The Coastal Collegiate Sports Association was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference.
Established in 2008, the Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association (CCSA) was originally developed by four regional Division I conferences — the ASUN Conference, Big South Conference, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, and the Southern Conference — to create a centralized home for their members with swimming and diving programs.
In October 2015, the CCSA added the newly recognized NCAA sport of beach volleyball and rebranded itself the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association.
CCSA beach volleyball went through major changes in 2021. The CCSA entered into a beach volleyball partnership with Conference USA (C-USA) under which the 2021 CCSA championship in that sport was split into two groups, with the six full C-USA and Sun Belt Conference members playing in one group. Following the 2021 championship, those six schools—C-USA members Florida Atlantic, FIU, Southern Miss, and UAB, plus Sun Belt members Georgia State and Louisiana–Monroe (ULM)—formed a new C-USA beach volleyball league, with another Sun Belt member, Coastal Carolina, joining them. At the same time, Charleston and UNC Wilmington (UNCW) left CCSA beach volleyball for the ASUN.
In August 2023, ASUN began sponsoring men's and women's swimming and diving fully absorbing the entirety of the CCSA swimming and diving members, and SMU from The American, leaving the four beach volleyball members as the only remaining members of the conference. In February 2025, the remaining members of the CCSA announced they would all move their respective beach volleyball programs to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation beginning in the 2026 season (2025-26 academic year), effectively bringing an end to the CCSA after 17 seasons.
At the time of its dissolution, the CCSA had 4 member schools, representing four states (Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Texas).
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Members All four remaining members were beach volleyball members. Final members SchoolNicknameJoinedPrimaryConferenceCCSA SportConferenceFlorida State UniversitySeminoles2015ACCBig 12Louisiana State UniversityTigers2015SECMPSFGamecocks2015SECBig 12Longhorns2024SECMPSF
Former members SchoolNicknameJoinedLeftSportPrimaryConferenceCCSA SportConference Bellarmine University Knights 2020 2023 Swimming & diving (M / W) ASUNCampbell UniversityCamels20082023 Swimming & diving (W) CAA College of Charleston Cougars 2008 2013 Swimming & diving (M / W) CAA None"Statement From College of Charleston Director of Athletics Joe Hull" . CofCSports.com. Disbanded at the conclusion of the 2014-2015 school year 2016 2021 Beach volleyball CAA Sun BeltDavidson CollegeWildcats20082014Swimming & diving (M / W) A-10 Rattlers20082011Swimming & diving (M / W)SWACNoneFlorida Atlantic UniversityOwls2015 2021 Beach volleyball American C-USA2023Swimming & diving (M)ASUNFlorida Gulf Coast UniversityEagles20082023Swimming & diving (W)ASUN (FIU) Panthers 2015 2021 Beach volleyball Conference USAGardner–Webb UniversityRunnin' Bulldogs20082023Swimming & diving (M / W)Big SouthASUNGeorgia Southern UniversityEagles20082023Swimming & diving (W) Sun Belt Georgia State University Panthers 2015 2021 Beach volleyball Sun Belt Grand Canyon University Antelopes 2022 2024 Beach volleyball WAC MPSF Howard University Bison 2008 2020 Swimming & diving (M / W) MEAC NECCardinals20132022Swimming & diving (M / W)SouthlandMPSFJames Madison UniversityDukes20222023 Swimming & diving (W) Sun BeltLiberty UniversityLady Flames20112023 Swimming & diving (W)C-USAASUN Warhawks 2019 2021 Beach volleyball Sun BeltMissouri State UniversityLady Bears20192023 Beach volleyballMVCC-USA Mount St. Mary's University The Mount 2017 2020 Swimming & diving (M) NEC New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) Highlanders 2013 2020 Swimming & diving (M) AmEastNorth Carolina A&T State UniversityAggies20082016Swimming & diving (W)CAA NoneBulldogs20122023Swimming & diving (W)Big SouthASUNOspreys20082023Swimming & diving (W)ASUNOld Dominion UniversityMonarchs20152023Swimming & diving (M)Sun BeltASUN2022Swimming & diving (W)Sun BeltQueens University of CharlotteRoyals20222023Swimming & diving (M / W)ASUNRadford UniversityHighlanders20082014Swimming & diving (W)Big SouthNone (Southern Miss) Golden Eagles 2018 2021 Beach volleyball Sun Belt (TCU)Horned Frogs20182023 Beach volleyball Big 12Tulane UniversityGreen Wave20152022 Beach volleyballAmerican C-USA (UAB) Blazers 2015 2021 Beach volleyball American C-USA (UMBC)Retrievers20132017Swimming & diving (M)AmEast (UNCW) Seahawks 2016 2021 Beach volleyball CAA Sun BeltVirginia Military Institute (VMI)Keydets20082017Swimming & diving (M / W)SoConAmEast
Membership timeline
Swimming & Diving Champions
YearMen'sChampionWomen'sChampionSite2008College of CharlestonDavidsonHuntersville Family Fitness & Aquatics • Huntersville, NC2009College of CharlestonFlorida Gulf CoastGabrielsen Natatorium • Athens, GA2010DavidsonFlorida Gulf CoastAllan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center • Knoxville, TN2011DavidsonFlorida Gulf CoastGabrielsen Natatorium • Athens, GA2012DavidsonFlorida Gulf CoastGabrielsen Natatorium • Athens, GA2013DavidsonFlorida Gulf CoastGabrielsen Natatorium • Athens, GA2014Incarnate WordLibertyAllan Jones Natatorium • Knoxville, TN2015UMBCFlorida Gulf CoastGabrielsen Natatorium • Athens, GA2016UMBCFlorida Gulf CoastGabrielsen Natatorium • Athens, GA2017UMBCFlorida Gulf CoastGabrielsen Natatorium • Athens, GA2018Incarnate WordFlorida Gulf CoastGabrielsen Natatorium • Athens, GA 2019 Incarnate Word Liberty Liberty Natatorium • Lynchburg, VA 2020 Incarnate Word LibertyAllan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center • Knoxville, TN 2021 Gardner-Webb Liberty Liberty Natatorium • Lynchburg, VA 2022 Incarnate Word Liberty Liberty Natatorium • Lynchburg, VA
Beach Volleyball Champions
YearRegular seasonChampion (Record)TournamentChampionTournamentRunner-upTournament SiteTeams toNCAA Tournament2016Florida State (7–0)Florida StateGeorgia StateLakePoint Sporting Community • Emerson, GAFlorida StateGeorgia State2017Florida State (8–0)Florida StateFIULakePoint Sporting Community • Emerson, GAFlorida StateLSUSouth Carolina 2018 Florida State (10–0) Florida State LSU LakePoint Sporting Community • Emerson, GA Florida StateFIULSUSouth Carolina 2019 Florida State (13–1) Florida State LSU LakePoint Sporting Community • Emerson, GA Florida StateLSU 2020 No championship held due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Florida State (17–1) Florida State (Aqua Bracket)FAU (Blue Bracket) LSU (Aqua Bracket)Georgia State (Blue Bracket) John Hunt Sand Volleyball Complex • Huntsville, AL Florida StateLSUTCU 2022 TCU (7–1) Florida State TCU John Hunt Sand Volleyball Complex • Huntsville, AL Florida StateLSUTCU
References
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