The UMass Lowell River Hawks football team represented the University of Massachusetts Lowell in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The River Hawks were members of the Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10), having fielded its team in the NE-10 from 2001 to 2002. The River Hawks played their home games at the Cushing Field Complex in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Their last head coach was Wally Dembowski, who took over the position from 2001 to 2002.
Conference affiliations Club team (1980) Independent (1981–1986) New England Football Conference (1987–1991) Freedom Football Conference (1992–1995) Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (1996) Eastern Football Conference (1997–2000) Northeast-10 Conference (2001–2002)
List of head coaches Key
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 John Perreault 1980–1985 47 18 29 0 – – – – – – – – – – – 2 Dennis Scannell 1986–1992 65 45 19 1 23 7 0 – – – 2 1 – – 3 Tom Radulski 1993–1995 30 5 25 0 2 13 0 – – – – – – – 4 Sandy Ruggles 1996–2000 50 15 35 0 12 30 0 – – – – – – – 5 Wally Dembowski 2001–2002 21 4 17 0 4 16 0 – – – – – – –
Year-by-year results National championsConference championsBowl game berthPlayoff berth
SeasonYearHead coachAssociationDivisionConferenceRecordPostseasonFinal rankingOverallConferenceWinLossTieFinishWinLossTieLowell Chiefs 1980 1980John PerreaultClub team 1981 1981NCAADivision IIIIndependent 4 5 0 —— 1982 1982 2 8 0 —— 1983 1983 4 5 0 —— 1984 1984 5 4 0 —— 1985 1985 3 7 0 —— 1986 1986Dennis Scannell 2 7 0 —— 1987 1987NEFC 4 4 0 4th (North) 2 2 0 —— 1988 1988 8 1 0 2nd (North) 5 1 0 —— 1989 1989 9 1 0 1st (North) 5 0 0 L conference championship — 1990 1990 8 1 0 2nd (North) 4 1 0 ——UMass Lowell River Hawks 1991 1991Dennis ScannellNCAADivision IIINEFC 10 1 0 1st (North) 5 0 0 W conference championship— 1992 1992FFC 4 4 1 4th 2 3 1 —— 1993 1993Tom Radulski 5 5 0 T–5th 2 3 0 —— 1994 1994 0 10 0 8th 0 5 0 —— 1995 1995 0 10 0 9th 0 5 0 —— 1996 1996Sandy RugglesECFC 6 4 0 6th 4 4 0 —— 1997 1997Division IIEFC 2 8 0 5th (Bay State) 1 7 0 —— 1998 1998 2 8 0 T–3rd (Bay State) 2 6 0 —— 1999 1999 3 7 0 5th (Atlantic) 3 6 0 —— 2000 2000 2 8 0 5th (Atlantic) 2 7 0 —— 2001 2001Wally DembowskiNE-10 1 9 0 10th 1 9 0 —— 2002 2002 3 8 0 T–8th 3 7 0 ——
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