Jeff Devanney

Last updated
Jeff Devanney
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Trinity (CT)
Conference NESCAC
Record121–21
Playing career
1992 Trinity (CT)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993 Coast Guard (WR)
1994–1995 Albany (GA)
1996–1997 Georgia Tech (GA)
1998–2000 Central Connecticut (DC)
2001 Trinity (CT) (DL/ST)
2002–2004Trinity (CT) (DB/ST)
2005Trinity (CT) (DC/DB)
2006–presentTrinity (CT)
Head coaching record
Overall121–21
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
7 NESCAC (2008, 2012, 2016–2018, 2022–2023)

Jeff Devanney is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, a position he has held since 2006. Devanney was previously the defensive coordinator for Trinity under Chuck Priore before succeeding Priore as head coach following the 2005 season. [1]

Contents

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Trinity Bantams (New England Small College Athletic Conference)(2006–present)
2006 Trinity7–17–12nd
2007 Trinity6–26–2T–2nd
2008 Trinity 8–08–01st
2009 Trinity6–26–2T–2nd
2010 Trinity7–17–12nd
2011 Trinity7–17–12nd
2012 Trinity 8–08–01st
2013 Trinity6–26–24th
2014 Trinity5–35–34th
2015 Trinity7–17–12nd
2016 Trinity 8–08–01st
2017 Trinity8–18–11st
2018 Trinity8–18–11st
2019 Trinity5–45–44th
2020–21 No team
2021 Trinity8–18–12nd
2022 Trinity 9–09–01st
2023 Trinity8–18–1T–1st
2024 Trinity0–00–0
Trinity:121–21121–21
Total:121–21
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

Related Research Articles

The Trinity Bantams football team of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut competes in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC), a league of small liberal arts colleges.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Duke Blue Devils football</span> College Football Bowl Subdivision team; member of Atlantic Coast Conference

The Duke Blue Devils football team represents Duke University in the sport of American football. The Blue Devils compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The program has 17 conference championships, 53 All-Americans, 10 ACC Players of the Year, and have had three Pro Football Hall of Famers come through the program. The team is coached by Manny Diaz and play their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trinity Tigers</span> Athletics program of Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas

The Trinity Tigers is the nickname for the sports teams of Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. They participate in the NCAA's Division III and the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC). The school mascot is LeeRoy, a Bengal tiger. In the 1950s, LeeRoy was an actual tiger who was brought to sporting events, but today LeeRoy is portrayed by a student wearing a tiger suit. Early in its history, the school participated in Division I/II athletics, but by 1991 the entire program made the move to Division III, at which time it joined the SCAC.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chuck Priore</span> Former Stony Brook football head coach

Chuck Priore is an American former college football and college lacrosse coach. He was the head coach of the Stony Brook Seawolves for 18 years, from 2006 to 2023. He led Stony Brook to shares of four consecutive Big South Conference titles from 2009 to 2012. Priore coached Stony Brook to its first four FCS playoff appearances. After five consecutive losing seasons, culminating in a program-worst 0–10 winless 2023, Priore was fired. He was 97–101 with the Seawolves.

Bill MacDermott was an American gridiron football coach. He played college football at Trinity College. After graduating from Trinity, he spent the next 50 years as a football coach at the college and professional levels. He was the head football coach at Wesleyan University from 1971 to 1986 and has also held coaching positions with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, the Orlando Thunder, San Diego Chargers, Montreal Alouettes, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Toronto Argonauts, and Edmonton Eskimos.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stony Brook Seawolves football under Chuck Priore</span>

Chuck Priore is the former head coach of the Stony Brook Seawolves football team, which represents Stony Brook University in the NCAA, and participates in the Colonial Athletic Association. Priore was hired prior to the 2006 season and he led the transition of Stony Brook into a full-scholarship FCS program from the 2006 season in which the team awarded an equivalent 27 scholarships. In 2007, the team played as an independent while adding scholarships and a tougher schedule. In 2008, Stony Brook joined the Big South Conference as a full–scholarship program. Priore led the Seawolves to three consecutive Big South championships and so far has compiled a 37–31 record. Under the leadership of Priore the Seawolves played their first ever FBS opponent, South Florida, in the 2010 season. In 2011, Stony Brook won their first outright Big South Championship and participated for the first time in the FCS playoffs, advancing to the Second Round.

Sam Kornhauser was the first coach of the Stony Brook Seawolves football program which represented Stony Brook University in the NCAA at the Division III, II, and I level. He was with the Seawolves from the first season in program history in 1984 and successfully transitioned the Seawolves to Division I in the 1990s and early 2000s and joined the Northeast Conference offering scholarships in the football program for the first time. While at Stony Brook he led the Seawolves to moderate success sharing a Northeast championship in 2005. He stepped down from his coaching duties at the end of the 2005 season and was replaced by Chuck Priore.

Bradley Dale Peveto is an American football coach. He is a co-defensive coordinator and the linebackers coach at Texas State University and was previously the defensive coordinator at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)from 2021 through 2023. Peveto served as the head football coach at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana from 2009 to 2012, compiling a record of 14–30.

Andy Lambert is an American college football coach. He was the head football coach at Concordia University Chicago from 2021 to 2023. Lambert served as the head football coach at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois from 1997 to 2003, Sterling College in Sterling, Kansas from 2004 to 2015, and Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma from 2016 to 2019.

The 2004 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began in August 2004, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2004 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Linfield Wildcats won their first Division III championship by defeating the Mary Hardin–Baylor Crusaders, 28−21.

Raymond P. Priore is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at the University of Pennsylvania, having succeeded Al Bagnoli following the conclusion of the 2014 season.

The 2012 Trinity Bantams football team was an American football team that represented Trinity College of Hartford, Connecticut as a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) during the 2012 NCAA Division III football season. In their seventh season under head coach Jeff Devanney, the Bantams compiled a perfect 8–0 record, won the NESCAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 281 to 111.

The 2022 Trinity Bantams football team was an American football team that represented Trinity College of Hartford, Connecticut as a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) during the 2022 NCAA Division III football season. In their 17th season under head coach Jeff Devanney, the Bantams compiled a perfect 9–0 record and won the NESCAC championship.

The 2016 Trinity Bantams football team was an American football team that represented Trinity College of Hartford, Connecticut as a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) during the 2016 NCAA Division III football season. In their 11th season under head coach Jeff Devanney, the Bantams compiled a perfect 8–0 record and won the NESCAC championship.

The 2008 Trinity Bantams football team was an American football team that represented Trinity College of Hartford, Connecticut as a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) during the 2008 NCAA Division III football season. In their third season under head coach Jeff Devanney, the Bantams compiled a perfect 8–0 record and won the NESCAC championship.

The 2005 Trinity Bantams football team was an American football team that represented Trinity College of Hartford, Connecticut as a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) during the 2005 NCAA Division III football season. In their sixth and final season under head coach Chuck Priore, the Bantams compiled a perfect 8–0 record and won the NESCAC championship.

The 2004 Trinity Bantams football team was an American football team that represented Trinity College of Hartford, Connecticut as a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) during the 2004 NCAA Division III football season. In their fifth season under head coach Chuck Priore, the Bantams compiled a perfect 8–0 record, won the NESCAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 310 to 52.

The 2003 Trinity Bantams football team was an American football team that represented Trinity College of Hartford, Connecticut as a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) during the 2003 NCAA Division III football season. In their fifth season under head coach Chuck Priore, the Bantams compiled a perfect 8–0 record and won the NESCAC championship. Trinity's defense allowed only 3.8 points per game, setting a new NESCAC record for scoring defense.

Daniel A. DiCenzo is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Wesleyan University, a position he has held since 2015.

References

  1. "Priore leaves Trinity football post for Stony Brook". Sun Journal . Lewiston, Maine. Associated Press. December 11, 2005. p. C3. Retrieved May 25, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .