with Gonzaga University, which has been without football since 1941)
1992–1998 – Big West
1999–2012 – WAC
== Student media ==
The university has four official student media organizations, including The Nevada Sagebrush, Wolf Pack Radio, Insight Magazine (formally Artemisia), and The Brushfire Literature & Arts Journal.
=== The Nevada Sagebrush ===
Nevada's editorially independent, monthly student newspaper is The Nevada Sagebrush. Prior to 2004, the newspaper called itself simply the Sagebrush.
The newspaper has won the Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award seven times—in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and most recently 2015 (as of June 2025).
=== Wolf Pack Radio ===
Nevada's official student-run streaming-audio radio broadcast is Wolf Pack Radio. The station curates songs and creates radio shows for the student population on their official website. The station also partners with KWNK to broadcast the student-made radio shows on FM in the Reno area.
On May 1, 1922, a license was issued to the …