Football Coach Dick Biddle Receives Contract Extension
12/29/2009 10:23:03 AM
HAMILTON, N.Y. (12/29/09) - Colgate University Director of Athletics Dave Roach is pleased to announce that Colgate has extended football head coach Dick Biddle on a three-year contract extension through June 30, 2013.
“The Colgate football family is pleased that coach Biddle will be leading our football program for the foreseeable future,” stated Roach.
Biddle, 62, the four-time Patriot League Coach of the Year has guided Colgate to a cumulative 113-51 record in his 14 seasons, including a final 9-2 mark this season. His overall record at Colgate includes 13 winning seasons, six Patriot League Championships and six FCS Playoff appearances.
“Coach Biddle has had tremendous success in leading our program over the last 14 years. His name has become synonymous with winning football at Colgate," said Roach.
Colgate has the highest winning percentage among Patriot League teams this decade with a record of 67-18 under Biddle. The Raiders are also 34-8 against the Ivy League.
In his first season, Biddle not only produced a winning campaign, but also became only the third head coach in Division I or I-AA history to record a winning record the season after a team suffered through a 0-11 campaign. For his effort, Biddle was selected by his coaching peers as the Patriot League Coach of the Year, and was named the co-recipient of Colgate’s Howard Hartman Coach of the Year Award.
In 2003, Biddle was named the American Football Coaches Association Division I-AA National Coach of the Year after leading the Raiders to a 15-1 record, and to the national championship game of the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs. The 2003 campaign was arguably the greatest in school history when the Raiders captured the imagination of the collegiate football world becoming the first non-scholarship program to advance to the title game of the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs.
In 2008, Colgate captured its sixth Patriot League title with a perfect 5-0 mark, and finished with an overall record of 9-3. Biddle earned his fourth Patriot League Coach of the Year award.
Under Biddle, the Raiders have produced an explosive offense finishing in the Top 10 nationally in rushing five times and twice in total offense.
On the defensive side, Colgate has been ranked four times in the Top 10 in rushing defense, once in pass defense and total defense.