Coast Guard Bears football

The Coast Guard Bears football team represents the United States Coast Guard Academy in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Bears are members of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC), fielding its team in the NEWMAC since 2017. The Bears play their home games at Cadet Memorial Field in New London, Connecticut.^[2]

Coast Guard Bears football
First season	1922; 103 years ago (1922)
Athletic director	Dan Rose
Head coach	C. C. Grant 6th season, 15–26 (.366)
Stadium	Cadet Memorial Field (capacity: 4,500)
Year built	1932
Field surface	FieldTurf
Location	New London, Connecticut
NCAA division	Division III
Conference	NEWMAC
Past conferences	Independent FFC Liberty League NEFC
All-time record	348–474–19 (.425)
Bowl record	0–1 (.000)
Playoff appearances	2
Playoff record	0–2
Conference titles	2
Division titles	2
Rivalries	Merchant Marine (Secretaries Cup)
Colors	Blue and orange[1]
Mascot	Bears
Website	coastguardathletics.com/football

The Coast Guard Academy Football team playing against the Curry College team in September 2019.

The team's head coach is C. C. Grant, who took over the position for the 2020 season.

Conference affiliations

• Independent (1922–1923, 1926–1991)
• Freedom Football Conference (1992–2003)
• Liberty League (2004–2005)
• New England Football Conference (2006–2016)
• New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (2017–present)

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
1	R. V. Marron	1922–1923	6	0	6	0	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2	W. R. Richards	1926–1929	27	7	17	3	0.315	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
3	Johnny Merriman	1930–1945	121	46	66	9	0.417	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
4	Nelson Nitchman	1946–1958	93	45	43	5	0.511	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
5	Otto Graham	1959–1965; 1974–1975	77	44	32	1	0.578	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	–	–
6	Frank Kapral	1966–1967	16	0	16	0	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
7	Tad Schroeder	1968–1973	60	29	31	0	0.483	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
8	Bill Hickey	1976–1979	38	10	27	1	0.276	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
9	Larry Rutledge	1980–1982	30	11	19	0	0.367	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
10	Bob Campiglia	1983–1985	30	11	10	0	0.524	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
11	Thomas H. Bell	1986–1992	62	35	27	0	0.565	1	6	0	0.143	–	–	–	–	–
12	Bill Schmitz	1993–1996	39	20	19	0	0.513	12	12	0	0.500	0	1	0	–	1
13	Chuck Mills	1997	11	9	2	0	0.818	6	0	0	1.000	0	1	0	–	1
14	Bob Estock	1998	9	1	8	0	0.111	0	6	0	.000	–	–	–	–	–
15	Bill George[6]	1999–2019	201	75	126	0	0.373	54	89	0	0.378	0	1	0	2	–
16	C. C. Grant[7][8]	2020–present	31	10	21	0	0.323	4	15	0	0.190	–	–	–	–	–

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
Coast Guard Bears
1922	1922	R. V. Marron	NCAA	—	Independent	0	3	0					—	—
1923	1923					0	3	0					—	—
No team from 1924 to 1925
1926	1926	W. R. Richards	NCAA	—	Independent	2	2	0					—	—
1927	1927					1	6	0					—	—
1928	1928					3	3	2					—	—
1929	1929					1	6	1					—	—
1930	1930	Johnny Merriman				4	5	0					—	—
1931	1931					3	2	1					—	—
1932	1932					1	3	2					—	—
1933	1933					3	2	1					—	—
1934	1934					1	6	0					—	—
1935	1935					2	5	0					—	—
1936	1936					2	2	3					—	—
1937	1937					3	3	1					—	—
1938	1938					2	6	0					—	—
1939	1939					0	8	0					—	—
1940	1940					4	4	0					—	—
1941	1941					6	2	0					—	—
1942	1942					6	2	0					—	—
1943	1943					3	6	0					—	—
1944	1944					6	3	0					—	—
1945	1945					0	7	1					—	—
1946	1946	Nelson Nitchman				3	5	0					—	—
1947	1947					2	3	2					—	—
1948	1948					4	3	0					—	—
1949	1949					5	3	0					—	—
1950	1950					3	4	0					—	—
1951	1951					6	0	1					—	—
1952	1952					5	2	0					—	—
1953	1953					4	2	1					—	—
1954	1954					3	4	0					—	—
1955	1955			College Division		4	3	0					—	—
1956	1956					2	5	0					—	—
1957	1957					2	5	0					—	—
1958	1958					2	4	1					—	—
1959	1959	Otto Graham				3	5	0					—	—
1960	1960					5	3	0					—	—
1961	1961					4	4	0					—	—
1962	1962					5	2	1					—	—
1963	1963					8	1	0					L Tangerine Bowl	—
1964	1964					3	5	0					—	—
1965	1965					4	4	0					—	—
1966	1966	Frank Kapral				0	8	0					—	—
1967	1967					0	8	0					—	—
1968	1968	Tad Schroeder				3	7	0					—	—
1969	1969					2	8	0					—	—
1970	1970					5	5	0					—	—
1971	1971					8	2	0					—	—
1972	1972					3	7	0					—	—
1973	1973			Division III		8	2	0					—	—
1974	1974	Otto Graham				4	6	0					—	—
1975	1975					8	2	0					—	—
1976	1976	Bill Hickey				1	8	0					—	—
1977	1977					5	4	0					—	—
1978	1978					3	7	0					—	—
1979	1979					1	8	1					—	—
1980	1980	Larry Rutledge				4	6	0					—	—
1981	1981					3	7	0					—	—
1982	1982					4	6	0					—	—
1983	1983	Bob Campiglia				4	6	0					—	—
1984	1984					3	7	0					—	—
1985	1985					4	6	0					—	—
1986	1986	Thomas H. Bell				4	5	0					—	—
1987	1987					6	2	0					—	—
1988	1988					9	1	0					—	—
1989	1989					5	4	0					—	—
1990	1990		4		5	0					—	—
1991	1991		6		2	0					—	—
1992	1992		FFC		1	8	0	8th	1	6	0	—	—
1993	1993	Bill Schmitz			4	5	0	4th	3	3	0	—	—
1994	1994				4	5	0	5th	2	4	0	—	—
1995	1995				4	6	0	6th	2	4	0	—	—
1996	1996				8	3	0	T–1st	5	1	0	L NCAA Division III First Round	—
1997	1997	Chuck Mills			9	2	0	1st	6	0	0	L NCAA Division III First Round	—
1998	1998	Bob Estock			1	8	0	7th	0	6	0	—	—
1999	1999	Bill George			1	9	0	T–6th	1	5	0	—	—
2000	2000				2	8	0	7th	0	6	0	—	—
2001	2001				2	7	0	T–6th	1	5	0	—	—
2002	2002				2	7	0	6th	1	5	0	—	—
2003	2003				4	5	0	T–3rd	3	3	0	—	—
2004	2004		Liberty League		1	8	0	8th	0	7	0	—	—
2005	2005				2	7	0	8th	0	7	0	—	—
2006	2006		NEFC		8	3	0	1st (Bogan)	7	0	0	L ECAC North Atlantic Bowl	—
2007	2007				8	2	0	1st (Bogan)	7	0	0	—	—
2008	2008				3	6	0	T–5th (Bogan)	3	4	0	—	—
2009	2009				4	5	0	4th (Bogan)	4	3	0	—	—
2010	2010				2	7	0	T–7th (Bogan)	1	6	0	—	—
2011	2011				2	7	0	7th (Bogan)	2	5	0	—	—
2012	2012				5	4	0	3rd (Bogan)	5	3	0	—	—
2013	2013				3	7	0	T–5th	3	4	0	—	—
2014	2014				3	7	0	T–6th	2	5	0	—	—
2015	2015				5	5	0	4th	4	3	0	—	—
2016	2016				3	7	0	6th	2	5	0	—	—
2017	2017		NEWMAC		3	7	0	T–6th	1	6	0	—	—
2018	2018				7	3	0	T–2nd	5	2	0	—	—
2019	2019				5	5	0	T–5th	2	5	0	—	—
2020–21	2020–21	C. C. Grant			0	1	0	n/a				—	—
2021	2021				2	8	0	7th	0	6	0	—	—
2022	2022				3	7	0	T–6th	1	5	0	—	—
2023	2023				5	5	0	T-4th	3	4	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.^[3]
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.^[4]
4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.^[5]