List of Stony Brook Seawolves head football coaches

The Stony Brook Seawolves football program is a college football team that represents the State University of New York at Stony Brook in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I. They will begin play in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in 2013, after having played the previous five seasons in the Big South Conference. The Seawolves have played nearly 300 games during their 29 seasons of play, winning slightly over half of the contests for a winning percentage of .513.

In its short history, Stony Brook has had two head coaches since its first NCAA sanctioned season in 1984. Sam Kornhauser was the team's first head coach and guided the Seawolves through twenty-two seasons. As a head coach, Kornhauser transitioned the football team from a regional Division III program to a Division I program culminating his career with Stony Brook's first ever Division I conference championship as a member of the Northeast Conference.

In 2006, Chuck Priore took the reins of the program. Together with the administration, he elevated Stony Brook football from a non-scholarship program to a program that funds the FCS maximum of 63 scholarships. Priore led the Seawolves to four consecutive Big South Conference championships (2009 through 2012). In 2011, Stony Brook claimed their first ever NCAA Division I Football Championship (FCS playoff) bid and advanced to the second round of the tournament. The Seawolves returned to the FCS playoffs in 2012, again advancing to the second round. Priore has also worked with the administration to increase the strength of schedule and grow the program as a national power in Division I FCS.

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

No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs
1 Sam Kornhauser 1984–2005 217 105 110 2 0.488 57 62 0 0.479 0 0 1
2 Chuck Priore 2006–2023 198 97 101 — 0.490 63 57 — 0.525 3 4 4
3 Billy Cosh 2024–present 12 8 4 — 0.667 5 3 — 0.625 0 0 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.[1]
  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.[2]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[3]

References

  1. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  2. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  3. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.