Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (1958–1965)
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 |
References
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