Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (1958–1965)
Appearance
The Gulf Coast Athletic Conference was a short-lived NCAA conference of HBCUs. The five schools broke away from the South Central Athletic Conference, but the schools split up by 1965.[1]
Members
Institution | Location | Founded | Nickname | Joined | Previous Conference |
Left | Conference Joined |
Current Conference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bishop College | Marshall, Texas | 1881 | Tigers | 1958 | SCAC | 1965 | Independents | closed 1988 |
Dillard University | New Orleans, Louisiana | 1930 | Bleu Devils | 1958 | SCAC | 1965 | Independents | Gulf Coast |
Philander Smith College | Little Rock, Arkansas | 1877 | Panthers | 1958 | SCAC | 1965 | Independents | Gulf Coast |
Rust College | Holly Springs, Mississippi | 1866 | Bearcats | 1958 | SCAC | 1965 | Independents | D-III Independents |
Tougaloo College | Tougaloo, Mississippi | 1869 | Bulldogs | 1958 | SCAC | 1965 | Independents | Gulf Coast |