Rick Pardy

Rick Pardy (born September 24, 1961) is an American former college football coach. He was the head football coach for Marist College from 1989 to 1991 and Bates College from 1992 to 1997.^[1][2][3] With Marist he became the youngest head coach in the NCAA at 27 years old.^[1] He led the Marist to the program's first conference championship in 1990 when they finished a perfect 5–0 in Atlantic Central Football Conference (ACFC) play.^[4][5]

Rick Pardy

Biographical details
Born	(1961-09-24) September 24, 1961 (age 64)
Alma mater	Ithaca College (1983) University at Albany, SUNY (1985)
Playing career
1979–1982	Ithaca
Position	Offensive lineman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1983–1984	Albany (DE)
1985–1986	Hamilton (DB)
1987–1988	Hamilton (DC)
1989–1991	Marist
1992–1997	Bates
1998–2000	Marist (assoc. HC/DC)
Track and field
1983–1984	Albany (assistant)
1985–1986	Hamilton
1992–1997	Bates (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	19–57–2 (football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 1 ACFC (1990) 1 Colby-Bates-Bowdoin (1995)
Awards
As player All ICAC (1982) All-American (1982) NCAA Division III (1979)

Pardy attended Ithaca College where he was an All-American offensive lineman. After his graduation, he was hired as the defensive ends coach for Albany. In 1985, he joined Hamilton where he was hired as the defensive backs coach before being promoted to defensive coordinator in 1987 at only 25 years old.^[1] After being the head football coach for Marist and Bates, he returned to Marist as defensive coordinator and associate head coach.^[6]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Marist Red Foxes (Atlantic Collegiate Football Conference) (1989–1991)
1989	Marist	4–5–1	3–2	3rd
1990	Marist	7–2–1	5–0	1st
1991	Marist	6–4	2–1	2nd
Marist:		17–11–2	10–3
Bates Bobcats (Colby-Bates-Bowdoin) (1992–1997)
1992	Bates	0–8	0–2	3rd
1993	Bates	0–8	0–2	3rd
1994	Bates	0–8	0–2	3rd
1995	Bates	1–7	1–1	T–1st
1996	Bates	0–8	0–2	3rd
1997	Bates	1–7	1–1	2nd
Bates:		2–46	2–10
Total:		19–57–2
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

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