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The West Coast Conference (known as the WCC) is a conference participating in the NCAA's Division I, with member institutions in California, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. It was founded in 1952 by five schools in the San Francisco Bay area. All current members are private, religiously-affiliated schools.
Until BYU joined in 2011, the WCC had not had a change in membership since 1980, a degree of stability bettered only by the Ivy League (stable since 1954).
Current members
- Brigham Young University (joined in 2011)
- Gonzaga (joined in 1979)
- Loyola Marymount (joined in 1955)
- Pacific (charter member, left for the Big West in 1971, rejoined in 2013)
- Pepperdine (joined in 1955)
- Portland (joined in 1976)
- Saint Mary's (charter in member)
- San Diego (joined in 1979)
- San Francisco (charter member)
- Santa Clara (charter member)
Former members
- Fresno State (joined in 1955 with joint membership in the CCAA, left in 1957 for sole CCAA membership, now in the Mountain West)
- Nevada (joined in 1969, left in 1979 for the Big Sky, now in the Mountain West)
- Nevada - Las Vegas (joined in 1969, left in 1975 to become a Division I independent, now in the Mountain West)
- San José State (joined in 1952, left in 1969 for the PCAA, now in the Mountain West)
- Seattle (joined in 1971, left in 1980 for NAIA membership, now back in Division I in the WAC)
- UC Santa Barbara (joined in 1964, left in 1969 for the PCAA)