Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Not to be confused with Great Lakes Valley Conference.
Great Lakes Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference
AssociationNCAA
Founded1972
CommissionerKris Dunbar (since 2018)
Sports fielded
  • 21
    • men's: 10
    • women's: 11
DivisionDivision II
No. of teams11
HeadquartersBay City, Michigan
RegionGreat Lakes
Official websitewww.gliac.org
Locations
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Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
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200km
125miles
Roosevelt
Parkside
Wayne State
Saginaw Valley State
Purdue Northwest
Northern Michigan
Michigan Tech
Lake Superior State
Grand Valley State
Ferris State
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Davenport
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The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level.

The GLIAC was founded in June 1972. Its eleven member institutions are located in the Midwestern United States in the states of Michigan, Illinois, 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.