Chuck Priore

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Chuck Priore
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Priore in 2023
Biographical details
Born (1960-02-17) February 17, 1960 (age 63)
Long Island, New York, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1979–1982 Albany
Position(s) Fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1983–1986 Albany (RB)
1987–1991 Union (NY) (OC)
1992–1999 Penn (OC)
2000–2005 Trinity (CT)
2006–2023 Stony Brook
Lacrosse
1986 Albany
1988–1991 Union (NY)
Head coaching record
Overall136–110 (football)
38–29 (lacrosse)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
4 NESCAC (2002–2005)
3 Big South (2009–2011)
Awards
3× NESCAC Coach of the Year (2003–2005)
2× Big South Coach of the Year (2009, 2011)

Chuck Priore (born February 17, 1960) is an American former college football and college lacrosse coach. He was the head coach of the Stony Brook Seawolves for 18 years, from 2006 to 2023. He led Stony Brook to shares of four consecutive Big South Conference titles from 2009 to 2012. Priore coached Stony Brook to its first four FCS playoff appearances. After five consecutive losing seasons, culminating in a program-worst 0–10 winless 2023, Priore was fired. He was 97–101 with the Seawolves.

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Priore served the head football coach at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut from 2000 to 2005. He was also the head men's lacrosse coach at the University at Albany in 1986 and at Union College in Schenectady, New York from 1988 to 1991.

Priore's coaching style is known for his run-heavy offense and aggressive defense. [1] [2]

Playing career

Priore played football at the University at Albany before graduating in 1982. He was the starting fullback for three seasons and was named team captain before his senior year. In 1982, he won the Spud Kruzan Award, given to Albany's most outstanding athlete. [3]

Coaching career

After the end of his playing career, Priore was the running backs and strength coach at Albany from 1983 to 1986. In 1986, he was also Albany's head lacrosse coach. Priore was the offensive coordinator, strength coach and head lacrosse coach at Union College from 1987 to 1991. [3]

Priore was Penn's offensive coordinator from 1992 to 1999. [3]

Trinity

Priore was head coach for six seasons at Trinity College where he led the Bantams to a 39–9 record including four consecutive New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) titles.

Stony Brook

Priore was named the second head football coach at Stony Brook University on December 10, 2005. [4] In his first season, he led the Seawolves to a 5–6 record in their final season in the Northeast Conference. After plans were announced to move to the Big South Conference starting in 2008, Priore coached his team to a 6–5 record as an independent in 2007. From 2009 to 2012, he led the Seawolves to four consecutive Big South Championships, and in 2011 led the Seawolves to their first NCAA Division I Football Championship bid, advancing to the second round for the first time ever.

In January 2008, Priore's contract was extended through the 2012 season. [5] After the 2009 season, Priore was given a one-year extension through 2013. [6] In January 2011, Priore's contract was extended through 2016. [7] In January 2013, after making the FCS playoffs for the first two times, Priore's contract was extended one year again through 2017. [8] In 2016, Priore's contract was extended through 2020, but this was not made public until 2018. [9] In 2018, following two consecutive FCS Playoffs appearances, Priore's contract was extended through 2022. [10]

On November 17, 2022, Stony Brook announced that Priore's contract was extended through 2025, after a program-worst 2–9 season. [11] However, an investigative report by The Statesman revealed that Priore and Stony Brook AD Shawn Heilbron agreed to the extension before the season started, but it was never publicized by anyone in the school. [12]

After an 0–10 season in 2023, the first winless season in Stony Brook history, Priore was fired two days after the team's last game, on November 13. Priore finished 97–101 over 18 years as Stony Brook's head coach. [13] [14]

Personal life

Priore's younger brother, Ray Priore, is the head football coach at the University of Pennsylvania. [15]

Head coaching record

Football

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs TSN/STATS#FCS Coaches°
Trinity Bantams (New England Small College Athletic Conference)(2000–2005)
2000 Trinity4–44–46th
2001 Trinity4–44–4T–4th
2002 Trinity7–17–1T–1st
2003 Trinity 8–08–01st
2004 Trinity 8–08–01st
2005 Trinity 8–08–01st
Trinity:39–939–9
Stony Brook Seawolves (Northeast Conference)(2006)
2006 Stony Brook 5–65–22nd
Stony Brook Seawolves (NCAA Division I FCS independent)(2007)
2007 Stony Brook 6–5
Stony Brook Seawolves (Big South Conference)(2008–2012)
2008 Stony Brook 5–63–22nd
2009 Stony Brook 6–55–1T–1st
2010 Stony Brook 6–55–1T–1st
2011 Stony Brook 9–46–01stL NCAA Division I Second Round 1816
2012 Stony Brook 10–35–1T–1stL NCAA Division I Second Round 1013
Stony Brook Seawolves (Colonial/Coastal Athletic Association)(2013–2023)
2013 Stony Brook 5–63–5T–8th
2014 Stony Brook 5–74–4T–5th
2015 Stony Brook 5–53–5T–7th
2016 Stony Brook 5–64–4T–6th
2017 Stony Brook 10–37–12ndL NCAA Division I Second Round 1011
2018 Stony Brook 7–55–3T–3rdL NCAA Division I First Round 1618
2019 Stony Brook 5–72–611th
2020 Stony Brook 1–31–3T–5th (North)
2021 Stony Brook 5–64–4T–4th
2022 Stony Brook 2–91–7T–12th
2023 Stony Brook 0–100–815th
Stony Brook:97–10163–57
Total:136–110
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