sentences:  Eight WAC member schools joined with schools from several other conferences to form the new Mountain West Conference (MWC) in 2000.Two seasons later, TCU joined the Houston Cougars, another former SWC member, in entering Conference USA (C-USA) for the 2002 season.Long time TCU Head Coach Lance Brown, a SWC hall-of-famer as both a TCU player and TCU coach, retired after the 2003 season.