Dean Bulldogs football

Dean Bulldogs football
First season1957; 68 years ago (1957)
Athletic directorEric Desmond Lee (Vice President of Athletics and Recreation)[1]
Head coachEric Desmond Lee (interim)
1st season, 0–0 (–)
StadiumDale Lippert Field
(capacity: 1,500)
Field surfaceGrass
LocationFranklin, Massachusetts
NCAA divisionDivision III
ConferenceECFC
All-time record310–240–5 (.563)
Bowl record1–1 (.500)
Conference titles5
ColorsCardinal, white, and black[2]
     
MascotBulldog
Websitedeanbulldogs.com

The Dean Bulldogs football team represents Dean College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Bulldogs are members of the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC), fielding its team in the ECFC since 2016.[3] The Bulldogs play their home games at Dale Lippert Field in Franklin, Massachusetts.[4]

Their interim head coach is Eric Desmond Lee. He took over for Andrae Murphy after the 2024 season.[5]

The team was formally known as the Red Demons until 1994 when the school went from Dean Junior College to Dean College.[6]

Conference affiliations

List of head coaches

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason[A 1]
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]

Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards
No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT DC CC NC Awards
1 Sal Lombardo[11][12] 1957–1963 41 20 19 2 0.512 – – – – – – – – – – –
2 Bruce Marshall[13] 1964–1965 16 10 6 0 0.375 – – – – – – – – – – –
3 Jim Wolfe[13] 1966–1970 38 17 21 0 0.447 – – – – – – – – – – –
4 Thomas H. Bell[13] 1971 7 4 3 0 0.571 – – – – – – – – – – –
5 Tom Schoen[14] 1972–1973 14 7 6 1 0.536 – – – – – – – – – – –
6 George Colfer[13] 1974 3 2 1 0 0.667 – – – – – – – – – – –
7 Gary Scutt[15] 1975–1977 23 14 8 1 0.630 – – – – – – – – – – –
8 Dean Peterson[13] 1978–1979 16 14 2 0 0.875 – – – – – – – – – – –
9 James Attaway[16] 1980–1989 78 50 27 1 0.647 – – – – – – – – – – –
10 Bill McKeown[17] 1990, 1992 18 11 7 0 0.611 – – – – – – – – – – –
11 Rich Flanders[18] 1991 10 10 0 0 1.000 – – – – – – – – – – –
12 Tom Rezzuti[19] 1993 9 7 2 0 0.778 – – – – – – – – – – –
12 Jim Foster[20] 1994–1995 15 12 3 0 0.800 – – – – – – – – – – –
13 Roger Pollard[21] 1996–1997 16 7 9 0 0.438 – – – – – – – – – – –
14 Jack Charney[22][23] 1998–2003 53 20 33 0 0.377 – – – – – – – – – – –
15 Todd Vasey[24] 2004–2015 120 82 38 0 0.683 – – – – – – – – – – –
16 Steve Tirrell[25] 2016–2021 50 20 30 0 0.400 – – – – – – – – – – –
17 Andrae Murphy[26] 2022–2024 28 3 25 0 0.107 – – – – – – – – – – –
18 Eric Desmond Lee[27] 2024–2024 0 0 0 0 – – – – – – – – – – – –

Year-by-year results

National champions Conference champions Bowl game berth Playoff berth
Season Year Head
Coach 		Association Division Conference Record Postseason Final ranking
Overall Conference
Win Loss Tie Finish Win Loss Tie
Dean Bulldogs
1957 1957 Sal Lombardo NJCAA — — NR
1958 1958 6 2 1 –
1959 1959 NR
1960 1960 6 2 1 –
1961 1961 0 7 0 –
1962 1962 3 5 0 –
1963 1963 5 3 0 –
1964 1964 Bruce Marshall 4 4 0 –
1965 1965 6 2 0 –
1966 1966 Jim Wolfe 4 4 0 –
1967 1967 3 4 0 –
1968 1968 2 6 0 –
1969 1969 5 3 0 –
1970 1970 3 4 0 –
1971 1971 Thomas Bell 4 3 0 –
1972 1972 Tom Schoen 5 2 0 –
1973 1973 2 4 1 –
1974 1974 George Colfer 2 1 0 –
1975 1975 Gary Scutt 4 2 0 –
1976 1976 5 2 1 –
1977 1977 5 4 0 –
1978 1978 Dean Peterson 7 1 0 –
1979 1979 7 1 0 –
1980 1980 6 2 0 –
1981 1981 James Attaway 7 2 0 – 2
1982 1982 5 3 0 – 10
1983 1983 7 5 0 –
1984 1984 4 4 0 –
1985 1985 5 2 1 –
1986 1986 5 4 0 – 6
1987 1987 3 5 0 –
1988 1988 7 3 0 – Bowl game berth
1989 1989 7 1 0 –
1990 1990 Bill McKeown 7 2 0 –
1991 1991 Rich Flanders 10 0 0 – Bowl game berth
1992 1992 Bill McKeown 4 5 0 –
1993 1993 Tom Rezzuti 7 2 0 –
1994 1994 Jim Foster 6 2 0 –
1995 1995 6 1 0 –
1996 1996 Roger Pollard 4 4 0 –
1997 1997 NEFC 3 5 0 –
1998 1998 Jack Charney 2 7 0 –
1999 1999 7 2 0 – Conference Champions
2000 2000 4 4 0 –
2001 2001 2 6 0 –
2002 2002 3 7 0 –
2003 2003 2 7 0 –
2004 2004 Todd Vasey 2 8 0 –
2005 2005 6 4 0 –
2006 2006 7 3 0 –
2007 2007 9 1 0 – Conference Champions
2008 2008 10 1 0 – Conference Champions
2009 2009 9 2 0 – Conference Champions
2010 2010 6 4 0 –
2011 2011 8 1 0 – Bowl game berth
2012 2012 7 3 0 –
2013 2013 6 4 0 –
2014 2014 6 4 0 –
2015 2015 6 3 0 –
2016 2016 Steve Tirell Club team 5 5 0 –
2017 2017 NCAA Division III ECFC 4 6 0 – 2 5 0 — —
2018 2018 5 5 0 – 4 2 0 — —
2019 2019 4 6 0 – 4 1 0 Conference Champions —
Season canceled due to Covid-19
2021 2021 Steve Tirell NCAA Division III ECFC 2 8 0 – 1 5 0 — —
2022 2022 Andrae Murphy 1 9 0 – 1 5 0 — —
2023 2023 2 8 0 - 1 3 0 — —
2024 2024 Andrae Murphy / Eric Desmond Lee 0 8 0 - 0 3 0 — —

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.[8]
  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.[9]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[10]

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