Gonzaga is leaving the West Coast Conference for the Pac-12. Gonzaga and the Pac-12 announced on Tuesday that the Bulldogs will join the conference as its eighth member beginning July 1, 2026.

After more than four decades in the West Coast Conference, Gonzaga’s athletic programs will have a new home beginning in the fall of 2026. The Bulldogs accepted an invitation to the Pac-12 Conference on Tuesday morning,

Gonzaga will become the eighth Pac-12 member along with holdovers Washington State and Oregon State, and fellow newcomers Boise State, San Diego State, Fresno State, Utah State and Colorado State from the Mountain West. Gonzaga will join the conference in all sports beginning on July 1, 2026, as the Pac-12’s only private college up to this point.