Monday, February 19, 2024

The First Year, Part 3

On Friday BGA took a look at how Dartmouth coaches since the advent of Ivy League play performed in their first year. Yesterday this space offered a glimpse at the track records this fall's new Ivy League head coaches will inherit. Today we finish off the look around the Ivy League to see how coaches at the conference's other four schools fared in their first years compared to their predecessors.

BROWN
Former Coach: Mickey Kwiatkowski
Final Season 1993: 4-6
New Coach: Mark Whipple
First Season 1994: 7-3

Former Coach: Mark Whipple
Final Season 1997: 6-4
New Coach: Phil Estes
First Season 1998: 7-3

Former Coach: Phil Estes
Final Season 2018: 1-9
New Coach: James Perry
First Season 2019: 2-8

PENN
Former Coach: Ed Zubrow
Final Season 1988: 9-1
New Coach: Gary Steele
First Season 1989: 4-6

Former Coach: Gary Steele
Final Season 1991: 2-8
New Coach: Al Bagnoli
First Season 1992: 7-3

Former Coach: Al Bagnoli
Final Season 2014: 2-8
New Coach: Ray Priore
First Season 2015: 7-3

PRINCETON
Former Coach: Ron Rogerson
Final Season 1986: 2-8
New Coach: Steve Tosches
First Season 1987: 6-4

Former Coach: Steve Tosches
Final Season 1999: 3-7
New Coach: Roger Hughes
First Season 2000: 3-7

Former Coach: Roger Hughes
Final Season 2009: 4-6
New Coach: Bob Surace
First Season 2010: 1-9

YALE
Former Coach: Carm Cozza
Final Season 1996: 2-8
New Coach: Jack Siedlecki
First Season 1997: 1-9

Former Coach: Jack Siedlecki
Final Season 2008: 6-4
New Coach: Tom Williams
First Season 2009: 4-6

Former Coach: Tom Williams
Final Season 2011: 5-5
New Coach: Tony Reno
First Season 2012: 2-8

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From Football Scoop:

Malik Forrester has joined Fresno State as a defensive line graduate assistant. He is a former graduate assistant (DL) at Auburn and defensive analyst (LB) for Dartmouth College. 

Forester was a defensive quality control assistant at Dartmouth in the 2021 season.

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EXTRA POINT
After a year's worth of fund-raising work capped by dancers staying on their feet for 46 consecutive hours in front of an SRO crowd at Bryce Jordan Center, Penn State's iconic dance marathon –THON – wrapped up yesterday with the world's largest student-run philanthropy raising almost $17 million to support the fight against childhood cancer. There's a lot of reason to be Penn State Proud this morning.