Robert Chesney - Holy Cross Head Coach

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Regardless of the score and outcome Saturday it might be worth being at the stadium just to see what kind of operation Robert Chesney runs. He's at the right stage in his career for a nice jump up to the next thing if he has a good 2021. This is his 11th year as a HEAD Coach.

Bob Chesney - Head Coach - Football Coaches - Holy Cross Athletics

Bob Chesney spent six seasons as the head coach of the Holy Cross football team from 2018-2023, leading the Crusaders to a 44-21 record overall, including a 28-4

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BOB CHESNEY’S COLLEGIATE HEAD COACHING RECORD

------Overall------ ------Conference------
Season School W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Place Postseason
2010 Salve Regina 6-4 .600 5-3 .625 3rd
2011 Salve Regina 8-3 .727 6-2 .750 3rd ECAC North-West Bowl
2012 Salve Regina 9-2 .818 7-1 .875 1st NEFC Championship Game
2013 Assumption 6-5 .545 6-3 .667 4th
2014 Assumption 7-4 .636 6-3 .667 3rd
2015 Assumption 11-2 .846 8-1 .889 1st NCAA Second Round
2016 Assumption 9-3 .750 8-1 .889 2nd NCAA First Round
2017 Assumption 11-2 .846 8-1 .889 1st NCAA Quarterfinals
2018 Holy Cross 5-6 .455 4-2 .667 2nd
2019 Holy Cross 7-6 .538 5-1 .833 1st NCAA First Round
2020* Holy Cross 3-1 .750 2-0 1.000 1st NCAA First Round
Salve Regina Totals 3 Seasons 23-9 .719 18-6 .750
Assumption Totals 5 Seasons 44-16 .733 36-9 .800 3 NCAAs
Holy Cross Totals 3 Seasons 15-13 .536 11-3 .786 2 NCAAs
Career Totals 11 Seasons 82-38 .683 65-18 .783 5 NCAAs

 

[HC1987]

I doubt he'd go to UConn....Chesney is a pretty cagey (in a good way) guy....doubtful he takes a UConn job that is pretty much hamstrung where it's at in the FBS world today.

I could see him taking a DC position at a P5 school and go from there....hopefully not in the near future.

 

[huskymedic]

Holy Cross just lost their AD to Creighton…

 

[HC1987]

Holy Cross just lost their AD to Creighton…

Most feel (particularly HC football people), addition by subtraction.

 

[Exit 4]

I doubt he'd go to UConn....Chesney is a pretty cagey (in a good way) guy....doubtful he takes a UConn job that is pretty much hamstrung where it's at in the FBS world today.

I could see him taking a DC position at a P5 school and go from there....hopefully not in the near future.

Wow dude - just wow.

And what does he make at HC?

 

[HC1987]

Wow dude - just wow.

And what does he make at HC?

Around 300K I believe.....point being, he's a pretty astute dude on the college football landscape....I doubt he would leave HC to jump to UConn....he'll wait for a P5 school to come calling.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I doubt he'd go to UConn....Chesney is a pretty cagey (in a good way) guy....doubtful he takes a UConn job that is pretty much hamstrung where it's at in the FBS world today.

I could see him taking a DC position at a P5 school and go from there....hopefully not in the near future.

He may be cagey but the only P5's schools who would look at a career New England guy who has zero D1 coaching experience are BCU and the orange.

 

[HC1987]

He may be cagey but the only P5's schools who would look at a career New England guy who has zero D1 coaching experience are BCU and the orange.

I could see Chesney's trajectory much like Joe Moorhead's at Fordham....leave Fordham to become OC at Penn St, later to become HC at Miss. St......something along those lines. I'm not saying he'd go from HC at HC to a P5 HC directly.

 

[Exit 4]

Around 300K I believe.....point being, he's a pretty astute dude on the college football landscape....I doubt he would leave HC to jump to UConn....he'll wait for a P5 school to come calling.

He's pretty astute? He's at freaking HC with zero FBS experience on his resume and he's already 44. ZERO FBS experience.

Morehead had EIGHT years of FBS experience between Akron and UConn when Penn St called. Plus he was a Pitt GA. That's all rather important when selecting a coordinator.

He's needs to kick some serious butt at HC the next two seasons to make that kind of jump and that kind of jump typically requires connections via the old coaching tree. Bob has no FBS experience, who really knows him in the FBS world?

Btw, Bob gets offered a 4 year deal at UConn for $4MM in total guaranteed salary he would be nutz not to take it when he makes in the 300s and has no connections.

 

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@HC1987 - Lance Leipold went 109-6 at DII Wisc-Whitewater over 9 seasons before BUFFALO gave him the head coaching job. Buffalo, a MAC program - not a power school. And Leipold had three year at Nebraska on his resume to boot.

Another guy, Kalen DeBoer went 67-3 at Sioux Falls winning three NAIA championships in the 2000s before taking the OC position at FCS Southern Ill, then moving to FBS at Eastern Michigan as OC before moving to Fresno St as OC in 2017. He spent 6 seasons as an FBS (non power conf) OC before Frenso State gave him the full reigns in 2020 at age 46, I guess Kalen just isnt as astute as Bob Chesney.

 

[Stinger92860]

Around 300K I believe.....point being, he's a pretty astute dude on the college football landscape....I doubt he would leave HC to jump to UConn....he'll wait for a P5 school to come calling.

Double his salary or bump him to 750K. I bet he jumps on it.

 

[noeynox]

You know else was an astute guy as a HC at FCS program? K.C Keeler at Delaware. A decade later he is still an astute guy coaching in the FCS ranks. Generally speaking, you don't always have a plethora of offers when you're coaching at that level.

 

[Exit 4]

The guy that is the rare New England exception for making the great coaching leap is Chip Kelly and that worked after he logged eight seasons as the New Hampshire OC where he continually performed at the top of the nation in offense. ..... a top offense in windy, cold, dreary, slow footed New Hampshire. Don't think Chesney is the defensive version of Chip Kelly. Chip made the move to OC at Oregon at age 44 with no FBS experience whatsoever. The Chip Kelly story is like five standard deviations from the mean.

 

[uconndogs]

You know, I was pretty ho-hum about this game until I read this thread and learned that UCONN can't recruit a head coach from HC. Now I want to throttle them.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I could see Chesney's trajectory much like Joe Moorhead's at Fordham....leave Fordham to become OC at Penn St, later to become HC at Miss. St......something along those lines. I'm not saying he'd go from HC at HC to a P5 HC directly.

He's pretty astute? He's at freaking HC with zero FBS experience on his resume and he's already 44. ZERO FBS experience.

Morehead had EIGHT years of FBS experience between Akron and UConn when Penn St called. Plus he was a Pitt GA. That's all rather important when selecting a coordinator.

He's needs to kick some serious butt at HC the next two seasons to make that kind of jump and that kind of jump typically requires connections via the old coaching tree. Bob has no FBS experience, who really knows him in the FBS world?

Btw, Bob gets offered a 4 year deal at UConn for $4MM in total guaranteed salary he would be nutz not to take it when he makes in the 300s and has no connections.

Correct. Moorehead had been a coach and coordinator at the FBS level before going to Fordham to get HC experience and then going to PSU to Miss St.

Completely different career paths.

 

[DoctorWho85]

Curt Cignetti would be a better options IMO. 88-29 overall 21-3 at JMU. Coached under Saban in 2007 and only loss more than 3 times in a season 3 times in his career.

 

[Exit 4]

Curt Cignetti would be a better options IMO. 88-29 overall 21-3 at JMU. Coached under Saban in 2007 and only loss more than 3 times in a season 3 times in his career.

Now there a guy waiting for a bigger offer than UConn.

 

[DoctorWho85]

Now there a guy waiting for a bigger offer than UConn.

Gotta get his foot in the DI somehow. We need to face it that if we want to see success we are going to be relegated to stepping stone status for coaches. Look at Cincinnati. They know their coaches are using them as a stepping stone so they hire based on that. They've seen success with everyone since Dantonio except Tuberville. Fickle has probably the best team Cincinnati has ever scene and most likely will be gone after this year if they go undefeated. Cignetti would be the perfect guy to get UConn back to winning, he moves on and we get the next up and comer to continue our success.

 

[ZooCougar]

I could see Chesney's trajectory much like Joe Moorhead's at Fordham....leave Fordham to become OC at Penn St, later to become HC at Miss. St......something along those lines. I'm not saying he'd go from HC at HC to a P5 HC directly.

Moorhead had MAC experience before UConn.

 

[ZooCougar]

@HC1987 - Lance Leipold went 109-6 at DII Wisc-Whitewater over 9 seasons before BUFFALO gave him the head coaching job. Buffalo, a MAC program - not a power school. And Leipold had three year at Nebraska on his resume to boot.

Another guy, Kalen DeBoer went 67-3 at Sioux Falls winning three NAIA championships in the 2000s before taking the OC position at FCS Southern Ill, then moving to FBS at Eastern Michigan as OC before moving to Fresno St as OC in 2017. He spent 6 seasons as an FBS (non power conf) OC before Frenso State gave him the full reigns in 2020 at age 46, I guess Kalen just isnt as astute as Bob Chesney.

Whitewater is DIII. Only strengthens your argument though.

 

[ZooCougar]

I could see Chesney's trajectory much like Joe Moorhead's at Fordham....leave Fordham to become OC at Penn St, later to become HC at Miss. St......something along those lines. I'm not saying he'd go from HC at HC to a P5 HC directly.

If people want your coach, it’s a compliment.

 

[Pudge]

Most feel (particularly HC football people), addition by subtraction.

You do know - and Edsall is taking the bargain HC salary - UCONN would probably pay about $1.2m to 1.5m in Salary. You are jumping way over the MAC and most FCS ... and definitely most P5 Coordinator money on that. You cannot discount the dollar signs.

PLUS ... he is Salve Regina; Assumption; Holy Cross. Nothing says New England but those. Who will hire a guy who can dominate Eastern Mass recruiting?

 

[uconnfan68]

I doubt he'd go to UConn....Chesney is a pretty cagey (in a good way) guy....doubtful he takes a UConn job that is pretty much hamstrung where it's at in the FBS world today.

I could see him taking a DC position at a P5 school and go from there....hopefully not in the near future.

Looks like an ND track.

 

[Jimdish255]

Now there a guy waiting for a bigger offer than UConn.

That doesn't mean you don't make an offer.

 

[hardcorehusky]

Why does the Boneyard obsess over a coach very few has actually seen in action? Has he done a good job in the Patriot League? yes. This board wanted Joe Harasymiak from Maine a few years ago. The pattern is younger coach brings a team to play us from FCS and people lose their ****.