Northern California Athletic Conference
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NCAC | |
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Established | 1925 |
Dissolved | 1998[1] |
Association | NCAA |
Division | Division II |
Members | 12 (total) |
Region | West Coast |
Former names | Far Western Conference (1925–1982) |
The Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) was an NCAA Division II college athletic association that sponsored American football that was founded in 1925. It disbanded in 1998 after the majority of its member schools were forced to drop football.
History[]
The NCAC was founded as the Far Western Conference (FWC) in 1925 by its charter member schools: Fresno State, Saint Mary's, UC Davis, Nevada, San Jose State and Pacific.[2]
Nevada's departure from the conference in 1940 left the conference with only four members; Chico State, Fresno State, College of the Pacific and UC Davis.[3] The conference looked to four nominees in Humboldt State, San Francisco State, Santa Barbara State and California Poly of San Luis Obispo.[4]
Shortly after World War II, all of these charter members, with the exception of UC Davis, would leave for other conferences, to be replaced by San Francisco State, Sacramento State, Hayward State, Southern Oregon, Sonoma State and Chico State. During the 1990s, each of the universities associated with the California State system chose to disband their football teams in order to comply with Title IX, with the exception of Humboldt State, which added two women's sports to achieve compliance and Sacramento State.[1]
Members[]
![Far Western Conference logo.png](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c1/Far_Western_Conference_logo.png)
Institution | Location | Founded | Nickname | Joined | Left | Current conference |
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Chico State | Chico, CA | 1887 | Wildcats | 1927 | 1996 | CCAA |
Fresno State | Fresno, CA | 1911 | Bulldogs | 1925 | 1940 | Mountain West |
Hayward State | Hayward, CA | 1956 | Pioneers | 1964 | 1993 | CCAA |
Humboldt State | Arcata, CA | 1913 | Lumberjacks | 1930 | 1996 | CCAA |
Nevada | Reno, NV | 1874 | Wolf Pack | 1925 1954 |
1939 1968 |
Mountain West |
Pacific (CA) | Stockton, CA | 1911 | Tigers | 1925 | 1942 | West Coast |
Sacramento State | Sacramento, CA | 1947 | Hornets | 1954 | 1984 | Big Sky |
Saint Mary's | Moraga, CA | 1863 | Gaels | 1925 | 1928 | West Coast |
San Francisco State | San Francisco, CA | 1899 | Gators | 1947 | 1995 | CCAA |
San Jose State | San Jose, CA | 1857 | Spartans | 1929 | 1934 | Mountain West |
Sonoma State | Rohnert Park, CA | 1960 | Cossacks (now Seawolves) | 1971 1983 |
1998 |
CCAA |
Southern Oregon | Ashland, OR | 1872 | Raiders | 1947 | 1954 | Cascade Collegiate |
UC Davis | Davis, CA | 1905 | Aggies | 1925 | 1992 | Big Sky |
Membership timeline[]
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Conference champions[]
Football[]
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Baseball[]
- 1983: San Francisco State
- 1990: Sonoma State
- 1991: Sonoma State
- 1992: Sonoma State
- 1998: Sonoma State
Women's volleyball[]
- 1995: Sonoma State
- 1997: Sonoma State
Men's soccer[]
- 1974: Cal-State Hayward
- 1975: Cal-State Hayward
- 1976: Cal-State Hayward
- 1977:
- 1978:
- 1979:
- 1980:
- 1981:
- 1982: Cal-State Hayward
- 1983: Cal-State Hayward
- 1984: Cal-State Hayward
- 1985: Chico State
- 1986: Chico State
- 1987: Chico State
- 1988: Cal-State Hayward
- 1989: Cal-State Hayward
- 1990: Sonoma State
- 1991: Sonoma State
- 1993: Sonoma State
- 1995: Sonoma State
- 1996: Sonoma State
- 1997: Sonoma State
Women's soccer[]
- 1982:
- 1983: Cal-State Hayward
- 1984: Cal-State Hayward
- 1985: Cal-State Hayward
- 1986: Cal-State Hayward
- 1987: Cal-State Hayward
- 1988: Cal-State Hayward (** National Champions **)
Women's basketball[]
- 1998: Sonoma State
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b Kroichick, Ron (January 23, 2008). "A place where college sports are a grassroots movement". SFGate. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Conference Championships: Northern California Athletic Conference". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 13, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
- ^ "Nevada to Quit Far Western Loop". Eugene Register-Guard. Jan 7, 1940. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ^ "Nevada Quits But List Grid Game With COP". Lodi News-Sentinel. Jan 8, 1940. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
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