Notre Dame Falcons football
NCAA Division II college football team
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The Notre Dame Falcons football team represented Notre Dame College in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Falcons were members of the Mountain East Conference (MEC) and fielded its team in the MEC from 2013 to 2023. The Falcons played their home games at Mueller Field in South Euclid, Ohio.
First season2010
Last season2023
Athletic directorDuncan Williams
Head coachGarrett Mack
2nd season, 16–6 (.727)
2nd season, 16–6 (.727)
| Notre Dame Falcons football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 2010 |
| Last season | 2023 |
| Athletic director | Duncan Williams |
| Head coach | Garrett Mack 2nd season, 16–6 (.727) |
| Location | South Euclid, Ohio |
| Stadium | Mueller Field (capacity: 2,000) |
| NCAA division | Division II |
| Conference | MEC |
| Colors | Royal blue and gold[1] |
| All-time record | 101–55 (.647) |
| Mascot | Falcons |
| Website | notredamefalcons.com |
Their final head coach was Garrett Mack, who took over the position for the 2022 season and held it until the school's closure following the 2023 season.
Conference affiliations
- Division II Independent (2010–2011)
- Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (2012)
- Mountain East Conference (2013–2023)
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 | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Howard | 2010–2014 | 55 | 22 | 33 | 0.489 | 13 | 16 | 0.448 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Bill Rychel | 2015 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0.455 | 5 | 5 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Mike Jacobs | 2016–2019 | 50 | 42 | 8 | 0.840 | 35 | 6 | 0.854 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Mickey Mental | 2020–2021 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0.889 | 14 | 1 | 0.933 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Garrett Mack | 2022–2023 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0.727 | 15 | 4 | 0.789 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 | Finish | Win | Loss | ||||||||||
| Notre Dame Falcons | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | 2010 | Adam Howard | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 2 | 9 | — | — | |||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 5 | 6 | — | — | |||||||||
| 2012 | 2012 | GLIAC | 3 | 8 | T–5th (South) | 2 | 8 | — | — | |||||
| 2013 | 2013 | MEC | 5 | 6 | 6th | 4 | 5 | — | — | |||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 7 | 4 | T–3rd | 7 | 3 | — | — | ||||||
| 2015 | 2015 | Bill Rychel | 5 | 6 | T–5th | 5 | 5 | — | — | |||||
| 2016 | 2016 | Mike Jacobs | 9 | 2 | 2nd | 8 | 2 | — | — | |||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 8 | 3 | T–2nd | 8 | 2 | — | — | ||||||
| 2018 | 2018 | 13 | 1 | 1st | 10 | 1 | L NCAA Division II Semifinal | 4 | ||||||
| 2019 | 2019 | 12 | 2 | 1st | 9 | 1 | L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal | 2 | ||||||
| 2020–21 | 2020 | Mickey Mental | 5 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 2021 | 2021 | 11 | 2 | T–1st | 9 | 1 | L NCAA Division II Football Second Round | 9 | ||||||
| 2022 | 2022 | Garrett Mack | 9 | 3 | 1st | 9 | 1 | L NCAA Division II First Round | 23 | |||||
| 2023 | 2023 | 7 | 3 | T–2nd | 6 | 3 | — | — | ||||||
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.