The Southern California Football Association (SCFA) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the
California Community College Athletic Association
The California Community College Athletic Association (3C2A; formerly CCCAA) is a sports association of community colleges in the U.S. state of California. It oversees 108 athletic programs throughout the state. The organization was formed in ...
(3C2A). Member institutions are located in
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
. The SCFA was organized in 2008. The SCFA is divided into the National League and the American League and further divided into the National Northern League, National Central League, National Southern League, American Metro League, and American Pacific League.
The SCFA works in conjunction with the
Northern California Football Conference (NCFC) as the two bodies that compose the 3C2A's football season.
History
Chronological timeline
* 2008 – The Southern California Football Association (SCFA) was founded.
Charter members of the SCFA's National Conference included the
College of the Canyons
College of the Canyons (COC) is a public community college in Santa Clarita, California. It comprises the Santa Clarita Community College District. The college is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and has campus loca ...
,
Allan Hancock College
Allan Hancock College is a public community college in Santa Maria, California. It offers associate degrees at its Lompoc Valley campus and at nearby Vandenberg Space Force Base. The college is part of the California Community College System ...
,
Pasadena City College
Pasadena City College (PCC) is a Public college, public community college in Pasadena, California. It was founded in 1924 as Pasadena Junior College.
History
Pasadena City College was founded in 1924 as Pasadena Junior College. It originally o ...
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Bakersfield College
Bakersfield College (BC) is a Public college, public Community colleges in the United States, community college in Bakersfield, California. BC serves about 31,000 students each semester or 46,500 annually, and offers associate degrees, certifica ...
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Ventura College
Ventura College is a Public college, public community college in Ventura, California. Established in 1925, the college has a campus with an enrollment of 13,763 students. It is part of the Ventura County Community College District.
History
...
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Moorpark College
Moorpark College is a Public college, public community college in Moorpark, California. It was established in 1967 with enrollment of 2,500 students and enrolled 14,254 students in 2014.
History
The board of the Ventura County Community Col ...
, and
Glendale Community College representing the National Northern Conference,
Mt. San Antonio College,
El Camino College
El Camino College (Elco or ECC) is a public community college in Los Angeles County, California. Most of it is in Alondra Park,[Cerritos College
Cerritos College is a public community college in Norwalk, California. It offers degrees and certificates in 87 areas of study in nine divisions.
History
The college was founded in 1955. It was named after Rancho Los Cerritos, a local r ...]
, the
College of the Desert
College of the Desert (COD) is a public community college in Palm Desert, California. COD enrolls about 12,500 students, of which around one third attend college full-time. It serves the Coachella Valley of Riverside County. The college is feder ...
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Chaffey College
Chaffey College is a public community college in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The college serves students in Chino, Chino Hills, Fontana, Montclair, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga and Upland. It is the oldest community college in California.
History ...
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Riverside City College
Riverside City College (RCC) is a public community college in Riverside, California. The college is part of the Riverside Community College District, as well as the larger California Community Colleges System.
History
RCC first opened in 1916 at ...
, and
Citrus College
Citrus College is a public community college in Glendora, California. The Citrus Community College District, which supports the institution, includes the communities of Azusa, Claremont, Duarte, Glendora, and Monrovia.
Citrus Union High Scho ...
representing the National Central Conference, and
Fullerton College
Fullerton College (FC) is a public community college in Fullerton, California. The college is part of the California Community Colleges System and the North Orange County Community College District. Established in 1913, it is the oldest communi ...
,
Saddleback College
Saddleback College is a public community college in Mission Viejo, California. It is part of the California Community College system and awards over 300 associate degrees, academic certificates, and occupational skills awards in 190 programs. ...
,
Palomar College
Palomar College is a public community college in San Diego County, California. The main campus is in San Marcos and three centers and four education sites are located elsewhere throughout north San Diego County.
Academics
Palomar College off ...
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Santa Ana College
Santa Ana College is a public community college in Santa Ana, California.
History
In 1915, Santa Ana Junior College opened its doors to 25 students as a department of Santa Ana High School. It was the second community college founded in Orange ...
,
Grossmont College
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,
Long Beach City College
Long Beach City College (LBCC) is a public community college in Long Beach, California, United States. It was established in 1927 and is divided into two campuses, the Liberal Arts Campus (LAC) in Lakewood Village and the Trades, Technology, an ...
, and
Orange Coast College
Orange Coast College (OCC) is a Public college, public community college in Costa Mesa, California, Costa Mesa in Orange County, California. It was founded in 1947, with its first classes opening in the fall of 1948. It provides Associate of Ar ...
representing the National Southern Conference. Charter members of the SCFA's American Conference included
Southwestern College,
San Diego Mesa College
San Diego Mesa College (Mesa College or Mesa) is a public community college in San Diego, California. It is part of San Diego Community College District and the California Community Colleges system. The college is accredited by the Accrediting ...
,
Golden West College,
Victor Valley College,
Compton College
Compton College is a Public college, public community college in Compton, California. From 2006, when it lost its regional accreditation, to 2017, when it regained that accreditation, it operated as a part of El Camino College. Before and after ...
,
Los Angeles Harbor College
Los Angeles Harbor College (LAHC) is a Public college, public community college in Wilmington, California. It is one of two community colleges serving the South Bay, Los Angeles, South Bay region of Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles. LAHC s ...
,
Mt. San Jacinto College, and
San Bernardino Valley College representing the American Mountain Conference and
Antelope Valley College
Antelope Valley College (AVC) is a Public college, public Community colleges in the United States, community college in Lancaster, California. It is part of the California Community College system. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Communi ...
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Santa Barbara City College
Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) is a public community college in Santa Barbara, California. It opened in 1909 and is located on a campus.
History
Santa Barbara City College was established by the Santa Barbara High School District in 1909, m ...
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Los Angeles Valley College
Los Angeles Valley College (LAVC, Valley College, or Valley) is a public community college in Los Angeles, California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, ...
,
West Los Angeles College
West Los Angeles College (West L.A. College or WLAC) is a public community college in Culver City, Los Angeles County, California. It is part of the California Community Colleges System and the Los Angeles Community College District. It is accr ...
,
Santa Monica College
Santa Monica College (SMC) is a Public university, public community college in Santa Monica, California. Founded as a Junior college#United States, junior college in 1929, SMC enrolls over 30,000 students in more than 90 fields of study. The coll ...
,
Los Angeles Pierce College
Los Angeles Pierce College, shortened to Pierce College or simply Pierce, is a public community college in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Woodland Hills in Los Angeles, California. It is part of the Los Angeles Community College Distri ...
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Los Angeles Southwest College
Los Angeles Southwest College (LASC) is a public community college in the unincorporated area of West Athens, California in Los Angeles County, California. It is part of the Los Angeles Community College District and its service area include ...
, and
East Los Angeles College
East Los Angeles College (ELAC) is a public community college in Monterey Park, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. It is part of the California Community Colleges System and the Los Angeles Community College District. With fourteen communiti ...
representing the American Pacific League.
* 2010 – The SCFA was broken into three conferences: National Conference, Central Conference, and American Conference.
* 2010 – The National Conference was broken into the National Northern Conference and the National Southern Conference.
* 2010 – El Camino and Cerritos moved to the National Northern Conference.
* 2010 – Pasadena City and Mt. San Antonio moved to the National Southern Conference.
* 2010 – The Central Conference was broken into the Central West Conference, which included Moorpark, Chaffey, Citrus, Long Beach City, Los Angeles Harbor, and Antelope Valley, and the Central East Conference, which included Desert, Riverside City, Santa Ana, Orange Coast, Southwestern (CA), and Golden West.
* 2010 – The American Conference was broken into the American Mountain Conference and the American Pacific Conference.
* 2010 – East Los Angeles moved to the American Mountain Conference.
* 2010 – Glendale (CA) moved to the American Pacific Conference.
* 2012 – The Central Conference was dissolved, leaving the National Conference and the American Conference.
* 2012 – Pasadena City and El Camino moved to the National Northern Conference.
* 2012 – The National Central Conference was formed. The members were Mt. San Antonio, El Camino, Desert, Riverside City, Citrus, Long Beach, and Los Angeles Harbor.
* 2012 – Santa Ana moved to the National Southern Conference.
* 2012 – Chaffey and Southwestern (CA) moved to the American Mountain Conference.
* 2012 – Antelope Valley moved to the American Pacific Conference.
* 2014 – The National Conference and American Conference were renamed to the National League and American League. Each subdivision also changed from conference to league.
* 2014 – Chaffey moved to the National Central League.
* 2014 – Desert moved to the American Mountain League.
* 2016 – The American Metro League was formed. The members were Pasadena City, Glendale (CA), Santa Ana, Compton, West Los Angeles, Los Angeles Southwest, and East Los Angeles.
* 2016 – Santa Monica moved to the National Northern League.
* 2016 – Allan Hancock and Citrus moved to the American Pacific League.
* 2018 – Long Beach City and East Los Angeles moved to the National Northern League.
* 2018 – Fullerton, Palomar, and San Diego Mesa moved to the National Central League.
* 2018 – Riverside City and Southwestern (CA) moved to the National Southern League.
* 2018 – Chaffey and Los Angeles Valley moved to the American Metro League.
* 2018 – Citrus and Antelope Valley moved to the American Mountain League.
* 2018 – Los Angeles Harbor moved to the American Pacific League.
* 2020 – The 3C2A cancelled the 2020 fall season due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. Only Antelope Valley played regulation games.
* 2021 – 36 of the 37 schools returned for the 2021 season: Los Angeles Southwest did not host a varsity season.
* 2021 – Allan Hancock moved to the National Northern League.
* 2021 – Chaffey and Riverside City moved to the National Central League.
* 2021 – Fullerton, San Diego Mesa, and San Bernardino Valley moved to the National Southern League.
* 2021 – Citrus, Orange Coast, and Los Angeles Harbor moved to the American Metro League.
* 2021 – Pasadena City, Grossmont, and Compton moved to the American Mountain League.
* 2021 – Moorpark and Antelope Valley moved to the American Pacific League.
* 2022 – Los Angeles Southwest returned and Los Angeles Harbor discontinued its football program.
* 2023 – The American Mountain League dissolved.
* 2023 – Moorpark, El Camino, Antelope Valley, and Santa Barbara moved to the National Northern League.
* 2023 – Citrus, Long Beach City, Orange Coast, Golden West, and San Bernardino Valley moved to the National Central League.
* 2023 – Riverside City, Palomar, and Mt. San Jacinto moved to the National Southern League.
* 2023 – Chaffey, Victor Valley, and Compton moved to the American Metro League.
* 2023 – Pasadena City, Glendale (CA), and Los Angeles Southwest moved to the American Pacific League.
Member schools
Current members
The SCFA currently has 36 member schools, all of them are
community college
A community college is a type of undergraduate higher education institution, generally leading to an associate degree, certificate, or diploma. The term can have different meanings in different countries: many community colleges have an open enr ...
s.
Former members
References
External links
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Sports organizations established in 2008
2008 establishments in the United States