Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Dartmouth |
Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 12–5 |
Biographical details | |
Born | Fort Pierce, Florida, U.S. | November 17, 1972
Playing career | |
1993–1996 | Florida |
Position(s) | Defensive back |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1996 | Spanish River HS (FL) (LB/DB) |
1997–1999 | Florida (GA) |
2000 | Tennessee–Martin (DB) |
2001–2002 | Tennessee–Martin (DC) |
2003–2004 | Martin County HS (FL) |
2005–2022 | Dartmouth (ST/DB) |
2023–present | Dartmouth |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 12–5 (college) 5–13 (high school) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 Ivy League (2023) | |
Awards | |
Ivy League Coach of the Year (2023) | |
Samuel Blaine McCorkle II (born November 17, 1972) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Dartmouth College, [1] [2] [3] a position he has held since 2023 after head football coach Buddy Teevens sustained injuries, and subsequently died, due to a bicycle accident. He was the head football coach for Martin County High School from 2003 to 2004. He also coached for Spanish River Community High School, Florida, and Tennessee–Martin. He played college football for Florida as a defensive back. [4]
After taking over the head coaching position at Dartmouth in 2023, McCorkle led the Big Green to a share of the Ivy League championship and, following the season, was named the 2023 Ivy League Coach of the Year. [5]
McCorkle's cousin, Blaine, is the head football coach for Northwestern State University. [6] Sammy's uncle, Sam, was the head football coach for Livingston University—now known as the University of West Alabama. [6]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Dartmouth Big Green (Ivy League)(2023–present) | |||||||||
2023 | Dartmouth | 6–4 | 5–2 | T–1st | |||||
2024 | Dartmouth | 6–1 | 3–1 | ||||||
Dartmouth: | 12–5 | 8–3 | |||||||
Total: | 12–5 |
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Martin County Tigers ()(2003–2004) | |||||||||
2003 | Martin County | 4–6 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
2004 | Martin County | 1–7 | 1–5 | 6th | |||||
Martin County: | 5–13 | 3–8 | |||||||
Total: | 5–13 |
Memorial Field is a football stadium located in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. It is the home of Dartmouth Big Green football and outdoor track teams. The athletic teams at Dartmouth College compete in the Ivy League. In October 2024, it was renamed Buddy Teevens Stadium at Memorial Field in honor of long-time Dartmouth Football coach Buddy Teevens.
Eugene Francis "Buddy" Teevens III was an American college football player and coach. He played as a quarterback at Dartmouth College, where he was later the head coach from 1987 to 1991 and from 2005 until his death. He also served as the head football coach at the University of Maine (1985–1986), Tulane University (1992–1996), and Stanford University (2002–2004). During his coaching career, Teevens was known for his support and efforts towards making the sport safer.
The Dartmouth Big Green football team represents Dartmouth College in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) college football competition as a member of the Ivy League. The team possesses a storied tradition that includes a national championship, and holds a record 21 Ivy League Football Championships with 11 College Football Hall of Fame inductees.
John Lyons is a former American football head coach best known for his 13 years as head coach of Dartmouth College.
Sam McCorkle is former head football coach at both the University of West Alabama and the University of Tennessee at Martin. He grew up in Meridian, Mississippi and attended Livingston University where he played center from 1970 to 1972. He began his coaching career in 1973 and held assistant coaching positions at North Texas State, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, Livingston, Kentucky, Austin Peay, Mississippi Delta Community College and several high schools throughout Alabama. He served as the head coach of Etowah High School in Attalla, Alabama from 2009 to 2012. He served as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Oxford High School in Oxford, Mississippi from 2016 to 2018 as well as serving the same positions at Lamar School in Meridian, Mississippi in 2019 before he decided to retire.
The 2012 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Big Green were led by head coach Buddy Teevens in his eighth straight year and 13th overall and played their home games at Memorial Field. They are a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 6–4 overall and 4–3 in Ivy League play to place in a three-way tie for third. Dartmouth averaged 6,402 fans per game.
The 2013 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Big Green were led by head coach Buddy Teevens in his ninth straight year and 14th overall and played their home games at Memorial Field. They were a member of the Ivy League. Dartmouth averaged 6,243 fans per game. They finished with a record of 6–4 overall and 5–2 in Ivy League play to place third.
The 2014 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Big Green were led by head coach Buddy Teevens in his tenth straight year and 15th overall and played their home games at Memorial Field. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 8–2 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to place second. Dartmouth averaged 5,549 fans per game.
The 2015 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Big Green were led by head coach Buddy Teevens in his 11th straight year and 16th overall. The played their home games at Memorial Field. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 9–1 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to place three-way tie for the Ivy League title with Harvard and Penn. Dartmouth averaged 6,660 fans per game.
The 2018 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. The Big Green were led by head coach Buddy Teevens in his 14th straight year and 19th overall. They played their home games at Memorial Field. They finished the season 9–1 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to place second. Dartmouth averaged 4,006 fans per game.
The 2019 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. The Big Green were led by head coach Buddy Teevens in his 15th straight year and 20th overall. They played their home games at Memorial Field. They finished the season 9–1 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play share of the Ivy League title with Yale. Dartmouth averaged 8,378 fans per game.
The 2010 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Big Green were led by head coach Buddy Teevens in his sixth straight year and 11th overall and played their home games at Memorial Field. They are a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 6–4 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play, placing fifth. Dartmouth averaged 5,971 fans per game.
The 2005 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Dartmouth finished second-to-last in the Ivy League.
The 2006 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Big Green tied for last in the Ivy League.
The 2021 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. The team was led by 21st-year head coach Buddy Teevens and played its home games at Memorial Field. Dartmouth averaged 5,480 fans per game.
The 2022 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College as a member of the Ivy League during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Buddy Teevens in his 22nd and final season as head coach, the Big Green compiled an overall record of 3–7 with a mark of 2–5 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the Ivy League. Dartmouth played home games at Memorial Field in Hanover, New Hampshire.
The 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The regular season began on August 26 and ended in November. The postseason began in November and ended on January 7, 2024, with the 2024 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. South Dakota State repeated as champions, defeating Montana, 23–3.
The 2023 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. The team was to be led by 23rd-year head coach Buddy Teevens, but interim head coach Sammy McCorkle took over play-calling as Teevens recovered from injuries sustained in a bicycle crash which ultimately took his life. McCorkle was later promoted from interim head coach to permanent head coach on October 19. With three straight conference victories against Princeton, Cornell, and Brown in the final three weeks of the season, in combination with a Yale victory over Harvard in the season's final week, the Dartmouth Big Green won a share of the Ivy League title. They played their home games at Memorial Field.
Samuel Blaine McCorkle IV is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Northwestern State University; a position he will hold in 2024. He was the head football coach for Belhaven University from 2018 to 2023. He also coached for LSU, Tennessee–Martin, Sewanee, Liberty, Chattanooga, Tennessee Tech, Richmond, and Delaware. He played college football as a long snapper for LSU.