The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I. The A-10's member schools are located in states mostly on the United States Eastern Seaboard, as well as some in the Midwest: Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, and Missouri as well as in the District of Columbia. Although some of its members are state-funded, half of its membership is made up of private, Catholic institutions. Despite the name, there are 15 full-time members, and three affiliate members that participate in women's field hockey and men's lacrosse. The current commissioner is Bernadette McGlade, who began her tenure in 2008.
The UConn Huskies football team is a college football team that represents the University of Connecticut in the sport of American football. The team competes in NCAA Division I FBS as an Independent. Connecticut first fielded a team in 1896, and participated in Division I-AA until 1999. The Huskies began their two-year Division I-A transition period in 2000, and became a full-fledged Division I-A team in 2002. From 2000 to 2003 the team played as an independent. The school's football team then joined the conference of its other sport teams, the Big East, taking effect in 2004, through 2019. In 2019, the UConn football team left the American to again play as an independent, as the school's current primary conference, the current Big East, does not sponsor the sport. The Huskies are coached by Jim Mora.
Randy Douglas Edsall is a retired American football coach, formerly the head football coach at the University of Connecticut from 1999 to 2010 and again from 2017 until his abrupt retirement in 2021. He also served as the head coach at the University of Maryland from 2011 to 2015 and as director of football research-special projects for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) in 2016. During his first stint at UConn, he oversaw the program's promotion from the NCAA Division I-AA level to Division I-A. He is the program's all-time leader in wins and games coached.
The Northeastern Huskies are the athletic teams representing Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. They compete in thirteen varsity team sports: men's and women's hockey ; men's baseball, men's and women's basketball, women's field hockey and volleyball, swimming, and men's and women's soccer, and men's and women's rowing, track and cross-country.
Liam Ezekiel is a former American football linebacker. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Buffalo Bills in 2005. He played college football at Northeastern.
Don Brown is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass), a position he held from 2004 to 2008 and resumed prior to the 2022 season. In between his two stints as UMass, Brown was the defensive coordinator at the University of Maryland, College Park, the University of Connecticut, Boston College, the University of Michigan, and the University of Arizona. He served as the head football coach at Plymouth State University from 1993 to 1995 and Northeastern University from 2000 to 2003. Brown was also the interim head baseball coach at Yale University in 1992, tallying a mark of 26–10.
The Northeastern women's ice hockey team represents Northeastern University. The Huskies play in the Hockey East conference.
The 2002 Villanova Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the Villanova University in the Atlantic 10 Conference during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their 18th season under head coach Andy Talley, the Wildcats compiled an 11–4 record, outscored opponents by a total of 448 to 278, and was ranked No. 4 in The Sports Network I-AA Poll. The team advanced to the Division I-A playoffs, defeating Furman in the first round and Fordham in the quarterfinals, before losing to McNeese State in the semifinals. The Wildcats played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania.
The 1933 Northeastern Huskies football team represented Northeastern University during the 1933 college football season. It was the program's first-ever season and they finished with a record of 1–3–1. Their head coach was Alfred McCoy and their captain was Brad Johnson. Their only win of the season came during their only away game, while all other games were played at home yet were all losses or a tie.
The 1935 Northeastern Huskies football team represented Northeastern University during the 1935 college football season. It was the program's third season and they finished with an undefeated record of 5–0–3. Their head coach was Alfred McCoy and their captain was Joe Chrusz.
The 1934 Northeastern Huskies football team represented Northeastern University of Boston, Massachusetts, during the 1934 college football season. It was the program's second season and they finished with a record of 6–1–1. Their head coach was Alfred McCoy and their captain was Richard Mitchell.
The 1939 Northeastern Huskies football team represented Northeastern University during the 1939 college football season. It was the program's seventh season and they finished with a winless record of 0–6–1. Their head coach was James W. Dunn serving in his third season, and their captain was Cornelius Sullivan.
The 1951 Northeastern Huskies football team represented Northeastern University during the 1951 college football season. It was the program's 16th season and they finished with an undefeated record of 6–0–1. Their head coach was Joe Zabilski and their captain was Sal Lombardo.
The 1963 Northeastern Huskies football team represented Northeastern University during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season. It was the program's 28th season and they finished with an overall record of 8–1. After an undefeated regular season in which Northeastern went 8–0 and outscored their opponents 237 to 42, they were invited to their first bowl game – the Eastern Bowl, played in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where the Huskies lost to East Carolina 27–6. Their head coach was Joe Zabilski and their captain was All-American Joe Davis.
The 1942 Northeastern Huskies football team represented Northeastern University during the 1942 college football season. It was the program's 10th season and they finished with a winless record of 0–5–1. Their head coach was Foxy Flumere serving in his first season, and their captain was Richard Grey.
The 2002 Maine Black Bears football team represented the University of Maine during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It was the program's 111th season and they finished in a tie as Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) co-champions with Northeastern. The Black Bears earned a berth into the 16-team Division I-AA playoffs, but lost in the quarterfinals to Georgia Southern, 7–31. Maine was led by 10th-year head coach Jack Cosgrove.
The Northeastern Huskies represented Northeastern University in the Women's Hockey East Association during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. The Huskies defeated the Connecticut Huskies to win the Hockey East postseason tournament. Qualifying for the 2020 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, the Huskies were scheduled to compete against the Princeton Tigers in the Quarterfinals, but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aidan McDonough is an American professional ice hockey left wing for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). McDonough was drafted 195th overall by the Canucks in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2022–23 Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey season will represent Northeastern University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.
