July? That's A Wrap

Still another quiet day. Still another visit to the record book. ;-)

With Buddy Teevens, Tim Murphy, Al Bagnoli, Ray Priore and Tony Reno no longer prowling the sidelines, the Ivy League coaching roster has had significant turnover in the last several years. Here is the current roster of coaches, with their overall record at their current school, and their Ivy League records. They are in order of seniority. In parentheses after their names are how many seasons they have completed as head coach at their current school.

Princeton
Bob Surace (15)
Overall: 84-66 (.560)
Ivy: 56-49 (.533)

Brown
James Perry (5)
Overall: 20-30 (.333)
Ivy: 10-32 (.238)

Dartmouth
Sammy McCorkle (3)
Overall: 21-9 (.700)
Ivy: 14-7 (.667)

Harvard
Andrew Aurich (2)
Overall: 17-4 (.809)
Ivy: 11-3 (.786)

Columbia
Jon Poppe (2)
Overall: 9-11 (.450)
Ivy: 6-8 (.429)

Cornell
Dan Swanstrom (2)
Overall: 8-12 (.400)
Ivy: 6-8 (.429)

First Year at Current School:

Penn
Ricky Santos (5 years at New Hampshire)
Overall: 37-24 (.607)
CAA: 28-12 (.700)

Yale
Kevin Cahill (3 years at Lehigh)
Overall: 23-14 (.622)
Patriot League: 13-6 (684)

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And just because, here are some names from the past:

Ivy League Coaches With More than 100 Wins:
200 Tim Murphy (Harvard, 1994-2023)
183 Al Bagnoli (Penn, 1992-2014; Columbia 2015-22)
179 Carmen Cozza (Yale, 1965-96)
140 Edward Robinson (Brown, 1898-01, 1904-07 & 1910-25)
127 Bob Blackman (Dartmouth, 1955-70; Cornell, 1977-82)
124 George Woodruff (Penn, 1892-1901)
120 Tuss McLaughry (Brown, 1926-40; Dartmouth, 1941-42 & 1945-54)
117 Joe Restic (Harvard, 1971-93)
117 Buddy Teevens, Dartmouth, 1987-91, 2005-22)
114 Phil Estes (Brown, 1998-18)
110 Lou Little (Columbia, 1930-56)

And while I knew Tim Murphy had a lot of success against Dartmouth, where his record against the Big Green stands is still an eye-opener:

Coaches With 20 Or More Wins vs. One Ivy Opponent
25 Carm Cozza (vs. Columbia, 1965-96)
23 Tim Murphy (vs. Columbia, 1994-2023)
23 Tim Murphy (vs. Dartmouth, 1994-2023)
22 Joe Restic (vs. Columbia, 1971-93)
22 Carm Cozza (vs. Brown, 1965-96)
22 Carm Cozza (vs. Princeton, 1965-96)
22 Tim Murphy (vs. Brown, 1994-2023)
21 Bob Blackman (vs. Columbia, 1955-70 & 1977-82)
21 Al Bagnoli (vs. Dartmouth, 1992-22)
21 Tim Murphy (vs. Cornell, 1994-2023)
20 Al Bagnoli (vs. Columbia, 1992-2014)
20 Al Bagnoli (vs. Cornell, 1992-22)

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The Ivy League preseason media poll – for the second year in a row sans my vote – comes out Monday, In the meantime, here are the conference preseason polls for Dartmouth's out-of-league opponents:

CAA
1. Rhode Island (144, 12 first-place votes)

2. Monmouth (119)

3. Elon (115)

4. New Hampshire (106)

5. Stony Brook (105, 1)

6. Towson (93)

7. Maine (88)

8. Campbell (56)

9. Bryant (50)

10. Sacred Heart (49)

11. UAlbany (35)

12. North Carolina A&T (28)

13. Hampton (26)

Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Devin Farrell (Rhode Island, QB)

Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Jaeden Jones (Monmouth, S)

Patriot

1. Villanova (79, 7 first-place votes)

2. Lehigh (75, 3)

T3. Richmond (57)

T3. William & Mary (57)

5. Lafayette (55)

6. Holy Cross (38)

7. Colgate (36)

T8. Fordham (19)

T8. Georgetown (19)

10. Bucknell (15)

Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Luke Yoder (Lehigh, RB)

Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Camden Byrd (Richmond, DL)

The Big Green's final nonconference opponent, Merrimack, is one of two independents in the FCS. Can you name the other?

If you guessed Chicago State, give yourself a gold star. For the record, Chicago State kicks off its inaugural season against Roosevelt University at the ever-so-charmingly named SeatGeek Stadium on Aug. 29. The Cougars will play in the Northeast Conference next fall.

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EXTRA POINT
This headline regarding an enforcement initiative in Dunellen, N.J., caught my eye (LINK):

New Jersey officers dress up as shrubs to catch distracted drivers on their phones

Listen, I absolutely want drivers messing with their phones when they are behind the wheel to be ticketed. I don't want them crashing into me because they are distracted.

But to be fair, I don't want someone in another car crashing into me because they see a "shrub" looking through binoculars like the one in the picture accompanying the story:

It turns out 74 drivers were cited in six hours, and that's more frightening than the shrub.