TJ Carter, UNCW	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
2007	VCU	65–59	George Mason	Eric Maynor, VCU	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
2008	George Mason	68–59	William & Mary	Folarin Campbell, GMU	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
2009	VCU	71–50	George Mason	Eric Maynor, VCU	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
2010	Old Dominion	60–53	William & Mary	Gerald Lee, ODU	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
2011	Old Dominion	70-65	VCU	Frank Hassell, ODU	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
2012	VCU	59-56	Drexel	Darius Theus, VCU	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
2013					Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)

The tournament will be held at the Richmond Coliseum through the 2013-14 season under an extension signed in September 2010.^[10] However in December 2012, the CAA announced that the 2014 through 2016 tournaments will be held at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.^[11] It is the first time the tournament will be held outside the state of Virginia.

Men's Tournament Championships and appearances in CAA Tournament Finals by School[]

School	Championships	Finals Appearances	Years
Old Dominion	8	10	1980, 1982, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2010, 2011
Richmond^‡	5	8	1984, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1998
VCU^‡	5	8	1996, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2012
George Mason	4	10	1989, 1999, 2001, 2008
UNC Wilmington	4	8	2000, 2002, 2003, 2006
Navy^‡	3	5	1985, 1986, 1987
James Madison	3	10	1981, 1983, 1994
East Carolina^‡	1	1	1993
Drexel	0	2	—
Hofstra	0	1	—
William & Mary	0	3	—

^‡Former member of the CAA

Broadcasters[]

Women's basketball[]

Regular Season Champions[]

Season	Regular Season Champion	Conference Record
1984	Richmond	04–1 !4–1
1985	East Carolina	11–1
1986	James Madison	11–1
1987	James Madison	12–0
1988	James Madison	12–0
1989	James Madison	12–0
1990	Richmond	11–1
1991	James Madison	11–1
1992	Old Dominion	12–2
1993	Old Dominion	14–0
1994	Old Dominion	14–0
1995	Old Dominion	13–1
1996	Old Dominion	16–0
1997	Old Dominion	16–0
1998	Old Dominion	16–0
1999	Old Dominion	16–0
2000	Old Dominion	16–0
2001	Old Dominion	15–1
2002	Old Dominion	18–0
2003	Old Dominion	15–3
2004	Old Dominion	14–4
2005	Delaware	16–2
2006	Old Dominion	17–1
2007	Old Dominion	17–1
2008	Old Dominion	17–1
2009	Drexel	16–2
2010	Old Dominion	14–4
2011	James Madison	16–2
2012	Delaware	18–0
2013	Delaware

*	Denotes a tie for regular season conference title
†	Denotes game went into overtime

History of the Tournament Finals[]

Year	CAA Champions	Score	Runner-Up	Tournament MVP	Venue
1984	East Carolina	54–39	Richmond	N/A	Minges Coliseum (Greenville, NC)
1985	East Carolina	65–59	James Madison	N/A	William & Mary Hall (Williamsburg, VA)
1986	James Madison	66–62	East Carolina	Lisa Squirewell, ECU	Trask Coliseum (Wilmington, NC)
1987	James Madison	74–62	American	Sydney Beasley, JMU	JMU Convocation Center (Harrisonburg, VA)
1988	James Madison	87–72	George Mason	Sydney Beasley, JMU	Bender Arena (Washington, DC)
1989	James Madison	55–45	Richmond	Carolin Dehn-Duhr, JMU	William & Mary Hall (Williamsburg, VA)
1990	Richmond	47–46	James Madison	Pam Bryant, UR	Robins Center (Richmond, VA)
1991	Richmond	88–70	East Carolina	Ginny Norton, UR	JMU Convocation Center (Harrisonburg, VA)
1992	Old Dominion	80–75	East Carolina	Pam Huntley, ODU	ODU Field House (Norfolk, VA)
1993	Old Dominion	65–51	William & Mary	Pam Huntley, ODU	ODU Field House (Norfolk, VA)
1994	Old Dominion	78–61	George Mason	Celeste Hill, ODU	JMU Convocation Center (Harrisonburg, VA)
1995	Old Dominion	63–44	James Madison	Ticha Penicheiro, ODU	ODU Field House (Norfolk, VA)
1996	Old Dominion	84–58	James Madison	Clarisse Machanguana, ODU	ODU Field House (Norfolk, VA)
1997	Old Dominion	83–46	East Carolina	Clarisse Machanguana, ODU	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
1998	Old Dominion	82–49	American	Ticha Penicheiro, ODU	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
1999	Old Dominion	73–67	East Carolina	Natalie Diaz, ODU	Robins Center (Richmond, VA)
2000	Old Dominion	92–49	UNC Wilmington	Natalie Diaz, ODU	ALLTEL Pavilion (Richmond, VA)
2001	Old Dominion	66–62	James Madison	Monique Coker, ODU	ODU Field House (Norfolk, VA)
2002	Old Dominion	76–48	UNC Wilmington	Okeisha Howard, ODU	ODU Field House (Norfolk, VA)
2003	Old Dominion	66–58	Delaware	Shareese Grant, ODU	Ted Constant Convocation Center (Norfolk, VA)
2004	Old Dominion	85–81	George Mason	Shareese Grant, ODU	Ted Constant Convocation Center (Norfolk, VA)
2005	Old Dominion	78–74^†	Delaware	Shareese Grant, ODU	Patriot Center (Fairfax, VA)
2006	Old Dominion	58–54	James Madison	T. J. Jordan, ODU	Patriot Center (Fairfax, VA)
2007	Old Dominion	78–70	James Madison	T. J. Jordan, ODU	Bob Carpenter Center (Newark, DE)
2008	Old Dominion	74–51	VCU	Shahida Williams, ODU	Bob Carpenter Center (Newark, DE)
2009	Drexel	64–58	James Madison	Gabriela Marginean, Drexel	JMU Convocation Center (Harrisonburg, VA)
2010	James Madison	67–53	Old Dominion	Dawn Evans, JMU	JMU Convocation Center (Harrisonburg, VA)
2011	James Madison	67-61	Delaware	Dawn Evans, JMU	The Show Place Arena (Upper Marlboro, MD)
2012	Delaware	59-43	Drexel	Elena Delle Donne, UD	The Show Place Arena (Upper Marlboro, MD)
2013					The Show Place Arena (Upper Marlboro, MD)

Women's Tournament Championships and appearances in CAA Finals by School[]

School	Championships	Finals Appearances	Years
Old Dominion	17	18	1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
James Madison	6	14	1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2010, 2011
East Carolina^‡	2	6	1984, 1985
Richmond^‡	2	4	1990, 1991
Delaware	1	4	2012
Drexel	1	2	2009
American^‡	0	2	—
George Mason	0	2	—
UNC Wilmington	0	2	—
William & Mary	0	1	—
VCU^‡	0	1	—

^‡Former member of the CAA

Football[]

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The CAA football conference was formed in 2005, although it did not begin play until 2007. In the 2004–05 academic year, the CAA had five member schools that sponsored football, all of them as football-only members of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A10). In 2005, as previously noted, Northeastern accepted the CAA's offer of membership, giving the CAA the six football-playing members it needed under NCAA rules to organize a football conference. At that time, the CAA announced it would launch its new football conference in 2007. Next, the CAA invited the University of Richmond to become a football-only member effective in 2007. Once UR accepted the offer, this left the A10 football conference with only five members, less than the six required under NCAA rules. As a result, the remaining A10 football programs all decided to join the CAA on a football-only basis, spelling the end of A10 football, at least under that conference's banner. Since the CAA football conference had the same members as the A10 the previous year, it can be said that the CAA football conference is the A10 football conference under new management.

With that in mind, the CAA football conference's oldest ancestor is the New England Conference, founded in 1938 by five state-supported universities in that region plus Northeastern; four of the public schools are currently in the CAA football conference. After the departure of Northeastern in 1945, the remaining members affiliated with the University of Vermont to form the Yankee Conference under a new charter in 1946, with competition starting in 1947. That conference, which over time came to include many schools outside its original New England base, eventually dropped all sports other than football in 1975, and merged with the A10 in 1997. Every school that was in the Yankee Conference at the time of the A10 merger and still fields an FCS-level football team (nine out of the final 12 members of the Yankee Conference) is in the CAA football conference.

On May 31, 2006, Old Dominion University announced that it would start a football team to begin play in 2009.^[12] ODU joined the CAA football conference in 2011.^[13] On April 17, 2008, Georgia State University announced that it would start a football team to begin play in 2010 and join the CAA football conference in 2012.^[14] The team is playing in the 70,000 seat Georgia Dome, but is restricting ticket sales to just over 28,000 for virtually all its games. However, GSU will play only the 2012 season in the CAA, and will not be eligible for the conference title, as it will begin an FBS transition in advance of its 2013 move to the Sun Belt Conference.^[3]

Since the CAA began play as a football conference in 2007, a member team has played in the FCS Championship game four times, with Delaware making it in 2007 and 2010 and Richmond and Villanova winning it in 2008 and 2009, respectively. In 2007, the CAA set records with 15 national player of the week honorees and by sending five teams to the national championship playoffs. The very next season, in 2008, they broke that record with 19 national player of the week honorees and tied their own record by again sending five teams to the national championship playoffs for the second straight year. At the end of the 2008 season, the CAA had six Top 25 teams with four placing in the Top Ten. Players from the CAA received 78 All-America honors.

In the opening weekend of the 2009 season, CAA teams defeated three Division I FBS teams. William & Mary and Richmond took down teams from the ACC (one of the six conferences whose champions receive automatic Bowl Championship Series berths), respectively Virginia and Duke, while Villanova defeated Temple from the MAC. The following weekend saw New Hampshire defeat another MAC team, Ball State (which had gone through the previous regular season unbeaten, but ended 2009 2–10). All four of the CAA teams to defeat FBS teams qualified for the 2009 FCS playoffs and won their first-round games; Villanova and William & Mary reached the semifinals, and Villanova won the FCS championship.

Northeastern—the school whose 2005 move to the CAA enabled the creation of the CAA football conference—dropped football after the 2009 season. President Joseph E. Aoun and the board of trustees endorsed the move after an extensive, two-year review of the athletic program by its director, Peter Roby. The decision to eliminate football followed six straight losing seasons and sparse game attendance at a school whose ice rink often sells out for hockey.^[15]

On December 3, 2009, Hofstra announced that the university would no longer be sponsoring football. The decision follows a two-year review of sports spending at Hofstra. School officials stated there are no plans to cut any other sports at the Long Island school. Hofstra cited costs and low student interest—only 500 students would attend home games despite free tickets—as reasons to drop the program.^[16] Due to the reduction of the conference, the CAA did not use the division format for the 2010 season. Even though Old Dominion began conference play in 2011 and Georgia State will do the same in 2012, the divisional format is not likely to return in the immediate future, as the CAA will lose football members in both 2012 and 2013. UMass will depart for FBS and the Mid-American Conference in 2012 followed by Georgia State's departure for the Sun Belt and Old Dominion for Conference USA.

The 2010 season started with the biggest non-conference win of the CAA's short history, when James Madison defeated nationally-ranked Virginia Tech (FBS #13 at the time) of the ACC. JMU won 21-16 on September 11, at Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium.

Current members[]

The CAA football conference has the following members:

Former members[]

The former members of the CAA football conference are:

Northeastern 2007–2009, dropped football^[15]
Georgia State^[17] (program began in 2010, joined CAA play in 2012, and leaves for the Sun Belt in 2013)
Hofstra 2007–2009, dropped football^[18]
UMass 2007-2011 (moved up to FBS, joined Mid-American Conference for football in 2012)^[19]
Old Dominion 2012 Season

Additionally, former members of its ancestor conferences (New England Conference, Yankee Conference, Atlantic 10 Conference) include:

Boston U.: 1971–1997, dropped football
Connecticut: 1938–1999, moved up to Division I-A (now FBS), joined Big East Conference for football in 2004
Northeastern: 1938–1945 (New England Conference)
Holy Cross: 1971, became independent, now in Patriot League
Vermont: 1938–1973, dropped football

Future members[]

On August 7, 2012 CAA Football announced that Albany and Stony Brook would be joining the football conference in 2013. Both will be full members of CAA Football but will not be joining the Colonial Athletic Association for other sports which will remain in the America East Conference for both schools.

Conference champions[]

*	Denotes a tie for regular season conference title
†	Denotes team failed to qualify for FCS Playoffs
Bold type	Denotes national champion in the same season

Year	Team(s)	Conference Record	Overall Record(s)	Head Coach(es)
2007*	Massachusetts Richmond	7–1	10–3 11–3	Don Brown Dave Clawson
2008	James Madison	8–0	12–2	Mickey Matthews
2009*	Richmond Villanova	7–1	11–2 14–1	Mike London Andy Talley
2010*	Delaware William & Mary	6–2	12–3 8–4	K. C. Keeler Jimmye Laycock
2011	Towson	7–1	9–3	Rob Ambrose
2012*	New Hampshire Richmond† Villanova Towson†^{[a 1]}	6–2	8–3 8–3 8–3 7–4	Sean McDonnell Danny Rocco Andy Talley Rob Ambrose

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↑ Ducibella, Jim (January 24, 2007). "ODU football closing in on necessary endowment". The Virginian-Pilot. http://hamptonroads.com/node/211841. Retrieved April 21, 2008.
↑ "Frequently Asked Questions About Georgia State Football". Georgiastatesports.com. http://www.georgiastatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=12700&KEY=&ATCLID=1441410&SPID=5671&SPSID=104979. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 Ryan, Andrew (November 23, 2009). "Northeastern calls an end to football". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/football/articles/2009/11/23/northeastern_calls_an_end_to_football/. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
↑ Yahoo.com^{[dead link]}
↑ Zhe, Mike (November 1, 2009). "UNH football notebook: CAA expansion won't effect 'Cats short-term". SeacoastOnline.com. http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20091101-SPORTS-911010361. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
↑ "Hofstra to End Intercollegiate Football Program to Invest in Academic Initiatives". Hofstra.edu. December 3, 2009. http://www.hofstra.edu/home/News/PressReleases/120309_football.html. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
↑ "Report: UMass to announce MAC move". Associated Press. ESPN. April 19, 2011. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6390279. Retrieved April 19, 2011.

Men's soccer[]

Regular Season Champions[]

Note: The conference was known as the ECAC South from 1983–1985.

List of CAA regular season champions.^[1]

Season	Regular Season Champion	Conference Record
1983	George Mason	4–1–0
1984	American	5–0–2
1985	American	6–1–0
1986	George Mason	5–0–2
1987	William & Mary	6–1–0
1988	Navy	5–1–1
1989	George Mason	6–0–1
1990	George Mason	6–1–0
1991	James Madison	6–1–0
1992	William & Mary	5–0–2
1993	James Madison	7–0–0
1994	James Madison	6–0–1
1995	William & Mary	6–2–0
1996	William & Mary	8–0–0
1997	American	6–0–2
1998	VCU	7–0–1
1999	Old Dominion	7–1–0
2000	James Madison	7–1–0
2001	Old Dominion	3–0–2
2002	VCU	7–1–1
2003	VCU	8–1–0
2004	VCU	7–1–1
2005	Old Dominion	9–1–1
2006	Towson	10–0–1
2007	Drexel	8–2–1
2008	UNC Wilmington	7–4–0
2009	UNC Wilmington	8–0–3
2010	William & Mary	8–1–2
2011	James Madison	8–3–0
2012	Drexel	8–1–1

Facilities[]

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena (Nickname)	Capacity	Baseball park	Capacity
Albany	Bob Ford Field	8,000	Football-only member
College of Charleston	Non-football school		TD Arena	5,100	CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriot's Point	2,000
Delaware	Tubby Raymond Field at Delaware Stadium	22,000	Bob Carpenter Center (The "Bob")	5,000	Bob Hannah Stadium	1,300
Drexel	Non-football school		Daskalakis Athletic Center (The "DAC")	2,532	Non-baseball school
George Mason	Non-football school		Patriot Center	10,000	Spuhler Field	900
Georgia State	Georgia Dome	28,155^[2]	GSU Sports Arena	4,500	Georgia State Baseball Complex	1,092
Hofstra	Non-football school		Hofstra Arena (The "Mack")	5,124	University Field	N/A
James Madison	Bridgeforth Stadium and Zane Showker Field	25,000^[3]	James Madison University Convocation Center (The "Convo")	7,156	Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park	1,200
Maine	Morse Field at Alfond Stadium	10,000	Football-only member
New Hampshire	Mooradian Field at Cowell Stadium	8,000	Football-only member
Northeastern	Non-football school		Matthews Arena (men's) Cabot Center (women's)	6,000 2,500	Parsons Field	3,000
Old Dominion	Foreman Field	19,818	Ted Constant Convocation Center (The "Ted")	8,639	Bud Metheny Baseball Complex	2,500
Rhode Island	Meade Stadium	6,580	Football-only member
Richmond	E. Claiborne Robins Stadium	8,700	Football-only member
Stony Brook	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium	8,200	Football-only member
Towson	Minnegan Field at Johnny Unitas Stadium	11,198	Towson Center	5,250	John B. Schuerholz Baseball Complex	500
UNC Wilmington	Non-football school		Trask Coliseum	5,500	Brooks Field	3,000
Villanova	Villanova Stadium	12,500	Football-only member
William & Mary	Walter J. Zable Stadium at Cary Field (Zable)	12,259	Kaplan Arena at William & Mary Hall	8,600	Plumeri Park	1,000

Notes:

Future members highlighted in gray.
Departing members highlighted in pink.
Albany currently uses University Field for its home football games, but will move to the new Bob Ford Field when it opens in 2013.
Georgia State started football in 2010, but did not join the CAA football conference until 2012. That season will be its only CAA football season, as it will move to the Sun Belt Conference in 2013.

References[]

↑ "Men's Soccer Archive". CAA. NMN Athletics. http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/8500/supportfiles/Records/recordbookmsoc.pdf. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
↑ "Georgia Dome". Georgia State Athletics. http://www.georgiastatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=12700&ATCLID=205155221. Retrieved October 28, 2011. The Dome's full capacity for football is 71,228.
↑ "James Madison University - Bridgeforth Stadium". jmu.edu. http://www.jmu.edu/bridgeforthstadium/. Retrieved August 23, 2011.

External links[]

Official website

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[McMurphy_2012-05-17-2] McMurphy, Brett (May 17, 2012). "ODU will join C-USA in 2013". College Football Insider (CBSSports.com). http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/brett-mcmurphy/19074166/odu-will-join-cusa-in-2013. Retrieved July 1, 2012.

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[Charleston_to_CAA-4] "College of Charleston Accepts Invitation to Join the CAA in 2013" (Press release). Colonial Athletic Association. November 30, 2012. http://www.caasports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205818511&DB_OEM_ID=8500. Retrieved December 4, 2012.

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[10] CAA Announces Two-Year Extension With Richmond Coliseum Through 2014, CAAsports.com, September 7, 2010

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Colonial Athletic Association

Contents

Member schools[]

Full-time members[]

Associate members[]

Former members[]

Membership timeline[]

Sports[]

Men's basketball[]

Regular Season Champions[]

History of the Tournament Final[]

Men's Tournament Championships and appearances in CAA Tournament Finals by School[]

Broadcasters[]

Women's basketball[]

Regular Season Champions[]

History of the Tournament Finals[]

Women's Tournament Championships and appearances in CAA Finals by School[]

Football[]

Current members[]

Former members[]

Future members[]

Conference champions[]

Men's soccer[]

Regular Season Champions[]

Facilities[]

References[]

External links[]

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Colonial Athletic Association (CAA)
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Established	1979
Association	NCAA
Division	Division I FCS
Members	11 (10 in July 2013)
Sports fielded	21 (men's: 10; women's: 11)
Region	East Coast
Former names	ECAC South
Headquarters	Richmond, Virginia
Commissioner	Tom Yeager (since 1979)
Website	caasports.com
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