New England Nor'easters football

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New England Nor'easters football
First season2017
Athletic directorHeather Davis
Head coach Mike Lichten
6th season, 22–30 (.423)
Stadium Blue Storm Stadium
(capacity: 1,600)
Field surface FieldTurf
Location Biddeford, Maine
NCAA division Division III
Conference CNE
All-time record21–27 (.438)
Rivalries Husson [1]
ColorsBlue and white [2]
   
Mascot Nor'easter
Website athletics.une.edu

The New England Nor'easters football team represents University of New England in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Nor'easters are members of the Conference of New England (CNE), fielding its team in the CNE since 2018. [3] The Nor'easters play their home games at Blue Storm Stadium in Biddeford, Maine. [4]

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Their head coach is Mike Lichten, who took over the position for the 2017 season. [5]

History

In December 2014, school president Danielle Ripich announced that football would be added as a varsity sport for the university for the 2016 or 2017 season. [6] The team would play on the blue-turfed field of Blue Storm Stadium. [7]

On February 4, 2016, New England hired Mike Lichten from Becker. [8] [9]

Conference affiliations

List of head coaches

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
GeneralOverallConferencePostseason [A 1]
No.Order of coaches [A 2] GCGames coachedCWConference winsPWPostseason wins
DCDivision championshipsOWOverall winsCLConference lossesPLPostseason losses
CCConference championshipsOLOverall lossesCTConference tiesPTPostseason ties
NCNational championshipsOTOverall ties [A 3] C%Conference winning percentage
†Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O%Overall winning percentage [A 4]

Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards
No.NameSeason(s)GCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLPTDCCCNCAwards
1 Mike Lichten [13] 2017–present48212700.438

Year-by-year results

National ChampionsConference ChampionsBowl game berthPlayoff berth
SeasonYearHead
Coach		AssociationDivisionConferenceRecordPostseasonFinal ranking
OverallConference
WinLossTieFinishWinLossTie
New England Nor'easters [14]
2017 2017 Mike Lichten Club team
2018 2018 NCAA Division III CCC 270T-5th150——
2019 2019 460T-6th250——
Season canceled due to Covid-19
2021 2021 Mike Lichten NCAA Division III CCC / CNE 4505th240——
2022 2022 550T-3rd340——
2023 2023 6404th230——
2024 2024 000000——

Notes

  1. ↑ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played. [10]
  2. ↑ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
  3. ↑ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since. [11]
  4. ↑ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss. [12]

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