The Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) is a progressive NCAA Division I conference dedicated to the enhancement of opportunities for students.
Founded in 2008 as the Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association, the CCSA has always built championship athletic opportunities for college students. The CCSA was founded jointly by the Atlantic Sun, Big South, Mid-Eastern Athletic (MEAC), and the Southern Conferences to provide a championship opportunity for swimming and diving students at their member institutions. Over the next decade, the CCSA grew to include members as far north as Newark, NJ and west as San Antonio.
In the summer of 2015, the CCSA announced an expansion of championship opportunities with the addition of Beach Volleyball as it’s first sport addition since formation of the league. With the addition, came a change of name to the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association. The CCSA was one of only five conferences to sponsor Beach Volleyball in its first year as a championship sport in the NCAA. With the addition comes expanded opportunities for students pursuing athletics.
The CCSA is dedicated to the students who compete in its championships and their success in the classroom, in the field of competition, and life after graduation.
For the 2018-2019 Academic Year
The CCSA:
Sports: 3 - Men’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving, Women’s Beach Volleyball
Institutions: 24
Geography: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington DC
| Women's Swimming & Diving Schools | Men's Swimming & Diving Schools | Women's Beach Volleyball Schools |
| Campbell (Big South) | Florida Atlantic (Conference USA) | UAB (Conference USA) |
| Florida Gulf Coast (ASUN) | Gardner-Webb (Big South) | College of Charleston (CAA) |
| Gardner-Webb (Big South) | Howard (MEAC) | Florida Atlantic (Conference USA) |
| Georgia Southern (Sun Belt) | Incarnate Word (Southland) | Florida International (Conference USA) |
| Howard (MEAC) | Mount St. Mary's (NEC) | Florida State (ACC) |
| Incarnate Word (Southland) | New Jersey Institute of Technology (ASUN) | Georgia State (Sun Belt) |
| Liberty (Big South) | Old Dominion (Conference USA) | Louisiana State (SEC) |
| North Florida (ASUN) | South Carolina (SEC) | |
| UNC Asheville (Big South) | Southern Miss (Conference USA) | |
| TCU (Big 12) | ||
| Tulane (American Athletic) | ||
| UNCW (CAA) |
Staff Directory
| Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Gumbart |
President
|
(478) 474-3394 | |
| Dennis Thomas |
Vice President
|
(757) 416-7100 | |
| John Iamarino |
Chief Operating Officer
|
(864) 591-5100 | |
| Kyle Kallander |
Secretary
|
(704) 341-7990 | |
| Kathy Peterson |
Senior Woman Administrator
|
(239) 590-7018 | |
| Jerome Rodgers |
Executive Director
|
(478) 474-3394 | [email protected] |
| Bobby Norell |
CCSA Media Relations Coordinator (Beach Volleyball)
|
(478) 474-3394 | [email protected] |
| Zach Groppe |
CCSA Media Relations Coordinator (Swimming & Diving)
|
(704) 341-7990 | [email protected] |