Castleton Spartans football | |
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First season | 2009 |
Athletic director | Tim Barrett |
Head coach | Tyler Higley (interim) 1st season, 0–0 (–) |
Stadium | Dave Wolk Stadium (formally Spartan Stadium until 2018) (capacity: 5,000) |
Field surface | FieldTurf |
Location | Castleton, Vermont |
NCAA division | Division III |
Conference | MASCAC |
Past conferences | ECFC (2009–2023) |
All-time record | 61–76 (.445) |
Conference titles | 1 (2012) |
Rivalries | Norwich [1] (Maple Sap Bucket) |
Colors | Green and white [2] |
Mascot | Knight |
Website | castletonsports.com |
The Castleton Spartans football team represents Castleton University in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Spartans are members of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC), fielding its team in the MASCAC since 2024. The Spartans play their home games at Dave Wolk Stadium in Castleton, Vermont. [3]
Their head coach is Tyler Higley, who took over the position for the 2024 season as interim head coach. [4]
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] |
No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | O% | CW | CL | C% |
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1 | Rich Alercio [10] | 2009–2010 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0.444 | 6 | 7 | 0.462 |
2 | Marc Klatt [11] | 2011–2013 | 31 | 12 | 19 | 0.387 | 9 | 12 | 0.429 |
3 | Tony Volpone [12] [13] | 2014–2023 | 88 | 41 | 47 | 0.466 | 32 | 26 | 0.552 |
4 | Tyler Higley (interim) | 2024–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – |
National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
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Win | Loss | Finish | Win | Loss | ||||||||||
Castleton Spartans | ||||||||||||||
2009 | 2009 | Rich Alcerio | NCAA | Division III | ECFC | 3 | 6 | 6th | 1 | 5 | — | — | ||
2010 | 2010 | 5 | 4 | T–2nd | 5 | 2 | — | — | ||||||
2011 | 2011 | Marc Klatt | 4 | 6 | 5th | 3 | 4 | — | — | |||||
2012 | 2012 | 7 | 4 | T–1st | 6 | 1 | Conference co-champions [14] | — | ||||||
2013 | 2013 | 1 | 9 | 8th | 0 | 7 | — | — | ||||||
2014 | 2014 | Tony Volpone | 7 | 3 | T–2nd | 7 | 3 | — | — | |||||
2015 | 2015 | 7 | 3 | T–3rd | 5 | 2 | — | — | ||||||
2016 | 2016 | 4 | 6 | T–3rd | 4 | 3 | — | — | ||||||
2017 | 2017 | 6 | 4 | 3rd | 5 | 2 | — | — | ||||||
2018 | 2018 | 2 | 8 | T–5th | 1 | 5 | — | — | ||||||
2019 | 2019 | 2 | 7 | T–3rd | 2 | 3 | — | — | ||||||
Season canceled due to COVID-19 | ||||||||||||||
2021 | 2021 | Tony Volpone | NCAA | Division III | ECFC | 6 | 4 | 3rd | 4 | 2 | — | — | ||
2022 | 2022 | 5 | 5 | 2nd | 4 | 2 | — | — | ||||||
2023 | 2023 | 2 | 7 | 5th | 0 | 4 | — | — | ||||||
2024 | 2024 | Tyler Higley | MASCAC | — | — | |||||||||
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