Nichols Bison football

The Nichols Bison football team represents Nichols College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Bison are members of the Conference of New England (CNE), fielding its team in the CNE since 1972 when it was named the New England Football Conference (NEFC). The Bison play their home games at Vendetti Field in Dudley, Massachusetts.

Their head coach is Vinny Marino, who will take over the position for the 2024 season.

Conference affiliations Independent (1932–1942, 1947–1971) New England Football Conference (1972–1991) Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (1992–1997) New England Football Conference / Commonwealth Coast football / Conference of New England (1998–present)

Championships Conference championships Nichols claims 5 conference titles, the most recent of which came in 2023.

1973 New England Football Conference 8–1 4–0 Michael Vendetti 1974 7–1–1 6–0–1 1975† 6–2 6–2 1976 8–1 7–1 1978† 6–2 6–2 † Co-champions

Division championships Nichols claims 1 division title, which came in 2001. 2001 NEFC Boyd Bill Carven 6–4 5–0 Westfield State L 0–12

Postseason games

Bowl games Nichols has participated in one bowl game, and has a record of 0–1. 2001 Bill Carven ECAC Bowl Western Connecticut L 10–63

List of head coaches Key

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 Unknown 1932–1942 ———— — – – – – 2 Hal Chalmers 1947–1958 6825385 – – – – 3 Harry Gaffney 1959–1961 177100 – – – – 4 Michael Vendetti 1962–1985 191103835 65 43 2 5 Jack Charney 1986–1992 6334281 20 20 1 6 Jim Crowley 1993–1995 273240 2 17 0 7 Jim Foster 1996–1998 299200 5 12 0 8 Bill Carven 1999–2010 11551640 34 41 0 9 Kevin Loney 2011–2013 292270 1 20 0 10 Dale Olmsted 2014–2023 9030600 12 44 0 11 Vinny Marino 2024–present 20 5 15 0 2 10 0

Year-by-year results since 1947 National championsConference championsBowl game berthPlayoff berth SeasonYearHead coachAssociationDivisionConferenceRecordPostseasonFinal rankingOverallConferenceWinLossTieFinishWinLossTieNichols Bison 1947 1947Hal ChalmersNCAA—Independent 2 2 3 —— 1948 1948 5 1 0 —— 1949 1949 6 0 0 —— 1950 1950 1 5 0 —— 1951 1951 5 0 1 —— 1952 1952 1 6 0 —— 1953 1953 1 4 1 —— 1954 1954 1 4 0 —— 1955 1955 0 4 0 —— 1956 1956College Division 1 5 0 —— 1957 1957 0 3 0 —— 1958 1958 2 4 0 —— 1959 1959Harry Gaffney 3 3 0 —— 1960 1960 2 4 0 —— 1961 1961 2 3 0 —— 1962 1962Michael Vendetti 3 3 0 —— 1963 1963 0 6 0 —— 1964 1964 4 2 1 —— 1965 1965 6 1 0 —— 1966 1966 3 3 0 —— 1967 1967 2 5 0 —— 1968 1968 4 4 0 —— 1969 1969 0 7 0 ——19701970340—— 1971 1971 4 3 1 —— 1972 1972NEFC 5 2 1 4th 3 2 0—— 1973 1973Division III 8 1 0 1st 4 0 0Conference champions— 1974 1974 7 1 1 1st 6 0 1Conference champions— 1975 1975 6 2 0 T–1st 6 2 0Conference co-champions— 1976 1976 8 1 0 1st 7 1 0Conference champions— 1977 1977 5 4 0 T–5th 4 4 0—— 1978 1978 6 2 0 T–1st 6 2 0Conference co-champions— 1979 1979 6 3 0 T–2nd 6 3 0—— 1980 1980 3 5 1 8th 3 5 1—— 1981 1981 5 4 0 T–4th 5 4 0—— 1982 1982 5 4 0 5th 5 4 0—— 1983 1983 7 2 0 3rd 7 2 0—— 1984 1984 2 7 0 T–7th 2 7 0—— 1985 1985 1 7 0 10th 1 7 0—— 1986 1986Jack Charney 3 6 0 7th 3 6 0—— 1987 1987 5 4 0 3rd (North) 3 2 0—— 1988 1988 6 3 0 3rd (North) 4 2 0—— 1989 1989 4 5 0 4th (North) 2 3 0—— 1990 1990 5 4 0 4th (North) 2 3 0—— 1991 1991 4 5 0 T–3rd (North) 2 3 0—— 1992 1992ECFC 7 1 1 T–2nd 4 1 1—— 1993 1993Jim Crowley 1 8 0 7th 0 6 0—— 1994 1994Division II 2 7 0 5th 2 4 0—— 1995 1995 0 9 0 9th 0 7 0—— 1996 1996Jim Foster 2 8 0 8th 2 5 0—— 1997 1997Division III 2 7 0 4th 1 3 0—— 1998 1998NEFC 5 5 0 5th (Blue) 2 4 0—— 1999 1999Bill Carven 6 3 0 4th (Blue) 3 3 0—— 2000 2000 7 3 0 T–2nd (Boyd) 4 2 0—— 2001 2001 6 4 0 1st (Boyd) 5 0 0Division champions— 2002 2002 5 4 0 T–2nd (Boyd) 3 2 0—— 2003 2003 6 4 0 T–2nd (Boyd) 4 2 0—— 2004 2004 4 6 0 T–4th (Boyd) 3 3 0—— 2005 2005 0 9 0 7th (Boyd) 0 6 0—— 2006 2006 5 4 0 T–3rd (Boyd) 4 3 0—— 2007 2007 5 4 0 T–3rd (Boyd) 4 3 0—— 2008 2008 2 8 0 8th (Boyd) 0 7 0—— 2009 2009 4 6 0 T–4th (Boyd) 3 4 0—— 2010 2010 1 9 0 7th (Boyd) 1 6 0—— 2011 2011Kevin Loney 0 10 0 8th (Boyd) 0 7 0—— 2012 2012 1 9 0 T–6th (Boyd) 1 6 0—— 2013 2013 1 8 0 8th 0 7 0—— 2014 2014Dale Olmsted 1 9 0 8th 0 7 0—— 2015 2015 1 9 0 8th 0 7 0—— 2016 2016 6 4 0 4th 4 3 0—— 2017 2017CCC Football 2 8 0 6th 0 5 0—— 2018 2018 5 5 0 4th 3 3 0—— 2019 2019 6 4 0 T–3rd 4 3 0——No team in 2020 due to COVID-19. 2021 2021Dale OlmstedNCAADivision IIICCC Football 2 8 0 7th 0 6 0—— 2022 2022 4 6 0 T–6th 1 5 0—— 2023 2023 3 7 0 T–5th 0 5 0—— 2024 2024Vinny Marino 3 7 0 6th 0 5 0—— 2025 2025 2 8 0 6th 2 5 0——

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