New England Collegiate Conference

2007 - On May 31, 2007, The New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) was founded. Charter members included (now Bay Path University), Becker College, Daniel Webster College, Elms College, Lesley University, Mitchell College, Newbury College, Southern Vermont College and Wheelock College, effective beginning the 2008-09 academic year.

Bay Path College

2008 - and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) joined the NECC as associate members for men's golf, effective in the 2008 fall season (2008-09 academic year).

Springfield College

2009 - Massachusetts Tech (MIT) left the NECC as an associate member for men's golf as the school dropped the sport due to budget cuts, effective after the 2008-09 academic year.

2009 - joined the NECC as an associate member for men's golf, effective in the 2009 fall season (2009-10 academic year).

Babson College

2011 - joined the NECC, effective in the 2011-12 academic year.

Regis College

2011 - joined the NECC as an associate member for men's volleyball, effective in the 2012 spring season (2011-12 academic year).

Endicott College

2016 - joined the NECC as an associate member for men's volleyball, effective in the 2017 spring season (2016-17 academic year).

Eastern Nazarene College

2017 - Two institutions left the NECC to join their respective new home primary conferences: Daniel Webster closed while Regis joined the (GNAC), effective after the 2016-17 academic year.

Great Northeast Athletic Conference

2017 - joined the NECC, effective in the 2018-19 academic year.

Dean College

2018 - Wheelock left the NECC as the school announced that it would be merged into , effective after the 2017-18 academic year.

Boston University

2018 - join the NECC (with Eastern Nazarene upgrading for all sports), both effective in the 2018-19 academic year.

New England College

2018 - joined the NECC as an associate member for men's volleyball, effective in the 2019 spring season (2018-19 academic year).

Nichols College

2019 - Newbury and Southern Vermont left the NECC as both schools announced that they would close, effective after the 2018-19 academic year.

2019 - Springfield and Babson left the NECC as associate members for men's golf, effective after the 2018-19 academic year.

2019 - Five institutions joined the NECC as associate members: , the University of Maine at Farmington, Manhattanville College and Thomas College for field hockey, and Northern Vermont University–Johnson for men's volleyball, all effective in the 2019-20 academic year.

Husson University

2020 - Dean left the NECC to join the GNAC, effective after the 2019-20 academic year.

2020 - joined the NECC as an associate member for men's volleyball, effective in the 2021 spring season (2020-21 academic year).

Russell Sage College

2021 - Three institutions left the NECC to join their respective new home primary conferences: Becker closed, Bay Path would leave the NCAA to join the (USCAA), and Elms joined the GNAC, all effective after the 2020-21 academic year; thus leaving the conference with four institutions to compete in the 2021-22 academic year.

United States Collegiate Athletic Association

2021 - and SUNY Potsdam joined the NECC as associate members for men's volleyball, effective in the 2022 spring season (2021-22 academic year).^[10]

SUNY Poly

2022 - Manhattanville left the NECC as an associate member for field hockey to join the , effective after the 2021 fall season (2021-22 academic year).

Atlantic East Conference

2022 - Lesley left the NECC to join the (NAC), while Mitchell and NEC left to join the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC), all effective after the 2022-23 academic year.

North Atlantic Conference

2022 - joined the NECC as an associate member for men's volleyball, effective in the 2023 spring season (2022-23 academic year).

Bard College

2023 - Eastern Nazarene left the NECC to join the NAC, effective after the 2022-23 academic year. This effectively ended the NECC as an all-sports conference.

2024 – Lesley will discontinue men's volleyball after the 2024 spring season (2023–24 academic year).

Official website