PASSINGS
Wiles Hallock, 91, the former Pacific-10 Conference commissioner who oversaw the league’s expansion from eight to 10 schools, died Monday at his home in Walnut Creek, Calif.
The Pac-10 announced Hallock’s death in a news release. No cause of death was given.
Hallock was commissioner of the conference from 1971 to 1983. Before joining the then-Pac-8 Conference, Hallock was commissioner of the Western Athletic Conference. He also held various positions with the NCAA.
Hallock oversaw the expansion of the Pac-8 to the Pac-10 in 1978 when the University of Arizona and Arizona State University moved over from the WAC.
Claude Wiles Hallock Jr. was born Feb. 17, 1918, in Denver and received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Denver in 1939. He ran track in college and served as track coach at the University of Wyoming for five years.
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