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 ten member schools across the states of California, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. All of the current members are private, faith-based institutions. Seven members are Catholic Church affiliates, with four of these schools being

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institutions. Pepperdine is an affiliate of the

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. Brigham Young University is an affiliate of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The conference's newest member, the

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(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.

History

The league was chartered by five northern California institutions, four from the San Francisco Bay Area ( San Francisco,

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, Santa Clara, San Jose State) and one, Pacific, from

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. It began as the California Basketball Association, playing its first game on January 2, 1953. After two seasons under that name, the conference expanded to include Los Angeles-area schools Loyola (now

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) and Pepperdine in 1955 and became the "West Coast Athletic Conference" in 1956. After more than three decades as the WCAC, the name was shortened in the summer of 1989, dropping the word "Athletic." During the massive upheaval of conference affiliations in the 1990s, the WCC remained very stable. Before the 2010 realignment that eventually led to Brigham Young joining the conference, the last change of membership was in 1980, when

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left the conference. At the time, only the Ivy League and Pacific-10 Conference (now the

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) had remained unchanged for a longer period. The WCC participates at the NCAA Division I level and is considered to be a mid-major athletic conference. The conference sponsors 15 sports but does not include

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as one of them. San Diego ( Pioneer Football League) and Brigham Young ( FBS independent) are the only schools fielding a football team. The rest have all dropped the sport, some as early as the 1940s, before the conference existed (

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and

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), and one as late as 2003 (

). Historically, the WCC's strongest sports have been soccer (nine national champions, including back-to-back women's soccer titles in 2001 and 2002) and tennis (five individual champions and one team champion). The conference has also made its presence felt nationally in men's basketball. San Francisco won two consecutive national titles in the 1950s with all-time great Bill Russell. Although the WCAC's stature declined in the 1960s, San Francisco was reckoned as a "major" basketball power until the early 1980s. Also of note was Loyola Marymount's inspired run to the Elite Eight in

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following the death of Hank Gathers during that season's WCC championship tournament. More recently, Gonzaga's rise to national prominence after being invited to the NCAA Tournament every year since their Cinderella run to the "Elite Eight" in

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has helped make the WCC a household name. As San Francisco was from the 1940s to the early 1980s, Gonzaga has gained recognition as a major basketball power, despite the WCC being a mid-major conference. Gonzaga has been to 23 consecutive NCAA tournaments—the longest streak for any school in the Western United States, the third-longest active streak, and the sixth-longest streak in history. They have also been to all but one WCC tournament final since 1995, and have played for the conference title every year since 1998. In 2016–17, the Bulldogs advanced all the way to the national championship game—the deepest run by a WC(A)C team since San Francisco went to three consecutive Final Fours from 1955 to 1957. The Bulldogs reached the title game again in

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, this time entering the game unbeaten, but again losing, this time to Baylor.

has also made marks for the conference as the Gaels appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, and 2021 (making the "Sweet Sixteen" in 2010). Eventually, with the 2010 realignment opening up new avenues for expansion, the WCC decided to revisit expansion plans. The conference decided that it would only seek out private schools, but would not limit its search to faith-based institutions. Even so, the two additions, Brigham Young University and

are both faith-based institutions, although Pacific has not been financially sponsored by the United Methodist Church since 1969. On August 31, 2010, BYU announced plans to join the WCC for the 2011–12 season in all sports the conference offers. BYU joined the conference on July 1, 2011. BYU's arrival gave the WCC another school with a rich basketball tradition. The Cougars made the NCAA Tournament six straight times before failing to do so in 2013, and had made 26 NCAA Tournament appearances before joining the conference. On March 27, 2012, the

(UOP), a charter member of the conference in 1952, accepted an invitation to rejoin the WCC, effective July 1, 2013. The move removed Pacific from the Big West Conference back to the WCC, which Pacific left in 1971 in order to pursue its interests in football that it later abandoned in 1995. The WCC became the first Division I conference to adopt a conference-wide diversity hiring commitment, announcing the "Russell Rule", based on the NFL's Rooney Rule and named after Basketball Hall of Famer and social activist Bill Russell, a graduate of charter and current conference member San Francisco, on August 2, 2020. In its announcement, the WCC stated: The WCC announced on July 19, 2022 that it would add men's water polo starting in 2023–24. Full members Loyola Marymount, Pacific, Pepperdine, and Santa Clara will be joined by affiliates Air Force, California Baptist, and San Jose State.

Member schools

Current members

:''Departing members are highlighted in red. BYU will join the Big 12 Conference in 2023.'' ;Notes:

Associate member

Future associate members

Former members

Former associate members

;Notes:

Membership timeline

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(1952–present) bar:6 color:FullxF from:1955 till:1957 text: Fresno State (1955–1957) bar:6 color:OtherC1 from:1957 till:1969 bar:6 color:OtherC2 from:1969 till:1992 text: PCAA/Big West bar:6 color:OtherC1 from:1992 till:2012 text: WAC bar:6 color:OtherC2 from:2012 till:end text: MWC bar:7 color:FullxF from:1955 till:end text:

(1955–present) bar:8 color:FullxF from:1955 till:end text: Pepperdine (1955–present) bar:9 color:FullxF from:1964 till:1969 text: UC Santa Barbara (1964–1969) bar:9 color:OtherC1 from:1969 till:1974 bar:9 color:OtherC2 from:1974 till:1976 bar:9 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:end text: PCAA/Big West bar:10 color:FullxF from:1969 till:1975 text: UNLV (1969–1975) bar:10 shift:(20) color:OtherC1 from:1975 till:1982 text:D-I Ind. bar:10 color:OtherC2 from:1982 till:1996 text: Big West bar:10 color:OtherC1 from:1996 till:1999 text: WAC bar:10 color:OtherC2 from:1999 till:end text: MWC bar:11 color:FullxF from:1969 till:1979 text: Nevada (1969–1979) bar:11 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1992 text: Big Sky bar:11 color:OtherC2 from:1992 till:2000 text: Big West bar:11 color:OtherC1 from:2000 till:2012 text: WAC bar:11 color:OtherC2 from:2012 till:end text: MWC bar:12 color:FullxF from:1971 till:1980 text: Seattle (1971–1980) bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:1980 till:1997 text: NAIA Independent bar:12 color:OtherC2 from:1997 till:1999 text: NWC bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:1999 till:2001 text:D-II bar:12 color:OtherC2 from:2001 till:2008 text: GNAC bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:2008 till:2012 text:D-I Ind. bar:12 color:OtherC2 from:2012 till:end text: WAC bar:13 color:FullxF from:1976 till:end text:

(1976–present) bar:14 color:FullxF from:1979 till:end text:

(1979–present) bar:15 color:FullxF from:1979 till:end text: San Diego (1979–present) bar:16 color:FullxF from:2011 till:2023 text: BYU (2011–2023) bar:16 color:OtherC1 from:2023 till:END text: Big 12 ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:5 start:1955 TextData = fontsize:L textcolor:black pos:(0,30) tabs:(470-center) text:^"West Coast Conference Membership History" #> If the chart uses more than one bar color, add a legend by selecting the appropriate fields from the following six options (use only the colors that are used in the graphic.) Leave a blank line after the end of the timeline, then add a line with the selected values from the list, separated by a space. <# * Due to space limitations, the following affiliations are not linked within the timeline: ** Fresno State had dual membership with the California Collegiate Athletic Association during their tenure in the WCAC before committing full-time with the CCAA from 1957 to 1969: ** UC Santa Barbara joined what was then the PCAA in 1969. It left in 1974 to become independent and returned in 1976. ** Seattle was a member of the Northwest Conference, then affiliated with the NAIA, from 1997 to 1999. The school then returned to the NCAA as a Division II institution and played as an independent until 2001.

Sports

The West Coast Conference sponsors championship competition in six men's and nine women's NCAA sanctioned sports, with the newest addition being softball in 2013–14.

Men's sports

Departing members are highlighted in red.

Women's sports

Departing members are highlighted in red.

Facilities

Notable sports figures

Some of the famous athletes who played collegiately for WCC schools and coaches and executives that attended WCC schools, include: *Basketball: ** Mahershala Ali, two-time Academy Award-winning actor who played basketball at Saint Mary's under his birth name of Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore **David Cooke, former

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player (St. Mary's) ** Dan Dickau, former NBA player (2002-2008) (Gonzaga) ** Brandon Davies, former NBA player who currently plays in the

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. During his sophomore year, he helped BYU rise as high as #3 in the national polls before being suspended for an honor code violation. He was reinstated for his junior and senior seasons and named to the All West Coast Conference team. (2009-2013) (BYU) ** Rick Adelman, former NBA head coach (Loyola Marymount) ** Dennis Awtrey, former NBA player (1970-1982) (Santa Clara) **

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, former NBA head coach (San Diego) ** Mike Brown, former NBA head coach (San Diego) ** Ricardo Brown, former NBA player, one of the Philippine Basketball Association's 25 Greatest Players ** Bill Cartwright, former NBA player and head coach, former NBA All-Star (San Francisco) **

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, former NBA player (1993–2007) selected 17th overall in the 1992 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics (Pepperdine) ** Darwin Cook, former NBA player (1980-1989) (Portland) **

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, former NBA player (2003-2008) (Gonzaga) ** Maggie Dixon, former women's head coach at Army (San Diego) ** Mike Champion, former NBA player (1988-1989) (Gonzaga) ** Hank Gathers, college player who led the nation in scoring and rebounding in 1990 before collapsing and dying during the WCC tournament (Loyola Marymount) ** Bruce Hale, former NBA player (1948–51) (Santa Clara) ** Elias Harris, current Germany international (Gonzaga) ** Dennis Johnson, Basketball Hall of Famer, former NBA player (1976-1990) 1979 NBA Finals MVP and 5-Time NBA All-Star. Coached the LA Clippers for one season (2003) (Pepperdine) **

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, former NBA player (1958-1967), and

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r (San Francisco) ** Bo Kimble, former NBA player (1990-1993) (Loyola Marymount) ** Harold Keeling, former

player, (1986), (Santa Clara) ** Tom Meschery, former NBA player (1961-1971), and NBA All-Star (1963) (Saint Mary's) ** Patrick Mills, current Australia international with the San Antonio Spurs (Saint Mary's) ** Adam Morrison, former NBA player known for being the 3rd overall pick in the 2006 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Bobcats and the 2005-06 National College Co-Player of the Year (Gonzaga) ** Austin Daye, current NBA player with the Detroit Pistons. Selected with the 15th pick of the 2009 NBA Draft (Gonzaga) ** Eric Musselman, former NBA head coach (San Diego) **

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, Basketball Hall of Famer, former NBA player (1996-2014) and 2005 and 2006 NBA MVP (Santa Clara) **

Dick O'Keefe Richard Thomas O'Keefe (September 29, 1923 – December 17, 2006) was an American professional basketball player. After serving as captain of the St. James High School basketball team in his hometown of San Francisco, California, O'Keefe began his ...

, inaugural season

player, (1947–51) (Santa Clara) ** Bud Ogden, former

player, (1969-1971) (Santa Clara) ** Michael Olowokandi, former

player (Pacific) ** Kelly Olynyk, current Canada men's international with the Miami Heat (Gonzaga) ** Kurt Rambis, former NBA player (1981-1995) and NBA head coach (1999 and 2009-2011) (Santa Clara) ** Bill Russell, Basketball Hall of Fame Player (12-Time All-Star, 5-Time NBA MVP, and 11-Time NBA Champion) and coach, 1956 College Player of the Year (San Francisco) **

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, current NBA player with the

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, and current Canada international (Gonzaga) **

Omar Samhan Omar Hassan Samhan (born November 3, 1988) is an American-Egyptian professional basketball player for Plateros Fresnillo of the Mexican LNBP. He played college basketball for Saint Mary's College of California where he was an honorable mention A ...

, currently playing in Lithuania and the Euroleague with Žalgiris (Saint Mary's) **

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, former

Player (1955–64), First basketball player on a Sports Illustrated cover. (Santa Clara) ** Jose Slaughter, former NBA player (1982-1983) (Portland) ** Erik Spoelstra, current head coach of the Miami Heat (Portland) ** Jeremy Pargo, current NBA player with the

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(Gonzaga) ** John Stockton, Basketball Hall of Famer (10-Time All-Star, and All-Time NBA Leader in Assists and Steals) (Gonzaga) **

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, former college head coach

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(Gonzaga) ** Ronny Turiaf, current Los Angeles Clippers player (Gonzaga) ** Courtney Vandersloot, current WNBA player with the Chicago Sky (Gonzaga) ** Nick Vanos, former

player, (1985–87) (Santa Clara) ** Matthew Dellavedova, current

player with the Milwaukee Bucks (Saint Mary's) *Soccer: ** Conor Casey,

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MVP, 2009 MLS Best XI, and former United States men's national soccer team forward (Portland) **

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, member of the USA national team that won the

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(Santa Clara) **

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captain and three-time World Cup veteran (2002, 2006, 2010) with the United States men's national soccer team (Portland) ** Brian Ching, USA men's national team player (Gonzaga) ** John Doyle, general manager of the

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, former USA men's national team player (San Francisco) ** Kasey Keller, former US international goalkeeper and four-time World Cup (1994, 1998, 2002, 2006) veteran (Portland) ** Shannon MacMillan, member of the 1999 Women's World Cup winners (Portland) ** Tiffeny Milbrett, member of the 1999 Women's World Cup winners (Portland) **

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, two-time

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winner and all-time leading goal scorer for the Canadian women's national team (Portland) **

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, 2002 Hermann Trophy winner and member of the US women's soccer team that won gold at the 2004 Olympics (Santa Clara) *Baseball: ** Jon Moscot, major league baseball pitcher (

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) ** Jason Bay, 2004 National League Rookie of the Year and three-time All-Star (Gonzaga) ** Vance Law, former MLB player, and 1-time MLB All-Star (1988). Former BYU Baseball Coach (2000-2012). Son of MLB Pitcher Vern Law. (BYU) ** Randy Winn, former MLB outfielder and 2002 All-Star (Santa Clara) ** Dan Haren, 2007 American League All-Star Game starting pitcher, currently with the Washington Nationals (Pepperdine) ** Noah Lowry, major-league pitcher (currently a free agent) and former college roommate of Dan Haren (Pepperdine) ** Mike Redmond, former MLB catcher and current manager of the Florida Marlins (Gonzaga) **

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, former MLB player (Saint Mary's) ** Tom Candiotti, former MLB pitcher (Saint Mary's) ** Mike Scott, former major-league pitcher (Pepperdine) ** Randy Wolf, former MLB pitcher (Pepperdine) ** Brian Matusz, pitcher with the Baltimore Orioles (San Diego) **

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, pitcher with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (Loyola Marymount) ** Theo Epstein, President of the

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and former general manager of the Boston Red Sox (San Diego – School of Law only; earned bachelor's degree at Yale) ** Kris Bryant,

3rd baseman, 2013 2nd overall draft pick, 2015 National League Rookie of the Year, and 2016 NL MVP leading the Cubs to the

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Championship (San Diego) **

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, MLB executive (San Diego) **

Ken Dayley Kenneth Grant Dayley (born February 25, 1959) is a former professional baseball player. A left-handed pitcher, Dayley played all or part of eleven seasons in Major League Baseball between 1982 and 1993. Career Braves After pitching at the Un ...

, former major league pitcher, 1980 1st round draft pick, 3rd overall, pitched in both the '85 and '87 World Series for the St. Louis Cardinals (Portland) ** Bill Krueger, former major league pitcher (Portland) ** Pat Casey, current Oregon State baseball head coach, his team winning both the 2006 and 2007 College World Series (Portland) ** Von Hayes, former major league outfielder/first baseman (Saint Mary's) * Water polo: ** Terry Schroeder, former NCAA player, two-time Olympic silver medal winner (1984 and 1988), and Head Coach of silver medal winning men's water polo team at the

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(Pepperdine)National Men Water Polo Team USA Men's Olympic Team
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(Pepperdine) ** Jesse Smith, silver medal winner at the

(Pepperdine) *Volleyball: ** Mike Whitmarsh — Winner of 28

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beach volleyball events, as well as a silver medal in the sport at the

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(San Diego – volleyball and basketball; however, men's volleyball is not a WCC sport) ** Taylor Sander - Member of the American US Indoor Volleyball team and a player for Blu Volleyball Verona. Led US national team to an upset of Brazil to win the FIVB World League 2014. Was named best outside spiker and tournament MVP. He holds the BYU all-time single-match record for service aces (nine) and career service aces (182). In the rally-scoring era ranks No. 1 at BYU in career kills (1,743), career attempts (3,464), career service aces (182), season attempts (1,021 in 2014), season service aces (55 in 2014) and aces in a match (nine). (BYU - volleyball; however Men's Indoor volleyball isn't a WCC sport) *Football ** Ray Flaherty - End;

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1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...

), Boston/Washington Redskins (–), New York Yankees (

1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...

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1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

Chicago Hornets The Chicago Rockets were an American football team that played in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) from 1946 to 1949. During the 1949 season, the team was known as the Chicago Hornets. Unlike the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, an ...

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1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...

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1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

1937 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ...

1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...

). Pro Football Hall of Fame (1976). (Gonzaga) **

Tony Canadeo Anthony Robert Canadeo (May 5, 1919 – November 29, 2003) was a professional American football player who played as a back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers from 1941 to 1952, having missed most of the 1944 season a ...

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Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ...

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1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Eu ...

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1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...

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1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

). Pro Football Hall of Fame (1974), Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame, No. 3 retired. (Gonzaga) ** Pete Carroll, current coach of the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL, former head coach of USC trojans of the NCAA. Led Seattle to Super Bowl XLVIII, where they defeated the Denver Broncos. Led the USC Trojans to 6 BCS Bowl victories. (Pacific) **

Ted Leland TED may refer to: Economics and finance * TED spread between U.S. Treasuries and Eurodollar Education * ''Türk Eğitim Derneği'', the Turkish Education Association ** TED Ankara College Foundation Schools, Turkey ** Transvaal Education Depart ...

, a first team PCAA selection as a defensive end in 1969. Current athletic director at Pacific. Served as athletic director at Stanford University for 12 years, leading them to the NACDA Directors' Cup from 1995 to 2005. (Pacific '70 and 72') ** John Fassel, special teams coordinator for the St. Louis Rams of the NFL. (Pacific, transferred when program was ended in 1995) ** Hue Jackson, former head coach of the Cleveland Browns, former offensive coordinator for the Cincinnati Bengals, former head coach of the Oakland Raiders. (Pacific)

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* {{NCAA nonfootball Div1 conferences Organizations based in California West Coast of the United States Sports in the Western United States Sports organizations established in 1952 Articles which contain graphical timelines 1952 establishments in California