University of Richmond Athletics
CAA Changes Official Conference Name to Coastal Athletic Association
07/20/2023 | Football
Full CAA Release
Richmond, Va. – Announced Thursday, the Colonial Athletic Association has changed its name to the Coastal Athletic Association. The league, which will still be referred to as the CAA, will continue to use the same conference logo. The new name reflects the CAA's recent expansion, with members spanning the Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to South Carolina.
The name change will carry over to the league's football conference, which will be officially recognized as the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference but continue to be referred to as the CAA Football Conference.
Institutions in the CAA Football Conference are also located along much of the Atlantic Coast, with the geographic footprint stretching across 10 states from Maine to North Carolina.
CAA Football will feature the largest membership in the FCS for the 2023 season with 15 institutions. Members include University at Albany (Albany, N.Y.), Campbell University (Buies Creek, N.C.), University of Delaware (Newark, Del.), Elon University (Elon, N.C.), Hampton University (Hampton, Va.), University of Maine (Orono, Maine), Monmouth University (West Long Branch, N.J.), University of New Hampshire (Durham, N.H.), North Carolina A&T State University (Greensboro, N.C.), University of Rhode Island (Kingston, R.I.), University of Richmond (Richmond, Va.), Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, N.Y.), Towson University (Towson, Md.), Villanova University (Villanova, Pa.) and William & Mary (Williamsburg, Va.).
CAA Football has established itself as one of the nation's premier FCS power conferences. Twelve of the CAA's current 15 members have made the playoffs since 2015, and the league has had multiple teams in the FCS playoffs for the past 31 years.
