Great Midwest Athletic Conference


ASHLAND FINDLAY HILLSDALE
"Eagles" "Oilers" "Chargers"
Ashland, OH Findlay, OH Hillsdale, MI
KENTUCKY WESLEYAN LAKE ERIE NORTHWOOD
"Panthers" "Storm" "Timberwolves"
Owensboro, KY Painesville, OH Midland, MI
OHIO DOMINICAN THOMAS MORE TIFFIN
"Panthers" "Saints" "Dragons"
Columbus, OH Crestview Hills, KY Tiffin, OH
WALSH
"Cavaliers"
North Canton, OH

Historical Helmets

ASHLAND UNIVERSITY

1976 - 1979 ? - 2002 2003
'A' 'B'
2004 - 2007 2008 - 2021 -
'C' 'D' 'E'
2022 - 2022 -
*see note 1 below *see note 1 below
'F' 'G' 'H'
2023 - 2023 - 2023 -
*see note 1 below *see note 1 below

During recent years Ashland has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

*1 The right side of each of these designs differs from the left side as depicted below.

'D' 'E' 'F'
'G'

UNIVERSITY OF FINDLAY

c.late 1960s c.1970s c.1980
2003 - 2006 ? - 2002; 2007 - 2012 2013 -
2023 -

During Findlay's second game of the 2015 season (September 12 at Tarleton State) the team used a modified helmet design - the logo appears to have a 'U.S. flag' pattern, and the stripe sequence may be different. I would appreciate a clearer photo of this design than the one below, which is the most useful one I have yet found.


HILLSDALE COLLEGE

'A' 'B'
? - early 2000s early 2000s - 2021 2017 - 2018
*see note 1 below
'C' 'D' 'E'
2017; 2021 2018 2019 -
'F' 'G'
2022 - 2022 -

During recent years Hillsdale has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

*1 This design has the college coat of arms on its left side only; the right side has uniform numbers (as shown below).


KENTUCKY WESLEYAN COLLEGE

1996 - 1998 1999 - 2002 2003 - 2007
2008 2009 - 2011 2012
2013 2014 2015 (some games)
2015 2016 - 2017 2018
2019 - 2021 2022 - 2023 -
*see note 1 below

This team played its first season of football in 1983.

*2 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo adorns the right side (as shown below).


LAKE ERIE COLLEGE

2008 - 2010 2011 - 2015 2016
*see note 1 below
2017 - 2021 2022 -

2008 was the first year of varsity play for this team (a club-level team played in 2007 and earlier years).

*1 The 2016 helmet design featured a logo commemorating the tenth year of the Lake Erie football team and the college's 160th anniversary. The logo included a large "X" (for the number ten), flanked by "2007" and "2016"; beneath the X is "1856". This logo was worn on the left side only of each helmet; the right side featured the same "STORM" logo which was worn on both sides in 2015.


NORTHWOOD UNIVERSITY

? - 2002 2003 - 2012 2013
2014 - 2019 2021 - 2023 -
*see note 1 below *see note 2 below

*1 The large "wolf head" logo is present on the left side only of this design. The right side was "blank" from 2014 through 2018, but in 2019 white uniform numbers were worn on the right side.

*2 The "wolf head" logo is present on the left side only of this design; uniform numbers adorn the right side (as represented below).


OHIO DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY

2004 - 2009 2010 - 2011 2012 - 2016
'A' 'C' 'B'
2017 - September 17, 2016;
September 23, 2017;
2018 -
2019? -

During recent years ODU has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

This team played its first season in 2004.


THOMAS MORE UNIVERSITY

? - 1999? 2004 2000? - 2003; 2005 - 2006
2007 - 2012 2013 - 2014 2015 - 2017
2018 - 2019 2020* - 2021 2022
2023 -

TIFFIN UNIVERSITY

? - 2002 2003 - 2008 2009 - 2010
'B' 'C'
2011 - 2013 2016 2016 - 2019; 2021
*see note 1 below
'A' (and 'A1') 'D' 'E'
2014 - 2016; 2021 - 2017 - 2018; 2020 2017 - 2018
*see note 4 below *see note 2 below
'F' 'G' 'H'
2017 - 2019 2019 2019 -
*see note 3 below

During recent years Tiffin has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

*1 The dragon logo is present on the left side only of this design; uniform numbers adorn the right side (as depicted below).

*2 The dragon logo is present on the left side only of this design; uniform numbers adorn the right side (as depicted below).

*3 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; the "TU" logo (like that on design 'A') is worn on the right side. .

*4 The 'TU' logo is worn on both sides of design 'A'; it is worn on the left side only of 'A1', while a 'dragon' logo is present on the right side (as depicted below).


WALSH UNIVERSITY

? - 2005 2006 - 2012 2013 - 2016
*see note 1 below
'A' 'B' 'C'
2017 - 2021 - 2023 -

During recent years Walsh has used the following sequences of helmet designs (sequences are very incomplete due to scarcity of dated photographs at the team's website):

*1 This design is reported to have been in use at least throughout the period 2000 - 2004.