Dick Biddle
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Dick Biddle is the current head football coach for the Colgate University Raiders
located in the Village of Hamilton
in Madison County, New York
and he has held that position since the 1996 season. His overall coaching record at Colgate through the 2009 season was 113 wins, 51 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him first at Colgate in terms of total wins and he has achieved the best winning percentage (.689) of any Colgate coach with seven or more years at the helm of the Raiders. Biddle is also the first Colgate coach to ever record nine straight seasons with seven or more victories. In 2008, he led the Raiders to the Patriot League
title and the NCAA FCS Playoffs (First Round loss to Villanova). Overall, he has led Colgate to six Patriot League Championships (1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2008). Prior to coaching, Biddle was an all-Atlantic Coast Conference
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for two seasons at Duke. The former Blue Devil co-captain received third team Associated Press All-America honors in his senior year and was a participant in the Blue-Gray and Hula Bowl games. Biddle is a three-time winner of Duke’s Hatchet Award, given to the most valuable player on defense. In his senior year he also received the Blue Devil Club Award as the senior who contributed the most to the team. He is a member of the All-Century Team at Duke.
Colgate University
Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York, USA. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary and later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university's endowment in the 19th century.Colgate has 52...
located in the Village of Hamilton
Hamilton (village), New York
The Village of Hamilton is a village located within the town of Hamilton in Madison County, New York, USA.-Geography and climate:The village, located at , lies in the Chenango Valley, just south of the headwaters of the Chenango River. The village is approximately southeast of Syracuse and ...
in Madison County, New York
Madison County, New York
Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 73,442. It is named after James Madison, fourth President of the United States of America...
and he has held that position since the 1996 season. His overall coaching record at Colgate through the 2009 season was 113 wins, 51 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him first at Colgate in terms of total wins and he has achieved the best winning percentage (.689) of any Colgate coach with seven or more years at the helm of the Raiders. Biddle is also the first Colgate coach to ever record nine straight seasons with seven or more victories. In 2008, he led the Raiders to the Patriot League
Patriot League
The Patriot League is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I) for a number of sports; in football, it participates in the Football Championship Subdivision...
title and the NCAA FCS Playoffs (First Round loss to Villanova). Overall, he has led Colgate to six Patriot League Championships (1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2008). Prior to coaching, Biddle was an all-Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...
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Linebacker
A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...
for two seasons at Duke. The former Blue Devil co-captain received third team Associated Press All-America honors in his senior year and was a participant in the Blue-Gray and Hula Bowl games. Biddle is a three-time winner of Duke’s Hatchet Award, given to the most valuable player on defense. In his senior year he also received the Blue Devil Club Award as the senior who contributed the most to the team. He is a member of the All-Century Team at Duke.