The 2019 LIU Sharks football team represents both the LIU Post and LIU Brooklyn campuses of Long Island University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by 22nd year head coach Bryan Collins and play their home games at Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium. They play as a first–year member of the Northeast Conference. This is the first season that the LIU Sharks are competing as a team following the merger of the two LIU campuses' athletic departments in the summer of 2019.[1] [2]
The Sharks finished winless in their first season. A month after the season ended, starting quarterback Clay Beathard was stabbed to death in Nashville, Tennessee.[3]
The NEC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 24, 2019. The Sharks were picked to finish in 8th (last) place.[4]
| 1 | Duquesne (7) |
| 2 | Sacred Heart (1) |
| 3 | Central Connecticut |
| 4 | Wagner |
| 5 | Bryant |
| 6 | Saint Francis |
| 7 | Robert Morris |
| 8 | LIU |
The LIU Sharks were the only conference team to have no players selected for the 2019 All–Northeast Conference Football Preseason Team.[4]
See also: 2019 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team.
See also: 2019 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team.
See also: 2019 Wagner Seahawks football team.
See also: 2019 Duquesne Dukes football team.
See also: 2019 Bryant Bulldogs football team.
See also: 2019 Saint Francis Red Flash football team.
See also: 2019 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team.
See also: 2019 Robert Morris Colonials football team.
See also: 2019 Villanova Wildcats football team.
See also: 2019 Merrimack Warriors football team.