The Salve Regina Seahawks football team represents Salve Regina University in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Seahawks are members of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC), fielding its team in the NEWMAC since 2023. The Seahawks play their home games at Toppa Field in Newport, Rhode Island.[2][3]
| Salve Regina Seahawks football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1993 |
| Athletic director | Sean Sullivan |
| Head coach | Kevin Gilmartin 11th season, 72–35 (.673) |
| Stadium | Toppa Field (capacity: 2,000) |
| Year built | 1940 |
| Field surface | FieldTurf |
| Location | Newport, Rhode Island |
| NCAA division | Division III |
| Conference | NEWMAC |
| Past conferences | Independent (1993) ECFC (1994–1997) NEFC / CCC Football (1998–2022) |
| All-time record | 167–114 (.594) |
| Bowl record | 4–5 (.444) |
| Conference titles | 2 ECFC (1996–1997) 2 NEFC (1998–1999) 1 CCC Football (2018) |
| Division titles | 4 NEFC Boyd / Blue Division (1998–2000, 2012) |
| Colors | Blue and green[1] |
| Mascot | Seahawk |
| Website | salveathletics.com |
The team's head coach is Kevin Gilmartin, who took over the position for the 2013 season.
Conference affiliations
edit- Independent (1993)
- Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (1994–1997)
- New England Football Conference / Commonwealth Coast football (1998–2022)
- New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (2023–present)[4][5]
List of head coaches
editKey
edit| 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
edit| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | O% | CW | CL | C% | BW | BL | DC | CC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Coen[9] | 1993–1999 | 65 | 53 | 12 | .000 | 36 | 2 | 0.315 | 1 | 2 | N/A | 4 |
| 2 | Art Bell | 2000–2005 | 55 | 19 | 36 | 0.315 | 13 | 21 | 0.315 | N/A | N/A | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Chris Robertson[10] | 2006–2009 | 37 | 11 | 26 | 0.417 | 7 | 21 | 0.315 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Bob Chesney[11] | 2010–2012 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 0.511 | 18 | 6 | 0.315 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Kevin Gilmartin | 2013–present | 92 | 61 | 31 | 0.578 | 40 | 18 | 0.315 | 2 | 3 | N/A | 1 |
Year-by-year results
edit| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Finish | Win | Loss | ||||||||||
| Salve Regina Seahawks | ||||||||||||||
| 1993 | 1993 | Tim Coen | NCAA | Division III | Independent | 4 | 2 | — | — | |||||
| 1994 | 1994 | ECFC | 8 | 1 | N/A | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 1995 | 1995 | 7 | 2 | 3rd | 6 | 2 | — | — | ||||||
| 1996 | 1996 | 9 | 1 | 1st | 8 | 0 | L ECAC Bowl | — | ||||||
| 1997 | 1997 | 7 | 2 | 1st | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||
| 1998 | 1998 | NEFC | 10 | 1 | 1st (Blue) | 6 | 0 | W ECAC Bowl | — | |||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 8 | 3 | 1st (Blue) | 6 | 0 | L ECAC Bowl | — | ||||||
| 2000 | 2000 | Art Bell | 7 | 3 | 1st (Boyd) | 4 | 1 | Division champions | — | |||||
| 2001 | 2001 | 4 | 4 | 4th (Boyd) | 2 | 3 | — | — | ||||||
| 2002 | 2002 | 2 | 7 | T–4th (Boyd) | 2 | 3 | — | — | ||||||
| 2003 | 2003 | 2 | 8 | 5th (Boyd) | 2 | 4 | — | — | ||||||
| 2004 | 2004 | 2 | 8 | 6th (Boyd) | 1 | 6 | — | — | ||||||
| 2005 | 2005 | 2 | 6 | T–4th (Boyd) | 2 | 4 | — | — | ||||||
| 2006 | 2006 | Chris Robertson | 1 | 8 | 8th (Boyd) | 0 | 7 | — | — | |||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 2 | 7 | T–7th (Boyd) | 1 | 6 | — | — | ||||||
| 2008 | 2008 | 4 | 5 | T–4th (Boyd) | 3 | 4 | — | — | ||||||
| 2009 | 2009 | 4 | 6 | T–4th (Boyd) | 3 | 4 | — | — | ||||||
| 2010 | 2010 | Bob Chesney | 6 | 4 | 3rd (Boyd) | 5 | 3 | — | — | |||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 8 | 3 | 3rd (Boyd) | 6 | 2 | W ECAC Northwest Bowl | — | ||||||
| 2012 | 2012 | 9 | 2 | 1st (Boyd) | 7 | 1 | Division champions | 24 | ||||||
| 2013 | 2013 | Kevin Gilmartin | 7 | 4 | 2nd | 6 | 1 | L ECAC Bowl | — | |||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 7 | 4 | T–2nd | 5 | 2 | W ECAC Bowl | — | ||||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 8 | 2 | T–2nd | 5 | 2 | W ECAC Chapman Bowl | — | ||||||
| 2016 | 2016 | 8 | 2 | 2nd | 6 | 1 | L New England Bowl | — | ||||||
| 2017 | 2017 | CCC Football | 6 | 3 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | — | — | |||||
| 2018 | 2018 | 7 | 4 | T–1st | 5 | 1 | L New England Bowl | — | ||||||
| 2019 | 2019 | 4 | 6 | 5th | 3 | 4 | — | — | ||||||
| No team in 2020 due to COVID-19. | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | Kevin Gilmartin | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 8 | 2 | T–3rd | 4 | 2 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | 2022 | 6 | 4 | T–3rd | 3 | 3 | — | — | ||||||
| 2023 | 2023 | NEWMAC | 9 | 2 | 2nd | 6 | 1 | W New England Bowl | — | — | ||||
Notes
edit- ^ 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.[6]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[7]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Salve Regina University". Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "Toppa Field ready for its first Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) football game". October 18, 2017.
- ^ Staff, Newport This Week (April 20, 2017). "Salve Regina to Invest $3 Million at Toppa Field - Newport This Week". Newport This Week -. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "Salve Regina joins athletic conference NEWMAC as newest member effective July 1, 2023". Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "Salve Regina University joins NEWMAC as newest member effective July 1, 2023". July 13, 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Barrett, Scott. "Salve's father of football inducted into Hall of Fame". Newport Daily News. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "Robertson resigns at SRU football coach". March 31, 2010.
- ^ McWilliams, Julian (November 10, 2022). "Everywhere he's gone, Bob Chesney has built winning football teams, and now Holy Cross is on the brink of a perfect season - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved August 27, 2023.