East Coast Regular Season Champions
Full list of East Coast Conference (ECC) men’s basketball regular season champions, including head coach, by year. Bold means team went on to win the NCAA National Championship the same year. The East Coast Conference was active from 1974-75 through the 1993-94 season, forming from members of the Middle Atlantic Conference. When the NCAA created Division I, II and III designations, the 12 biggest programs from the Middle Atlantic left to form the East Coast Conference. Lafayette won the most Big Eight regular season titles (7), followed by Bucknell (5) and Hofstra (4). See also: East Coast Tournament Champions
| Season | Champion(s) | Head Coach(es) |
| 1974-75 | American | Jim Lynam |
| La Salle | Paul Westhead | |
| Lafayette | Tom Davis | |
| 1975-76 | Lafayette (2) | Tom Davis (2) |
| Saint Joseph’s | Harry Booth | |
| 1976-77 | Hofstra | Roger Gaeckler |
| Lafayette (3) | Tom Davis (3) | |
| Temple | Don Casey | |
| 1977-78 | La Salle (2) | Paul Westhead (2) |
| Lafayette (4) | Roy Chipman | |
| 1978-79 | Bucknell | Charlie Woollum |
| Temple (2) | Don Casey (2) | |
| 1979-80 | Lafayette (5) | Roy Chipman (2) |
| Saint Joseph’s (2) | Jim Lynam (2) | |
| 1980-81 | American (2) | Gary Williams |
| Lafayette (6) | Will Rackley | |
| Rider | John Carpenter | |
| 1981-82 | Temple (3) | Don Casey (3) |
| West Chester | Earl Voss | |
| 1982-83 | American (3) | Ed Tapscott |
| Hofstra (2) | Dick Berg | |
| La Salle (3) | Lefty Ervin | |
| Rider (2) | John Carpenter (2) | |
| 1983-84 | Bucknell (2) | Charlie Woollum (2) |
| 1984-85 | Bucknell (3) | Charlie Woollum (3) |
| 1985-86 | Drexel | Eddie Burke |
| 1986-87 | Bucknell (4) | Charlie Woollum (4) |
| 1987-88 | Lafayette (7) | Butch van Breda Kolff |
| 1988-89 | Bucknell (5) | Charlie Woollum (5) |
| 1989-90 | Hofstra (3) | Butch van Breda Kolff (2) |
| Lehigh | Dave Duke | |
| Towson State | Terry Truax | |
| 1990-91 | Towson State (2) | Terry Truax (2) |
| 1991-92 | Hofstra (4) | Butch van Breda Kolff (3) |
| 1992-93 | none | none |
| 1993-94 | Troy | Don Maestri |
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