Keystone Giants football
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First season1936
Athletic directorLori Hendricks
Head coachHugh Kirwan
1st season, 1–2 (.333)
1st season, 1–2 (.333)
LocationLa Plume, Pennsylvania
| Keystone Giants football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1936 |
| Athletic director | Lori Hendricks |
| Head coach | Hugh Kirwan 1st season, 1–2 (.333) |
| Location | La Plume, Pennsylvania |
| Field | Turf Field Complex[1] |
| NCAA division | Division III |
| Conference | Independent |
| Colors | Blue and orange[2] |
| All-time record | 24–47 (.338) |
| Mascot | Giant |
| Website | gokcgiants.com |
The Keystone Giants football team represents Keystone College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Giants compete as a Independent, fielding its team as such since 2025. The Giants play their home games at the Turf Field Complex in La Plume, Pennsylvania.
Their head coach is Hugh Kirwan, who took over the position in 2025.
- Independent (1936–1945, 1947–1948, 2025–present)
- National Club Football Association (2019)
- Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (2021–2022)
- Landmark Conference (2023–2024)
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 | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Lee | 1936, 1942–1943 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0.313 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | George Azar Jr. | 1937–1941 | 31 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 0.419 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | S. William Dowey | 1944–1945 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Bob Lamoreaux / John Franklin | 1947–1948 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Justin Higgins | 2019–present | 13 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0.150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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 | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
| Keystone Giants[6] | ||||||||||||||
| 1936 | 1936 | Sam Lee | NCAA | – | – | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1937 | 1937 | George Azar Jr. | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1938 | 1938 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1939 | 1939 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1941 | 1941 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1942 | 1942 | Sam Lee | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1943 | 1943 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1944 | 1944 | S. William Dowey | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1945 | 1945 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| No team in 1946 | ||||||||||||||
| 1947 | 1947 | Bob Lamoreaux / John Franklin | NCAA | – | – | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1948 | 1948 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| No team from 1949–2018 | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | 2019 | Justin Higgins | National Club Football Association | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||
| Season canceled due to COVID-19 | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | Justin Higgins | NCAA | Division III | ECFC | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2022 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5th | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | — | — | |||||||||||