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He also secured landmark media rights deals with ESPN and FOX that dramatically increased national exposure and revenue for each school, in addition to establishing Pac-12 Networks which guaranteed enhanced exposure across all sports.Ĭurrently, the Pac-12 sponsors 11 men’s sports and 13 women’s sports, with the most recent additions coming in the 2017-18 (women’s lacrosse) and 2015-16 (beach volleyball) academic years. In addition to expanding to 12 teams, member institutions agreed to equal revenue sharing for the first time in the Conference’s history, created two football divisions - the North and the South, and established a Football Championship Game for the first time. It was during the 2010-11 academic year that Scott helped deliver monumental changes that transformed the Conference into a modern 12-team league. The Conference became the Pac-12 and officially began competition on July 1, 2011. The University of Colorado accepted its invitation to join the Pac-12 on June 11, 2010, and on June 17, 2010, the University of Utah agreed to join the Conference. Scott was succeeded by current Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff who was announced on and formally assumed the role on July 1, 2021. Hansen was named the Commissioner of the Pac-10 in 1983, a role he would hold for 26 years until 2009, when he was succeeded by Larry Scott who held the role from 2009 to June 30, 2021. Since then, the Conference has been considered the premier league in women’s athletics, securing the most NCAA titles in women’s sports of any conference nearly every year. In 1986-87, the league took on a new look, expanding to include 10 women’s sports. Ten years later, on July 1, 1978, the University of Arizona and Arizona State University were admitted to the league and the Pacific-10 Conference became a reality. In 1971, Wiles Hallock took over as Commissioner of the Pac-8.

Under Hamilton’s watch, the name Pacific-8 Conference was adopted in 1968. Washington State joined the membership in 1962, while Oregon and Oregon State joined in 1964. The original AAWU membership included California, Stanford, USC, UCLA, and Washington. Hamilton appointed Commissioner of the new league. In 1959, the PCC was dissolved and the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) was formed with Thomas J. In 1950, Montana resigned from the Conference and the PCC continued as a nine-team Conference through 1958. Atherton was Commissioner in 1940 and was succeeded by Victor O. During that time, the league’s first commissioner was named. The Pacific Coast Conference competed as a 10-member league until 1950, with the exception of 1943-45 when World War II curtailed intercollegiate athletic competition to a minimum. In 1924, the University of Montana joined the league roster and in 1928, the PCC grew to 10 members with the addition of UCLA. In 1922, the PCC expanded to eight teams with the admission of the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of Idaho. Pacific Coast Conference play began in 1916 and, one year later, Washington State College (now Washington State University) was accepted into the league, with Stanford University following in 1918. All four are still charter members of the Conference.

The original membership consisted of four schools - the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Washington, the University of Oregon, and Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University). The roots of the Pac-12 Conference date back more than 100 years to December 2, 1915, when the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) was founded at a meeting at the Imperial Hotel in Portland, Oregon.