The Coastal Football Conference was a football-only
junior college
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athletic conference
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with member schools located in the
Mid-Atlantic
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region of the United States. The conference's members included Community College of Baltimore—now known as Baltimore City Community College, Chowan College—now known as
Chowan University
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Murfreesboro, North Carolina
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Ferrum College
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in
Ferrum, Virginia
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Lees–McRae College
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in
Banner Elk, North Carolina
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History
The area surrounding the Elk River was inhabited by the Cherokee before we ...
Bel Air, Maryland
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Keyser, West Virginia
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Dover, Delaware
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. The Coastal Football Conference was formed in January 1970 at Ferrum. Hank Norton, the head football coach at Ferrum College, was appointed the first president of the conference. In 1975,
Hudson Valley Community College
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of
Troy, New York
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was added to the Coastal Football Conference, and the conference was split into two divisions.