Misericordia Cougars football
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First season2012
Athletic directorChuck Edkins
Head coachSteve Cushing
1st season, 7–4 (.636)
1st season, 7–4 (.636)
LocationDallas, Pennsylvania
| Misericordia Cougars football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 2012 |
| Athletic director | Chuck Edkins |
| Head coach | Steve Cushing 1st season, 7–4 (.636) |
| Location | Dallas, Pennsylvania |
| Stadium | Mangelsdorf Field (capacity: 1,400) |
| NCAA division | Division III |
| Conference | MAC |
| Colors | Blue and yellow[1] |
| All-time record | 24–76 (.240) |
| Mascot | Cougars |
| Website | athletics.misericordia.edu |
The Misericordia Cougars football team represents Misericordia University in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Cougars are members of the Middle Atlantic Conferences (MAC), fielding its team in the MAC since 2012. The Cougars play their home games at the Mangelsdorf Field in Dallas, Pennsylvania.[2]
Their head coach is Steve Cushing, who took over the position for the 2025 season.
- Middle Atlantic Conferences (2012–present)[3]
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 | Mark Ross[7] | 2012–2020 | 81 | 18 | 63 | 0 | 0.222 | 17 | 53 | 0 | 0.243 | — | — | — | — | — | — | MAC Coach of the Year (2018) |
| 2 | John Davis[8] | 2021–present | 19 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0.316 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0.294 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 | ||||||||
| Misericordia Cougars | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | 2012 | Mark Ross | NCAA | Division III | MAC | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10th | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| 2013 | 2013 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2016 | 2016 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2018 | 2018 | 8 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2019 | 2019 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| No team due to COVID-19 | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | John Davis | NCAA | Division III | MAC | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2022 | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–8th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | — | — | |||||||||||