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 head coach of the program. He took over from 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
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 1Sal Lombardo 1957–1963 41 20 19 2 – – – – – – – – – – – 2Bruce Marshall 1964–1965 16 10 6 0 – – – – – – – – – – – 3Jim Wolfe 1966–1970 38 17 21 0 – – – – – – – – – – – 4Thomas H. Bell 1971 7 4 3 0 – – – – – – – – – – – 5Tom Schoen 1972–1973 14 7 6 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 6George Colfer 1974 3 2 1 0 – – – – – – – – – – – 7Gary Scutt 1975–1977 23 14 8 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 8Dean Peterson 1978–1979 16 14 2 0 – – – – – – – – – – – 9James Attaway 1980–1989 78 50 27 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 10Bill McKeown 1990, 1992 18 11 7 0 – – – – – – – – – – – 11Rich Flanders 1991 10 10 0 0 – – – – – – – – – – – 12Tom Rezzuti 1993 9 7 2 0 – – – – – – – – – – – 12Jim Foster 1994–1995 15 12 3 0 – – – – – – – – – – – 13Roger Pollard 1996–1997 16 7 9 0 – – – – – – – – – – – 14Jack Charney 1998–2003 53 20 33 0 – – – – – – – – – – – 15Todd Vasey 2004–2015 120 82 38 0 – – – – – – – – – – – 16Steve Tirrell 2016–2021 50 20 30 0 – – – – – – – – – – – 17Andrae Murphy 2022–2024 28 3 25 0 – – – – – – – – – – – 18Luke Bakanowsky 2025 0 0 0 0 – – – – – – – – – – –
Year-by-year results National championsConference championsBowl game berthPlayoff berth SeasonYearHeadCoachAssociationDivisionConferenceRecordPostseasonFinal rankingOverallConferenceWinLossTieFinishWinLossTieDean Bulldogs19571957Sal LombardoNJCAA——NR19581958621–19591959NR19601960621–19611961070–19621962350–19631963530–19641964Bruce Marshall440–19651965620–19661966Jim Wolfe440–19671967340–19681968260–19691969530–19701970340–19711971Thomas Bell430–19721972Tom Schoen520–19731973241–19741974George Colfer210–19751975Gary Scutt420–19761976521–19771977540–19781978Dean Peterson710–19791979710–19801980620–19811981James Attaway720–219821982530–1019831983750–19841984440–19851985521–19861986540–619871987350–19881988730–Bowl game berth19891989710–19901990Bill McKeown720–19911991Rich Flanders1000–Bowl game berth19921992Bill McKeown450–19931993Tom Rezzuti720–19941994Jim Foster620–19951995610–19961996Roger Pollard440–19971997NEFC350–19981998Jack Charney270–19991999720–Conference champions20002000440–20012001260–20022002370–20032003270–20042004Todd Vasey280–20052005640–20062006730–20072007910–Conference champions200820081010–Conference champions20092009920–Conference champions20102010640–20112011810–Bowl game berth20122012730–20132013640–20142014640–20152015630–20162016Steve TirellClub team550– 2017 2017NCAADivision IIIECFC 4 6 0 – 2 5 0 —— 2018 2018 5 5 0 – 4 2 0 —— 2019 2019 4 6 0 – 4 1 0 Conference champions—Season canceled due to COVID-19 2021 2021Steve TirellNCAADivision IIIECFC 2 8 0 – 1 5 0 —— 2022 2022Andrae Murphy 1 9 0 – 1 5 0 —— 2023 2023 2 8 0 – 1 30 —— 2024 2024 0 8 0 – 0 30 —— 2025 2025Luke BakanowskyNCAADivision IIIMASCAC 0 10 0 – 0 9 0 ——
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