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Holik To Be Honored by the Northern Connecticut Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame05/11/2012
Springfield, Mass. - May 11, 2012 - Springfield College football defensive coordinator Jack Holik is being honored as Distinguished American by the Northern Connecticut Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame at their annual Scholar Athlete Banquet on May 20, at the Aqua Turf in Plantsville, Conn. Read More.
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Springfield College Football Participates in "Be the Match" Program Watch the Video Feature
Springfield, Mass. -- May 4, 2012 -- Many members of the Springfield College football team participated in late April in an initiative known as the National Bone Marrow Donor Program. The initiative is known as "Get-in-the-Game -- Save a Life Program" and was sponsored by an organization known as "Be the Match". Read More |
DeLong Receives the Prestigious Western Mass. Butova Award Amherst, Mass. -- April 4, 2012 -- Mike DeLong, longtime head football coach at Springfield College, has received this year's Henry A. Butova Award from the Western Massachusetts Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame. The award was presented in his name on April 1 at the UMass Campus Center. Read More |
Dave Gettleman '72 Represents Springfield College in Super Bowl XLVI Springfield, Mass. -- February 2, 2012 -- Dave Gettleman of the New York Giants front office will be representing Springfield College in this year's Super Bowl in Indianapolis this upcoming Sunday. It will be the fifth time in the last six years that SC will have had at least one alum representing SC in the Super Bowl. Read More |
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About The Team
The
Springfield College football team will open its 2011 season with a Saturday afternoon tilt versus Frostburg State on Sept. 10 at 1 pm. It will be the first of 10 games that season and will mark as one of four home contests.
Head Coach
Mike DeLong enters his 30th season overall, 28th at Springfield College. With 171 victories overall, he is the winningest active head football coach in New England Division III. SC is coming off an 9-2 record in 2010, when it finished the season with an ECAC Division III North Atlantic Bowl Championship as it defeated Mount Ida, 26-17, at Stagg Field.
In 2006, Springfield's
Chris Sharpe was recognized on the national level as he was awarded the Melberger Award, emblematic of the National Player of the Year in Division III. The QB established 12 school records and six NCAA Division III national marks in '06. Sharpe also received a bevy of further awards, including the Gold Helmet Award for the season from the New England Football Writers Association, the Joseph P. Zabilski Award from the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston, the ECAC Division III Northwest Offensive Co-Player of the Year, and the Empire 8 Offensive Player of the Year.
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Head Coach Mike DeLong
Michael C. “Mike” DeLong ’74 enters his 30th season as a head football coach in the fall of 2011. He enters his 28th year at Springfield College alone. For the past 27 years (1984 through 2009, inclusive), he has been the head coach at Springfield, his alma mater. Mike had also been the head coach at Maine Maritime in Castine, Maine in 1979 and 1980.
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