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Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Colby |
Conference | NESCAC |
Record | 15–28 |
Biographical details | |
Born | Sharon, Massachusetts, U.S. | October 30, 1956
Playing career | |
1974–1977 | Maine |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1978–1980 | Maine (GA) |
1981–1984 | Stoughton HS (MA) |
1985–1986 | Boston College (OA) |
1987–1988 | Maine (QB/WR) |
1989–1992 | Maine (OC) |
1993–2015 | Maine |
2018–present | Colby |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 144–163 (college) |
Tournaments | 3–5 (NCAA D-I-AA/D-I playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 A-10 (2001–2002) 1 CAA (2013) | |
Awards | |
2× A-10 Coach of the Year (1996, 2001) | |
Jack Cosgrove (born October 30, 1956) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at Colby College. Cosgrove served as the head football coach at the University of Maine from 1993 to 2015. He is an alumnus of Maine and played college football as a quarterback on the Maine Black Bears football team. Prior to receiving the head coaching position as his alma mater, Cosgrove served as an assistant at Maine and Boston College and was head coach at Stoughton High School.
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | TSN# | Coaches° | ||
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Maine Black Bears (Yankee Conference)(1993–1996) | |||||||||
1993 | Maine | 0–11 | 0–8 | 6th (New England) | |||||
1994 | Maine | 3–8 | 2–6 | T–5th (New England) | |||||
1995 | Maine | 3–8 | 1–7 | T–5th (New England) | |||||
1996 | Maine | 7–4 | 5–3 | 2nd (New England) | |||||
Maine Black Bears (Atlantic 10 Conference)(1997–2006) | |||||||||
1997 | Maine | 5–6 | 4–4 | T–2nd (New England) | |||||
1998 | Maine | 6–5 | 3–5 | T–3rd (New England) | |||||
1999 | Maine | 4–7 | 3–5 | T–6th | |||||
2000 | Maine | 5–6 | 3–5 | T–7th | |||||
2001 | Maine | 9–3 | 7–2 | T–1st | L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal | 10 | |||
2002 | Maine | 11–3 | 7–2 | T–1st | L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal | 6 | |||
2003 | Maine | 6–5 | 4–4 | T–5th | |||||
2004 | Maine | 5–6 | 3–5 | T–5th | |||||
2005 | Maine | 5–6 | 3–5 | 4th (North) | |||||
2006 | Maine | 6–5 | 5–3 | T–2nd (North) | |||||
Maine Black Bears (Colonial Athletic Association)(2007–2015) | |||||||||
2007 | Maine | 4–7 | 3–5 | 4th (North) | |||||
2008 | Maine | 8–5 | 5–3 | 2nd (North) | L NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
2009 | Maine | 5–6 | 4–4 | 2nd (North) | |||||
2010 | Maine | 4–7 | 3–5 | T–8th | |||||
2011 | Maine | 9–4 | 6–2 | T–2nd | L NCAA Division I Quarterfinal | 13 | 13 | ||
2012 | Maine | 5–6 | 4–4 | 7th | |||||
2013 | Maine | 10–3 | 7–1 | 1st | L NCAA Division I Second Round | 12 | 11 | ||
2014 | Maine | 5–6 | 4–4 | T–5th | |||||
2015 | Maine | 3–8 | 3–5 | T–7th | |||||
Maine: | 128–135 | 89–97 | |||||||
Colby Mules (New England Small College Athletic Conference)(2018–present) | |||||||||
2018 | Colby | 3–6 | 3–6 | T–7th | |||||
2019 | Colby | 2–7 | 2–7 | T–8th | |||||
2020–21 | No team | ||||||||
2021 | Colby | 4–5 | 4–5 | T–5th | |||||
2022 | Colby | 4–5 | 4–5 | 5th | |||||
2023 | Colby | 3–5 | 3–5 | 7th | |||||
2024 | Colby | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
Colby: | 16–28 | 16–28 | |||||||
Total: | 144–163 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
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