Stony Brook Seawolves football under Chuck Priore

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Chuck Priore

Chuck Priore is the former head coach of the Stony Brook Seawolves football team, which represents Stony Brook University in the NCAA, and participates in the Colonial Athletic Association. Priore was hired prior to the 2006 season and he led the transition of Stony Brook into a full-scholarship FCS program from the 2006 season in which the team awarded an equivalent 27 scholarships. In 2007, the team played as an independent while adding scholarships and a tougher schedule. In 2008, Stony Brook joined the Big South Conference as a full–scholarship program. Priore led the Seawolves to three consecutive Big South championships (in 2009, 2010, 2011) and so far has compiled a 37–31 record. Under the leadership of Priore the Seawolves played their first ever FBS opponent, South Florida, in the 2010 season. In 2011, Stony Brook won their first outright Big South Championship and participated for the first time in the FCS playoffs, advancing to the Second Round.

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Record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs TSN [1] #
Stony Brook Seawolves (NEC)(2006)
2006Stony Brook5–65-22nd
Stony Brook Seawolves (FCS Independent)(2007)
2007Stony Brook6–5
Stony Brook Seawolves (Big South)(2008–2012)
2008Stony Brook5-63-22nd
2009Stony Brook6-55-1T-1st
2010Stony Brook6-55-1T-1st
2011Stony Brook9-46-01stL 27-34 NCAA Second Round22
2012Stony Brook10-35-1T-1stL 10-16 NCAA Second Round10
Stony Brook Seawolves (CAA)(2013–present)
2013Stony Brook5-63-5T-8th
2014Stony Brook5-74-4T-5th
2015Stony Brook5-53-5T-7th
2016Stony Brook5-64-4T-6th
2017Stony Brook10-37-12ndL 7-26 NCAA Second Round11
2018Stony Brook7-55-3T-3rdL 14-28 NCAA First Round15
Stony Brook:84–6655-29
Total:47-34
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

Seasons

2006 season

2006 Stony Brook Seawolves football
Conference Northeast Conference
Record5 - 6 (5 - 2 Northeast)
Head coach
Home stadium Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
Seasons
  2005
2007  
2006 Northeast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Monmouth $  6 1   10 2  
Albany  5 2   7 4  
Robert Morris  5 2   7 4  
Stony Brook  5 2   5 6  
Central Connecticut  4 3   8 3  
Saint Francis (PA)  2 5   3 8  
Sacred Heart  1 6   2 9  
Wagner  0 7   4 7  
  • $ Conference champion
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 pm Hofstra * FSNY L 17-85,626
September 91:00 pmat Georgetown *L 7-01,950
September 1612:00 pmat New Hampshire *L 62-77,395
September 231:00 pmat No. 9 UMass *L 48-79,001
September 301:00 pmat Monmouth W 36-172,531
October 72:00 pm Albany Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
W 33-216,688
October 141:00 pmat St. Francis (PA) W 30-20716
October 21, 20061:00pm Sacred Heart
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
W 38-213,136
October 281:00 pm Robert Morris
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
L 21-61,893
November 41:00 pmat Wagner W 45-92,417
November 1112:00 pmat Central Connecticut State L 35-322,587

2007 season

2007 Stony Brook Seawolves football
Conference NCAA Division I FCS Independent
Record6 - 5 ( Independent)
Head coach
Home stadium Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
Seasons
  2006
2008  
2007 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Western Kentucky    7 5  
Stony Brook    6 5  
Presbyterian    6 5  
Savannah State    1 9  
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 16:00 pm Georgetown *W 35-287,228
September 86:00 pmat Bucknell *W 48-205,143
September 154:00 pmat Youngstown State *L 42-614,390
September 226:00 pm Monmouth *
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY (Downey Classic)
W 21-154,381
September 297:00 pmat Hofstra *L 33-285,527
October 64:00 pmat Albany *L 24-231,740
October 133:30 pmat Richmond *L 42-05,150
October 203:00 pm Maine *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
W 30-23 2OT7,328
October 274:00 pm Bryant *
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
W 30-02,238
November 101:00 pm Central Connecticut State *
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
W 34-71,832
November 173:30 pmat Elon *L 38-235,715
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • All times are in Eastern time

2008 season

2008 Stony Brook Seawolves football
Conference Big South Conference
Record5 - 6 (3 -2 Big South)
Head coach
Home stadium Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
Seasons
  2007
2009  
2008 Big South Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 14 Liberty $  5 0   10 2  
Stony Brook  3 2   5 6  
Charleston Southern  3 2   7 5  
Gardner–Webb  2 3   5 6  
Coastal Carolina  1 4   6 6  
VMI  1 4   4 7  
Presbyterian  1 4   4 8  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Stony Brook entered their new season with a 42–26 over Colgate on August 30.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 306:00 pm Colgate * Big South Net W 42-265,808
September 63:00 pm Elon *
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
Big South NetL 20-301,806
September 136:00 pmat Maine * WABI-TV/Big South NetL 13-286,425
September 2012:30 pmat Brown *Big South NetL 7-173,652
September 267:00 pm Hofstra *
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
MSG/Big South NetL 3-412,105
October 113:30 pmat Liberty MASN/Big South NetL 0-3314,563
October 183:00 pm Charleston Southern
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
Big South NetW 20-195,544
October 257:30 pmat Coastal Carolina Big South NetW 28-246,704
November 13:00 pm Gardner–Webb
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
Big South NetL 33-342,217
November 81:00 pmat Iona *Big South NetW 68-9238
November 153:30 pm VMI Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
MASN/Big South NetW 40-262,051
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • All times are in Eastern time

2009 season

2009 Stony Brook Seawolves football
Big South Co-Champions
Conference Big South Conference
Record6 - 5 (5 - 1 Big South)
Head coach
Home stadium Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
Seasons
  2008
2010  

The Seawolves opened their season against their Long Island rivals, Hofstra, at Hempstead which ended in 17–10 loss to the Prade. The Seawolves then visited Colgate, losing the game in a 23–13 decision. Opening their home season at Stony Brook the Seawolves played Brown University Bears. The Bears went ahead in the game early on but the Seawolves were able to come back and claim the game with a touchdown with 47 seconds left in the game resulting in a 21–20 win in the home–opener. The Seawolves then visited UMass resulting in a 44–17 loss at Amherst. Seawolves entered their Conference play winning three games straight, losing at Charleston Southern and then winning their season finale against Liberty in a very close game at LaValle Stadium, 36–33.

2009 Big South Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 22 Liberty +  5 1   8 3  
Stony Brook +  5 1   6 5  
Charleston Southern  4 2   6 5  
Gardner–Webb  3 3   6 5  
Coastal Carolina  3 3   5 6  
VMI  1 5   2 9  
Presbyterian  0 6   0 11  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 57:00 pmat Hofstra * FiOS1/Big South Net L 10-177,160
September 127:00 pmat Colgate *Big South NetL 13-233,122
September 196:00 pm Brown *Big South NetW 21-205,709
September 266:00 pmat Massachusetts *Big South NetL 17-4416,122
October 33:00 pm Presbyterian Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
Big South NetW 41-216,243
October 102:00 pmat North Dakota *Big South NetL 41-218,494
October 171:30 pmat VMI Big South NetW 27-207,112
October 243:30 pm Coastal Carolina
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
MASN/Big South NetW 16-103,292
October 311:30 pmat Gardner-Webb Big South NetW 24-145,430
November 141:30 pmat Charleston Southern Big South NetL 27-30 OT2,954
November 211:00 pm Liberty
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
Big South NetW 36-333,964
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • All times are in Eastern time

2010 season

2010 Stony Brook Seawolves football
Big South Co-Champions
Conference Big South Conference
Record6 - 5 (5 - 1 Big South)
Head coach
Home stadium Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
Seasons
  2009
2011  

In the off–season Hofstra University, Stony Brook's Long Island rivals, announced that it would cut its football team for future season after 2009 leaving the Seawolves as the sole college football team in the long island area. As NCAA rules state, when a college team is cut, football athletes that transfer to another school don't need to meet residency requirements to start play. This led to five incoming transfer from Hofstra to begin play at Stony Brook including Miguel Mayonet, and Brock Jackolski for the 2010 season.

The 2010 season started with the first ever face off of the Seawolves against a FBS team. Seawolves lead against South Florida 14–0 early in the game but lost control and gave up a loss at South Florida, 59–14. Stony Brook quickly recovered to beat American International 31–14. The Seawolves later on posted wins at every single conference game against the Big South and by November 14 had an overall 6–4 record and were 5–0 in the Big South. In one of the biggest upsets of Seawolves football history, their automatic bid faded away as they fell to the Liberty Flames on November 20 in a 54–28 game creating a three–way tie for the FCS playoff and sending Coastal Carolina to the FCS Playoffs (Seawolves allowed 122 point against BSC, Liberty 110, and CC allowed 109 in the tie–breaker) thus making the Seawolves Co–Champions of the Big South but eliminated from playoff contention on the last day of the season. The Seawolves are 13–4 overall in Big South games since 2008.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 47:00 pmat South Florida * SNY/Big South Net L 14–5940,201
September 116:00 pm American International *Big South NetW 31–144,291
September 1812:30 pmat Brown *Big South NetL 33–30 2OT3,988
September 256:00 pm Massachusetts *
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
Big South NetL 21–265,309
October 96:00 pm VMI Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
Big South NetW 27–97,432
October 161:00 pmat Lafayette * MASN/Big South NetL 21–286,036
October 237:30 pmat Coastal Carolina MASN/Big South NetW 38–288,671
October 303:00 pm Charleston Southern
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
Big South NetW 41–214,007
November 61:00 pmat Presbyterian SportSouth/Big South NetW 37–71,667
November 131:00 pm Gardner-Webb
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
Big South NetW 55–33,502
November 203:30 pmat Liberty MASN/Big South NetL 28–5410,521
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • All times are in Eastern time

2011 season

2011 Stony Brook Seawolves football
Big South Champions
FCS Playoffs Second Round vs Sam Houston State, L 27-34
Conference Big South Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 22
FCS CoachesNo. 24
Record9–4 (6–0 Big South)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Behrman
Defensive coordinatorRob Nevaiser
Home stadium Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
Seasons
  2010
2012  
2011 Big South Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 18 Stony Brook $^  6 0   9 4  
No. 25 Liberty  5 1   7 4  
Coastal Carolina  3 3   7 4  
Presbyterian  3 3   4 7  
Gardner–Webb  2 4   4 7  
VMI  2 4   2 9  
Charleston Southern  0 6   0 11  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 39:00 pmat UTEP *L 24–31 OT28,752
September 106:00 pmat Buffalo * TWCS L 7–3521,933
September 176:00 pm Brown *L 20–215,731
September 246:00 pm Lafayette *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
W 37–208,278
October 86:00 pm Presbyterian
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
W 42–244,103
October 156:00 pm Saint Anselm *
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
W 55–63,095
October 221:30 pmat VMI W 42–145,142
October 294:00 pm Coastal Carolina
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
ESPN3 W 42–01,619
November 51:30 pmat Charleston Southern W 50–312,806
November 121:30 pmat Gardner–Webb W 76–284,209
November 191:00 pmNo. 16 Liberty
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
ESPN3, MASNW 41–317,896
November 262:00 pm Albany *No. 22
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY (FCS Playoffs First Round)
ESPN3W 31–288,286
December 33:00 pmat No. 1 Sam Houston State *No. 22
ESPN3L 27-34

2012 season

2012 Stony Brook Seawolves football
Big South Co–Champions
FCS Playoffs Second Round vs. Montana State, L 10–16
Conference Big South Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 10
FCS CoachesNo. 13
Record10–3 (5–1 Big South)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Behrman
Defensive coordinatorRob Nevaiser
Home stadium Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
Seasons
  2011
2013  
2012 Big South Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 10 Stony Brook +^  5 1   10 3  
Coastal Carolina +^  5 1   8 4  
Liberty +  5 1   6 5  
Charleston Southern  3 3   5 6  
Gardner–Webb  2 4   3 8  
VMI  1 5   2 9  
Presbyterian  0 6   2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 pm Central Connecticut *No. 17W 49–176,094
September 86:00 pm Pace *No. 17
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
W 77–74,194
September 154:00 pmat Syracuse *No. 17 TWCS/SNY/ESPN3 L 17–2834,512
September 226:00 pm Colgate *Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 20
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
W 32–3110,278
September 2912:00 pmat Army *No. 18 CBSSN W 23–331,006
October 66:00 pm Charleston Southern No. 13
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
W 49–75,100
October 133:30 pmat Coastal Carolina No. 11 ESPN3 W 27–217,749
October 204:00 pm Gardner–Webb No. 10
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
W 41–105,791
October 271:00 pmat Presbyterian No. 10ESPN3W 56–173,038
November 36:00 pm VMI No. 9
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
W 45–74,421
November 101:30 pmat Liberty No. 6ESPN3/MASN L 14–2814,419
November 243:00 pmNo. 14 Villanova *No. 10
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY (FCS Playoffs First Round)
ESPN3W 20-104,905
December 17:00 pmat No. 2 Montana State *No. 10
ESPN3L 10–1615,257

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References

  1. Final poll standings are from The Sports Network Archived 2007-04-29 at the Wayback Machine .