Western Football Conference (United States)


The Western Football Conference was an NCAA Division II scholarship-awarding football conference that existed from 1982 to 1993.
Among its member schools were :
Its founding, and only commissioner was Vic Buccola who had been the athletic director at Cal Poly from 1973 to 1981. He then became a founder and commissioner of American West Conference.
The WFC folded in part because of a new NCAA rule that prohibited member institutions who competed at the Division I level in other sports from competing at the Division II level in football. Of the eight member schools:
The WFC Scholar Athlete of the Year Award was named for Santa Clara's coach Pat Malley. Its recipients include: