History
Bryant University football was created in 1999, since its inception it has quickly become one of the more powerful teams in its conference. Also, they Bryant football has had some of the best home crowds the conference has seen. The Bulldogs' fans have also been known to travel well. Bryant has only had 2 coaches since its inception.
The first Bulldog coach was Jim Miceli who coached the team from 1999 until 2003. The second and current Bulldog coach is Marty Fine, who has coached the team from 2004–present. Marty Fine used to be an assistant head coach at Iowa State University before coming over to Bryant University. In only his third year as head coach he brought the Bulldogs to the playoffs.
Bryant made the playoffs in its 8th season as a team, and also had the honor of hosting the first round game. The played against West Chester University. The crowd was the largest recorded in Bryant's short history, they had 5,434 fans in attendance. The game came down to the final drive, but Bryant came up short throwing an interception around the West Chester 20 yard line.
With Bryant's recent success, not only in football, but in all sports they are looking at making the move to Division I. Bryant was considering three conferences; Northeast Conference, Patriot League, and Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. With the move to Division I, Bryant would have the ability to offer scholarships to its football players for the first time in program history. After a long search and finally an invite Bryant accepted an invite to the NEC and will compete in 2008-2009 as a Division I member. They will be playoff eligible and a core member of the NEC by 2012.
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