What is the West Coast Conference?
Q: What is the West Coast Conference?
A: The West Coast Conference (WCC) is a college sports conference in the western United States that sponsors many sports, but has never sponsored football.
Q: How many current members of the WCC have football teams?
A: Only two of its current members have football teams.
Q: When was the WCC founded?
A: The WCC began in 1952 when five schools in and around the San Francisco Bay Area formed the California Basketball Association.
Q: What was the league called from 1956 to 1989?
A: The league was then called the West Coast Athletic Conference from 1956 to 1989.
Q: How were all 10 of its current members founded?
A: All 10 of its current members were founded by churches; seven are Catholic schools.
Q: Does Pacific still receive money from a church? A: No, Pacific, which was founded by Methodists, no longer receives money from a church.
