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California Pacific Conference
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The California Pacific Conference (Cal Pac) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The conference commissioner is Don Ott. Conference leadership is shared among the member institutions. The secretary is Marv Christopher of California Maritime Academy. The conference was formed in 1996.

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California State University at East Bay, California State University at Monterey Bay, Dominican University, Mills College, and Notre Dame de Namur University are former members of the conference that have left the Cal Pac and the NAIA for the Division II and Division III ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

  • Cal State–Monterey Bay and Cal State–East Bay left the Cal Pac to join the NCAA Division II California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) in the 2004–05 and 2008–09 seasons, respectively.
  • Patten University left the Cal Pac when the school chose to discontinue its athletic program after the 2004–05 season.
  • Notre Dame de Namur left the Cal Pac to join the NCAA Division II Pacific West Conference in the 2006–07 season, followed by Dominican in the 2008–09 season.
  • Mills moved to NCAA Division III as an Independent in the 2011–12 season.

In June 2011, Bethany University announced it was ceasing operations effective immediately, decreasing the Cal Pac to seven active members.[1]

In 2012, Holy Names University left the Cal Pac to join the Pacific West Conference; while Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University at Prescott, Marymount California University, and Soka University of America joined to increase the conference membership to nine schools.[2]

La Sierra University joined in 2013 to bring the conference up to 10 members.[3] William Jessup University left in 2014, leaving the conference with nine members. Membership rose to twelve schools in 2015 when the University of Antelope Valley, Benedictine University at Mesa, Providence Christian College, and Sierra Nevada University joined; while Menlo College left for the Golden State Athletic Conference.

The University of Saint Katherine joined in 2019.[4] In March 2020, the conference announced two additions for the 2020–21 academic year when Park University at Gilbert and Westcliff University were admitted to the NAIA.[5]

Sierra Nevada approved in July 2021 an agreement to merge with NCAA Division I's University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada).[6] The merger was given accreditation approval in late December and scheduled for completion before 2022–23,[7] leading to Sierra Nevada's departure from Cal Pac.

On September 20, 2024, Cal Maritime announced it would withdraw from NAIA and Cal Pac membership at the conclusion of the 2024–25 academic year.[8] However, it later reneged on this decision and remained a Cal Pac and NAIA member through the 2025–26 academic year.

On December 20, 2024, Northern New Mexico College and Stanton University had accepted an invite as full members to join the Cal Pac, with the latter contingent on NAIA approval for membership, while Walla Walla University accepted an invite as an affiliate member for men's volleyball; all effective beginning the 2025–26 academic year.[9] Later on, Central Christian College of Kansas also joined the Cal Pac as an affiliate member for men's volleyball for the upcoming academic year.

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Current members

The Cal Pac currently has 6 full members, two are public schools:

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  1. Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  2. Part of the California State University system.

Affiliate members

The Cal Pac currently has 2 affiliate members, both are private schools:

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Former members

The Cal Pac had 13 former full members, all but two were private schools:

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  1. Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  2. Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  3. Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
  4. Part of the University of California system.
  5. Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.
  6. Part of the California State University system.
  7. Non-basketball member.
  8. This institution is a women's college, therefore it does not compete in men's sports.
  9. Currently an NCAA Division III athletic conference.
  10. Mills had joined the following subsequent conferences: as an NCAA D-III Independent from 2011–12 to 2012–13, and during the 2016–17 school year; the Great South Athletic Conference (GSAC) from 2013–14 to 2015–16; the American Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA) from 2017–18 to 2019–20; and the Coast to Coast Athletic Conference[i] (C2C) from 2020–21 to 2021–22.
  11. Mills had discontinued its athletics program, as it was merged into Northeastern University (which has its own athletics program) in 2022.
  12. Notre Dame de Namur dropped its athletic program after the 2019–20 school year.
  13. Patten dropped its athletic program after the 2011–12 school year.
  14. Sierra Nevada merged its campus into the University of Nevada, Reno in 2022.
  15. Currently known as Jessup University since January 23, 2023.

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Stanton UniversityNorthern New Mexico CollegeWestcliff UniversityGolden State Athletic ConferencePark University GilbertUniversity of Saint KatherineSierra Nevada UniversityProvidence Christian CollegeGolden State Athletic ConferenceBenedictine University at MesaUniversity of Antelope ValleyGreat Southwest Athletic ConferenceLa Sierra UniversityGreat Southwest Athletic ConferenceSoka University of AmericaMarymount California UniversityGolden State Athletic ConferenceEmbry–Riddle Aeronautical University, PrescottCalifornia Collegiate Athletic AssociationUniversity of California, MercedPacific West ConferenceGolden State Athletic ConferenceJessup UniversityCoast to Coast Athletic ConferenceAmerican Collegiate Athletic AssociationNCAA Division III independent schoolsGreat South Athletic ConferenceNCAA Division III independent schoolsMills CollegePacific West ConferenceNotre Dame de Namur UniversityCalifornia Collegiate Athletic AssociationCalifornia State University, East BaySimpson UniversityNAIA independent schoolsPatten UniversityPacific Union CollegePacific West ConferenceGolden State Athletic ConferenceMenlo CollegePacific West ConferenceHoly Names UniversityPacific West ConferenceDominican University of CaliforniaCalifornia Collegiate Athletic AssociationCalifornia State University, Monterey BayCalifornia State University Maritime AcademyBethany University

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