{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} The '''Texas Eastern Conference''' ('''TEC''') is a junior college athletic conference with member schools located in Texas. The conference was founded in 1958 with four charter members: Kilgore College, Paris Junior College, Texarkana College, and Tyler Junior College.<ref>{{cite news |last=Allen |first=Ted |title=Allen's Alley; Junior College Loops Make Circuit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kilgore-news-herald/149126407/ |newspaper=Kilgore News Herald |location=Kilgore, Texas |date=May 4, 1958 |page=2 |access-date=July 10, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> Kilgore joined after having been a member of the Longhorn Conference and then briefly aligned with the Pioneer Conference. Henderson County Junior College—now known as Trinity Valley Community College—was added to the conference in late 1959, in time to compete in the basketball season that winter.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=HCJC Joins TEC |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tyler-morning-telegraph/151069106/ |newspaper=Tyler Morning Telegraph |location=Tyler, Texas |date=January 1, 1960 |page=2, section 3 |access-date=July 10, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> Lon Morris College, which did not have a football team, joined as the TEC's sixth member just after the new year in 1960, also in time for the basketball season.<ref>{{cite news |last=Owens |first=Mack |title=Lon Morris Joins TEC |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tyler-morning-telegraph/151070063/ |newspaper=Tyler Morning Telegraph |location=Tyler, Texas |date=January 6, 1960 |page=1, section 2 |access-date=July 10, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> Jacksonville Baptist College—now known as Jacksonville College—joined as the TEC's seventh member in the fall of 1960.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Vernon Harton to Pilot Jacksonville Cage Crew |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times/151070933/ |newspaper=The Shreveport Times |location=Shreveport, Louisiana |date=August 7, 1960 |page=6D |access-date=July 10, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref>
In 1964, the Texas Junior College Football Federation (TJCFF)—now known as the Southwest Junior College Football Conference (SWJCFC)—was formed to sponsor only football. All four members of the TEC that still had a football program—Henderson County, Kilgore, Texarkana, and Tyler—joined the TJCFF, but remained TEC members for all other sports.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=9 Texas Junior Colleges Form New Conference |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/corpus-christi-caller-times/148195531/ |newspaper=Corpus Christi Caller-Times |location=Corpus Christi, Texas |agency=Associated Press |date=December 14, 1963 |page=6A |access-date=May 27, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref>
==Yearly football standings== {| cellpadding="5" |valign="top" width=25em|{{1958 Texas Eastern Conference football standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1959 Texas Eastern Conference football standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1960 Texas Eastern Conference football standings}} |- |valign="top" width=25em|{{1961 Texas Eastern Conference football standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1962 Texas Eastern Conference football standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1963 Texas Eastern Conference football standings}} |}
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Category:NJCAA conferences Category:College sports in Texas Category:Sports leagues established in 1958 Category:1958 establishments in Texas
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