Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (1958–1965)
College sports conference of historically Black colleges and universities
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The Gulf Coast Athletic Conference was a short-lived NCAA conference of HBCUs. Five of the schools broke away from the South Central Athletic Conference, while Huston–Tillotson College had previously been a member of the Midwest Athletic Association.[1] The schools split up by 1965.[2]
Member schools
| Institution | Location | Founded | Nickname | Joined | Previous conference |
Left | Subsequent conference joined |
Current conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop College | Marshall, Texas | 1881 | Tigers | 1957[3] | SCAC | 1965 | Independents | closed 1988 |
| Dillard University | New Orleans, Louisiana | 1930 | Bleu Devils | 1957[3] | SCAC | 1965 | Independents | Gulf Coast Athletic |
| Huston–Tillotson College[3] | Austin, Texas | 1875 | Rams | 1957[3] | Midwest Athletic Association[1] | Red River Athletic Conference | ||
| Philander Smith College | Little Rock, Arkansas | 1877 | Panthers | 1957[3] | SCAC | 1965 | Independents | Gulf Coast Athletic |
| Rust College | Holly Springs, Mississippi | 1866 | Bearcats | 1957[3] | SCAC | 1965 | Independents | Gulf Coast Athletic |
| Tougaloo College | Tougaloo, Mississippi | 1869 | Bulldogs | 1957[3] | SCAC | 1965 | Independents | Gulf Coast Athletic |