Alvernia Golden Wolves football
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1st season, 0–0 (–)
(capacity: 1,000)
| Alvernia Golden Wolves football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 2018 |
| Athletic director | Bill Stiles |
| Head coach | Steve Devlin 1st season, 0–0 (–) |
| Stadium | Alvernia University Stadium (capacity: 1,000) |
| Location | Reading, Pennsylvania |
| NCAA division | Division III |
| Conference | MAC |
| All-time record | 8–63 (.113) |
| Colors | Maroon and gold[1] |
| Mascot | Golden wolves |
| Website | auwolves.com |
The Alvernia Golden Wolves football team represents Alvernia University in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Golden Wolves are members of the Middle Atlantic Conferences (MAC), fielding its team in the MAC since 2018. The Golden Wolves play their home games at Alvernia University Stadium in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Their most recent head coach is Steve Devlin, who took over the position for the 2026 season.
On October 5, 2016, athletic director Bill Stiles and Alvernia University president Dr. Tom Flynn announced that American football would be added as a varsity sport for the 2018 NCAA Division III season.[2][3][4][5][6] The team would be a member of the Middle Atlantic Conferences (MAC) alongside the school's other athletic programs.[7]
On July 29, 2018, the school unveiled the team's maroon and gold uniforms.[8]
Conference affiliations
- Middle Atlantic Conferences (2018–present)
List of head coaches
Key
| General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Order of coaches[A 2] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties[A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] | ||||
Coaches
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | O% | CW | CL | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ralph Clark[12] | 2018–2021 | 30 | 3 | 27 | 0.100 | 1 | 25 | 0.038 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Steve Azzanesi[13][14] | 2022–present | 20 | 5 | 25 | 0.167 | 4 | 22 | 0.154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Year-by-year results
| National champions | Conference Champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Finish | Win | Loss | ||||||||||
| Alvernia Golden Wolves | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 2018 | Ralph Clark | NCAA | Division III | MAC | 1 | 9 | T–10th | 0 | 8 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | 2019 | 2 | 8 | 11th | 1 | 7 | — | — | ||||||
| No team due to COVID-19. | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | Ralph Clark | NCAA | Division III | MAC | 0 | 10 | 11th | 0 | 8 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | 2022 | Steve Azzanesi | 3 | 7 | T–8th | 2 | 6 | — | — | |||||
| 2023 | 2023 | 1 | 9 | 9th | 1 | 8 | — | — | ||||||
| 2024 | 2024 | 1 | 9 | T–9th | 1 | 8 | — | — | ||||||