Athletics
Coastal Georgia (CCGA) teams, nicknamed athletically as the Mariners, are part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC). Men's sports include baseball (2013-14), basketball, cross country, golf, soccer and tennis; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball.
Coastal Georgia is currently a provisional member of the NAIA. CCGA became a member of the SSAC in the 2012-13 academic year after becoming a full member of NAIA following the one year provisional period.
Until 2011 the college competed in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and as a member of the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association. As part of the college's transformation from a two-year junior college to a four-year institution, Coastal Georgia applied for membership in the NAIA after exploring option to join the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The college also began expanding athletics in 2010 with the additions of men's and women's golf and tennis for the for the 2010-11 academic year, in which both golf programs placed in the top-10 nationally in the NJCAA championship tournament. The school added women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, women's volleyball, men's and women's soccer and baseball over the next five years.
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