Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference

ALBANY BRYANT CAMPBELL
"Great Danes" "Bulldogs" "Camels"
Albany, NY Smithfield, RI Buies Creek, NC
ELON HAMPTON MAINE
"Phoenix" "Pirates" "Black Bears"
Elon, NC Hampton, VA Orono, ME
MONMOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE NORTH CAROLINA A&T
"Hawks" "Wildcats" "Aggies"
West Long Branch, NJ Durham, NH Greensboro, NC
RHODE ISLAND SACRED HEART STONY BROOK
"Rams" "Pioneers" "Seawolves"
Kingston, RI Fairfield, CT Stony Brook, NY
TOWSON
"Tigers"
Towson, MD

Sacred Heart University is a new member of this conference for football in 2026.

Historical Helmets

UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY

1973 - 1977 ? - 1985 1988 - 1992
*see note 1 below
'A'
1993 - 2003 2004 - 2007 2008 -
'B' 'C' 'D'
September 12, 2015;
November 14, 2015		 2016 2016 - 2019
'E' 'F' 'G'
2016 - 2017 2017 2018 - 2019
'H' 'I' 'J'
2018 2019 2019
'K' 'L' 'M'
2019 2020* - 2020* -
'N' 'O' 'P'
2021 - 2021 - 2021 -
'Q' 'R' 'S'
2022 - 2022 - 2022 -
'T' 'U' 'V'
2022 - 2022 - 2022 -
'W' 'X' 'Y'
2023 - 2023 - 2023 -
'Z' 'AA' 'AB'
2024 - 2024 - 2025 -

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

*1 This design was also used by Albany's club-level team from 1970 through 1972.

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BRYANT UNIVERSITY

1999 - 2021 -
*see note 1 below

The Bryant football team first played in 1999 and apparently never used a helmet logo until 2021.

*1 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a "bulldog" logo adorns the right side (as shown below).

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CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY

2008 - 2010 2011 - 2012 2013
'A' 'B'
2014 - 2015 2016 - 2019 2019 - 2022
*see note 1 below
'C' 'D' 'E'
2019 2021 - 2022 2023 -
*see note 2 below
'F' 'G'
2023 - 2023 -

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

2008 was the first year for the Campbell football team.

*1 This design has uniform numbers on its left side only; on the right side is the "C"/"camel head" logo (as shown below).

*1 This design has uniform numbers on its left side only; a "camel" logo is worn on the right side (as shown below).

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ELON UNIVERSITY

1960 - 1963 1964 - 1966 1967 - 1969
1970 1971 - 1976 1981 - 1986
1977 - 1980; 1987 - 1991 1992 - 1999 2003 - 2010
'E'
November 15, 2014 2000 - 2002; 2011 - 2015 2016; 2024 -
'A' 'B' 'C'
2017 - 2020* - 2021 -
'D' 'F' 'G'
2021 - 2024 - 2024 -

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

The "missing" design for Elon is the 1970 design, for which I have not obtained any color photographs. It presumably has a gold shell and the logo is the school name within a dark (probably maroon) oval-shape (photograph below). I would appreciate any color photographs of this design or any good straight-on side-view photographs.

Previously I had listed here a plain maroon helmet for the years 1971 through 1974, but this report turned out to be inaccurate, and it appears that Elon used plain gold helmets throughout this period.

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HAMPTON UNIVERSITY

1992 - 2000 2001 2005
2002 - 2004;
some games in 2007		 2006 - 2022 2023 -
*see note 1 below

*1 This design was apparently used during the 2007 game against Howard, but the next helmet design shown above was used during the 2007 games against Princeton, Grambling State, and South Carolina State.

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UNIVERSITY OF MAINE

1969 c.1950s - c.1975 c.1976 - 1984
*see note 1 below
1985 - 1991 1992 - 1999 2000 - October 10, 2015
October 17, 2015 -
November 21, 2015		 2016 - 2017 September 14, 2019
2018 - 2022 2023 - 2024 2025 -
*see note 2 below

*1 Maine is reported to have used the "wing" helmet design throughout the 1960s and early 1970s; I do not yet know when the switch to the next design was made, but 1976 is a good possibility, as there was a new head coach that year. Some photographs from the last few years when this design was in use show that some players did not have the uniform numerals on their helmets, but I do not think there was ever a time when all Maine helmets lacked the numerals. In 1969, the player's numerals were replaced with a version of the "100" decal that many teams wore that year; Maine's version apparently featured light-colored numerals on a dark-colored football shape with a light-colored outline.

*2 In 2018 and 2019 the "MAINE"/"bear head" logo was worn on both sides of this design; beginning with the "spring 2021" football season the logo on the right side was replaced with uniform numbers (as represented below).

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MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

1993 - 2003 2004 - 2013 October 5, 2013;
October 19, 2013
'B' 'A' 'C'
2019; 2021; 2023 2014 - 2025 -

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

Monmouth's football team first played in 1993 and the above are apparently the only helmet designs ever used by the team.

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UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

? - c.1966 c.1967 - ? ? - 1999
'A'
2000 2001 - 2002 2003 -
'B' 'C' 'D'
2017 - 2018 2019 2022 -
*see note 1 below
'E' 'F' 'G'
2022 - 2023 - 2022
'H' 'I' 'J'
2024 - 2024 - 2025 -

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

*1 Uniform numerals are present on the left side only of this design; on the right side is an interlocking "NH" logo (as represented below).

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NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL STATE UNIVERSITY

'A'
? - 2000 2001 - October 11, 2003 October 18, 2003 -
*see note 1 below
'B' 'C' 'D'
2018 - 2019 2022 2023 -
*see note 2 below *see note 3 below
'E'
2025 -

During recent years North Carolina A&T has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

*1 This design was used through the October 11, 2003 game against Morgan State, but was replaced by a new logo for the October 18, 2003 game against Florida A&M.

*2 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo adorns the right side (as depicted below).

*3 The team name is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numbers are worn on the right (as depicted below).

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UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

1960 - 1961 1962 - 1965 1966
1967 - 1975 1976 - 1978 1979 - 1989?
1990? - 1992? 1993 1994 - 1996
1997 - 1999 2000 - 2007 2008 - 2010
2011 -

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SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY

? - 1998? 1999? - 2003 2004 - 2007
'A' 'B' (and 'B1')
2008 - 2012 2013 - 2015 2016 -
*see note 1 below
'C' 'D' 'E'
2016 2017 - 2019
'F' 'G' 'H'
2024 - 2025 - 2025 -
'I'
2025 -

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

  • 2025: G-G-G?; G-G-G; G-G-G; H-I-I
  • 2024: F-F-B; B-B-B; B-B-B; B-B
  • 2023: D-D-D; B-B-B; B-B-B; B-B
  • 2022: D-D-B; B-B-B; B-B-B; B?-B
  • 2021: B1-B1?-B; B-B?-?; B-B-B; B-B-B (the last game being an NCAA Division I-FCS playoff game at Holy Cross)
  • 2020*: B (entire season)
  • 2019: D-D-B; B-B-B; B-B-B; E-E-E
  • 2018: D-D-B; B-B-B; B-B-B; B-B
  • 2017: D-D-B; B-B-B; B-B-B; B-B
  • 2016: B-C-B; B-B-B; B-B-B; B-?
  • 2015: A-A-A; A-?-A; A-A-A; A-A

*1 Design 'B' has the 'SHU' logo on both sides; 'B1' has it on the left side only, while on the right side is a logo memorializing the victims of the September 2001 terrorist attacks (as depicted below).

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STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY

'A'
? - 1998 2006 - 2013 2014 -
'B' 'C' 'D'
1999 - 2004; 2014 - 2005; 2014 2014
'E' 'F' 'G'
2016 2017 - 2023 -

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

  • 2025: F-F-B; B-B-F; F-B-F; F-F-B
  • 2024: F-F-B; F-B-F; F-B-F; B-B-F
  • 2023: F-B-F; B-F-B; B-F-B; G
  • 2022: F-F-F; B-B-F; B-B-F; B-B
  • 2021: F-F-F; B-F-B; F-B-B; B-B
  • 2020*: B-B-F; F
  • 2019: F-B-B; B-F-B; B-F-F; F-B-B
  • 2018: B-F-F; B-B-F; F-B-B; B-F-B (the last game being an FCS playoff game at Southeast Missouri State)
  • 2017: F-B-F; F-B-F; B-B-F; F-B-F; B (the last two games being playoff games vs Lehigh and at James Madison)
  • 2016: A-B-A; B-B-B; B-B-A; E-B
  • 2015: A-A-B; B-B-A; B-A-B; A. ('B' was also used during the team's September 4 game at Toledo, which was cancelled at halftime following a three-hour lightning delay)
  • 2014: A-C-A; C-B-A; A-A-A; D-B-B

The team was known as the "Patriots" prior to 1994. I would appreciate any information about earlier helmet designs used by this team, which first played in 1984 at the NCAA Division III level. The earliest design for which I have any information is the 1986 design, which had a white shell with a script "Patriots" logo (see photograph below); a more recently-found color photograph shows that both the logo and the facemask color are red.

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TOWSON UNIVERSITY

c.late 1990s 1999 - 2000 2001
2002 - 2003 2004 - 2008 2009
*see note 1 below
October 8, 2011 September 9, 2015 October 24, 2015;
September 29, 2018
September 10, 2016;
November 17, 2018		 October 8, 2016 November 5, 2016
'A' 'B'
October 6, 2018 2010 - 2019; 2021 - 2019
'C' 'D' 'E'
2019 2019 2019
'F' 'G' 'H'
2019 2019; 2021 - 2021 -
'I' 'J' 'K'
2021 - 2021 - 2021 -
'L' 'M' 'N'
2021 - 2022 - 2022 -
'O' 'P' 'Q'
2022 - 2023 - 2023 -
'R' 'S' 'T'
2023 2023 2024
*see note 2 below
'U' 'V' 'W'
2024 2024 2025 -
'X' 'Y' 'Z'
2025 - 2025 - 2025 -
*see note 3 below
'AA'
2025 -

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

  • 2025: C-C-A; W-A-X; Y-G-X; Z-AA-X
  • 2024: G-A-A; G-T-A; U-D-A; V-A-M
  • 2023: I-I-C; A-C-P; A-Q-R; G-S
  • 2022: A-A-M; I-M-I; F-G-N; A-O
  • 2021: A-G-A; G-H-H; I-J-K; L-K
  • 2020: [no games played]
  • 2019: B-C-D; A-D-A; E-A-F; F-G-G

*1 This design has an asymmetrical stripe sequence - a white stripe on the left side of the helmet borders directly against a yellow stripe on the right side.

*2 Helmet design 'T' employs on each helmet one of eight different logos depicting Towson's tiger mascot 'Doc' playing various football positions; some helmets may have had a different logo on each side. Below are representations of these designs.

Center Defensive back Kicker
Linebacker Lineman Quarterback
Receiver Running back

*3 The 'T' logo is worn on the left side only of this design; a different logo is present on the right side (as represented below).

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