West Coast Conference

The West Coast Conference (WCC) is a college sports conference (group of sports teams that play against each other) in the western United States. There are many sports in the conference. The conference does not have football. Only two of its current members have football teams.

The WCC began in 1952 when five schools in and around the San Francisco Bay Area formed the California Basketball Association. The league was then called the West Coast Athletic Conference from 1956 to 1989.

All 10 of its current members were founded by churches. Seven of the colleges are Catholic schools. Only University of the Pacific, which was started by Methodists, no longer gets money from a church.

Members

The WCC has 10 members. All are located in West Coast states except BYU.

School	Location	Founded	Type	Nickname	Joined WCC
Brigham Young University (BYU)	Provo, Utah	1875	Private LDS	Cougars	2011
Gonzaga University	Spokane, Washington	1881	Private Jesuit	Bulldogs	1979
Loyola Marymount University	Los Angeles, California	1870	Private Jesuit/Marymount/St. Joseph	Lions	1955
University of the Pacific	Stockton, California	1851	Private Nonsectarian	Tigers	1952, 2013[a 1]
Pepperdine University	Malibu, California	1937	Private Churches of Christ	Waves	1955
University of Portland	Portland, Oregon	1901	Private Congregation of Holy Cross	Pilots	1976
Saint Mary's College of California	Moraga, California	1863	Private De La Salle Brothers	Gaels	1952
University of San Diego	San Diego, California	1949	Private Diocesan Catholic	Toreros	1979
University of San Francisco	San Francisco, California	1855	Private Jesuit	Dons	1952
Santa Clara University	Santa Clara, California	1851	Private Jesuit	Broncos	1952

Pacific left the conference in 1971 and came back in 2013.

Associate members

The WCC has one "associate member". This member only plays one sport in the conference. They play other sports in the Big East Conference.

School	Location	Founded	Type	Joined	Sport	Current main conference	Nickname
Creighton University	Omaha, Nebraska	1878	Private Jesuit	2010	Women's rowing	Big East	Bluejays

References

"West Coast Conference". wccsports.com. Retrieved 2014-06-10.

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[Pacific-1] Pacific left the conference in 1971 and came back in 2013.