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Coaching Staff Chuck Priore Head Coach Albany, ‘82 5th Season
The 2009 Big South Coach of the Year, Chuck Priore begins his fifth season at Stony Brook in 2010. After just a second season in the Big South, Priore guided the Seawolves to a share of the Big South Championship with a thrilling 36-33 victory over #16 Liberty. The Championship was the fifth in 10 season as a head coach. Seven different players earned All-Big South honors, including Tyler Santucci’s selection as the Defensive Player of the Year. Priore’s third season at the Stony Brook helm was a historic one as the team played its first season as a member of the Big South Conference. He guided Stony Brook to a second-place finish in its first year in the league and saw his team garner four all-conference selections as well as the league’s Rookie of the Year, Ed Gowins. The Seawolves broke a number of school rushing records, was the only FCS team with two backs gaining over 1,000 yards and finished ninth in the nation in rushing as a team. In just his second season and against the toughest schedule Stony Brook has ever had, he led the team to a 6-5 record in 2007. In his first season at the helm of the Stony Brook football program, Priore guided the Seawolves to a 5-6 overall record, including a 5-2 mark in their final season in the Northeast Conference. Two of his athletes garnered all-NEC honors, one was Defensive Rookie of the Year, and one, quarterback Josh Dudash, was named the Stony Brook University Male Athlete of the Year. Under Priore’s guidance, the Seawolves gained over 1,300 yards on the ground and nearly 2,500 yards in the air. In addition, the Seawolves led the conference in passing offense and red zone offense, putting points on the board in 24 out of 27 visits. 24
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Priore was named the second head football coach in Stony Brook Football history on December 10, 2005. He came to Stony Brook after compiling an impressive 39-9 record in six seasons at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut where he led the Bantams to four consecutive New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) titles and a 30-game winning streak, the longest active winning streak in the country at the time. The three-time NESCAC Coach of the Year, Priore guided Trinity to a No. 1 ranking in New England, four straight conference titles and three consecutive undefeated seasons, going 31-1 during that four-year stretch. For two straight years (200405) he was named the America Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division III Region I Coach of the Year. During his six years at Trinity, he elevated the program to new heights, implementing a new, exciting, and prolific offensive system that produced some of the top performances in the region. The Bantams boasted five All-America selections on the offensive line in as many seasons and sent players to the AFCA Senior Aztec Bowl in Mexico against a Mexican All-Star team four times. In 2005, Trinity’s defensive unit led the nation in total defense and boasted the NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year while three members of the team landed NESCAC All-Academic honors. The Bantams’ winning streak was the subject of a one-hour documentary, which was broadcast nationally on College Sports Television (CSTV). The program focused on the Trinity football game against Williams College, which the Bantams won, 34-6, to break the New England Division III win streak record of 23 victories. Prior to Trinity, Priore served as the offensive line coach and offensive coordinator at the University of Pennsylvania from 1992 to 1999. During Priore’s tenure at Penn, the Quakers compiled an impressive record of 52-27, including three Ivy League titles and a 24-game winning streak. In 1998, the Penn offense set a school record for points in a season with 297. Penn also produced two NFL players on the offensive side of the ball under Priore; wide receiver Miles Macik who played for the Detroit Lions, and tailback Jim Finn has seen action for the Indianapolis Colts, the Chicago