# Salve Regina Seahawks football

The Salve Regina Seahawks football team represents Salve Regina University in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Seahawks are members of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC), fielding its team in the NEWMAC since 2023. The Seahawks play their home games at Toppa Field in Newport, Rhode Island.
The team's head coach is Kevin Gilmartin, who took over the position for the 2013 season.

## Conference affiliations

* Independent (1993)
* Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (1994–1997)
* New England Football Conference / Commonwealth Coast football (1998–2022)
* New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (2023–present)

## 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, conference records, bowl records, championships and selected awards :
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | O% | CW | CL | C% | BW | BL | DC | CC |
| 1 | Tim Coen | 1993–1999 | 65 | 53 | 12 | 0.815 | 36 | 2 | 0.947 | 1 | 2 | N/A | 4 |
| 2 | Art Bell | 2000–2005 | 55 | 19 | 36 | 0.345 | 13 | 21 | 0.382 | N/A | N/A | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Chris Robertson | 2006–2009 | 37 | 11 | 26 | 0.297 | 7 | 21 | 0.250 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Bob Chesney | 2010–2012 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 0.442 | 18 | 6 | 0.750 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Kevin Gilmartin | 2013–present | 113 | 76 | 37 | 0.673 | 51 | 21 | 0.708 | 3 | 3 | N/A | 1 |

## 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 | Postseason | Final ranking |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Conference | | | Postseason | Final ranking |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Win | Loss | Finish | Win | Loss | Postseason | Final ranking |
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| 1993 | 1993 | Tim Coen | NCAA | Division III | Independent | 4 | 2 | | | | — | — |
| 1994 | 1994 | Tim Coen | NCAA | Division III | ECFC | 8 | 1 | N/A | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 1995 | 1995 | Tim Coen | NCAA | Division III | ECFC | 7 | 2 | 3rd | 6 | 2 | — | — |
| 1996 | 1996 | Tim Coen | NCAA | Division III | ECFC | 9 | 1 | 1st | 8 | 0 | L ECAC Bowl | — |
| 1997 | 1997 | Tim Coen | NCAA | Division III | ECFC | 7 | 2 | 1st | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1998 | 1998 | Tim Coen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 10 | 1 | 1st (Blue) | 6 | 0 | W ECAC Bowl | — |
| 1999 | 1999 | Tim Coen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 8 | 3 | 1st (Blue) | 6 | 0 | L ECAC Bowl | — |
| 2000 | 2000 | Art Bell | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 7 | 3 | 1st (Boyd) | 4 | 1 | Division champions | — |
| 2001 | 2001 | Art Bell | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 4 | 4 | 4th (Boyd) | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| 2002 | 2002 | Art Bell | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 2 | 7 | T–4th (Boyd) | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| 2003 | 2003 | Art Bell | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 2 | 8 | 5th (Boyd) | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| 2004 | 2004 | Art Bell | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 2 | 8 | 6th (Boyd) | 1 | 6 | — | — |
| 2005 | 2005 | Art Bell | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 2 | 6 | T–4th (Boyd) | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| 2006 | 2006 | Chris Robertson | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 1 | 8 | 8th (Boyd) | 0 | 7 | — | — |
| 2007 | 2007 | Chris Robertson | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 2 | 7 | T–7th (Boyd) | 1 | 6 | — | — |
| 2008 | 2008 | Chris Robertson | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 4 | 5 | T–4th (Boyd) | 3 | 4 | — | — |
| 2009 | 2009 | Chris Robertson | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 4 | 6 | T–4th (Boyd) | 3 | 4 | — | — |
| 2010 | 2010 | Bob Chesney | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 6 | 4 | 3rd (Boyd) | 5 | 3 | — | — |
| 2011 | 2011 | Bob Chesney | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 8 | 3 | 3rd (Boyd) | 6 | 2 | W ECAC Northwest Bowl | — |
| 2012 | 2012 | Bob Chesney | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 9 | 2 | 1st (Boyd) | 7 | 1 | Division champions | 24 |
| 2013 | 2013 | Kevin Gilmartin | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 7 | 4 | 2nd | 6 | 1 | L ECAC Bowl | — |
| 2014 | 2014 | Kevin Gilmartin | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 7 | 4 | T–2nd | 5 | 2 | W ECAC Bowl | — |
| 2015 | 2015 | Kevin Gilmartin | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 8 | 2 | T–2nd | 5 | 2 | W ECAC Chapman Bowl | — |
| 2016 | 2016 | Kevin Gilmartin | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 8 | 2 | 2nd | 6 | 1 | L New England Bowl | — |
| 2017 | 2017 | Kevin Gilmartin | NCAA | Division III | CCC Football | 6 | 3 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| 2018 | 2018 | Kevin Gilmartin | NCAA | Division III | CCC Football | 7 | 4 | T–1st | 5 | 1 | L New England Bowl | — |
| 2019 | 2019 | Kevin Gilmartin | NCAA | Division III | CCC Football | 4 | 6 | 5th | 3 | 4 | — | — |
| No team in 2020 due to COVID-19. |||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | Kevin Gilmartin | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 8 | 2 | T–3rd | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2022 | Kevin Gilmartin | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 6 | 4 | T–3rd | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| 2023 | 2023 | Kevin Gilmartin | NCAA | Division III | NEWMAC | 9 | 2 | 2nd | 6 | 1 | W New England Bowl | — |
| 2024 | 2024 | Kevin Gilmartin | NCAA | Division III | NEWMAC | 6 | 4 | T–2nd | 5 | 2 | — | – |