North Coast Athletic Conference

DENISON DEPAUW JOHN CARROLL
"Big Red" "Tigers" "Blue Streaks"
Granville, OH Greencastle, IN University Heights, OH
KENYON OBERLIN OHIO WESLEYAN
"Owls" "Yeomen" "Battling Bishops"
Gambier, OH Oberlin, OH Delaware, OH
WABASH WITTENBERG WOOSTER
"Little Giants" "Tigers" "Scots"
Crawfordsville, IN Springfield, OH Wooster, OH

John Carroll is a new member of this conference in 2025.

Historical Helmets

DENISON UNIVERSITY

c.late 1980s? c.late 1990s? 2003
2001 - 2002; 2004 2005 - 2007 2008 - 2010
2011 -

DEPAUW UNIVERSITY

1976 1962 - c.1969; 1979 ? - 1997; 1999 - 2001
2002 - 2005 2006 2007 - 2010
2011 2012 2013 - 2014
2015 - 2018 2019 -

KENYON COLLEGE

? - 2002 2003 - 2009 2010 - 2011
2012 - 2013 2014 - 2018 2019 - 2021
*see note 1 below *see note 2 below *see note 3 below
'A' 'B'
2023 2022; 2024 - 2024 -
*see note 4 below

In 2024 Kenyon used two of the above helmet designs in the following sequence: A-A-A; B-B-B; B-B-A; A.

The team nickname was "Lords" until May 2022.

*1 The "K" logo is present on the left side only of this design; white uniform numerals are worn on the right side (as shown below).

*2 The "K" logo is present on the left side only of this design; white uniform numerals are worn on the right side (as shown below).

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

*4 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design. In 2022 the right side was "blank" during the first three games, but a logo was added to the right side (as shown below) beginning with game #4 (September 24 vs Ohio Wesleyan). This logo was also present in 2024.

OBERLIN COLLEGE

? - 2006 2007 - 2009 2010 - 2012
2013 2014 - 2015 2016 - 2018
*see note 1 below
2019 2021 - 2022 2023
*see note 2 below
2024 (first 6 games) 2024 (last 4 games(?)) 2025 -

*1 The "OC" logo is present on the left side only of this design; uniform numerals are worn on the right side (as represented below).

*2 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; the "OC" logo is worn on the right side (as represented below).

OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

? - 2004 2005 - 2012 2013 -

WABASH COLLEGE

c.1993 November 12, 2016 2001 - 2018
2019 -

The helmet design used by Wabash from ? to 1989 has been described as having the school name in "scroll lettering" on the sides of the helmet, with the team switching to a "W" logo in 1990.

WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY

'A' 'B' (and 'B1')
c.1990s ? - 2016; 2018 - 2016
*see note 1 below
'C' 'D' 'E'
2017 2018 - 2018 -
*see note 2 below
'F'

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

Helmet design 'F', used for one game in 2019, has on both sides a logo the artwork for which I have been unable to locate (see photograph below).

*1 Helmet design 'B' has uniform numerals on its left side only; the same "W" logo from design 'A' is worn on the right side of 'B'. 'B1' has the uniform numerals on both sides.

*2 Helmet design 'C' has uniform numerals on its left side only; the same "W" logo from design 'D' is worn on the right side of 'C'.

THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER

? - 2001 2002 - 2013 2014
*see note 1 below
2015 - 2017 2018 - 2019 2021 -
*see note 2 below

*1 The 2014 helmet design has the "Scots" logo only on its left side; on the right side is a very large "fighting Scot" logo (as depicted below).

*2 This design has the large "fighting Scot" logo on its left side only; two different right-side designs were used (as depicted below).

2015 2016 - 2017