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Pac-10 members have now won 219 NCAA men's team championships, far and away more than any other conference (the Big Ten is next with 146), and 50 women's crowns, also more than any league (the Southeastern Conference is next with 35).

Pac-10 men's teams have won at least 4 NCAA team titles 21 of the last 26 years, a feat unprecedented in intercollegiate athletics. The NCAA men's team championships have come at a phenomenal rate--14 basketball titles, more than any other conference; 16 of the last 30 baseball titles; 18 of the last 37, and an incredible 44 titles overall, in track and field; 18 of the last 33 in swimming and diving; 34 of the last 37 in tennis; 23 of the last 37 in water polo; and 20 of the last 27 in volleyball. Pac-10 men have also claimed an incredible 959 NCAA individual crowns.

On the women's side, the story is the same. Since the NCAA began conducting women's championships 15 years ago, Pac-10 members have claimed 4 titles in a single season on 9 occasions. Included in this are 10 of 15 tennis crowns, 12 of 15 softball championships, 4 of the last 6 volleyball titles, and 6 of the last 8 golf and swimming and diving trophies. Plus, the 260 NCAA individual titles lead all leagues.

The roots of the Pacific-10 Conference go back 80 years. On Dec. 2, 1915, the Pacific Coast Conference was founded at a meeting at the Oregon Hotel in Portland, Oregon. Original membership consisted of 4 schools--University of California, University of Washington, University of Oregon, and Oregon State College (now Oregon State University). All are still charter members of the Conference.

Pacific Coast Conference play began in 1916. One year later, Washington State College (now Washington State University) was accepted into the PCC, and Stanford University joined in 1918.

In 1922, the PCC expanded to 8 teams with the admission of the University of Southern California and the University of Idaho. Montana joined the conference in 1924 and in 1928 the PCC grew to 10 members with the addition of UCLA.

The Pacific Coast Conference competed as a 10-team league until 1950, with the exception of 1943-1945 when World War II somewhat curtailed intercollegiate competition. In 1950, Montana resigned from the conference to join the Mountain States Conference. The PCC continued as a 9-team conference through 1958.

In 1959, the PCC was dissolved and a new conference was formed called the Athletic Association of Western Universities. Original AAWU membership consisted of California, Stanford, USC, UCLA, and Washington. Washington State became a member in 1962, with Oregon and Oregon State joining in 1964. In 1968, the name Pacific-8 Conference was adopted.

Ten years later, on July 1, 1978, the University of Arizona and Arizona State University were admitted and the Pacific-10 Conference became a reality. In 1986-87, the Pacific-10 Conference took on a new look, expanding to included 10 women's teams.

Currently, the Pac-10 sponsors 10 men's and 11 women's sports, while Conference members are part of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) in 5 additional men's sports and 2 other women's sports.

Edwin N. Atherton was named the Conference's first Commissioner in 1940. He was succeeded by Victor O. Schmidt (1944), Thomas J. Hamilton (1959), Wiles Hallock (1971) and current Commissioner Thomas C. Hansen in 1983.

The Pac-10 offices are located 25 miles east of San Francisco in Walnut Creek, Calif.