Pacific Tigers

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Pacific Tigers
Logo
University University of the Pacific
Conference West Coast Conference
NCAA Division I
Athletic director Ted Leland[1]
Location Stockton, CA
Varsity teams 19
Basketball arena Alex G. Spanos Center
Baseball stadium Klein Family Field
Soccer stadium Knoles Field
Nickname Tigers
Colors
     Orange       Black[2]
Website www.pacifictigers.com

The Pacific Tigers represent the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California in intercollegiate athletics.[3] The Tigers compete in NCAA Division I, and are currently in their second stint as members of the West Coast Conference (WCC).[4]

Teams

The University of the Pacific sponsors teams in seven men's and eleven women's NCAA sanctioned sports:[5]

  • # = The men's and women's swimming teams and the men's water polo team compete in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.
  • † = The field hockey team competes as an associate member of the America East Conference.
  • * = Beach volleyball is a fully sanctioned NCAA sport which will have its first national championship in the spring of 2016.[6] Pacific currently competes as an independent.
  • ‡ = The women's outdoor track and field team competes as an independent.
  • + = The women's water polo team competes in the Golden Coast Conference.

Pacific and the West Coast Conference

Pacific was one of the founding members of the West Coast Conference (originally the California Basketball Association and later the West Coast Athletic Conference) in 1952, but became a charter member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association, now known as the Big West Conference, for football only in 1969 and moved the rest of its sports to the PCAA in 1971. The Tigers remained in the Big West until returning to the WCC on July 1, 2013.[7][8]

Program Notes

The Pacific Tigers men's basketball program made three consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament (2004, 2005, 2006). Head coach Bob Thomason became the winningest head coach in Big West Conference men's basketball history when he collected his 206th career league victory on Feb. 14, 2009, surpassing the conference win total of former LBSU and UNLV head coach Jerry Tarkanian.[9] Pacific has also achieved a 16-game winning streak three times under Thomason.

At the end of the 1995 season, Pacific ended its football program after 77 years of competition.[10][11]

On November 12, 2012, it was announced that Pacific would add three new sports teams to its roster - a men's soccer team, a women's track and field team and a women's beach volleyball team. The two women's sports began play in 2013, and the men's soccer team began play in 2014.[12][13] The most recent change in sports sponsorship was the dropping of men's volleyball at the end of the 2014 season (2013–14 school year).[14]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110427/A_NEWS/110429895
  2. ↑ http://pacifictigers.com/information/graphic_identity/paci-graphic-identity-sheet.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.pacific.edu/
  4. ↑ http://www.wccsports.com/
  5. ↑ http://www.pacifictigers.com/
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  8. ↑ http://www.bigwest.org/history/
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  13. ↑ http://www.pacifictigers.com/genrel/Pacific_Adds_Three_Sports
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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