Bob Chesney Explained

Bob Chesney
Current Title:Head coach
Current Team:James Madison
Current Conference:Sun Belt
Current Record:0–0
Birth Date:10 August 1977
Birth Place:Kulpmont, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Player Years1:1996–1999
Player Team1:Dickinson
Player Positions:Defensive back
Coach Years1:2000–2001
Coach Team1:Norwich (GA)
Coach Years2:2002
Coach Team2:Delaware Valley (DC)
Coach Years3:2003–2004
Coach Team3:King's (PA) (ST)
Coach Years4:2005–2006
Coach Team4:Johns Hopkins (ST/DB)
Coach Years5:2007–2008
Coach Team5:Johns Hopkins (DC/ST/DB)
Coach Years6:2009
Coach Team6:Johns Hopkins (AHC/DC/DB)
Coach Years7:2010–2012
Coach Team7:Salve Regina
Coach Years8:2013–2017
Coach Team8:Assumption
Coach Years9:2018–2023
Coach Team9:Holy Cross
Coach Years10:2024–present
Coach Team10:James Madison
Overall Record:111–46
Bowl Record:1–0
Tournament Record:3–3 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
2–3 (NCAA D-I playoffs)
Championships:2 NE-10 (2015, 2017)
5 Patriot League (2019–2023)
Awards:2× Second Team All-Centennial (1997–1998)
NE-10 Coach of the Year (2015, 2017)
New England Football Writers (NEFW) D-II/III Coach of the Year (2015)
HERO Sports D-II Coach of the Year (2015)
Patriot League Coach of the Year (2019, 2021, 2022)
2× NEFW D-I Coach of the Year (2021–2022)
2× Gridiron Club FBS/FCS Coach of the Year (2021–2022)
American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) FCS Region 1 Coach of the Year (2022)

Robert Edward Chesney (born August 10, 1977) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, a position he has held since December 2023. A graduate of Dickinson College, Chesney served as the head football coach at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island from 2010 to 2012, Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts from 2013 to 2017, and the College of the Holy Cross from 2018 to 2023. At Assumption, he led the Greyhounds to consecutive NCAA Division II Football Championship playoff appearances in the final three years of his tenure.

Early life and family

Originally from Kulpmont, Pennsylvania, born to Robert Chesney Sr., and Claudia Chesney (née Yonkovig). Has an older brother, Vincent Chesney, and a younger brother, Nicholas Chesney. Married in 2007 to Andrea, he has two daughters and a son. Chesney is a 1996 Graduate of Our Lady of Lourdes Regional High School and a 2000 graduate of Dickinson College.

Coaching career

Chesney was hired as the fourth head coach in Salve University football program history following his five-year stint as associate head coach at Johns Hopkins University.[1] Chesney rebuilt a Salve Regina program which had a streak of eight-consecutive losing seasons before his tenure, upon which he posted three winning campaigns in a row.[2] Following his success with that program, Chesney was hired as the tenth head coach in Assumption College football program history.[3] Prior to his arrival the Assumption program had posted two winning seasons in the 17 previous years. [4] Chesney led the Greyhounds to five-straight winning records and NCAA Tournament appearances in each of his last three years. [5] Chesney coached 94 all-conference selections and 12 All-Americans.

On December 14, 2017, Chesney was named the 28th head football coach at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.[6] [7]

On December 7, 2023, Chesney was named the head football coach at James Madison University.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Salve Regina Names Bob Chesney Head Football Coach. salveathletics.com. April 30, 2010. January 25, 2018.
  2. News: Salve Regina Football Individual Season Records. salveathletics.com. January 25, 2018.
  3. News: Assumption Names Bob Chesney Head Football Coach. northeast10.org . February 5, 2013. January 25, 2018.
  4. News: Assumption College Football History. assumptiongreyhounds.com. 2010. January 25, 2018.
  5. News: Bob Chesney Head Coach. goholycross.com. 2010. January 25, 2018.
  6. News: Pearson . Keith . December 20, 2017 . Bob Chesney takes reins as Holy Cross football coach . . January 25, 2018.
  7. News: Holy Cross Names Bob Chesney Head Football Coach. patriotleague.org. December 14, 2017. January 25, 2018.
  8. Web site: Thamel . Pete . December 7, 2023 . JMU hires Holy Cross' Chesney as head coach . December 7, 2023 . ESPN.com.