East Coast Tournament Champions
East Coast Tournament Champions
Full list of East Coast Conference (ECC) Tournament men’s basketball 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. La Salle won the most Big Eight Tournament titles (4), followed by Hofstra and Towson (3 each). See also: East Coast Regular Season Champions
| Season | Champion | Head Coach |
| 1975 | La Salle | Paul Westhead |
| 1976 | Hofstra | Roger Gaeckler |
| 1977 | Hofstra (2) | Roger Gaeckler (2) |
| 1978 | La Salle (2) | Paul Westhead (2) |
| 1979 | Temple | Don Casey |
| 1980 | La Salle (3) | Lefty Ervin |
| 1981 | Saint Joseph’s | Jim Lynam |
| 1982 | Saint Joseph’s (2) | Jim Boyle |
| 1983 | La Salle (4) | Lefty Ervin (2) |
| 1984 | Rider | John Carpenter |
| 1985 | Lehigh | Tom Schneider |
| 1986 | Drexel | Eddie Burke |
| 1987 | Bucknell | Charlie Woollum |
| 1988 | Lehigh (2) | Fran McCaffery |
| 1989 | Bucknell (2) | Charlie Woollum (2) |
| 1990 | Towson State | Terry Truax |
| 1991 | Towson State (2) | Terry Truax (2) |
| 1992 | Towson State (3) | Terry Truax (3) |
| 1993 | none | none |
| 1994 | Hofstra (3) | Butch van Breda Kolff |
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