Dennis Creehan

Dennis Creehan (born August 16, 1949) is an American gridiron football coach. He was most recently the athletic director at Alderson Broaddus University from 2011 to 2019.^[1]

Dennis Creehan

Biographical details
Born	(1949-08-16) August 16, 1949 (age 75) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater	Duquesne University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1971–1973	Keystone Oaks HS (PA) (assistant)
1974	Pittsburgh (GA)
1975	Carnegie Mellon (OC)
1976–1978	Edinboro (DC)
1979–1984	Edinboro
1985–1986	Edmonton Eskimos (DL/ST)
1987–1989	California (LB)
1990	San Francisco State
1991	Edmonton Eskimos (DL/ST)
1992–1996	South Dakota
1997	Arkansas State (DC)
1998–2000	Rutgers (DC)
2001–2002	Duke (ILB/ST)
2003	Army (OLB/ST)
2004–2007	Calgary Stampeders (DC)
2008	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (DC)
2009–2010	West Virginia Wesleyan
2012–2016	Alderson Broaddus
2017	The Spring League
2019	Salt Lake Stallions (LB)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2011–2019	Alderson Broaddus
Head coaching record
Overall	109–81–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 PSAC Western Division (1982, 1984) 1 GMAC (2016)
Awards
PSAC Coach of the Year (1982) NCC Coach of the Year (1993) WVIAC Coach of the Year (2010) GMAC Coach of the Year (2016)

Creehan served as the head football coach at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (1979–1984), San Francisco State University (1990), the University of South Dakota (1992–1996), West Virginia Wesleyan College (2009–2010), and Alderson Broaddus (2012–2016). He is the only coach to have ever earned Coach of the Year awards in four conferences.^[2] He was a coach in The Spring League in 2017 and 2018.^[3] In October 2018, he was announced as the linebackers coach for the Salt Lake Stallions of the Alliance of American Football.^[4] Creehan took a leave of absence from Alderson Broaddus to accommodate the coaching position; the university named Carrie Bodkins his permanent replacement in May 2019.^[5]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Edinboro Fighting Scots (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) (1979–1984)
1979	Edinboro	4–6	2–4	T–4th (West)
1980	Edinboro	6–2–1	3–2–1	T–2nd (West)
1981	Edinboro	4–6	1–5	7th (West)
1982	Edinboro	9–2	5–1	1st (West)
1983	Edinboro	8–2	4–2	T–2nd (West)
1984	Edinboro	8–2	4–2	T–1st (West)
Edinboro:		39–20–1	19–16–1
San Francisco State Gators (Northern California Athletic Conference) (1990)
1990	San Francisco State	4–7	1–4	T–4th
San Francisco State:		4–7	1–4
South Dakota Coyotes (North Central Conference) (1992–1996)
1992	South Dakota	3–8	2–7	5th
1993	South Dakota	6–5	4–5	T–6th
1994	South Dakota	5–6	3–6	T–7th
1995	South Dakota	8–3	6–3	4th
1996	South Dakota	6–5	4–5	T–6th
South Dakota:		28–27	19–26
West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats (West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2009–2010)
2009	West Virginia Wesleyan	2–8	2–6	T–7th
2010	West Virginia Wesleyan	9–2	6–2	T–2nd
West Virginia Wesleyan:		11–10	8–8
Alderson Broaddus Battlers (NCAA Division II independent) (2013–2015)
2013	Alderson Broaddus	4–7
2014	Alderson Broaddus	7–4
2015	Alderson Broaddus	7–4
Alderson Broaddus Battlers (Great Midwest Athletic Conference) (2016)
2016	Alderson Broaddus	9–2	2–0	1st
Alderson Broaddus:		27–17	2–0
Total:		109–81–1
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth