The Tiffin Dragons football team represents Tiffin University in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Dragons have been members of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC), fielding their team in the G-MAC since 2008. They play their home games at Frost–Kalnow Stadium in Tiffin, Ohio.
The team's head coach is Brett Ekkens, who assumed the position for the 2024 season.
Conference affiliations NAIA independent (1986–1993) Mid-States Football Association (1994–2002) NCAA Division II independent (2003–2005) Great Lakes Football Conference (2006–2007) Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (2008–2017) Great Midwest Athletic Conference (2018–present)
List of head coaches Key
Coaches + List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, and championships No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT CC 1 Roger Kirkhart 1986–1989 40 7 33 0 – – – – – – – – 2 Bob Wolfe 1990–1997 83 35 47 1 6 14 0 2 2 0 – 3 Cam Cruickshank 1998–2002 53 19 34 0 10 14 0 – – – – 4 Nate Cole 2003–2007 55 36 19 0 9 1 0 – – – 2 5 Dave Walkowsky 2008–2010 32 2 30 0 1 30 0 – – – – 6 Gary Goff 2011–2018 88 38 50 0 29 47 0 – – – – 7 Cris Reisert 2019–2023 48 38 10 0 30 4 0 0 1 – 2 8 Brett Ekkens 2024–present 12 8 4 0 7 2 0 – – – –
Year-by-year results since 1986 National championsConference championsBowl game berthPlayoff berth SeasonYearHead coachAssociationDivisionConferenceRecordPostseasonFinal rankingOverallConferenceWinLossTieFinishWinLossTieTiffin Dragons 1986 1986Roger KirkhartNAIADivision IIIndependent 2 8 0 —— 1987 1987 1 9 0 —— 1988 1988 2 8 0 —— 1989 1989 2 8 0 —— 1990 1990Bob Wolfe 1 8 1 —— 1991 1991 4 6 0 —— 1992 1992 4 6 0 —— 1993 1993 8 2 1 L NAIA Division II Quarterfinal7 1994 1994MSFA 8 4 0 T–2nd (Mideast) 2 2 0L NAIA Division II Quarterfinal16 1995 1995 4 6 1 4th (Mideast) 1 3 0—— 1996 1996 2 8 0 5th (Mideast) 2 4 0—— 1997 1997— 4 7 0 6th (Mideast) 1 5 0—— 1998 1998Cam Cruickshank 6 5 0 4th (Mideast) 3 3 0—— 1999 1999 5 6 0 5th (Mideast) 2 4 0—— 2000 2000 3 7 0 T–5th (Mideast) 2 4 0—— 2001 2001 3 8 0 4th (Mideast) 3 3 0—— 2002 2002 2 8 0 N/A —— 2003 2003Nate ColeNCAADivision IIIndependent 6 5 0 —— 2004 2004 5 6 0 —— 2005 2005 6 5 0 —— 2006 2006GLFC 10 1 0T–1st 4 1 0Conference champions22 2007 2007 9 2 01st 5 0 0Conference champions— 2008 2008Dave WalkowskyGLIAC 1 9 0 T–11th 1 10 0—— 2009 2009 0 11 0 T–11th 0 10 0—— 2010 2010 1 10 0 7th (South) 0 10 0—— 2011 2011Gary Goff 0 11 0 7th (South) 0 10 0—— 2012 2012 3 8 0 T–5th (South) 2 8 0—— 2013 2013 2 9 0 T–6th (South) 1 8 0—— 2014 2014 5 6 0 T–7th 4 6 0—— 2015 2015 5 6 0 T–10th 4 6 0—— 2016 2016 8 3 0 4th 7 3 0—— 2017 2017 6 5 0 T–4th 5 4 0—— 2018 2018G-MAC 9 2 0 T–2nd 6 2 0—— 2019 2019Cris Reisert 9 2 01st 7 0 0L NCAA Division II First Round23 2020–21 2020 6 0 01st 5 0 0Conference champions— 2021 2021 8 3 0 T–2nd 5 2 0—— 2022 2022 6 5 0 T–2nd 6 2 0L America's Crossroads— 2023 2023 11 1 01st 9 0 0L NCAA Division II Second Round14 2024 2024Brett Ekkens 8 4 0 T–2nd 7 2 0L America's Crossroads—
Notable former players
Chris Ivory Nate Washington
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