The Coast Guard Bears football team represents the

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at the

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level. The Bears are members of the

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(NEWMAC), fielding its team in the NEWMAC since 2017. The Bears play their home games at Cadet Memorial Field in

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. The team's head coach is C. C. Grant, who took over the position for the 2020 season.

Conference affiliations

* Independent (1922–1923, 1926–1991) * Freedom Football Conference (1992–2003) *

Liberty League The Liberty League is an intercollegiate athletic conference which competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. Member schools are all located in the state of New York. History It was founded in 1995 as the ...

(2004–2005) *

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(2006–2016) *

(2017–present)

List of head coaches

Key

Coaches

Year-by-year results

Notes

References

External links

* {{Official website American football teams established in 1922 1922 establishments in Connecticut