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West Coast Conference

West Coast Conference
FormerlyWest Coast Athletic Conference (1956–1989)
California Basketball Association (1952–1956)
AssociationNCAA
Founded1952 (1952)
CommissionerStu Jackson (since 2023)
Sports fielded
  • 16
    • men's: 7
    • women's: 9
DivisionDivision I
Subdivisionnon-football
No. of teams9 (10 in 2025, 9 in 2026)
HeadquartersSan Mateo, California
RegionWestern United States
Official websitewccsports.com
Locations
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The West Coast Conference (WCC) — known as the California Basketball Association from 1952 to 1956 and then as the West Coast Athletic Conference until 1989 — is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I consisting of nine member schools across the states of California, Oregon, and Washington.

All of the current full members are private, faith-based institutions. Seven members are Catholic Church affiliates, with four of these schools being Jesuit institutions. Pepperdine is an affiliate of the Churches of Christ. The conference's newest member, the University of the Pacific (which rejoined in 2013 after a 42-year absence), is affiliated with the United Methodist Church, although it has been financially independent of the church since 1969.[1]

  1. ^ "History & Mission". University of the Pacific. Retrieved March 31, 2012.

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