Bob Ford (American football)
{{Short description|American football player and college athletics coach and administrator (born 1937)}}
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| name = Bob Ford
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|9|11}}
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| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1959
| player_team2 = Springfield
| player_positions = Quarterback
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1959
| coach_team2 = St. Lawrence (DB)
| coach_years3 = 1960–1963
| coach_team3 = Albright (offensive backs)
| coach_years4 = 1964
| coach_team4 = Springfield (DB)
| coach_years5 = 1965–1968
| coach_team5 = St. Lawrence
| coach_years6 = 1969
| coach_team6 = Springfield (DC)
| coach_years7 = 1970–2013
| coach_team7 = Albany
| coach_sport8 = Lacrosse
| coach_years9 = 1971–1973
| coach_team9 = Albany
| admin_years1 = 1978–1982
| admin_team1 = Albany
| admin_years2 = 1998–1999
| admin_team2 = Albany (interim AD)
| overall_record = 265–191–1 (football)
19–11 (lacrosse)
| bowl_record = 2–1
| tournament_record = Football
1–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
0–1 (NCAA D-I playoffs)
| championships = Football
1 ICAC (1965)
2 EFC (1997–1998)
6 NEC (2002–2003, 2007–2008, 2011–2012)
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Robert Ford (born September 10, 1937) is a retired American football player, coach of football, lacrosse, golf, and wrestling, and college athletics administrator. Ford was appointed as the head coach of the University at Albany on April 27, 1970 where he remained until retiring after the 2013 season.{{cite web|url=https://admin.xosn.com/attachments1/70386.pdf|title=UAlbany Football 2009 Media Guide|publisher=UAlbany|accessdate=December 3, 2009|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180014/https://admin.xosn.com/attachments1/70386.pdf|url-status=dead}} From 1965 to 1968, Ford served as the head football coach at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. He also coached golf and wrestling at Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania, where was an assistant football coach from 1960 to 1963. Ford was Albany's head men's lacrosse coach from 1971 to 1973 and athletic director from 1978 to 1982.
Head coaching record
=Football=
From the time he was appointed as the Albany head coach, Ford's teams played football as a club sport for three years, 1970 to 1972. His coaching record during that period was 12–9–1. Those 22 games are not included in the coaching record shown below.
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = St. Lawrence Saints
| conf = Independent College Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1965
| endyear = 1968
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1965
| name = St. Lawrence
| overall = 4–4
| conference = 2–1
| confstanding = T–1st
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| ranking2 = no
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| year = 1966
| name = St. Lawrence
| overall = 2–6
| conference = 2–1
| confstanding = 2nd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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| championship =
| year = 1967
| name = St. Lawrence
| overall = 1–6–1
| conference = 0–2–1
| confstanding = 4th
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| ranking = no
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| year = 1968
| name = St. Lawrence
| overall = 2–6
| conference = 1–3
| confstanding = 5th
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| ranking = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = St. Lawrence
| overall = 9–22–1
| confrecord = 5–7–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Albany Great Danes
| conf = NCAA Division III independent
| startyear = 1973
| endyear = 1994
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| year = 1973
| name = Albany
| overall = 7–2
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| year = 1974
| name = Albany
| overall = 9–0
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| year = 1975
| name = Albany
| overall = 7–2
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| year = 1976
| name = Albany
| overall = 4–5
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| championship =
| year = 1977
| name = Albany
| overall = 9–2
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| bowlname = NCAA Division III Semifinal
| bowloutcome = L
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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| year = 1978
| name = Albany
| overall = 7–3
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| year = 1979
| name = Albany
| overall = 6–3
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| ranking2 = no
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| year = 1980
| name = Albany
| overall = 5–5
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| ranking2 = no
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| year = 1981
| name = Albany
| overall = 7–3
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| ranking2 = no
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| year = 1982
| name = Albany
| overall = 6–3
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| ranking2 = no
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| year = 1983
| name = Albany
| overall = 3–7
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| ranking2 = no
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| year = 1984
| name = Albany
| overall = 5–5
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1985
| name = Albany
| overall = 9–2
| conference =
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| bowlname = ECAC North Championship
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1986
| name = Albany
| overall = 4–6
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1987
| name = Albany
| overall = 5–5
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1988
| name = Albany
| overall = 5–5
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1989
| name = Albany
| overall = 5–4
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1990
| name = Albany
| overall = 3–7
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| ranking2 = no
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| year = 1991
| name = Albany
| overall = 5–5
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1992
| name = Albany
| overall = 6–4
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1993
| name = Albany
| overall = 6–4
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1994
| name = Albany
| overall = 4–6
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Albany Great Danes
| conf = NCAA Division II independent
| startyear = 1995
| endyear = 1996
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1995
| name = Albany
| overall = 3–7
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1996
| name = Albany
| overall = 7–3
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Albany Great Danes
| conf = Eastern Football Conference
| startyear = 1997
| endyear = 1998
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1997
| name = Albany
| overall = 11–1
| conference = 8–0
| confstanding = 1st (Atlantic)
| bowlname = Eastern Football Conference Championship
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1998
| name = Albany
| overall = 10–1
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = 1st (Atlantic)
| bowlname = Eastern Football Conference Championship
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Albany Great Danes
| conf = Northeast Conference
| startyear = 1999
| endyear = 2012
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1999
| name = Albany
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2000
| name = Albany
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2001
| name = Albany
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2002
| name = Albany
| overall = 8–4
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = ECAC Bowl
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2003
| name = Albany
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2004
| name = Albany
| overall = 4–7
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2005
| name = Albany
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2006
| name = Albany
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2007
| name = Albany
| overall = 8–4
| conference = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = Gridiron Classic
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2008
| name = Albany
| overall = 9–3
| conference = 7–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = Gridiron Classic
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2009
| name = Albany
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2010
| name = Albany
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2011
| name = Albany
| overall = 8–4
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = NCAA Division I First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2012
| name = Albany
| overall = 9–2
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Albany Great Danes
| conf = Colonial Athletic Association
| startyear = 2013
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2013
| name = Albany
| overall = 1–11
| conference = 0–8
| confstanding = 11th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Albany
| overall = 256–169
| confrecord = 93–33
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 265–191–1
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
See also
References
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{{St. Lawrence Saints football coach navbox}}
{{Albany Great Danes men's lacrosse coach navbox}}
{{Albany Great Danes football coach navbox}}
{{Albany Great Danes athletic director navbox}}
{{Amos Alonzo Stagg Award}}
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