Coaches
Dave Cecchini
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Dave Cecchini
Played at Lehigh 1992-1993
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-28
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-2002 | Lehigh | Other | assistant | not known |
| 2003-2006 | Harvard | OC | OC/QB/WR | not known |
| 2007-2009 | The Citadel | OC | OC/WR | not known |
| 2010-2013 | Lehigh | OC | OC/QB | not known |
| 2014-2018 | Valparaiso | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2019-2025 | Bucknell | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Bucknell (FCS) | 3-8 | - → - | - | - | - | 9% wins | - |
| 2021 | Bucknell (FCS) | 1-10 | - → - | 72 | 87 | - | - | 128 |
| 2022 | Bucknell (FCS) | 3-8 | - → - | 123 | 41 | - | 9% wins | 130 |
| 2023 | Bucknell (FCS) | 4-7 | - → - | 70 | 94 | - | 27% wins | 128 |
| 2024 | Bucknell (FCS) | 6-6 | - → - | 85 | 72 | - | 36% wins | 129 |
| 2025 | Bucknell (FCS) | 5-7 | - → - | 32 | 98 | - | 50% wins | 129 |
| Season | Head coach below FBS | Level | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Valparaiso | FCS | 4-8 |
| 2015 | Valparaiso | FCS | 1-9 |
| 2016 | Valparaiso | FCS | 4-7 |
| 2017 | Valparaiso | FCS | 6-5 |
| 2018 | Valparaiso | FCS | 2-9 |
| 2020 | Bucknell | FCS | 2-2 |
Worked under
None found (his assistant years may be outside the FBS seasons we hold).
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Dave Clawson · Lehigh 1995 · him Other, them OC
- Pete Lembo* · Lehigh 1998-2002 · him Other, them Head coach, Other, Position
- Isaac Collins · Lehigh 2000-2002 · him Other, them Other
- Tom Gilmore · Lehigh 2000-2002 · him Other, them DC
- Chris Nugai · Harvard 2003-2004 · him OC, Position, them Position
- John Butler · Harvard 2003-2006 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Kevin Doherty · Harvard 2003-2006 · him OC, Position, them DC, Other
- Patrick Murphy · Harvard 2003 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Tim Murphy · Harvard 2003-2006 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Chris Partridge · The Citadel 2007 · him OC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Isaac Collins · The Citadel 2007-2009 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Dave Kotulski · Lehigh 2010-2011 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Isaac Collins · Bucknell 2019-2021 · him Head coach, them DC, Position, ST coord.
- Ryan Manalac · Bucknell 2019 · him Head coach, them DC
- Jason Miran · Bucknell 2021-2023 · him Head coach, them OC
- Chris Bowers · Bucknell 2022-2025 · him Head coach, them DC
- John Bear · Bucknell 2024 · him Head coach, them OC
- Drew Folmar · Bucknell 2025 · him Head coach, them OC