The Coast Guard Bears football program is a college football team that represents United States Coast Guard Academy in the New England Football Conference, a part of the NCAA Division III. The team has had 15 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1922, including hall of fame member Otto Graham The current coach is C. C. Grant who first took the position for the 2020 season.
General | Overall | Conference | Postseason [A 1] | ||||
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No. | Order of coaches [A 2] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties [A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
† | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage [A 4] |
Statistics correct as of the end of the 2024 college football season.
No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | NCs | Awards |
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1 | Raymond V. Marron | 1922–1923 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2 | W. R. Richards | 1926–1929 | 27 | 7 | 17 | 3 | .315 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
3 | Johnny Merriman | 1930–1945 | 121 | 46 | 66 | 9 | .417 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
4 | Nelson Nitchman | 1946–1958 | 93 | 45 | 43 | 5 | .511 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
5 | Frank Kapral | 1966–1967 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
6 | Tad Schroeder | 1968–1973 | 60 | 29 | 31 | 0 | .483 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
7 | Otto Graham † | 1959–1965 1974–1975 | 77 | 44 | 32 | 1 | .578 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||
8 | Bill Hickey | 1976–1979 | 38 | 11 | 26 | 1 | .303 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
9 | Larry Rutledge | 1980–1982 | 28 | 7 | 21 | 0 | .250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
10 | Bob Campiglia | 1983–985 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 0 | .367 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
11 | Thomas H. Bell | 1986–1992 | 64 | 36 | 28 | 0 | .563 | — | — | — | 1 | - | — | — | ||
12 | Bill Schmitz | 1993–1996 | 39 | 20 | 19 | 0 | .513 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
13 | Chuck Mills | 1997 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
14 | Bob Estock | 1998 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
15 | Bill George | 1999–2019 | 201 | 75 | 126 | 0 | .373 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | ||
16 | C. C. Grant | 2020–present | 41 | 15 | 26 | 0 | .366 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | ||
The Coast Guard Bears football team represents the United States Coast Guard Academy in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Bears are members of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC), fielding its team in the NEWMAC since 2017. The Bears play their home games at Cadet Memorial Field in New London, Connecticut.
The Becker Hawks football team represented Becker College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Hawks were members of Commonwealth Coast Football from 2017 to 2020. The Hawks played their home games at Alumni Field in Leicester, Massachusetts.