California Pacific Conference

History

• Cal State–Monterey Bay and Cal State–East Bay left the Cal Pac to join the NCAA Division II California Collegiate Athletic Association 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.

Chronological timeline

• 1995 – The California Pacific Conference was founded. Charter members included Bethany College, California Maritime Academy, California State University at Monterey Bay, Dominican College, Holy Names College, Menlo College, Pacific Union College, Patten College and Simpson College, beginning the 1996–97 academic year.
• 1998 – California State University at Hayward and the College of Notre Dame joined the Cal Pac in the 1998–99 academic year.
• 1999 – Mills College joined the Cal Pac in the 1999–2000 academic year.
• 2004:
• * Cal State–Monterey Bay left the Cal Pac to join the Division II ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the California Collegiate Athletic Association after the 2003–04 academic year.
• * William Jessup University joined the Cal Pac in the 2004–05 academic year.
• 2005 – Patten left the Cal Pac to become an NAIA Independent after the 2004–05 academic year.
• 2006 – Notre Dame de Namur left the Cal Pac to join the NCAA Division II ranks and the Pacific West Conference after the 2005–06 academic year.
• 2009 – Two institutions left the Cal Pac and the NAIA to join the NCAA Division II ranks and to their respective new home primary conferences, both after the 2008–09 academic year:
• * Cal State–East Bay to the CCAA
• * and Dominican to the PacWest
• 2011 – The University of California at Merced joined the Cal Pac in the 2011–12 academic year.
• 2012:
• * Holy Names left the Cal Pac and the NAIA to join the NCAA Division II ranks and the PacWest after the 2011–12 academic year.
• * Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University–Prescott, Marymount California University and Soka University of America joined the Cal Pac in the 2012–13 academic year.
• 2013 – La Sierra University joined the Cal Pac in the 2013–14 academic year.
• 2014 – William Jessup left the Cal Pac to join the Golden State Athletic Conference after the 2013–14 academic year.
• 2015:
• * Menlo left the Cal Pac to join the GSAC after the 2014–15 academic year.
• * The University of Antelope Valley, Benedictine University at Mesa, Providence Christian College and Sierra Nevada College joined the Cal Pac in the 2015–16 academic year.
• 2019 – The University of Saint Katherine joined the Cal Pac in the 2019–20 academic year.
• 2020 – Park University Gilbert and Westcliff University joined the Cal Pac in the 2020–21 academic year.
• 2021 – Sierra Nevada left the Cal Pac at the end of the 2021–22 academic year; as the school announced plans to merge with the University of Nevada, Reno, dropping all athletic programs in the process.
• 2022 – Marymount California left the Cal Pac after the 2021–22 academic year; as the school announced its closure in August of that year.
• 2024:
• * Five institutions left the Cal Pac to join their respective new home primary conferences, all effective after the 2023–24 academic year:
• ** Antelope Valley when the school suddenly closed after an order from the state of California to cease operations
• ** St. Katherine ahead of its planned departure to the GSAC, as the university announced it would cease all operations
• ** and Benedictine–Mesa, Embry-Riddle Prescott, and Park–Gilbert all left the Cal Pac to join the GSAC
• 2025:
• * Four institutions left the Cal Pac to join their respective new home primary conferences, all effective after the 2024–25 academic year:
• ** La Sierra and Soka to join the GSAC
• ** UC Merced to join the NCAA Division II ranks and the CCAA
• ** and Providence Christian to discontinue its athletics programs
• * Northern New Mexico College and Stanton University joined the Cal Pac in the 2025–26 academic year.
• * Central Christian College of Kansas and Walla Walla University joined the Cal Pac as affiliate members for men's volleyball, beginning the 2026 spring season.

  Member schools

Current members

Affiliate members

Former members

Membership timeline