2-780: The Coast Conference is a college athletic conference that is affiliated with the California Community College Athletic Association . Its members are primarily based in the Southern San Francisco Bay Area region. The league currently has 17 full members: List of college athletic conferences In college athletics in the United States , institutions typically join in conferences for regular play under different governing bodies. There are several national and regional associations governing
4-479: The varsity teams of colleges and universities . Varsity teams are typically funded by an institution's athletic department, and under some governing bodies players are eligible for athletic scholarships . This list also includes conferences in sports that the NCAA does not split into divisions. The following table is a sortable listing of the oldest college sports conferences (organizations of athletic teams at
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