Guardian Caps have been a staple in football practices throughout the Southeastern Conference.
Guardian Cap is a leader in soft-shell helmet covers that are engineered for impact reduction. It uses padded, soft-shell technology on the outside of the decades old hard-shell football helmet. The product reduces impact up to 33 percent.
Guardian Caps are worn by 275-plus colleges, including all SEC schools, 3,000-plus high schools, 750-plus youth programs, 32 NFL teams and nine CFL teams. In 2023, the NFL and CFL have mandated Guardian Caps for contact practices.
Guardian Cap co-founder and CEO Erin Hanson discussed her vision to help players’ safety throughout football with Vols Wire.
“We started this whole project in 2010,” Hanson said. “Our whole goal in starting it was really to just help players across the board.”
During the 2023 season, 14 SEC football head coaches discussed with Vols Wire about their teams wearing Guardian Caps. Their analysis of Guardian Caps for player safety are listed below.