Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
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The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) is a competitive college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level.
Association | NCAA |
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Founded | 1972 |
Commissioner | Kris Dunbar (since 2018) |
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Division | Division II |
No. of teams | 10 (11 in 2024) |
Headquarters | Bay City, Michigan |
Region | Great Lakes |
Official website | www |
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The GLIAC was founded in June 1972. Its eleven member institutions are located in the Midwestern United States in the states of Michigan, Indiana, and Wisconsin. There are three affiliate members who compete in the GLIAC for sports not sponsored by their home conference.
Sponsorship of football was dropped by the GLIAC after the 1989 season. Conference schools sponsoring football joined with members of the Heartland Football Conference to form the Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference (MIFC), which began play in 1990. The MIFC merged with the GLIAC in July 1999, and the GLIAC resumed sponsorship of football that fall.