Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
Conference | SCIAC |
Record | 66–49 |
Playing career | |
1996–1999 | Occidental |
Position(s) | Strong safety |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2000 | Illinois Wesleyan (assistant) |
2001 | Occidental (recruiting assistant) |
2002–2006 | Endicott (DC) |
2007–2008 | MacMurray |
2009–2010 | Chicago (DC) |
2011–present | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 70–65 |
Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 SCIAC (2018, 2022) 1 SCIAC Surf Division (2023) | |
Kyle B. Sweeney is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, and Scripps College, a position he has held since 2011. [1] From 2007 to 2008, Sweeney was the head coach at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois. Prior to arriving at Claremont, he was the defensive coordinator at the University of Chicago from 2009 to 2010. [2]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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MacMurray Highlanders (Illini-Badger Football Conference)(2007) | |||||||||
2007 | MacMurray | 0–10 | 0–7 | ||||||
MacMurray Highlanders (Northern Athletics Conference)(2008) | |||||||||
2008 | MacMurray | 4–6 | 4–6 | ||||||
MacMurray: | 4–16 | 4–13 | |||||||
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(2011–present) | |||||||||
2011 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 4–5 | 0–0 | T–3rd | |||||
2012 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 0–9 | 0–7 | 8th | |||||
2013 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 3–6 | 2–5 | T–5th | |||||
2014 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 5–4 | 4–3 | T–3rd | |||||
2015 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 7–2 | 6–1 | 2nd | |||||
2016 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 7–2 | 5–2 | T–2nd | |||||
2017 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 4–5 | 2–4 | T–5th | |||||
2018 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 7–4 | 6–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
2019 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 5–5 | 3–4 | T–5th | |||||
2020–21 | No team—COVID-19 | ||||||||
2021 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 7–3 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
2022 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 7–2 | 5–1 | T–1st | |||||
2023 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 8–2 | 6–2 | T–1st (Surf) | |||||
2024 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 2–0 | 0–0 | (Surf) | |||||
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps: | 66–49 | 43–32 | |||||||
Total: | 70–65 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
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