The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC, ) is a collegiate

athletic conference An athletic conference is a collection of sports teams, playing competitively against each other in a sports league. In many cases conferences are subdivided into smaller divisions, with the best teams competing at successively higher levels. Conf ...

affiliated with NCAA Division I. Of its current 11 full members, 10 are located in three states of the northeastern United States:

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, and New York. The other member is in

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

. Members are all relatively small private institutions, a majority

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or formerly Catholic, with the only exceptions being two secular institutions:

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and Quinnipiac University. The MAAC currently sponsors 25 sports and has 17 associate member institutions.

History

The conference was founded in 1980 by six charter members: the

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, Fairfield University, Fordham University, Iona College, Manhattan College, and Saint Peter's College. Competition officially began the next year, in the sports of men’s cross-country and men’s soccer. Marist vs Fairfield at The Webster Bank Arena

Marist vs Fairfield at The Webster Bank Arena

Competition in men's and women's

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began in the 1981–1982 season. In 1982, Saint Peter's was the first women's team to represent the MAAC in the NCAA women's basketball tournament. In 1984, the MAAC received an automatic bid to the NCAA men's basketball tournament, where Iona was the first team to represent the MAAC on the men's side. The conference currently possesses 15 automatic bids to NCAA championships. In 2012–13, the MAAC became eligible for its 15th NCAA championship automatic bid when women's rowing fulfilled the qualifying requirements. The league added football in 1993, but discontinued it following the 2007 season. From 1997 to 2003, the MAAC sponsored

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...

. At that time, the hockey league split from the MAAC and changed its name to Atlantic Hockey. Also,

Marist College Marist College is a private university in Poughkeepsie, New York. Founded in 1905, Marist was formed by the Marist Brothers, a Catholic religious institute, to prepare brothers for their vocations as educators. In 2003, it became a secular in ...

and

moved the majority of their intercollegiate athletic programs to the MAAC in 1997 with the intent that the MAAC would enhance media exposure and competition for their men's and women's Division I basketball programs. In September 2011, the conference announced the launch of MAAC.TV, the league's first broadband network. In March 2012, for the first time in 16 years, the MAAC had two teams advance to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, with Loyola earning the league's automatic bid and Iona garnering an at-large bid. In July 2013, Quinnipiac University and Monmouth University joined the MAAC to replace Loyola University Maryland, departing to the Patriot League. Also in 2013, the MAAC announced that it would add

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...

with league play set to begin in the 2013–14 academic year. However, field hockey was dropped after the 2018 season. The MAAC field hockey league was effectively taken over by the

Northeast Conference The Northeast Conference (NEC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Teams in the NEC compete in Division I for all sports; football competes in the Division I Foo ...

(NEC), which reinstated the sport the following year. The conference decided to no longer host a conference championship for men's rowing after the 2016 season, which is governed by the Intercollegiate Rowing Association. On January 25, 2022, Monmouth announced it was leaving the MAAC after the 2021–22 school year to join the Colonial Athletic Association. The MAAC responded by entering into negotiations with Mount St. Mary's University, a full but non-football NEC member. ESPN reported on April 27, 2022 that the addition of Mount St. Mary's for 2022–23 and beyond would be finalized in early May. The last of these developments came shortly after the MAAC's greatest success in men's basketball, when Saint Peter's became the first 15-seed ever to reach an NCAA regional final, losing there to

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. Mount St. Mary's would be confirmed as Monmouth's replacement on May 2. Also in 2022, four schools that were already MAAC affiliates added men's lacrosse to their MAAC memberships. All are full members of conferences that dropped the sport following the addition of men's lacrosse by the Atlantic 10 Conference. LIU, Sacred Heart, and

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are members of the

, and VMI is a member of the

Southern Conference The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly k ...

. LIU is the only one of the four that had not previously housed men's lacrosse in the MAAC. Over the conference's history, MAAC teams have achieved national acclaim in many sports. In the summer of 2002, the Marist men's varsity eight boat advanced to the semifinals of the

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at the Henley Royal Regatta. In 2007, the Marist women's basketball team advanced to the Sweet 16 of the

NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament The NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 women's college basketball teams from the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic ...

. The Red Foxes have recorded five NCAA wins since their run in 2007. In the fall of 2011, the Iona men's cross country team finished tied for ninth place at the NCAA Championship race, extending the Gaels' streak to 10 straight Top 10 national finishes. In basketball, MAAC teams have made a total of 80 NIT appearances and 50 NCAA basketball tournament appearances. Notable MAAC student athletes include Mary Beth Riley, a 1991 graduate of Canisius, who was the first recipient of the

NCAA Woman of the Year Award The NCAA Woman of the Year Award was created to honor senior female student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate career in the areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, service and leadership. Each year, ...

and Erin Whalen, a member of the Iona women's rowing team who in the fall of 1998 was awarded one of the nation's 32 Rhodes Scholarships for academic achievement and civic leadership.

Member institutions

Full members

Current

The MAAC has eleven member institutions.

Associate members

Departing members are in red. , West Hartford, Connecticut , 1877 , 2009–10 , Private , 6,770 , Hawks , Independent , , - ,

Jacksonville University Jacksonville University (JU) is a private university in Jacksonville, Florida. Located in the city's Arlington district, the school was founded in 1934 as a two-year college and was known as Jacksonville Junior College until September 5, 1956, ...

Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the List of United States cities by area, largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the co ...

, 1934 , 2011–12 , Private , 4,213 ,

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, ASUN , , - , rowspan="2" , La Salle University , rowspan="2" , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , rowspan="2" , 1863 , rowspan="2" , 2016–17 , rowspan="2" , Private , rowspan="2" , 5,191 , rowspan="2" , Explorers , rowspan="2" , Atlantic 10 , , - , , - , rowspan=2 , Long Island University , rowspan=2 ,

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& Brookville, New York , rowspan=2 , 1926 , 2019–20 , rowspan=2 , Private , rowspan=2 , 15,197 , rowspan=2 ,

Sharks Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorp ...

, rowspan=2 , Northeast , , - , 2022–23 , , - , Loyola University Chicago ,

Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

, 1870 , 2022-23 , Private , 16,437 ,

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, Atlantic 10 , Women's golf , - , Robert Morris University ,

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, 1921 , 2010–11 , Private , 4,895 , Colonials , Horizon , , - , rowspan=2 ,

Sacred Heart University Sacred Heart University (SHU) is a private, Catholic university in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was founded in 1963 by the Most Reverend Walter W. Curtis, Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Sacred Heart was the first Catholic uni ...

, rowspan=2 , Fairfield, Connecticut , rowspan=2 , 1963 , 2007–08 , rowspan=2 , Private , rowspan=2 , 8,958 , rowspan=2 , Pioneers , rowspan=2 , Northeast , , - , 2022–23 , , - , , Brooklyn Heights, New York , 1859 , 2003–04 , Private , 2,453 ,

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, Northeast , , - ,

Stetson University Stetson University is a private university with four colleges and schools located across the I–4 corridor in Central Florida with the primary undergraduate campus in DeLand. The university was founded in 1883 and was later established in 1887 ...

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, 1883 , 2013–14 , Private , 4,341 ,

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, ASUN , , - , Villanova University ,

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, 1842 , 2003–04 , Private , 11,023 , Wildcats ,

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, , - , rowspan=2 , Virginia Military Institute , rowspan=2 , Lexington, Virginia , rowspan=2 , 1839 , 2011–12 , rowspan=2 , Public , rowspan=2 , 1,685 , rowspan=2 , Keydets , rowspan=2 , SoCon , , - , 2022–23 , , - , rowspan=2 , Wagner College , rowspan=2 ,

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, rowspan=2 , 1883 , 2003–04 , rowspan=2 , Private , rowspan=2 , 2,211 , rowspan=2 , Seahawks , rowspan=2 , Northeast , , - , 2022–23 , ;Notes:

Former

Full

Associate

;Notes:

Membership timeline

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Army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

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Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

(1981–present) bar:6 color:FullxF from:1981 till:1993 text: St. Peter's (1981–present) bar:6 color:Full from:1993 till:2007 bar:6 color:FullxF from:2007 till:end bar:7 color:FullxF from:1983 till:1990 text: Holy Cross (1983–1990) bar:8 color:FullxF from:1983 till:1992 text: La Salle (1983–1992) bar:8 color:AssocF from:1997 till:2008 bar:9 color:FullxF from:1989 till:2013 text: Loyola (MD) (1989–2013) bar:10 color:FullxF from:1989 till:1993 text: Canisius (1989–present) bar:10 color:Full from:1993 till:2003 bar:10 color:FullxF from:2003 till:end bar:11 color:FullxF from:1989 till:end text: Niagara (1989–present) bar:12 color:FullxF from:1989 till:1993 text: Siena (1989–present) bar:12 color:Full from:1993 till:2004 bar:12 color:FullxF from:2004 till:end bar:13 color:AssocF from:1993 till:1998 text: St. John's (N.Y.) (1993–1998) bar:14 color:AssocF from:1993 till:2000 text: Georgetown (1993–2000) bar:15 color:AssocF from:1994 till:2008 text: Duquesne (1994–2008) bar:16 color:AssocF from:1994 till:1997 bar:16 color:Full from:1997 till:2008 text: Marist (1997–present) bar:16 color:FullxF from:2008 till:end bar:17 color:FullxF from:1997 till:end text: Rider (1997–present) bar:18 color:FullxF from:2013 till:2022 text: Monmouth (2013–2022) bar:19 color:FullxF from:2013 till:end text:

Quinnipiac Quinnipiac is the English name for the Eansketambawg (meaning "original people"; ''cf.'' Ojibwe: '' Anishinaabeg'' and Blackfoot: ''Niitsítapi''), a Quiripi-speaking Native American nation of the Algonquian family who inhabited the ''Wamp ...

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Sports

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference sponsors championship competition in 10 men's and 13 women's NCAA sanctioned sports, plus two sports not organized by the NCAA—esports, which are fully coeducational, and men's rowing.

Men's

Departing member Monmouth in pink. ;Notes

Unsponsored

Women's

Unsponsored

;Notes

Facilities

File:Fairfield Alumni Baseball Diamond.JPG, Alumni Baseball Diamond
Fairfield Stags File:ArenaatHarborYards.jpg, Total Mortgage Arena
Fairfield Stags File:Fairfield Lessing Field.JPG, Lessing Field
Fairfield Stags File:Hynes.jpg, Hynes Athletic Center
Iona Gaels File:McCann Arena.JPG, McCann Arena

Marist Red Foxes The Red Foxes are the athletic teams of Marist College. The Marist Red Foxes compete in NCAA Division I athletics as a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) the only exception being football, a member of the Pioneer Football Leag ...

File:Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field.jpg, Tenney Stadium

File:Niagara University Gallagher Center.jpg, Gallagher Center
Niagara Purple Eagles File:TDBankNorthCenter.jpg, TD Bank Sports Center
Quinnipiac Bobcats Image:YanitelliCenterOutside.jpg, Run Baby Run Arena
Saint Peter's Peacocks File:Times Union Center 2011.jpg, MVP Arena
Siena Saints

Basketball

Men's

;Notes * MAAC men's basketball conference tournament locations

Postseason history

NCAA tournament at-large bids

In 2012, Iona, who was inspired by one of their all around best players Sean Armand, which had lost in the semifinals of that year's MAAC tournament, received an NCAA at-large tournament bid. This was the second time the conference was awarded multiple men's NCAA bids. After St. Peter’s won the 1995 MAAC tournament, the

NCAA men's basketball tournament The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as NCAA March Madness and commonly called March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 college basketball teams from ...

selection committee awarded Manhattan College an at large bid. The Jaspers proved the committee correct by defeating Oklahoma in the first round. The same first-round success Manhattan enjoyed in the 1995 NCAA tournament could not be matched by Iona. In the 2012 NCAAs, the Gaels unexpectedly relinquished a 25-point, first-half lead to the BYU Cougars, falling 78–72 in Dayton, Ohio. Further, Iona's offense, the highest-scoring (per game) in the nation, managed just 17 points in the second half of that upset. It was the largest comeback in NCAA tournament history, besting the 22-point hole the Duke Blue Devils rallied from to defeat the

Maryland Terrapins The Maryland Terrapins, commonly referred to as the Terps, consist of 19 men's and women's varsity intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Maryland, College Park in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Divis ...

in the Final Four of the 2001 NCAA tournament.

Women's

;Notes

Postseason history

Baseball

Soccer

Men's

^ Tournament delayed until April 2021 due to Covid

Women's

^ Tournament delayed until April 2021 due to Covid

Lacrosse

Swimming and diving

Conference champions

Cross country

Champions

Football

The MAAC Football League was formed before the 1993 season, but it was discontinued following the 2007 season. At its peak in 1997, it consisted of 10 teams: * Canisius (1993-2002, discontinued football after 2002 season) * Duquesne (1994-2007, joined

after 2007 season) * Fairfield (1996-2002, discontinued football after 2002 season) * Georgetown (1993-1999, joined Patriot League after 1999 season) * Iona (1993-2007, became independent, discontinued football after 2008 season) * La Salle (1997-2007, discontinued football after 2007 season) * Marist (1994-2007, became independent, joined

Pioneer Football League The Pioneer Football League (PFL) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as a football-only conference. It has member ...

after 2008 season) * St. John's (1993-1997, became independent, joined

after 1999 season, discontinued football after 2002 season) * Saint Peter's (1993-2006, discontinued football after 2006 season) * Siena (1993-2003, discontinued football after 2003 season)

Champions

*1993 Iona (5-0-0) *1994 Marist (6-1) & St. John's (6-1) *1995 Duquesne (7-0) *1996 Duquesne (8-0) *1997 Georgetown (7-0) *1998 Fairfield (6-1) & Georgetown (6-1) *1999 Duquesne (7-1) *2000 Duquesne (7-0) *2001 Duquesne (6-0) *2002 Duquesne (8-0) *2003 Duquesne (5-0) *2004 Duquesne (4-0) *2005 Duquesne (4-0) *2006 Duquesne (3-1) & Marist (3-1) *2007 Duquesne, Iona & Marist (all 2-1)

Notable sports figures

Some of the notable sport figures who played collegiately and/or graduated from a MAAC school, include:

Baseball

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1st Hispanic in MLB
Manhattan File:AlDowning 10.jpg, Al Downing
MLB All-Star Pitcher
Rider File:John Lannan.jpg, John Lannan
MLB Pitcher
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Hall of Fame MLB Manager
Niagara File:Jason Motte 2008.jpg,

Jason Motte Jason Louis Motte (born June 22, 1982) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies and Atlanta Braves. The Cardinals drafted ...

MLB Pitcher
Iona * Jack Armstrong, former MLB pitcher; 1990 MLB All-Star and World Champion (Rider) * John Axford, current relief pitcher for Los Angeles Dodgers (Canisius) *

Kevin Barry Kevin Gerard Barry (20 January 1902 – 1 November 1920) was an Irish Republican Army (IRA) soldier who was executed by the British Government during the Irish War of Independence. He was sentenced to death for his part in an attack upon a Brit ...

, former MLB pitcher (Rider) * Shad Barry, former MLB player (Niagara) * Chris Begg, pitcher for Team Canada at the 2004 Summer Olympics and World Baseball Classic (Niagara) *

Brad Brach Brad Brach ( ; born April 12, 1986) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, and Cinci ...

, current relief pitcher for Atlanta Braves (Monmouth) * Frank Brooks, former MLB relief pitcher (Saint Peter's) * Frank Cashen, former General Manager of the Baltimore Orioles and 1986 World Series Champion New York Mets (Loyola) * Keefe Cato, former MLB pitcher (Fairfield) * Tim Christman, former MLB relief pitcher (Siena) * Harry Croft, former MLB player (Niagara) * Pete Harnisch, MLB All-Star Pitcher (Fordham) * Billy Harrell, former MLB infielder (Siena) * Jim Hoey, former MLB relief pitcher (Rider) * Gary Holle, former MLB first baseman (Siena) * Miguel Jimenez, former MLB pitcher (Fordham) * Jeff Kunkel, former MLB player; 3rd overall pick of the 1983 MLB Draft by the Texas Rangers (Rider) * Sal Maglie, former starting pitcher (Niagara) * Nick Margevicius, current starting pitcher for

Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. The team joined the American League as an expansion team ...

(Rider) * Joe McCarthy, former MLB catcher (Niagara) * Rinty Monahan, former MLB player (Niagara) * Ray Montgomery, former MLB player (Fordham) * Danny Napoleon, former MLB outfielder (Rider) * Mike Parisi, former MLB pitcher (Manhattan) * Victor Santos, former MLB relief pitcher (Saint Peter's) * Chuck Schilling, former MLB second baseman (Manhattan) * Tom Waddell, former MLB pitcher (Manhattan)

Basketball

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Hubie Brown Hubert Jude Brown (born September 25, 1933) is an American retired basketball coach and player and a current television analyst. Brown is a two-time NBA Coach of the Year, the honors being separated by 26 years. Brown was inducted into the Naism ...

,
Hall of Fame NBA Coach
Niagara File:Calvin Murphy 1.jpg,

Calvin Murphy Calvin Jerome Murphy (born May 9, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player who after a prolific collegiate career at Niagara, where he averaged 33.1 points per game over his three years, played in the National Basketball Assoc ...

,
NBA All-Star Guard
Niagara File:Digger Phelps cropped.jpg, Digger Phelps,
ESPN NCAA Analyst
Rider File:RikSmits.JPG,

Rik Smits Rik Smits (born 23 August 1966), nicknamed "the Dunking Dutchman" is a Dutch former professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The center was drafted by the ...

,
NBA All-Star Center
Marist File:Mike Smrek in 2007.jpg, Mike Smrek
Two-Time NBA Champion
Canisius *

Joe Arlauckas Joseph John "Joe" Arlauckas (born July 20, 1965) is an American retired professional basketball player of Lithuanian descent. He played at the power forward position. Arlauckas is well-known for holding the record for the most points scored in a ...

, former NBA player (Niagara) *

John Beilein John Patrick Beilein ( ; born February 5, 1953) is an American professional basketball coach who currently serves as the Senior Player Development Advisor for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Before being hired b ...

, former head coach of Cleveland Cavaliers and Michigan men's basketball (Canisius) * Matt Brady, current Maryland assistant coach, former head coach of James Madison men's basketball (Siena) * Steve Burtt, Sr., former NBA player (Iona) * Al Butler, former NBA player (Niagara) *

Keydren Clark Keydren "Kee-Kee" Clark (born October 8, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player. At a height of 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) tall, he played at the point guard position. He also holds Bulgarian citizenship. College career Clark wa ...

, two-time NCAA scoring leader; seventh all-time NCAA scoring leader (Saint Peter's) * Larry Costello, former NBA player and coach; six-time NBA All-Star (Niagara) * Joe DeSantis, former men's college basketball coach; 1979 NCAA All-American (Fairfield) * Doug Edert, breakout star of Saint Peter's 2022 NCAA tournament run * Kathy Fedorjaka, former Bucknell women's basketball coach (Fairfield) * Luis Flores, former NBA player (Manhattan) * Greg Francis, current Alberta men's basketball coach; former Canadian Olympic basketball player (Fairfield) * Deng Gai, former NBA player; 2006 NCAA block shot leader (Fairfield) * Sean Green, former NBA player (Iona) * Kenny Hasbrouck, former NBA player (Siena) * Bobby Joe Hatton – former professional basketball player; member of the Puerto Rico national basketball team at the 2004 Olympic Games (Marist) * Stella Johnson, professional basketball player, drafted by Phoenix Mercury in 2020, played for Chicago Sky and Washington Mystics (Rider) * Jared Jordan, professional basketball player in Europe, drafted by

Los Angeles Clippers The Los Angeles Clippers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Clippers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division in the league's Western Conference. The Clipper ...

in 2007 (Marist) * Frank Layden, former NBA coach and executive; NBA Coach of the Year and Executive of the Year (Niagara) * Manny Leaks, former NBA player (Niagara) * Tim Legler, former NBA player; current ESPN analyst (La Salle) * Ralph Lewis, former NBA player (La Salle) * Bob MacKinnon, former NBA Head Coach and General Manager of the New Jersey Nets (Canisius) * Johnny McCarthy, member of the 1963–64 NBA Champion Boston Celtics and first of just three players in NBA history to record a triple-double in a playoff debut (Canisius) * Brendan Malone, former NBA head coach (Iona) * Michael Meeks, former Canadian Olympic basketball player (Canisius) * Juan Mendez, professional basketball player in Europe; highest scoring Canadian in Division I men's basketball history (Niagara) * Mike Morrison, former NBA player (Loyola) * KC Ndefo, another key figure in Saint Peter's 2022 NCAA run * Dan O'Sullivan, former NBA player (Fordham) * Tim O'Toole, current ESPN analyst; former men's college basketball coach (Fairfield) * Doug Overton, former NBA player (La Salle) * Digger Phelps, current ESPN analyst; former men's college basketball coach (Rider) * Darren Phillip, 2000 NCAA Top Rebounder (Fairfield) * Rick Pych, current San Antonio Spurs executive (Fairfield) *

Jeff Ruland Jeffrey George Ruland (born December 16, 1958) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He is the former head coach of the Iona Gaels men's basketball team and the UDC Firebirds men's college basketball team. Early life an ...

, former NBA player (Iona) * Lionel Simmons, former NBA player (La Salle) * Mike Smrek, former NBA player (Canisius) * Jason Thompson, former

Sacramento Kings The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. The Kings compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Conference Pacific Division. The Kings are the oldest ...

lottery draft pick, former

Toronto Raptors The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto. The Raptors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. They play their home games a ...

and Golden State Warriors forward (Rider) * Edwin Ubiles former NBA player (Siena) * Randy Woods, former NBA player (La Salle) * A. J. Wynder, former NBA player (Fairfield)

Soccer

File:Adam-braz-2008-10-05.jpg, Adam Braz,
MLS Defender
Fairfield File:Milos Kocic TFC 2010.jpg,

Miloš Kočić Miloš, Milos, Miłosz or spelling variations thereof is a masculine given name and a surname. It may refer to: Given name Sportsmen * Miłosz Bernatajtys, Polish rower * Miloš Bogunović, Serbian footballer * Miloš Budaković, Serbian ...

,
MLS Goalie
Loyola 2008"Men's Soccer Milos Kocic Taken by D.C. United in MLS Draft," Loyola University Maryland Alumni Association, Thursday, January 15, 2009.
/ref> File:Justin-thompson-09-04-11.jpg, Justin Thompson,
USL-1 Defender
Fairfield File:Zthorton.jpg, Zach Thornton,
MLS All-Star Goalie
Loyola 1998Schwerin, Bo. "Game On," ''Loyola'' (Magazine of Loyola University Maryland), April 2010.
/ref> * Jose Aguinaga, New York Red Bulls draft pick, former USL forward (Rider) * Abby Allan, New Zealand women's national football team (Fairfield) *Jamie Darvill, USL-2 player (Loyola) * Anthony Di Biase, USL-2 player (Niagara) * Bryan Harkin, USL-2 player (Fairfield) * Christof Lindenmayer, former MLS player (Loyola) * Mark Longwell, former U.S. National and NASL defender (Fairfield) * Brett Maron, current player in Sweden, Goalkeeper (Fairfield) * Jim McElderry, current Rutgers men's soccer coach and former Fordham men's soccer coach (Fairfield) * Jim McKeown, former NASL defender (Rider) * Tennant McVea, current USL League Two player and associate head coach for Old Dominion men's soccer, former Finnish Premier Division player (Loyola) * Michael O'Keeffe,

New Zealand national football team The New Zealand men's national football team ( mi, Tīma hoka a-motu o Aotearoa) represents New Zealand in men's international football competitions. The team is governed by the governing body for football in New Zealand, New Zealand Football ...

(Fairfield) * Bobby Smith, National Soccer Hall of Fame member; former U.S. National and NASL defender (Rider) * Matt Turner,

New England Revolution The New England Revolution is an American professional soccer club based in the Greater Boston area that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), in the Eastern Conference of the league. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having compe ...

and USMNT goalkeeper (Fairfield) * Florian Valot, currently plays for Miami FC in USL, former player for New York Red Bulls and FC Cincinnati, midfielder/forward (Rider) * Murphy Wiredu, former S. League player (Saint Peter's) * Dennis Wit, former U.S. National and NASL player (Loyola) * Jordan Scarlett,

Tampa Bay Rowdies The Tampa Bay Rowdies are an American professional soccer team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The club was founded in 2008 and first took the pitch in 2010. Since 2017, the Rowdies have been members of the USL Championship in the second tie ...

, drafted by New York Red Bulls, Defender (Iona) * Ignacio Maganto, current player for Union Adarve in Tercera Division in Spain, drafted by

Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy, also known as the Los Angeles Galaxy, are an American professional soccer club based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Galaxy competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), as a member of the Western Conference. The club began pla ...

, Midfielder (Iona)

References

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* {{NCAA nonfootball Div1 conferences Northeastern United States Sports in the Eastern United States Sports leagues established in 1980 Organizations established in 1980 Articles which contain graphical timelines 1980 establishments in the United States