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Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Albany |
Conference | CAA |
Record | 50–61 |
Biographical details | |
Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | May 18, 1962
Playing career | |
1981–1983 | Penn State |
Position(s) | Defensive lineman |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1984 | Penn State (GA) |
1985 | Seton-La Salle HS (PA) (JV) |
1986 | Center Township HS (PA) (DC) |
1987 | Duquesne (DL) |
1989–1991 | Seton-La Salle HS (PA) |
1992 | Duquesne (DC) |
1993–2004 | Duquesne |
2005 | Pittsburgh (TE/RC) |
2006–2007 | Pittsburgh (DL) |
2008–2010 | Pittsburgh (AHC/DL) |
2011 | Maryland (DL) |
2012–2013 | Maryland (AHC/DL) |
2014–present | Albany |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 147–93 (college) 28–10–1 (high school) |
Bowls | 2–3 |
Tournaments | 3–2 (NCAA D-I playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 Consensus mid-major national (2003) 8 MAAC (1995–1996, 1999–2004) 1 CAA (2023) | |
Awards | |
Gregory Gattuso (born May 18, 1962) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at the University at Albany, taking over from long-time head coach Bob Ford. He was formerly the defensive line coach at the University of Maryland, under head coach Randy Edsall, a position he assumed in January 2011. [1] Gattuso served as the head coach at Duquesne University from 1993 to 2004, compiling a record of 97–32. From 2005 to 2010, he was an assistant coach at the University of Pittsburgh.
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | TSN/STATS# | Coaches° | ||
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Duquesne Dukes (NCAA Division I-AA independent)(1993) | |||||||||
1993 | Duquesne | 4–6 | |||||||
Duquesne Dukes (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)(1994–2004) | |||||||||
1994 | Duquesne | 6–4 | 4–3 | 3rd | |||||
1995 | Duquesne | 10–1 | 7–0 | 1st | W ECAC | ||||
1996 | Duquesne | 10–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L ECAC | ||||
1997 | Duquesne | 7–3 | 6–1 | 2nd | |||||
1998 | Duquesne | 8–3 | 5–2 | 3rd | |||||
1999 | Duquesne | 8–3 | 6–1 | 1st | |||||
2000 | Duquesne | 10–1 | 7–0 | 1st | |||||
2001 | Duquesne | 8–3 | 6–0 | 1st | L ECAC | ||||
2002 | Duquesne | 11–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L ECAC | ||||
2003 | Duquesne | 8–3 | 5–0 | 1st | W ECAC | ||||
2004 | Duquesne | 7–3 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
Duquesne: | 97–32 | 66–7 | |||||||
Albany Great Danes (Colonial Athletic Association)(2014–2022) | |||||||||
2014 | Albany | 7–5 | 3–5 | 9th | |||||
2015 | Albany | 3–8 | 2–6 | 11th | |||||
2016 | Albany | 7–4 | 4–4 | T–6th | |||||
2017 | Albany | 4–7 | 2–6 | T–10th | |||||
2018 | Albany | 3–8 | 1–7 | 12th | |||||
2019 | Albany | 9–5 | 6–2 | 2nd | L NCAA Division I Second Round | 18 | 20 | ||
2020–21 | Albany | 1–3 [lower-alpha 1] | 1–3 | T–5th (North) | |||||
2021 | Albany | 2–9 | 1–7 | 12th | |||||
2022 | Albany | 3–8 | 2–6 | T–10th | |||||
Albany Great Danes (Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference)(2023–present) | |||||||||
2023 | Albany | 11–4 | 7–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division I Semifinal | 9 | 15 | ||
2024 | Albany | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
Albany: | 50–61 | 28–47 | |||||||
Total: | 147–93 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
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