# UMass Boston Beacons football

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

Key to symbols in coaches list :
| General | General | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Postseason | Postseason |
| No. | Order of coaches | 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 | C% | Conference winning percentage | | |
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage | | | | |

### Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, and conference records :
| 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 | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Season | Year | Head Coach | Association | Division | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference |
| Season | Year | Head Coach | Association | Division | 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 | Jim Kent | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6th (North) | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1990 | Jim Kent | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5th (North) | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1991 | Jim Kent | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–4th (North) | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1992 | Jim Kent | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1993 | Jim Kent | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1994 | Gus Giardi | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9th | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1995 | Gus Giardi | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 2 | 7 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1996 | Gus Giardi | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1997 | Gus Giardi | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 3 | 6 | 0 | T–6th | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1998 | Paul Castonia | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7th (Blue) | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1999 | Paul Castonia | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 1 | 9 | 0 | 6th (Blue) | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2000 | Paul Castonia | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 1 | 9 | 0 | 7th (Boyd) | 0 | 5 | 0 |