New York Collegiate Athletic Conference

East Coast Conference (ECC)
Established	1989
Association	NCAA
Division	Division II
Members	10
Sports fielded	18 (men's: 8; women's: 10)
Region	Northeastern United States
Headquarters	Central Islip, New York
Commissioner	Robert Dranoff (since 2008)
Website	eccsports.org
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The East Coast Conference (ECC) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s Division II. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states of Connecticut and New York, as well as the District of Columbia.

The East Coast Conference was founded in 1989 as the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference. Its charter members included:

Other members that joined were:

The ECC has become a lacrosse powerhouse, seeing six ECC teams win the Division II Men's Lacrosse championship over the past 10 years. In addition, at least 1 ECC team has competed in 13 the last 14 championship games. Recent ECC champions include Adelphi (1998, 1999, 2001), C.W. Post (1996, 2006 Tri-Champion), Dowling College (2006 Tri-Champion), NYIT (1997, 2003, 2005, 2008), and Mercyhurst College (2006 Tri-Champion, 2007)

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The East Coast Conference sponsors intercollegiate athletic competition in the following sports:

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