Merrimack Warriors football

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Merrimack Warriors
AmericanFootball current event.svg 2023 Merrimack Warriors football team
Merrimack Warriors.svg
First season1996
Athletic directorJeremy Gibson [1]
Head coach Mike Gennetti [2]
1st season, 0–0 (–)
Stadium Duane Stadium
(capacity: 4,000)
Field surfaceSynthetic turf
Location North Andover, Massachusetts
NCAA division Division I FCS
Conference Independent
All-time record141127 (.526)
ColorsBlue and gold [3]
   
Website MerrimackAthletics.com

The Merrimack Warriors football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Merrimack College located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are in a conference TBD. Merrimack's first football team was fielded in 1996. The team plays its home games at the 4,000 seat Duane Stadium in North Andover, Massachusetts. The Warriors are coached by Michael Gennetti who served most recently served as Associate Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator.

Contents

History

Classifications

Conference memberships

Division II Playoffs results

Merrimack has made one appearance in the NCAA Division II football playoffs; their record is 1–1. [4]

YearRoundOpponentResult
2006 First Round
Second Round
Southern Connecticut
Shepherd
W, 28–26
L, 7–31
Playoff Record1–1

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of July 4, 2023 [5]

202320242025
at Holy Cross at Air Force Fordham
Lehigh at Fordham
VUL Maine
at UMass Dartmouth
at UConn

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Mike Gennetti is an American football coach and former player who is the head coach for the Merrimack Warriors of the Northeast Conference (NEC). He played college football for the Worcester State Lancers and was an assistant coach for them from 2003 to 2004 before joining Merrimack in 2005. After having been an assistant for the Warriors from 2005 to 2023, he was named the head coach for the 2024 season.

References

  1. "Jeremy Gibson - Director of Athletics - Staff Directory". Merrimack College Athletics. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
  2. "Michael Gennetti - Merrimack Promotes Gennetti to Head Football Coach". Merrimack College Athletics. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
  3. "Merrimack College Brand Guidelines" . Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  4. "2006 NCAA Division II National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  5. "Future Merrimack Football Schedules". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 4, 2023.