Findlay Oilers

The Findlay Oilers are the athletic teams that represent the University of Findlay, located in Findlay, Ohio, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sporting competitions. The Oilers currently compete as members of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference. The Oilers were a member of the GLIAC since 1997, when they switched from the NAIA to the NCAA. Findlay sponsors 20 NCAA-sanctioned intercollegiate sports. Findlay formerly sponsored varsity men's ice hockey, with the 1999–2004 seasons at the NCAA Division I level.^[2]

Findlay Oilers
University	University of Findlay
Conference	GMAC (2017–)
NCAA	Division II
Athletic director	Jim Givens
Location	Findlay, Ohio
Varsity teams	20 (10 men's, 10 women's)
Football stadium	Donnell Stadium
Basketball arena	Croy Gymnasium
Baseball stadium	Fifth Third Field
Softball stadium	Anderson Field
Soccer stadium	DeHaven Field
Aquatics center	Sink Natatorium
Lacrosse stadium	Armstrong Sports Complex
Volleyball arena	Croy Gymnasium
Other venues	Robert A. Malcolm Athletic Center
Mascot	Derrick the Oiler
Nickname	Oilers Roughnecks (wrestling only)
Colors	Black and orange[1]
Website	findlayoilers.com

Varsity teams

Men's sports	Women's sports
Baseball	Basketball
Basketball	Cross country
Cross country	Golf
Football	Lacrosse
Golf	Soccer
Soccer	Softball
Swimming	Swimming
Tennis	Tennis
Track and field	Track and field
Wrestling	Volleyball

Football

Conference history

• 1892–1920: Independent
• 1921–1932: Northwest Ohio League
• 1933: Independent
• 1934–1948: Ohio Athletic Conference
• 1949–1961: Mid-Ohio Conference
• 1962–1967: Independent
• 1971–1985: Hoosier-Buckeye Conference
• 1986–1993: NAIA Independent
• 1994–1997: Mid-States Football Association
• 1998: Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference
• 1999–2017: Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
• 2017–present: Great Midwest Athletic Conference

Former teams

Ice hockey

Main article: Findlay Oilers men's ice hockey

The Oilers joined the Division I ranks in 1999 as a founding member of the College Hockey America (CHA) conference, along with six other schools, after only three years in existence as a Division II program. Findlay spent five years in the CHA, never finishing higher than fourth in the standings,^[3] and only winning a single game in the conference tournament.^[4] The program was disestablished in 2004.

National championships

• 1979: Football – NAIA Division II
• 1992: Football – NAIA Division II
• 1995: Football – NAIA Division II
• 1995: Wrestling – NAIA
• 1997: Football – NAIA
• 2001: Equestrian team (English) – IHSA
• 2001: Equestrian team (Western) – IHSA
• 2005: Equestrian team (Western) – IHSA
• 2007: Equestrian team (Western) – IHSA
• 2009: Equestrian team (Western) – IHSA
• 2009: Men's Basketball – NCAA Division II National Championship Record 36–0
• 2022: Women's Golf – NCAA Division II National Championship

Facilities

Russ and Peg Armstrong Sports Complex

Koehler Fitness & Recreation Complex

Venue	Sport(s)	Open.	Ref.
Donnell Stadium	Football	1928	[5]
Niekamp Arena	Basketball Volleyball	1970	[6]
DeHaven Soccer Complex	Soccer	n/a	[7]
Armstrong Sports Complex	Lacrosse Tennis	n/a	[8]
Beall Oilers Center	Golf	2022	[9]
Sink Natatorium	Swimming	n/a	[10]
Dick Strahm Champions Field	(various)[n 1]	n/a	[11]
Koehler Fitness and Recreation Complex	(various)[n 1]	n/a	[12]
Fifth Third Field	Baseball Softball	n/a	[13]
Anderson Field	Baseball Softball	n/a	[14]

Notes

1. Facility for training or recrational purposes.

Former facilities

Venue	Sport(s)	Opened	Closed	Ref.
Clauss Ice Arena	Ice hockey	1999	2010	[15]