2012-13 coaching carousel
June 5, 2013
Mangone succeeds Salomone at Brockport
Longtime assistant coach Jason Mangone has taken over as head coach of Brockport State. He takes over for Rocco Salomone, the winningest coach in Brockport football history.
May 8, 2013
Larry Kehres steps aside as Mount Union coach
Mount Union's Larry Kehres has decided to step down as head football coach. He will remain AD, while Vince Kehres has been named head football coach effective immediately.
February 9, 2013
St. Olaf promotes from within
Almost two full months after Jerry Olszewski left for a Division II head coaching job, St. Olaf ended up elevating Craig Stern to the head coaching job.
January 25, 2013
NAIA champs hire Division III coach
North Carolina Wesleyan coach Mark Henniger was tabbed to take over for Ted Karras at Marian (Ind.), which won the NAIA title this past season.
January 15, 2013
Awrey named Concordia-Chicago head coach
Former Kentucky Wesleyan and Saginaw Valley State coach Randy Awrey will follow Lonnie Pries as head coach after the most successful season in Concordia-Chicago history.
January 14, 2013
Elmhurst coach takes D-I assistant job
After leading the Elmhurst football team to new heights in 2012, Tim Lester has announced his resignation as the Bluejays’ head coach.
January 7, 2013
Former Yale assistant named Oxy head coach
Doug Semones, formerly an assistant head coach at Yale University, accepted Oxy's head football coaching job on Monday, taking over for Bill Redell, who retired shortly after the 2012 season.
January 3, 2013
Yoder named Shenandoah coach
Scott Yoder, defensive coordinator for Hobart, which reached the national quarterfinals this past season, will take the challenge of rebuilding Shenandoah.
December 28, 2012
St. John's promotes from within
All three finalists for the job of replacing the legendary John Gagliardi at St. John's were Johnnie grads, but Gary Fasching was the most inside of the three and got the job.
December 20, 2012
Former DePauw coach returns
Bill Lynch, who coached DePauw in 2004, could well stop the revolving door of DePauw football coaches with his return to the position for 2012.
December 19, 2012
Former NFL player, D-III head coach takes Wilmington job
Stacey Hairston played at Ohio Northern, then in the NFL, and was the Polar Bears' interim coach for a season. He takes over a program with a history of struggling since it moved to the Ohio Athletic Conference.
December 19, 2012
Widener coach takes Division II job
Isaac Collins will face another stiff rebuilding challenge at Seton Hill, which has gone 4-40 over the past four seasons.
December 18, 2012
Candeto named coach at Capital
Craig Candeto, a former standout collegiate quarterback, Navy fighter pilot and assistant coach, has been selected to be the next head football coach at Capital.
December 17, 2012
Carthage names Yeager head coach
Yeager completed his second year as Carthage’s defensive coordinator in 2012 and served as interim head coach for the Red Men’s final three games.
December 13, 2012
D-II assistant takes North Park job
Michael Conway, who has been head coach at NAIA Olivet Nazarene as well a coordinator at W&J and Division II California (Pa.), will be the next to try to make something happen at North Park.
December 12, 2012
Hamline brings alum back to coach
Chad Rogosheske is coming home. A former running back and an assistant coach for the Pipers, Rogosheske was named head football coach at Hamline.
December 12, 2012
Knox hires Pomona-Pitzer assistant
Damon Tomeo, who is also a former D-II head coach, will be Knox's 30th coach in 117 seasons and takes over the Prairie Fire after a four-year stretch in which the team went 4-36.
December 12, 2012
Wooster coach resigns
Mike Schmitz was 78-54 in 13 seasons with the Scots, but just 16-24 over the past four years.
December 11, 2012
Wisconsin Lutheran's only coach steps down
Dennis Miller, no joke, has been coaching the Wisconsin Lutheran football program since its inception. Now he's stepping down, and a replacement has been named.
December 5, 2012
Arth takes over at alma mater
Two-time D3football.com All-America quarterback Tom Arth has been an assistant at John Carroll for three years and now will take over for the man who coached him, Regis Scafe.
December 4, 2012
Concordia-Chicago coach moving on
Lonnie Pries is out at Concordia-Chicago after the most successful season in program history, looking to pursue another opportunity.
November 27, 2012
ETBU coach Sartain resigns
After six seasons as the second head coach since the return of football at East Texas Baptist, Mark Sartain has stepped down.
November 20, 2012
Rucks moves into assistant AD role at Carthage
After stepping away from the sidelines with a health issue midseason, longtime Carthage head football coach Tim Rucks will assume a new set of administrative and managerial responsibilities.
November 19, 2012
Legendary St. John's coach John Gagliardi retires
The all-time winningest coach in college football history announced he is retiring, as John Gagliardi will step down after 60 years at St. John's and 489 wins as a collegiate head coach.
November 16, 2012
John Carroll head coach leaving
The John Carroll athletic department announced Thursday afternoon that head football coach Regis Scafe is leaving the university after 14 seasons.
November 16, 2012
Marietta coach steps down
Following the program's first winless season since 1991, Marietta athletic director Larry Hiser announced the resignation of head football coach Jeff Filkovski.
November 15, 2012
North Park coach let go
Scott Pethel was let go as head coach at North Park. He had been the head coach of the Vikings for seven years, compiling a 10-60 record.
November 14, 2012
Capital coach steps down
With the Crusaders regressing to their worst record since 1999, Henry Stanford is out as Capital's head football coach.
November 8, 2012
Hamline coach out after two seasons
Hamline athletic officials announced today that John Pate will be stepping down from his position as Hamline’s head football coach. The program is 1-18 in his tenure.
November 8, 2012
Husson coach to step down
Sean Murphy will undergo an unusual transition at Husson, moving from head football coach to head men's lacrosse coach.
October 21, 2012
Knox coach to step back down
Chad Eisele, who is both coach and athletic director at Knox, took over the coaching position three years ago. He'll step back down at the end of the season to focus on his AD duties.
September 25, 2012
Wilmington coach steps down
Wilmington athletic director Terry Rupert has announced that football coach Ken Minor has resigned his post, effective immediately. His tenure of two-plus years ends with an 0-23 record.
September 16, 2012
DePauw coach fired
After a 4-5 finish in 2011 and an 0-2 start this season, DePauw coach Robby Long has been fired.