Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Lafayette |
Conference | Patriot |
Record | 13–10 |
Biographical details | |
Born | 1971/1972(age 51–52) |
Playing career | |
1990–1993 | Lafayette |
Position(s) | Free safety |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1994–1996 | Columbia (DB) |
1997–1999 | Muhlenberg (QB/WR/ST) |
2000 | Muhlenberg (OC/QB/WR) |
2001–2005 | Lafayette (assistant) |
2006–2021 | Franklin & Marshall |
2022–present | Lafayette |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 105—77 |
Bowls | 6–3 |
Tournaments | 0–1 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 Centennial (2017) 1 Patriot League (2023) | |
Awards | |
2× Centennial Coach of the Year (2009, 2017) 1 Patriot League Coach of the Year (2023) | |
John Troxell (born 1972) [1] is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, a position to which he was hired in December 2021. Troxell served as the head football coach at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania from 2006 to 2021.
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Franklin & Marshall Diplomats (Centennial Conference)(2006–2021) | |||||||||
2006 | Franklin & Marshall | 3–7 | 2–4 | T–5th | |||||
2007 | Franklin & Marshall | 4–6 | 4–4 | T–5th | |||||
2008 | Franklin & Marshall | 4–6 | 3–5 | 6th | |||||
2009 | Franklin & Marshall | 9–2 | 6–2 | T–2nd | W ECAC South Atlantic Bowl | ||||
2010 | Franklin & Marshall | 6–5 | 5–4 | T–5th | L ECAC Southwest Bowl | ||||
2011 | Franklin & Marshall | 3–7 | 3–6 | 7th | |||||
2012 | Franklin & Marshall | 7–4 | 6–3 | T–3rd | L ECAC Southeast Bowl | ||||
2013 | Franklin & Marshall | 7–4 | 6–3 | T–3rd | W ECAC Southeast Bowl | ||||
2014 | Franklin & Marshall | 5–5 | 4–5 | T–5th | |||||
2015 | Franklin & Marshall | 6–4 | 5–4 | 5th | |||||
2016 | Franklin & Marshall | 7–4 | 6–3 | T–3rd | L Centennial–MAC Bowl | ||||
2017 | Franklin & Marshall | 10–1 | 8–1 | T–1st | W Centennial–MAC Bowl | ||||
2018 | Franklin & Marshall | 8–3 | 6–3 | T–3rd | W Centennial–MAC Bowl | ||||
2019 | Franklin & Marshall | 7–4 | 5–4 | 4th | W Centennial–MAC Bowl | ||||
2020–21 | No team (COVID-19 pandemic) | ||||||||
2021 | Franklin & Marshall | 6–5 | 5–4 | 5th | W Centennial–MAC Bowl | ||||
Franklin & Marshall: | 92–67 | 74–55 | |||||||
Lafayette Leopards (Patriot League)(2022–present) | |||||||||
2022 | Lafayette | 4–7 | 3–3 | 3rd | |||||
2023 | Lafayette | 9–3 | 5–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
Lafayette: | 13–10 | 8–4 | |||||||
Total: | 105–77 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
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