Summer Intercollegiate Athletics classes scheduled to begin on July 6
COSTA MESA -- The "new normal" begins at Orange Coast College, with the return of intercollegiate athletics for the 2020-21 school year.
Classes for the summer session include football, cross country, men's & women's basketball, women's volleyball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's water polo, women's golf and softball will officially kick off on July 6. To find the correct summer class for each sport, click HERE for OCC's class schedule.
As for what exactly this "new normal" IS here at OCC, that remains to be seen, but the California Community College Athletic Association has laid out contingency plans for several different health scenarios.
The adopted action calls for immediate implementation of the "Conventional Plan", which keeps sports in their traditional fall and spring seasons, except for men's and women's basketball which move to the spring. On July 17, if it is still unsafe to execute athletics within the Conventional Plan framework, the CCCAA will move to either the Contact/Non-Contact Plan or the Contingency Plan.
The Contact/Non-Contact Plan places men's and women's cross country, women's golf, men's and women's swimming and diving, and women's volleyball into the fall while the remaining sports – including football - will start competing in either early February. If not able to enact that plan, the CCCAA will fall back to the Contingency Plan, which keeps cross country and women's golf in the fall and places the remainder of the sports in the spring. For more information on these various plans, click HERE.
Any questions on upcoming classes and contingency plans, please contact Athletic Director Jason Kehler at (714) 432-5770.
