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Howard "Howdy" Myers Jr. was an American football, basketball and lacrosse coach and college athletics administrator. He served as head football coach for Johns Hopkins University from 1946 to 1949 and again in 1979 and at Hofstra University from 1950 to 1974, compiling a career college football record of 167–112–5. Myers was also the head lacrosse coach at Johns Hopkins from 1946 to 1949, at Hofstra from 1950 to 1975, and at Hampden–Sydney College from 1976 to 1978, amassing a career college lacrosse record of 261–159–4. In addition, he was the head basketball coach at Johns Hopkins from 1946 to 1949, tallying a mark of 22–35. Myers coached lacrosse at St. Paul's School in Brooklandville, Maryland where he coached that team to four straight undefeated seasons, with a record of 61 wins and no losses. In 1971, Myers was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
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David Marc Cohen is an American college football coach. He is the assistant head football coach and defensive line coach at Wake Forest University. Cohen came to Wake after stint as the defensive coordinator at Rutgers University in 2013. He was formerly the defensive coordinator for the Western Michigan Broncos football team and the final head coach of Hofstra University's football program. He coached the Pride from 2006 through 2009, when Hofstra announced that it was dropping football due to economic and popularity considerations, just days after the season. In his five seasons as head coach, Cohen compiled an 18–27 overall record.
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The 1937 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football team represented Hofstra University as an independent during the 1937 college football season. It was the program's first-ever season and they finished with a record of 2–4. Their head coach was Jack McDonald and their captain was Al Sorrentino.
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The 1999 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football team represented Hofstra University during the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It was the program's 59th season, and they competed as an Independent. The Flying Dutchmen earned a berth into the 16-team Division I-AA playoffs as the #3 seed, but lost in the quarterfinals to Illinois State, 37–20. They finished #5 in the final national poll and were led by 10th-year head coach Joe Gardi.
The 1960 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football team was an American football team that represented Hofstra College during the 1960 NCAA College Division football season. Hofstra had one of the better records in the Middle Atlantic Conference, Northern Division, but was ineligible for the championship.
The 1963 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football team was an American football team that represented Hofstra University during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season. Hofstra was nominally a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference, College–Northern Division, but played no games within the division.
The 1965 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football team was an American football team that represented Hofstra University during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. Hofstra finished second in the Middle Atlantic Conference, University Division.
The 1966 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football team was an American football team that represented Hofstra University during the 1966 NCAA College Division football season. Hofstra finished second-to-last in the Middle Atlantic Conference, University Division.
The 1969 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football team was an American football team that represented Hofstra University during the 1969 NCAA College Division football season. Hofstra lost every game and finished last in the Middle Atlantic Conference, University Division.
The Battle of Long Island refers to a collegiate sports rivalry between the Hofstra Pride and the Stony Brook Seawolves, who both are located on Long Island in the U.S. state of New York. Hofstra University is the largest private university on Long Island and is located in Hempstead, New York in Nassau County, while Stony Brook University is the largest public university in the state of New York by area and is located in Suffolk County. Since 2022, both schools have been members of the Colonial Athletic Association, with Stony Brook playing in the America East Conference from 2001 to 2022.
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- ↑ John B. Trainer, It's No Secret: Tigers Are the Ones to Beat, The Harvard Crimson, September 16, 1992.
- ↑ Kwiatkowski Is Named Hofstra's Football Coach, The New York Times, February 24, 1981.