Castleton Spartans football

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Castleton Spartans football
First season2009;16 years ago (2009)
Athletic directorTim Barrett
Head coach Tyler Higley
2nd season, 3–7 (.300)
StadiumDave Wolk Stadium
(formally Spartan Stadium until 2018)
(capacity: 5,000)
Field surface FieldTurf
Location Castleton, Vermont
NCAA division Division III
Conference NJAC
Past conferences MASCAC (2024)
ECFC (2009–2023)
All-time record61–76 (.445)
Bowl record0–1 (.000)
Conference titles1 (2012)
Rivalries Norwich [1]
(Maple Sap Bucket)
ColorsGreen and white [2]
   
Mascot Knight
Website castletonsports.com

The Castleton Spartans football team represents Vermont State University Castleton in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Spartans are members of the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC), fielding its team in the NJAC since 2025. The Spartans play their home games at Dave Wolk Stadium in Castleton, Vermont. [3]

Contents

Their head coach is Tyler Higley, who took over the position for the 2024 season as interim head coach. [4]

Until Castleton became a part of Vermont State University, Vermont was the only state in the United States besides Alaska where the state university did not have varsity football; as the University of Vermont had not had a varsity football team since 1974 (and still does not). The Spartans are now the only public university in Vermont with varsity football. As it is now, however, Vermont is still the only state besides Alaska where the state university does not award any athletic scholarships for football.

Conference affiliations

Championships

Conference championships

Castleton claims 1 conference title, which came in 2012.

YearConferenceOverall RecordConference RecordCoach
2012† Eastern Collegiate Football Conference 7–46–1 Marc Klatt

† Co-champions

Postseason games

Bowl games

Castleton has participated in one bowl game, and has a record of 0–1.

SeasonCoachBowlOpponentResult
2012 Marc Klatt ECAC Bowl St. John Fisher L 7–63

List of head coaches

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
GeneralOverallConferencePostseason [A 1]
No.Order of coaches [A 2] GCGames coachedCWConference winsPWPostseason wins
DCDivision championshipsOWOverall winsCLConference lossesPLPostseason losses
CCConference championshipsOLOverall lossesCTConference tiesPTPostseason ties
NCNational championshipsOTOverall ties [A 3] C%Conference winning percentage
†Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O%Overall winning percentage [A 4]

Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records and conference records,
No.NameSeason(s)GCOWOLO%CWCLC%
1 Rich Alercio [10] 2009–2010188100.444670.462
2 Marc Klatt [11] 2011–20133112190.3879120.429
3 Tony Volpone [12] [13] 2014–20238841470.46632260.552
4 Tyler Higley (interim)2024–present000–00–

Year-by-year results

National championsConference championsBowl game berthPlayoff berth
SeasonYearHead coachAssociationDivisionConferenceRecordPostseasonFinal ranking
OverallConference
WinLossFinishWinLoss
Castleton Spartans
2009 2009 Rich Alercio NCAA Division III ECFC 366th15——
2010 2010 54T–2nd52——
2011 2011 Marc Klatt 465th34——
2012 2012 74T–1st61Conference co-champions [14] —
2013 2013 198th07——
2014 2014 Tony Volpone 73T–2nd73——
2015 2015 73T–3rd52——
2016 2016 46T–3rd43——
2017 2017 643rd52——
2018 2018 28T–5th15——
2019 2019 27T–3rd23——
Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 2021 Tony Volpone NCAA Division III ECFC 643rd42——
2022 2022 552nd42——
2023 2023 275th04——
2024 2024 Tyler Higley MASCAC ——

Notes

  1. ↑ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played. [7]
  2. ↑ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
  3. ↑ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since. [8]
  4. ↑ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss. [9]

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