2023 Stony Brook Seawolves football team

The 2023 Stony Brook Seawolves football team represented Stony Brook University as a member of the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference (CAA Football) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by 18th-year head coach Chuck Priore the Seawolves compiled an overall record of 0–10 with a mark of 0–8 in conference play, placing last out of 15 teams in the CAA. Stony Brook played home games at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium in Stony Brook, New York.

2023 Stony Brook Seawolves football
ConferenceCAA Football
Record0–10 (0–8 CAA)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorChris Bache (9th season)
Defensive coordinatorMatt Hachmann (1st season)
Home stadiumKenneth P. LaValle Stadium
2023 Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 5 Albany +^  7 –1   11 –4  
No. 6 Villanova +^  7 –1   10 –3  
No. 15 Richmond +^  7 –1   9 –4  
No. 10 Delaware ^  6 –2   9 –4  
Elon  6 –2   6 –5  
New Hampshire  4 –4   6 –5  
Rhode Island  4 –4   6 –5  
William & Mary  4 –4   6 –5  
Campbell  4 –4   5 –6  
Towson  4 –4   5 –6  
Hampton  3 –5   5 –6  
Monmouth  3 –5   4 –7  
Maine  1 –7   2 –9  
North Carolina A&T  0 –8   1 –10  
Stony Brook  0 –8   0 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Prior to the season, the Colonial Athletic Association rebranded to the Coastal Athletic Association to reflect both the expansion and modernization of the league.[1]

Coming off a program-worst 2–9 season, Stony Brook completed a winless season for the first time in 2023 to set a new program low, having lost 19 of its last 21 games.

Defensive coordinator Bryan Collins died before the season started on July 8, 2023 from a sudden cardiac event.[2][3] Matt Hachmann was promoted to defensive coordinator in the wake of Collins' death.[4]

Stony Brook's game against Morgan State on October 7 was canceled three days prior to the contest because of a mass shooting that occurred on the Morgan State campus. There was an active manhunt on campus for an at-large shooter, who was not arrested until October 12.[5][6]

After an 0–10 season, the first winless season in Stony Brook history, Priore was fired two days after the team's last game, on November 13. He finished with a record of 97–101 over 18 years as Stony Brook's head coach.[7][8]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 317:00 p.m.No. 22 Delaware
FloSportsL 13–3711,132
September 87:00 p.m.at No. 22 Rhode Island
FloSportsL 14–35N/A
September 166:00 p.m.at Arkansas State*
ESPN+L 7–3114,327
September 233:30 p.m.Richmond
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
FloSportsL 19–203,678
September 303:30 p.m.at Maine
FloSportsL 28–565,243
October1:00 p.m.at Morgan State*
ESPN+Canceled [9]
October 143:30 p.m.Fordham*
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
FloSportsL 7–264,165
October 213:30 p.m.New Hampshire
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
FloSportsL 14–457,739
October 282:00 p.m.at No. 19 Villanova
FloSportsL 13–485,119
November 41:00 p.m.at Monmouth
FloSportsL 17–563,876
November 111:00 p.m.No. 18 Albany
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY (rivalry)
FloSportsL 20–385,671
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References
  1. "Colonial no more: CAA renamed amid changes". ESPN.com. July 20, 2023. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  2. "Bryan Collins, Stony Brook defensive coordinator, dead at 58". July 9, 2023. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  3. Streinger, Alex (July 9, 2023). "Bryan Collins, long-time Long Island football coach, passes away at 58". The Statesman. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  4. "The News Journal". www.delawareonline.com. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  5. Anderson, Mike (October 5, 2023). "Stony Brook football's next game at Morgan State canceled due to mass shooting". The Statesman. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  6. Henderson, Jennifer (October 13, 2023). "A 17-year-old has been arrested in connection with a mass shooting at Morgan State University". CNN. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  7. Anderson, Mike. "Chuck Priore out as Stony Brook's head coach". The Statesman. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  8. McKinnell, Zach (November 13, 2023). "Stony Brook Fires Head Coach Chuck Priore After 18 Seasons". Sports Illustrated FCS Football News, Analysis and More. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  9. Morgan State shooting: University cancels homecoming football game after five wounded by Tuesday's gunfire CBS Sports, October 5, 2023
  10. "2023 Stony Brook Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  11. "2023 Football Schedule". Stony Brook University Athletics. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
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