Gulf Coast Conference

The Gulf Coast Conference (GCC) was a short-lived NCAA college athletic conference composed of universities in the U.S. state of Texas from 1949 until 1957. The charter members of the conference were the University of Houston, Midwestern University (now Midwestern State University), North Texas State College (now the University of North Texas), and Trinity University. The Gulf Coast Conference spawned from then members of the Lone Star Conference, and its president was D.L. Ligon. In 1956, when the NCAA created divisions, all members of the conference at the time were classified as part of the NCAA's College Division, which was later subdivided into Division II and Division III in 1973. Charter member Houston had already left for the Missouri Valley Conference by the end of 1950, and was classified as a University Division school, which later became known as Division I.

Member schools

Final members

Institution	LocationTemplate:Efn	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Left	Current conference
Abilene Christian UniversityTemplate:Efn	Abilene	1906	Churches of Christ	5,334	Wildcats	1954	1957	Western (WAC)Template:Efn
Hardin–Simmons UniversityTemplate:Efn	Abilene	1891	Baptist	2,333	Cowboys & Cowgirls	1956	1957	American Southwest (ASC)Template:Efn
Midwestern State University	Wichita Falls	1922	Public	5,784	Mustangs	1949	1957	Lone Star (LSC)Template:Efn
University of North Texas	Denton	1890	Public	42,372	EaglesTemplate:Efn	1949	1957	The American (AAC)Template:Efn
Trinity University	San Antonio	1869	Nonsectarian	2,487	Trinity	1949	1957	Southern (SCAC)Template:Efn

Notes

Other members

Institution	LocationTemplate:Efn	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Left	Current conference
	Houston	1927	Public	47,090	Cougars	1949	1950	Big 12Template:Efn

Notes

Membership timeline

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Conference championships

Baseball

Year	Conference champion	Conference record
1950	Houston	4–0

Football

Year	Conference champion(s)	Conference record
1949	Midwestern (TX)	3–0
1950	Midwestern (TX) North Texas State	2–0–1
1951	North Texas State	2–0
1952	North Texas State	2–0
1953	Trinity (TX)	2–0
1954	Trinity (TX)	2–0
1955	Abilene Christian North Texas State	2–0
1956	North Texas State Trinity (TX)	2–0–1

Men's basketball

Year	Conference champion(s)	Conference record
1949–50	Houston	6–0
1950–51	North Texas	3–1
1951–52	North Texas	4–2
1952–53	North Texas	7–1
1953–54	North Texas	7–1
1954–55	Midwestern State	8–0
1955–56	Midwestern State	4–0
1956–57	Abilene Christian Midwestern State	4–0