Keiser Seahawks football
College football team
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The Keiser Seahawks football team represents Keiser University in college football in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The Seahawks are members of the Sun Conference (TSC), fielding its team in the TSC since 2022. The Seahawks play their home games at Keiser Multi-Purpose Field in West Palm Beach, Florida.
First season2018
Athletic directorKris Swogger
Head coachMyles Russ
2nd season, 24–2 (.923)
2nd season, 24–2 (.923)
LocationWest Palm Beach, Florida
| Keiser Seahawks football | |||
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| First season | 2018 | ||
| Athletic director | Kris Swogger | ||
| Head coach | Myles Russ 2nd season, 24–2 (.923) | ||
| Location | West Palm Beach, Florida | ||
| Stadium | Keiser Multi-Purpose Field (capacity: 9,000) | ||
| Conference | Sun Conference | ||
| Colors | Navy and Columbia blue[1] | ||
| All-time record | 78–17 (.821) | ||
| Playoff record | 16–6 (.727) | ||
| NAIA national championships | |||
| 2023 | |||
| Conference championships | |||
| TSC: 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | |||
| Division championships | |||
| MSC Sun: 2019, 2020, 2021 | |||
| Mascot | Seahawks | ||
| Website | kuseahawks.com/football | ||
Their head coach is Myles Russ, who took over the position in 2024.[2][3]
Conference affiliations
- Mid-South Conference (2018–2021)
- Sun Conference (2022–present)
List of head coaches
Key
| General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
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| 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 | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doug Socha[7][8][9] | 2018–2023 | 69 | 54 | 15 | 0.783 | 33 | 3 | 0.917 | 10 | 4 | 0.714 | 2 TSC (2022–2023) | 1 NAIA (2023) |
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| 2 | Myles Russ[11] | 2024–present | 26 | 24 | 2 | 0.923 | 13 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 2 | 0.750 | 1 TSC (2024) | — |
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Year-by-year results
| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Assoc. | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Finish | Win | Loss | ||||||||
| 2018 | 2018 | Doug Socha | NAIA | — | MSC | 6 | 4 | 3rd (Sun) | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| 2019 | 2019 | 9 | 1 | 1st (Sun) | 6 | 0 | L NAIA First Round[12] | 7 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 2020 | 9 | 1 | 1st (Sun) | 5 | 0 | L NAIA Semifinal[13] | 4 | ||||
| 2021 | 2021 | 9 | 3 | 1st (Sun) | 5 | 1 | L NAIA Quarterfinal[14] | 11 | ||||
| 2022 | 2022 | TSC | 9 | 4 | 1st | 6 | 0 | L NAIA Championship[15] | 12 | |||
| 2023 | 2023 | 12 | 2 | 1st | 7 | 0 | W NAIA Championship[16] | 3 | ||||
| 2024 | 2024 | Myles Russ | 12 | 1 | 1st | 6 | 0 | L NAIA Championship[17] | 1 | |||
| 2025 | 2025 | 12 | 1 | 1st | 7 | 0 | L NAIA Championship[18] | 2 | ||||
Notes
- A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
