Members voted to change the club's name to South Coast Wolves at the recent AGM.

However, the owners of the Wolves nickname - Wollongong Epic Events Pty Ltd - must approve the switch before it is official.

Club chairman Paul Myjavec was confident Epic Events would transfer the nickname of the dual NSL champion Wollongong Wolves to the year-old, community-owned outfit free of charge.

"The (trademark) owners still need to approve the transfer, but they have been very helpful," Myjavec said.

"They would be giving us a licence to use it as long as there is a NSW Premier League club here."

Adopting the Wolves mascot represents a significant reverse after a similar motion was defeated at last year's AGM.

"It was good to have a year's break so people understood it was a different club with a different ownership model," Myjavec said.

"Wolves is a stronger brand. Everybody remembers the Wolves, they have a proud history in the Illawarra and we don't want to let that go."

The swap would be a welcome move forward after the fledgling club's traumatic first season, which ended with the wooden spoon, four home grounds and meagre sponsorship.

"We are really excited, no-one calls the club 'WCFC', everybody refers to us as the Wolves," Myjavec said.

"We recognised a big portion of the community identified with the Wolves."

The change from "Wollongong" to "South Coast" represents the push to unify football in the region.

"Our Premier League licence covers a greater area than Wollongong and we want to be inclusive," Myjavec said.

"We have got Football South Coast, a unified board and we wanted to stick with the general theme.

"The South Coast is a big place - it incorporates the Shoalhaven and Southern Highlands along with the Illawarra."

Any name change would prompt a new logo, although the traditional red and white home colours would be retained.