UMass Boston Beacons football
College football team
The UMass Boston Beacons football team represented the University of Massachusetts Boston in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Beacons were members of the New England Football Conference (NEFC), having fielded its team in the NEFC from 1988 to 2000. The Beacons played their home games at the Clark Athletic Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
Their last head coach was Paul Castonia, who took over the position from 1998 to 2000.
Conference affiliations
- New England Football Conference (1988–2000)
List of head coaches
Key
| 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
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Kent | 1988–1993 | 53 | 19 | 34 | 0 | 0.358 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 0.297 |
| 2 | Gus Giardi | 1994–1997 | 36 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 0.194 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 0.188 |
| 3 | Paul Castonia | 1998–2000 | 30 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0.067 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0.059 |
Year-by-year results
| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head Coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
| UMass Boston Beacons | ||||||||||||||
| 1988 | 1988 | Jim Kent | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5th (North) | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1989 | 1989 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6th (North) | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 1990 | 1990 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5th (North) | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 1991 | 1991 | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–4th (North) | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 1992 | 1992 | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 1993 | 1993 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| 1994 | 1994 | Gus Giardi | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9th | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| 1995 | 1995 | 2 | 7 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| 1996 | 1996 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| 1997 | 1997 | 3 | 6 | 0 | T–6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 1998 | 1998 | Paul Castonia | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7th (Blue) | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 6th (Blue) | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 2000 | 2000 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 7th (Boyd) | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
Notes
- ^ 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.[2]
- ^ 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.[3]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]
References
- ^ "UMass Boston Web Brand Manual". Retrieved December 7, 2018.
- ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. 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 October 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
