| Teamname: | Castleton Spartans football |
| Athleticdirector: | Tim Barrett |
| Headcoach: | Tyler Higley |
| Headcoachyear: | 1st |
| Hcwins: | 2 |
| Hclosses: | 2 |
| Stadium: | Dave Wolk Stadium (formally Spartan Stadium until 2018) |
| Stadcapacity: | 5,000 |
| Stadsurface: | FieldTurf |
| Location: | Castleton, Vermont |
| Ncaadivision: | III |
| Conference: | MASCAC |
| Pastaffiliations: | ECFC (2009–2023) |
| Atwins: | 61 |
| Atlosses: | 76 |
| Bowlwins: | 0 |
| Bowllosses: | 1 |
| Conftitles: | 1 (2012) |
| Rivalries: | Norwich[1] (Maple Sap Bucket) |
| Mascotdisplay: | Knight |
| Websitename: | castletonsports.com |
| Websiteurl: | https://castletonsports.com/sports/football |
The Castleton Spartans football team represents Castleton University in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Spartans are members of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC), fielding its team in the MASCAC since 2024. The Spartans play their home games at Dave Wolk Stadium in Castleton, Vermont.[2]
Their head coach is Tyler Higley, who took over the position for the 2024 season as interim head coach.[3]
Until Castleton became a part of Vermont State University, Vermont was the only state in the United States besides Alaska where the state university did not have varsity football; as the University of Vermont had not had a varsity football team since 1974 (and still does not). The Spartans are now the only public university in Vermont with varsity football. As it is now, however, Vermont is still the only state besides Alaska where the state university does not award any athletic scholarships for football.
Castleton claims 1 conference title, which came in 2012.
| 2012† | 7–4 | 6–1 | Marc Klatt |
Castleton has participated in one bowl game, and has a record of 0–1.
| 2012 | L 7–63 |
| Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | O% | CW | CL | C% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rich Alercio[6] | 2009–2010 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Marc Klatt[7] | 2011–2013 | 31 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Tony Volpone[8] [9] | 2014–2023 | 88 | 41 | 47 | 32 | 26 | |||
| 4 | Tyler Higley (interim) | 2024–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Castleton Spartans | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 2009 | Rich Alcerio | NCAA | Division III | ECFC | 3 | 6 | 6th | 1 | 5 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | 2010 | 5 | 4 | T–2nd | 5 | 2 | — | — | ||||||
| 2011 | 2011 | Marc Klatt | 4 | 6 | 5th | 3 | 4 | — | — | |||||
| 2012 | 2012 | 7 | 4 | T–1st | 6 | 1 | Conference co-champions[10] | — | ||||||
| 2013 | 2013 | 1 | 9 | 8th | 0 | 7 | — | — | ||||||
| 2014 | 2014 | Tony Volpone | 7 | 3 | T–2nd | 7 | 3 | — | — | |||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 7 | 3 | T–3rd | 5 | 2 | — | — | ||||||
| 2016 | 2016 | 4 | 6 | T–3rd | 4 | 3 | — | — | ||||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 6 | 4 | 3rd | 5 | 2 | — | — | ||||||
| 2018 | 2018 | 2 | 8 | T–5th | 1 | 5 | — | — | ||||||
| 2019 | 2019 | 2 | 7 | T–3rd | 2 | 3 | — | — | ||||||
| Season canceled due to COVID-19 | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | Tony Volpone | NCAA | Division III | ECFC | 6 | 4 | 3rd | 4 | 2 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | 2022 | 5 | 5 | 2nd | 4 | 2 | — | — | ||||||
| 2023 | 2023 | 2 | 7 | 5th | 0 | 4 | — | — | ||||||
| 2024 | 2024 | Tyler Higley | MASCAC | — | — | |||||||||