New England Collegiate Conference (Division II)


The New England Collegiate Conference 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

Other members

Membership timeline


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bar:8 color:OtherC1 from:1990 till:1992 text:ECC
bar:8 color:OtherC2 from:1992 till:1993 text:Ind
bar:8 color:OtherC1 from:1993 till:1994 text:ECC
bar:8 color:OtherC2 from:1994 till:1997 text:Mid-Con
bar:8 color:OtherC1 from:1997 till:end text:NEC
bar:9 color:FullxF from:1986 till:1997 text:Keene State
bar:9 color:OtherC1 from:1997 till:end text:Little East
bar:10 color:FullxF from:1988 till:2000 text:Franklin Pierce
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bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:1999 till:2001 text:Ind
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Notable alumni