# Dean Bulldogs football

The Dean Bulldogs football team represents Dean College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Bulldogs are members of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC), having joined the conference in 2025. Dean competed in the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC) from 2017 to 2024. The Bulldogs play their home games at Dale Lippert Field in Franklin, Massachusetts. Luke Bakanowsky is the had coach of the program. He took over for Andrae Murphy after the 2024 season.
The team was formally known as the Red Demons until 1994 when the school went from Dean Junior College to Dean College.

## Conference affiliations

* Unknown (1957–1997)
* Northeast Football Conference (1998–2015)
* Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (2017–2024)
* Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (2025–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, postseason records, championships and selected awards :
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
| 1 | Sal Lombardo | 1957–1963 | 41 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 0.512 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Bruce Marshall | 1964–1965 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0.375 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Jim Wolfe | 1966–1970 | 38 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 0.447 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Thomas H. Bell | 1971 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.571 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Tom Schoen | 1972–1973 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0.536 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | George Colfer | 1974 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.667 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Gary Scutt | 1975–1977 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0.630 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Dean Peterson | 1978–1979 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0.875 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | James Attaway | 1980–1989 | 78 | 50 | 27 | 1 | 0.647 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | Bill McKeown | 1990, 1992 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0.611 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Rich Flanders | 1991 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Tom Rezzuti | 1993 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.778 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Jim Foster | 1994–1995 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0.800 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | Roger Pollard | 1996–1997 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0.438 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | Jack Charney | 1998–2003 | 53 | 20 | 33 | 0 | 0.377 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Todd Vasey | 2004–2015 | 120 | 82 | 38 | 0 | 0.683 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | Steve Tirrell | 2016–2021 | 50 | 20 | 30 | 0 | 0.400 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | Andrae Murphy | 2022–2024 | 28 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0.107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | Luke Bakanowsky | 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |

## 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 | Postseason | Final ranking |
| Season | Year | Head Coach | Association | Division | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | | | Postseason | Final ranking |
| Season | Year | Head Coach | Association | Division | Conference | Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | Postseason | Final ranking |
| Dean Bulldogs |||||||||||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | Sal Lombardo | NJCAA | — | — | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | | |
| 1958 | 1958 | Sal Lombardo | NJCAA | — | — | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | | | | |
| 1959 | 1959 | Sal Lombardo | NJCAA | — | — | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | | |
| 1960 | 1960 | Sal Lombardo | NJCAA | — | — | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | | | | | |
| 1961 | 1961 | Sal Lombardo | NJCAA | — | — | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1962 | 1962 | Sal Lombardo | NJCAA | — | — | 3 | 5 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1963 | 1963 | Sal Lombardo | NJCAA | — | — | 5 | 3 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1964 | 1964 | Bruce Marshall | NJCAA | — | — | 4 | 4 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1965 | 1965 | Bruce Marshall | NJCAA | — | — | 6 | 2 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1966 | 1966 | Jim Wolfe | NJCAA | — | — | 4 | 4 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1967 | 1967 | Jim Wolfe | NJCAA | — | — | 3 | 4 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1968 | 1968 | Jim Wolfe | NJCAA | — | — | 2 | 6 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1969 | 1969 | Jim Wolfe | NJCAA | — | — | 5 | 3 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1970 | 1970 | Jim Wolfe | NJCAA | — | — | 3 | 4 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1971 | 1971 | Thomas Bell | NJCAA | — | — | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1972 | 1972 | Tom Schoen | NJCAA | — | — | 5 | 2 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1973 | 1973 | Tom Schoen | NJCAA | — | — | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | | | | | |
| 1974 | 1974 | George Colfer | NJCAA | — | — | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1975 | 1975 | Gary Scutt | NJCAA | — | — | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1976 | 1976 | Gary Scutt | NJCAA | — | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | – | | | | | |
| 1977 | 1977 | Gary Scutt | NJCAA | — | — | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1978 | 1978 | Dean Peterson | NJCAA | — | — | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1979 | 1979 | Dean Peterson | NJCAA | — | — | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1980 | 1980 | Dean Peterson | NJCAA | — | — | 6 | 2 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1981 | 1981 | James Attaway | NJCAA | — | — | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | | | | | 2 |
| 1982 | 1982 | James Attaway | NJCAA | — | — | 5 | 3 | 0 | – | | | | | 10 |
| 1983 | 1983 | James Attaway | NJCAA | — | — | 7 | 5 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1984 | 1984 | James Attaway | NJCAA | — | — | 4 | 4 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1985 | 1985 | James Attaway | NJCAA | — | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | – | | | | | |
| 1986 | 1986 | James Attaway | NJCAA | — | — | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | | | | | 6 |
| 1987 | 1987 | James Attaway | NJCAA | — | — | 3 | 5 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1988 | 1988 | James Attaway | NJCAA | — | — | 7 | 3 | 0 | – | | | | Bowl game berth | |
| 1989 | 1989 | James Attaway | NJCAA | — | — | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1990 | 1990 | Bill McKeown | NJCAA | — | — | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1991 | 1991 | Rich Flanders | NJCAA | — | — | 10 | 0 | 0 | – | | | | Bowl game berth | |
| 1992 | 1992 | Bill McKeown | NJCAA | — | — | 4 | 5 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1993 | 1993 | Tom Rezzuti | NJCAA | — | — | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1994 | 1994 | Jim Foster | NJCAA | — | — | 6 | 2 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1995 | 1995 | Jim Foster | NJCAA | — | — | 6 | 1 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1996 | 1996 | Roger Pollard | NJCAA | — | — | 4 | 4 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1997 | 1997 | Roger Pollard | NJCAA | — | NEFC | 3 | 5 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1998 | 1998 | Jack Charney | NJCAA | — | NEFC | 2 | 7 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 1999 | 1999 | Jack Charney | NJCAA | — | NEFC | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | | | | Conference Champions | |
| 2000 | 2000 | Jack Charney | NJCAA | — | NEFC | 4 | 4 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 2001 | 2001 | Jack Charney | NJCAA | — | NEFC | 2 | 6 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 2002 | 2002 | Jack Charney | NJCAA | — | NEFC | 3 | 7 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 2003 | 2003 | Jack Charney | NJCAA | — | NEFC | 2 | 7 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 2004 | 2004 | Todd Vasey | NJCAA | — | NEFC | 2 | 8 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 2005 | 2005 | Todd Vasey | NJCAA | — | NEFC | 6 | 4 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 2006 | 2006 | Todd Vasey | NJCAA | — | NEFC | 7 | 3 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 2007 | 2007 | Todd Vasey | NJCAA | — | NEFC | 9 | 1 | 0 | – | | | | Conference Champions | |
| 2008 | 2008 | Todd Vasey | NJCAA | — | NEFC | 10 | 1 | 0 | – | | | | Conference Champions | |
| 2009 | 2009 | Todd Vasey | NJCAA | — | NEFC | 9 | 2 | 0 | – | | | | Conference Champions | |
| 2010 | 2010 | Todd Vasey | NJCAA | — | NEFC | 6 | 4 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 2011 | 2011 | Todd Vasey | NJCAA | — | NEFC | 8 | 1 | 0 | – | | | | Bowl game berth | |
| 2012 | 2012 | Todd Vasey | NJCAA | — | NEFC | 7 | 3 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 2013 | 2013 | Todd Vasey | NJCAA | — | NEFC | 6 | 4 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 2014 | 2014 | Todd Vasey | NJCAA | — | NEFC | 6 | 4 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 2015 | 2015 | Todd Vasey | NJCAA | — | NEFC | 6 | 3 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 2016 | 2016 | Steve Tirell | Club team | Club team | Club team | 5 | 5 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| 2017 | 2017 | Steve Tirell | NCAA | Division III | ECFC | 4 | 6 | 0 | – | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018 | 2018 | Steve Tirell | NCAA | Division III | ECFC | 5 | 5 | 0 | – | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019 | 2019 | Steve Tirell | NCAA | Division III | ECFC | 4 | 6 | 0 | – | 4 | 1 | 0 | Conference Champions | — |
| Season canceled due to Covid-19 |||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | Steve Tirell | NCAA | Division III | ECFC | 2 | 8 | 0 | – | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2022 | Andrae Murphy | NCAA | Division III | ECFC | 1 | 9 | 0 | – | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2023 | 2023 | Andrae Murphy | NCAA | Division III | ECFC | 2 | 8 | 0 | – | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 2024 | 2024 | Andrae Murphy | NCAA | Division III | ECFC | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 2025 | 2025 | Luke Bakanowsky | NCAA | Division III | MASCAC | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |